The Beginner

Day trading is a profession and there are plenty of things to learn.

These are things thst your need to know before you start ploughing money in :

Alerts

You need to have a game plan before the market opens.

Hardware Setup.

You need decent hardware including decent internet connection. Also you need a backup system.. Nothing worse than not trading because your PC has to go off to be mended. Also multiple monitors are essential.

Journal

Well you need to know how you are doing and you can use it to analyze what works best.

Order Routing

Do you understand the different routing systems like island, redi, soes etc.

Selecting Stocks

Need to select stocks that suite your trading methods.

Stop Losses

You have to have stop losses to stay in the game.

Sectors

You need to know which sectors are strongest and weakest.

TA skills

You understand support/ resistance, moving averages and fibs.

Trailing Stops

You need to take profits home.