Ivaylo Ivanov has 10 years of experience as an equities trader, who uses a swing trading approach in the market in order to capture powerful, short term gainers that goes from 3-10 days.
Ivan also allocates some of his money to position trading when he feels a trend can continue long term. He’s also the author of a few books including “The 5 Secrets to Highly Profitable Swing Trading: and “The Next Apple,” co-written with Howard Lindzon, CEO of Stocktwits.
In this interview, Ivan reveals how he trades, why it’s important to follow industry momentum, one of his high probability setups, and much more.
What’s Covered in This Interview:
- Ivan’s explanation on the markets and the 80/20 theory – 20% of the time movement comes in while 80% of time markets are usually range bound.
- Why Ivan decided to trade a single setup in his early days and gradually added more to his portfolio of setups to prepare for various market conditions.
- Why traders should pay attention to industries that are building momentum.
- Why Ivan is attracted to recent IPOs.
- Ivan’s ideal setups for high probability swing trades.
- How traders can prioritize setups over others, especially if traders don’t have as much capital than signals.
- What the 5 secrets to high profitable swing trading is.
- How Ivan catches long term moves and how he spots them before they happen.
- Ivan’s suggestions for traders to spot moves that might come to an end.
Links and Resources:
- The 5 Secrets of Highly Profitable Swing Trading – Ivan wrote this short guide with the goal traders identify high probability setups so they can capitalize on these opportunities.
- The Next Apple – Ivan wrote his second book with Howard Lindzon, CEO of Stocktwits. It talks more about longer term position trading and investing.
- TraderFeed article – One of Ivan’s articles on Dr. Brett’s blog talking about one of the best practical habits that helped him as a trader.
- Social Leverage 50 – Ivan runs this subscription site which shows users stocks that might become market leaders and offer profitable swing trades.
- Ivanhoff.com – Visit Ivan’s website to learn more about him and his trading insights.
- @Ivanhoff – Follow Ivan on Twitter.
- @Ivanhoff – Follow Ivan on StockTwits.
