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What are the advantages and disadvantages of swing trading?


Brad Vitello

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Hello, thank you for your question! 

Many swing traders trade by assessing the risk and reward ratio, then according to this formulate their strategies and place stop-loss orders, with prediction where and when they can prevent the loss, and where and when they can turn a profit.

For example, if they are risking $1 to make $3 that is a favorable risk to reward ratio while risking $1 to make $1 is not. Swing traders rely on technical analysis, which provides them with raw data based on previous historical values, that can approximately predict the price range and its movements, but if traders want to get in-depth knowledge they turn to fundamental analysis, which is more hands-on experience.

So the advantages and disadvantages of swing trading are:

Advantages:

Requires less time to trade than day trading
Maximizes short-term profit potential by capturing the bulk of market swings
Traders can rely exclusively on technical analysis, simplifying the trading process
 
Disadvantages:
 
Trade positions are subject to overnight and weekend market risk
Abrupt market reversals can result in substantial losses
Swing traders often miss longer-term trends in favor of short-term market moves
 

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