Barry Rudd’s Home Study Course: Stock Patterns for Day Trading (Videos + Book)

Stock Patterns for Day Trading isn’t just another theory-filled trading course—it’s a battle-tested guide grounded in real-world market experience. Authored by professional trader Barry Rudd, this home study course (which includes both a book and video series) offers an inside look into the strategies he and other seasoned traders have used to consistently navigate short-term price action in the markets.

Drawing from his personal success with SOES trading and insights shared by fellow professionals, Rudd delivers a hands-on approach to mastering day trading, swing trading, and short-term position trading in individual stocks. Whether you’re a scalper or prefer intraday trend setups, this course equips you with practical patterns and trade setups you can use immediately in your own trades.

Designed especially for traders operating on NASDAQ but equally applicable to NYSE, this course is a powerful toolkit for anyone serious about profiting from short-term price movements.

What You’ll Learn – Inside the Video Training

•  Video I – Foundations of Modern Day Trading
  • How electronic direct-access trading platforms really work
  • Key differences between investing, swing trading, and day trading
  • Understanding NYSE’s auction-based system & SuperDOT routing
  • The inner mechanics of NASDAQ and ECN order routing
  • What market makers do and how to read Level II quotes
  • Setting up your trading workstation layout
  • Using price bar charts and candlestick charts effectively
  • Tracking market indices and using stock tickers for timing
  • Entry window mechanics and managing orders with precision
• Video II – Building Your Strategy
  • Why bar charts are essential tools for day traders
  • Comparing scalping and intraday trend trading
  • How to tailor a trading strategy that fits your personality
  • The concept of “The Wiggle” and how to use it
  • Creating efficient chart and screen layouts
  • How to read and act on “new high/new low” tickers
  • Recognizing patterns on the 5-minute chart
  • Mastering the Consolidation Breakout technique
  • Using Level II windows and time & sales for optimal entries
•  Video III – Precision Execution
  • Defining consolidation with three key criteria
  • Linking bar chart analysis to Level II activity
  • Detecting buying/selling pressure with time & sales prints
  • How to trade Bull’s Horn, Wedge, Shotgun, and L-Patterns
  • Leveraging the prior day’s chart to enhance today’s trade
  • Support and resistance on both micro and daily timeframes
  • Understanding wide range days and gap setups
•  Video IV – Trade Setups and Profit Targets
  • Trading large gap openings and intraday reversals
  • How to scan charts and build a “hit list” of high-potential stocks
  • Alternative entries for consolidation breakouts
  • Why randomly picking tops/bottoms is risky—and what to do instead
  • How to refine “wiggle” entries to reduce losses
  • Calculating high-probability profit targets using:
  • Daily S&R levels
  • Retracement zones
  • Moving averages (50/200 SMA)
  • Price gaps and market reversals
  • Filtering and prioritizing the best setups
•  Video V – Advanced Tactics & Risk Management
  • Counter-trend trading strategies (Fading) done right
  • Identifying risk with 4 critical Level II elements:
  • Bid/ask spread
  • Number of market makers per level
  • Volume at each price point
  • Depth of order book
  • Recognizing when a market maker is controlling the tape
  • The role of Relative Strength (daily vs. intraday)
  • Understanding the typical flow of market indices throughout the day
• Video VI – Trading Like a Business
  • How to find the best trading times of the day—and avoid the worst
  • Choosing a reliable basket of stocks to focus on
  • Trade journaling and post-trade analysis
  • Managing trades vs. managing a trading business
  • A 3-step approach to money management and risk control
  • Trading IPOs and market-moving news effectively
  • Common pitfalls of scalping—and how to overcome them
  • Bonus: Live trading clips to observe real-time application of concepts

Who This Course Is For

• Aspiring and intermediate traders looking for structure in their trading
• Day traders struggling with consistency and entry/exit timing
• Swing traders wanting to deepen their understanding of short-term price action
• Anyone trading NASDAQ or NYSE who wants real, repeatable strategies from a trader who walks the talk

Why Traders Trust This Course

Barry Rudd doesn’t just teach theory—he practices what he teaches. Every setup, pattern, and principle in this course is part of his personal trading playbook. Unlike flashy YouTube tutorials or vague blog posts, this is a complete, no-nonsense trading system rooted in decades of experience. Whether you’re trading breakouts, reversals, or scalps, you’ll learn how to time your trades with discipline, precision, and purpose.

• Product Format: Digital Download (Video Series + PDF Book)
• Author: Barry Rudd
• Platform: NASDAQ & NYSE focused
• Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced
• Delivery: Instant access

Stock Patterns for Day Trading, Home Study Course (Videos+Book) By Barry Rudd