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September 2026

What Is a Limit Order? (Day Trading Glossary)
A limit order buys or sells a stock only at your set price or better. Buy vs sell limits, the trade-off of no guaranteed fill, limit order vs market order, and how a momentum trader uses limits on wide spreads.

What Is a Stop-Loss Order? (Day Trading Glossary)
A stop-loss order tells your broker to sell a stock automatically at a set price to cap your loss. How it works, the risks of slippage and gaps, stop-loss vs stop-limit, and how a momentum trader sets tight stops.

What Is Support and Resistance? (Day Trading Glossary)
Support and resistance are price levels where a stock tends to pause or reverse. What they are, how they swap roles, how to find them, and how a momentum trader uses VWAP, the 90 EMA and pre-market highs.

What Is a Moving Average? (Day Trading Glossary)
A moving average smooths a stock's price over a set number of periods to show its trend. What it is, SMA vs EMA, how traders use it, and how a momentum trader reads the 9, 20, and 90 EMA.

How to Short a Stock (and the Risks You Can't Ignore)
How to short a stock, step by step: open a margin account, borrow and sell shares, then buy to cover. Plus the real risks — unlimited loss, margin calls, and short squeezes — and why a momentum trader trades the long side.

What Is Float in Stocks? (And Why Low Floats Move Fast)
A stock's float is the shares available for public trading. What float means, how it's calculated (outstanding minus restricted shares), why low-float stocks move so fast, and how a momentum trader uses it.

Day Trading Taxes: What US Traders Actually Owe
How day trading is taxed in the US: short-term capital gains, the wash sale rule, the $3,000 loss cap, trader tax status, mark-to-market, and futures — in plain English. Educational, not tax advice.

The Bear Trap Pattern (and How I Trade the Reclaim)
A bear trap is a false breakdown that tricks traders into shorting before price reverses up and squeezes them. How to spot one, how to avoid getting caught, and how Kevin Cabana trades the reclaim.

The Cup and Handle Pattern (and How I Trade It Intraday)
The cup and handle is a bullish continuation pattern: a rounded cup, a shallow handle, and a breakout on volume. The rules, the target, and how Kevin Cabana trades it intraday.

Day Trading Futures for Beginners: An Honest Guide (2026)
An honest beginner's guide to day trading futures: the no-PDT-rule draw, micro contracts (/MES, /MNQ), how much you really need, a simple approach, and the real risks.

The Best Time of Day to Day Trade (Why I Only Trade the First Two Hours)
The best time of day to day trade is the morning, 9:30-11am ET, when about 80% of the day's volume hits. Kevin Cabana on why he only trades the first two hours, and what to avoid.
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