Trading strategies, definitions and guides on technical analysis, swing trading, options, ETFs, dividends and prop firms, plus free retirement courses and calculators.https://truemoneytrading.com/https://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/using-moving-averages/https://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/using-moving-averages/Use a moving average as a trend filter: let the 50-day pick the side, buy pullbacks to the 20-day, and treat crossovers as late by design.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/trend-following-or-mean-reversion/https://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/trend-following-or-mean-reversion/Trend following vs mean reversion, weighed: expectancy in R with assumed numbers, the losing streaks each produces, and the markets where each one breaks.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/the-wheel-strategy/https://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/the-wheel-strategy/The wheel strategy as rules: sell a cash-secured put, take the shares, sell covered calls, with the arithmetic on a good cycle and on a bad one.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/the-4-percent-rule/https://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/the-4-percent-rule/The 4% rule as a starting point: how the first withdrawal is set, how inflation raises it, and a guardrail that trims spending when the portfolio falls.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/swing-trade-etfs-first/https://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/swing-trade-etfs-first/Why to swing trade ETFs before single stocks: no company earnings gaps, tight spreads and steadier moves. An ATR sizing sum for a $60 ETF and a $60 stock.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/short-swing-strategies/https://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/short-swing-strategies/Short swing trading for a stock heading lower: setups built on a failed breakout, a lower high under a falling 50-day and a retest of broken support.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/prop-firm-evaluation-case-study/https://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/prop-firm-evaluation-case-study/A prop firm evaluation case study: Trader A and Trader B work the same hypothetical $50,000 rules, and A fails the consistency rule after hitting the target.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/prop-firm-daily-loss-plan/https://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/prop-firm-daily-loss-plan/A prop firm daily loss plan: learn how your firm counts the day, set a personal limit at half the firm's, fix the risk per trade and stop hard.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/mag-7-investing-case-study/https://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/mag-7-investing-case-study/Mag 7 investing case study: add up how much of a $100,000 portfolio sits in seven stocks through index funds and direct shares, then set a cap.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/inverse-etfs-reset-daily/https://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/inverse-etfs-reset-daily/Inverse ETFs reset daily, so over weeks they drift from the multiple they promise. Worked sums for -1x and -3x funds on a flat index, and when to hold.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/intraday-swing-trading/https://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/intraday-swing-trading/Intraday swing trading buys one pullback to VWAP after the opening range, with a stop beyond the pullback, a 2R target, and a flat book before the bell.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/gold-etfs-or-gold-miners/https://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/gold-etfs-or-gold-miners/Gold ETFs or gold miners: what each fund holds, how miner margins magnify the gold price, the collectibles tax rate, and which suits a hedge.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/fibonacci-swing-trading/https://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/fibonacci-swing-trading/Fibonacci swing trading by rule: treat 38.2% to 61.8% as a zone, wait for a reversal close inside it, stop below 78.6% and aim for the prior high.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/earnings-season-checklist/https://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/earnings-season-checklist/An earnings season checklist for the days before a report: the date, the timing, the implied move, last guidance, and what a gap costs your position.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/earnings-gap-case-study/https://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/earnings-gap-case-study/A swing trade that ran into an earnings date: a 1% risk position in a $93,000 account loses $2,400 when the stock gaps below its stop.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/dividend-stocks-taxable-or-ira/https://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/dividend-stocks-taxable-or-ira/Dividend stocks, taxable account or IRA: which payers belong where, with worked tax on REIT and qualified dividends and what the IRA gives up.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/dividend-cut-case-study/https://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/dividend-cut-case-study/A dividend cut case study: one holding halves its payout in a hypothetical $200,000 portfolio, and income and yield both fall. The rules it teaches.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/cup-and-handle-pattern/https://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/cup-and-handle-pattern/Trade the cup and handle pattern by rule: buy a close over the handle high on rising volume, stop under the handle low, target the cup depth added to the rim.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/covered-calls-on-dividend-stocks/https://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/covered-calls-on-dividend-stocks/Covered calls on dividend stocks, weighed: the premium and lower breakeven against a capped upside, early exercise before the ex-date, and a tax catch.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/buying-calls-before-earnings/https://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/buying-calls-before-earnings/Buying calls before earnings means paying for a move the market already expects. Worked numbers show IV crush turning a right call into a loss.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/breakout-or-fakeout/https://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/breakout-or-fakeout/Breakout or fakeout? Check before buying: a daily close above the level, heavy volume, a steady market, room overhead, and a stop you can afford.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/best-swing-trading-indicators/https://truemoneytrading.com/strategies/best-swing-trading-indicators/The best swing trading indicators are a moving average, RSI and ATR, each measuring trend, momentum or volatility, with volume read straight off the bars.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT