1. Try to avoid trading midday, because it's less predictable, wait till the big volume comes again in the afternoon.

2. When you're buying a dip, make sure you lock in profits fast, because second run up can be much less than the first one.

3. When a stock has failed to hold its run ups in the past, it's destined for failure again.

4. When a company gets financing at discounted prices, (there's usually a manipulated run up) investors know ahead what price will be the financing, so they short the spike after squeezing early shorts. So when financing gets announced, the spike fails.

5. In the red markets spikes typically fail, so you can be aggressive shorting them.

6. When there's a morning panic, but the stock still stays above support, it's very likely to squeeze, especially on Fridays. Look to dip buy.

7. When you have a stock consolidating near its highs in the past several weeks, it's a very bullish indicator. Once it breaks resistance, risk/reward is very good to buy it.

8. When you get a double-top on a speculative stock with a pumper involved, focus on why you are in long and consider taking your profits.

9. Double-tops are not a bullish sign. They are like a kiss of death, especially on a speculative stock.

10. When stock was downtrending for a long time, there are many people who just hold and hope, they are looking to sell into any spike, they are longterm bag holders.

11. When a stock is going your way and is holding your risk level, you can be patient; if it starts doing something you don't understand or going against you, be impatient, get out.

12. When a stock breaks out at the end of the day, there has to be a good catalyst for you to consider buying it, because other people have to want to buy it too tomorrow, so that stock could spike in the morning.