John McDowell

John McDowell

Trading Educator & Content Contributor

John McDowell is the Lead Content Strategist at TradingSim. His journey into day trading began in 2016 after conversations with a retired hedge fund manager. John is passionate about teaching and educating traders, curating content that helps others succeed in the stock market.

john@tradingsim.com

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How Social Media Shapes Meme Stock Prices: A Deep Dive

What is a Meme Stock?

Meme stocks are shares of listed companies whose prices and trading volume are heavily influenced by the activity of retail...

How Social Media Shapes Meme Stock Prices: A Deep Dive

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Mastering Investment Strategies for Meme Stocks: Tips and Insights

Meme stocks are shares of a company that experience a sudden and rapid rise in trading volume and price due to social media sentiment. Social media...

Mastering Investment Strategies for Meme Stocks: Tips and Insights

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High Volume Trading Hours for Futures Markets

Futures markets are mostly open 24 hours, six days a week from Sunday to Friday. This means that buyers and sellers can trade the market at any time...

High Volume Trading Hours for Futures Markets

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Volume Profile Trading Strategies for Day Traders [Updated April 2026]

What Is Volume Profile?

A Volume Profile is a volume-by-price trading indicator that shows the total trading activity or volume traded at each price...

Volume Profile Trading Strategies for Day Traders [Updated April 2026]

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Effective Volume Candlestick Trading Techniques: A Comprehensive Guide

Volume is often considered the second most important data piece on a trading chart, right behind price. However, the truth is that they go hand in...

Effective Volume Candlestick Trading Techniques: A Comprehensive Guide

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Mastering Volume Analysis: Top Trading Strategies for Success

Volume, volume, volume. If price and volume were a couple, they’d be like Noah and Allie or Jenny and Forrest, two peas in a pod, or like peas and...

Mastering Volume Analysis: Top Trading Strategies for Success

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Mastering NASDAQ Futures: Trading Strategies for Tech Indices

Welcome to our guide on mastering trading strategies for the NASDAQ futures contracts! Discover key strategies for trading Nasdaq futures and...

Mastering NASDAQ Futures: Trading Strategies for Tech Indices