The attraction of day trading is irresistible for some investors. One thinks that one can get rich quickly through this route. This expectation is fine. But great care has to be exercised by an investor in this area. The gains are quick; the losses are quicker. One needs to attain perfection in several traits, before one can establish foothold in day trading.

The first one is the sense of timing. On this issue you need to be perfect and alert. You must know the timing of the opening and closing bell of different exchanges. Your scheduling system needs to be faultless.

The second one is your ability to take quick, considered decisions. You do not have much time for perfect calculations. Remember, there are investors who think and act faster than you and such people will carry the day. You must be able to catch the trend quickly and make yourself sure that the movements are not temporary aberrations. Mathematics of the stock exchanges is a special type of numerical skill. You are acting fast on the trade but that does not mean that you are rash. You need to hasten slowly. The important factor is the strength of your observation. Even when you win big, never lose the focus. The unexpected downtrend may land you in trouble.

Your knowledge about the researched material till yesterday will help you take proper decisions today?that is to say that you need to be up-to-date about the latest happenings in the market, as for the shares that you propose to day trade. Even the apparent spot decisions, needs to be research based. When you have the data and analysis on the shares on which you are going to trade, your moves are confident and your judgment is fast. You can not take decisions on imaginings. You can not do all the home work on each share of your choice for the day. It is desirable that a good broker works for you and tenders timely advice. Applying leverage to the market is the specialized job and by adopting this style of functioning, you will certainly be able to put brakes when you follow the losing trend. The broker will warn you well in time.

The game of moves and counter-moves:

Mostly, if a share moves with a big volume, it means that many investors are buying it or a top payer has bought a big quantity of shares. This causes the upward movement in the share price, unless there are other unfavorable factors, affecting the share. Now, the question is why the investors are buying this particular share? They know some facts about the share, which you do not know. Or it could be a deliberate move by a big investor to misguide the gullible investors?push the share prices up and sell them at profit when the buying spree is still in progress! The role and responsibility of your broker to stop you from progressing on the losing path, assumes importance here. Using stop is very important. When entering a buy (sell) order, you must know the price of the closest support (resistance) and place your stop order a few tick below (above) it. You can use a stop limit or stop market. A stop will be triggered when the stock price goes below the stop price (When being long).It is in your interest to put a stop order.

Finally, day trading is a serious type of profession. It is certainly not meant for investor with casual approach. A day trader can not make a living on the basis of reports of any financial channels. You miss the reaction time. By the time it appears appear on television, it is too late to react. For those on the trading floors it is the stale news and they have made their decisions and closed positions. So, in day trading, what you do is no doubt important; how you do and when you do what you do, is indeed important.