Co-Founder & CEO, TradingSim
Alton Hill is the Co-Founder of TradingSim with over 18 years of trading experience. He completed the Design Thinking Bootcamp at Stanford’s D.School and brings expertise in Product Development to create the best trading simulation experience. His strategy focuses on trend-following systems, targeting high-volatility stocks with strong primary trends using the 15-minute chart.
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Al Hill: August 16, 2026
Taxes are the elephant in the room when it comes to day trading. Everybody wants to tout large PNL gains made over a short amount of time, but nobody wants to admit that a large portion of those gains are lost to day trading tax rates. Whether you...
Day Trading Taxes Guide for Beginners [Updated August 2026]12 min read
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August 16, 2026
Rising and falling wedges are a technical chart pattern used to predict trend continuations and trend reversals. In many cases, when the market is
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August 16, 2026
Have you ever wondered why a stock will continue higher, even though the indicators are all rolling over? Well, this my friend is what we call...
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August 16, 2026
Every new trader asks me some version of the same question: how long do I have to do this in a...
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August 15, 2026
Quick answer: A short squeeze happens when a heavily shorted stock rises far enough that short sellers are forced to buy shares back to cover, and...
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August 15, 2026
There was a time — and I'm not proud of this — when I'd finish a trading day, close my screens, and have zero idea why I'd lost money. I mean, I had...
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August 15, 2026
A cup and handle pattern is one of the most reliable technical chart patterns in trading. It’s formed when a stock...