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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The Three Types Of Gaps And How To Trade Them
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. [...]
Investing Abroad: Understanding Emerging Markets
For those interested in getting involved in investing, the stock market is a logical place to start. However, the earning potential of domestic companies isn’t quite what it used to be. As many U.S. stock prices continue yo-yoing from the recession and interest rates at an all-time low, many investors are looking to invest their [...]
Fundamental Stock Analysis Explained
I make my trading decisions based on technical analysis, which is the study of past price and volume patterns to predict where price may go. Technical analysis is what is often used for timing buy and sell decisions, and for the short term, that is often times all that is needed. When you start to [...]
The Perils, Pitfalls and Potential Profits of Biotechnology Investing
Biotechnology stocks offer the allure of getting in on the ground floor of companies that are developing lifesaving and life altering drugs and pharmaceuticals. Oh, yeah, and there’s the potential for big profits. Returns of 100, 200 300 percent or more on biotech stocks in a very short period of time are not uncommon on [...]
Currencies Offer An Alternative For Stock Traders
For experienced stock traders that have invested the time to develop their skills of the trade, the mind often contemplates where there may be other avenues to ply these hard-earned skills to advantage. Over the past decade, multitudes from the trader community have migrated to our global currency markets to check out this potentially “greener [...]
How I Use The Follow Through Day To Analyze Stock Market Trends
Market Timing The Stock Market Trends With The Follow Through Day Oh, that evil market timing! A few years ago, there was a big push to blame market timers for everything wrong with the stock market. Thankfully, high frequency trading has taken the center stage as the things that the evil computers do. Those [...]
Is Paper Trading Good For Your Business?
In all the training materials I’ve read about trading the stock market trends, the one common thread is the suggestion to paper trade before risking any real capital. Paper, or simulated trading does have its advantages, but can also be detrimental to your trading business if you partake in it for too long. You might [...]
Welcome To The Bear Market
Are We Even In A Bear Market? Today is Sunday, August 28th 2011 and there is an ongoing debate amongst financial journalists, analysts and traders as to whether or not we are in a bear market. My view is that since we are under the 200 day moving average, it’s pretty easy to say that we [...]
Shhhhhhhhh….Be Very Very Quiet, We Are In the Doldrums
During the trading day there are certain times when the market should be avoided. Volume gets thin, and the range starts to contract. This leads to short term fake out moves and reversals that can frustrate the stock trader to no end. Even a veteran trader with a good feel for the stock market trends can [...]
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