A complete process for holding trades from a few days to a few weeks: read the market regime, scan for candidates, trade five defined setups with fixed stops and targets, manage through earnings and gaps, size for portfolio heat, and run a weekend-and-weeknight routine that fits around a job.
Module 1: Why swing trading fits most people
The time it actually takes, what overnight gaps do to your stop, why costs favour longer holds, and what a realistic year of swing trading looks like.
Module 2: Market regime first
An index trend filter with the 50 and 200-day averages, breadth basics, VIX regimes, sector rotation, and a weekly checklist that tells you when to sit out.
Module 3: Finding candidates
Relative strength, 52-week highs, tight consolidations, volume dry-ups and earnings dates, turned into a weekend watchlist of 10 to 20 names using screener criteria you can copy into any tool.
Module 4: The core setups
Pullback to a rising EMA, breakout from a base, failed breakdown and reclaim, gap-and-hold continuation and mean reversion in a range, each with an entry trigger, a stop, targets, an R:R table and what invalidates it.
Module 5: Managing the trade
Initial stops below structure, partials at 2R, trailing with the 10/20 EMA or swing lows, a framework for holding through earnings, a short note on option hedges, and time stops.
Module 6: Sizing and portfolio heat
Risk per trade for multi-day holds, correlated positions, maximum open risk, scaling into winners, and a weekly risk budget.
Module 7: Routine and review
The weekend process, the nightly 15-minute check, journal fields that matter for swing trades, monthly statistics, and the failure modes that end most swing-trading careers.
Educational content, not financial advice.