Though there is evidence that oil had been used for medicinal purposes since the early 1400’s, the first commercial well was not drilled until 1859 when oil was struck in North Pennsylvania, USA. The Drake Well at Titusville was able to produce around 20 barrels of oil a day, and kick started an industry that [...]
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“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it”- Ferris Bueller The world we live in travels at breakneck speed. Everyone is looking to do things faster. Speed seems to be the best known secret to success, and the faster you can grab the data [...]
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When we enter a bear market, the trading and investing rules don’t necessarily change, but they get modified for sure. Contrary to popular belief, a bear market is not just the opposite of a bull market. The behavior of a bear market is quite different, and can be quite a challenge if you don’t have [...]
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Stock trading systems are a dime a dozen. You will come across hundreds of them in your career, and see all kinds of promises on performance, profitability and the like. Most of these will not work out as described, but that doesn’t mean that all of them are fraudulent. Some of them could have indeed [...]
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This is not your typical video about stock trading, but it’s very useful if you are trying to become better at it.
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Stock trading systems are a dime a dozen. You will come across hundreds of them in your career, and see all kinds of promises on performance, profitability and the like. Most of these will not work out as described, but that doesn’t mean that all of them are fraudulent. Some of them could have indeed [...]
It’s that time of year again. I always take the last few days of the year to debrief and reflect on my trading business, using what I’ve learned to gear up for next year’s market action. This list is the groundwork for my trading plan, which I rework each and every year. I would love [...]
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it”- Ferris Bueller The world we live in travels at breakneck speed. Everyone is looking to do things faster. Speed seems to be the best known secret to success, and the faster you can grab the data [...]
Defining The Stock Market Open There are many traders that will avoid trading the stock market open because of the increase in volatility that is present during that time period. While it’s true that the institutional professionals are putting their money to work at that time with built up orders from clients as well as [...]
A gap occurs in a price chart when a trade takes place outside of a previous day’s range. Gaps are usually related to news events, but that doesn’t mean they lack genuine value. Gaps give clues as to the location of the trend, and will many times be reliable predictors of the immediate expected movement. [...]
Stock Trading Surrender? When you think of your stock trading, the first thing that pops in your head is probably not surrendering. After all, to surrender is akin to quitting, and we aren’t quitters, we are stock trading killers, right? Quitters never win! Don’t give up! Fight until you are dead! These are all great [...]
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I read an interesting article on some research done in regards to meditation and thought it had a potentially interesting connection to improving your stock trading. If you’ve read this site, you know that I’m a big proponent of meditation before the start of the trading day. I do not believe it is possible to [...]
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