📈Swing trading
Short-term trading over days to weeks — setups, breakouts, position handling and timing entries and exits.
Swing trading — overview
Swing trading is a shorter-term style with a horizon of days to weeks — between day trading (positions closed by end of day) and long-term investing (holding for months and years). A swing trader tries to catch a single price "swing": enter on a signal, hold a few days to weeks and exit by predefined rules. The basis is technical setups — a breakout from consolidation, a pullback to support, momentum after a catalyst — and strict risk management. Unlike long-term investing, where company quality decides, swing trading is decided by timing and discipline. Every trade has a preset entry price, a stop (where you admit you are wrong) and a target. Position size is derived from the stop distance so a single loss does not threaten the account. This is why a trade journal and strict rule-following are essential in swing trading — one emotion-driven trade can wipe out the results of many disciplined ones. QMA detects swing patterns, computes their historical hit rate with trade counts and statistical significance, and flags signal freshness (how long a setup stays valid). It describes the setup, its entry and exit rules and its risks — it never issues a "buy now" instruction. This is educational and analytical content.
Swing trading articles
Swing Trading Using the CANSLIM Method by William O'Neil
In this article, we will take an in-depth look at William O'Neil's CANSLIM method, which is an effective approach to swing trading. We will explore the seven key components of this strategy.
Swing Trading: VCP-Breakout vs. Minervini-Stil im QMA Power Setup
In diesem Artikel untersuchen wir die Swing-Trading-Methodik anhand des Volatility Contraction Pattern (VCP) und des Minervini-Stils. Wir beleuchten die wesentlichen Komponenten einer erfolgreichen Strategie, einschließlich Ausstiegsregeln und Backtesting.