By: Katie Gomez Every December, the whispers start: “Santa Claus Rally.” Some traders swear by it, others dismiss it as Wall Street folklore, and most wonder if there’s actually money to be made or if it’s just hopeful thinking dressed up in holiday cheer. As we head into the final weeks of 2025, it’s time…
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By: Katie Gomez Every year, traders face the same dilemma: keep trading through the holidays or step away? They either force trades in dead markets where blown stops, random gaps, and preventable losses await, or they sit out the entire holiday season and miss the few legitimate high-probability setups that do appear. The cost of…
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Late reversal entries are where traders bleed. You see a price bounce, you chase it, your stop sits right under the low, and the market taps it before running. The Hammer candlestick helps you catch reversals early, but only if you know what a real Hammer looks like and how to trade it with rules.…
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Every year, as December winds down and the financial world wraps up for the year, a familiar phrase, Santas rally, returns to trading desks and analyst reports. This seasonal pattern refers to the markets tendency to rise during a specific 7-trading-day window: the last 5 trading days of December, and the first 2 trading days…
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