Just The Market: trading tipsStock trading tips argued with the numbers, every metric on a quote page explained with its formula, how-to guides for screeners and filings, and research-tool buyer guides.https://justthemarket.com/Equity Research Subscription: When the Fee Pays for Itselfhttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/equity-research-subscription-worth-it/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/equity-research-subscription-worth-it/An equity research subscription pays off when the fee is a small slice of the money it guides and it changes decisions. How to test both.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT200 Day MA Distance: How Far Above the Line Is Stretched?https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/200-day-ma-distance/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/200-day-ma-distance/How to measure a stock's distance from its 200-day moving average as a percent and in ATR units, and why a wide gap is a sizing question first.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTPrice Book Ratio Below 1: Bargain or Warning Sign?https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/price-book-below-one/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/price-book-below-one/A price-to-book ratio under 1 prices a company below its book equity. Return on equity decides whether that is a bargain or a fair price.Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFree Cash Flow Yield vs Earnings Yield: Which to Trusthttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/fcf-yield-vs-earnings-yield/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/fcf-yield-vs-earnings-yield/Free cash flow yield is FCF divided by market cap. How it differs from earnings yield, why debt and stock pay change it, and when to trust each.Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhen Free Cash Flow Trails Net Income, Trust the Cashhttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/when-cash-flow-trails-earnings/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/when-cash-flow-trails-earnings/A worked case of a company earning 100 while producing negative free cash flow, and how to trace the gap through the cash flow statement of a 10-Q or 10-K.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTA Valuation Ratio Only Means Something Next to Its Peershttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/valuation-needs-peers/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/valuation-needs-peers/Why a P/E of 25 can be high or low depending on the industry, how to pick three to six real peers, and a worked peer table with growth and margins.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTSubtract the Sector's Move to See What the Stock Didhttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/subtract-the-sectors-move/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/subtract-the-sectors-move/How to separate a stock's own move from its sector's move using a sector ETF, worked through for a day and a month, and when the subtraction breaks down.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTSet Liquidity Minimums First in Every Stock Screenhttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/set-liquidity-minimums-first/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/set-liquidity-minimums-first/Why average volume, dollar volume and the bid-ask spread belong at the top of a stock screen, and how to size those minimums to your own orders.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTA Stock Screen That Worked Last Year Can Quietly Stop Workinghttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/screens-can-stop-working/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/screens-can-stop-working/Why saved stock screens tuned on recent winners drift out of date, the three usual objections to reviewing them, and a simple log for checking a screen.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTScreener Numbers Disagree, and the Filing Settles Ithttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/screener-numbers-disagree/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/screener-numbers-disagree/Why two screeners show different P/E, EPS or margins for the same stock, and the rules for deciding which number to trust before you trade on it.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTRelative Volume Says More Than a Big Volume Numberhttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/relative-volume-says-more/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/relative-volume-says-more/Why relative volume, today's volume against the stock's own average, tells you more than raw share count, how to compare intraday, and when it misleads.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTRead the Press Release When a Headline Moves a Stockhttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/read-the-press-release/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/read-the-press-release/Why headlines drop the conditions a company's own release spells out, and four rules for checking the release or 8-K before you trade a headline move.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTRead the Outlook in an Earnings Release Firsthttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/read-the-outlook-first/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/read-the-outlook-first/Why the guidance section of an earnings release usually moves a stock more than the quarter it reports, where to find it, and when the quarter matters more.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPrice Targets Are the Weakest Part of an Analyst Notehttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/price-targets-are-the-weakest-part/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/price-targets-are-the-weakest-part/Why an analyst's price target is one number from one model, why estimate changes and stated risks tell you more, and when a target change is real news.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTTreat the Pre-Market Gainers List as Research Leadshttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/premarket-gainers-are-leads/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/premarket-gainers-are-leads/Why the pre-market gainers list is ranked on thin volume, and four rules for checking volume, news, spread and the open before acting on a move.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTA Low P/E Tells You Where to Start Digginghttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/low-pe-is-where-digging-starts/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/low-pe-is-where-digging-starts/Why a low P/E ratio flags a stock for research without proving it is cheap, with a cyclical earnings example and the checks that tell you which it is.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTA High Dividend Yield Can Just Mean the Price Fellhttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/high-yield-can-mean-price-fell/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/high-yield-can-mean-price-fell/Why a dividend yield doubles when the share price halves, how a trailing yield hides a coming cut, and the payout checks that separate a bargain from a trap.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTHigh Short Float Makes a Squeeze Possible, Nothing Morehttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/high-short-float-and-squeezes/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/high-short-float-and-squeezes/Why high short interest does not mean a short squeeze is coming, how short float and days to cover are calculated, and what a squeeze needs to start.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTA Green Market Heatmap Can Hide a Narrow Rallyhttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/green-heatmap-narrow-rally/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/green-heatmap-narrow-rally/How a market-cap-weighted heatmap and index can rise while most stocks fall, worked through with a ten-stock example, and the breadth checks that show it.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTA Fair Value Estimate Is a Bundle of Someone's Assumptionshttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/fair-value-is-assumptions/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/fair-value-is-assumptions/Why a published fair value estimate is only as good as its discount rate and growth inputs, how small changes swing it, and how to reverse it from today's price.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTTwo ETFs Can Hold the Same Stocks, So Check the Overlaphttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/etf-overlap/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/etf-overlap/How to measure the overlap between two ETFs by weight, worked through with hypothetical funds, and where to find the full holdings list for each fund.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLet the Economic Calendar Shape Your Position Sizehttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/economic-calendar-and-position-size/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/economic-calendar-and-position-size/How scheduled releases and earnings dates widen the range of moves, why a stop can't cap a gap, and how to size a position for the gap you might face.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTMoving Average Crossovers Are Late by Designhttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/crossovers-are-late-by-design/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/crossovers-are-late-by-design/Why moving average crossovers always fire after the move has started, worked through with a five-day average, and how to use them as a trend filter.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTChoose Your Chart Timeframe From How Long You Will Holdhttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/choose-chart-timeframe-from-holding-period/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/choose-chart-timeframe-from-holding-period/How to match chart bar length to your holding period, why short charts add false signals, and which timeframes suit day trades, swing trades and position holds.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTCheap Stocks With Heavy Debt Need a Second Filterhttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/cheap-stocks-with-heavy-debt/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/cheap-stocks-with-heavy-debt/Screening on P/E alone versus adding a debt filter: two hypothetical companies at the same P/E, one carrying $2 billion of net debt, and when each approach wins.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuying Near a 52-Week High Is Less Reckless Than It Feelshttps://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/buying-near-52-week-highs/https://justthemarket.com/trading-tips/buying-near-52-week-highs/The common objections to buying a stock near its 52-week high, answered one at a time, plus the conditions where the worry is right and how to set a stop.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT