Most people are drawn to stock trading when they see headlines of the latest “hot” stock up 300%. While stock trading can be extremely rewarding, it still takes time to learn the “ropes” and treat it like a profession. Since I have never really done a stock trading for beginners post, I thought I would …
A lot of traders have a hard time figuring out what to do after a market has made a big run (like in recent years). The big question is, NOW WHAT ? In a market like where we are a now….. Do you have a plan or system you follow ? Do you systematically track …
Almost anyone that trades financial instruments of any kind will reference some type of chart to give them an unemotional snapshot of where a stock or market has been and where it is potentially headed. This type of investment research is most commonly referred to as technical analysis because you are strictly looking at a …
In this day and age of supposed stock regulation and protecting the general public from investment scams I though I would write a post on something that really ticks me off…..Penny Stocks newsletters. I recently got a newsletter in the mail that was a very fancy newsletter discussing a penny stock that they state “I …
Learn about The Mistake Every Trader Will Make. Stop predicting market tops and bottoms and learn from this post.
Well it certainly has been an interesting year in the stock market in the last decade. Countries defaulting, potential entire currency imploding, bankruptcies, some hot IPO’s but with all the news everyday it is easy to lose focus on what the performance of the stock markets have been overall this year. Take a look at …
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How to Trade Options “How to trade options ?” and “What is Options Trading ” are two questions that I have recieved on this site and I thought I would try to answer it the best I can in this post. Realize that these questions are quite broad but the best way to start is …
Some Basic Market Analysis In crazy markets like now(Fall 2011) it is helpful to have some basics on understanding overall market direction indicators to help you assess if the market is really showing support after a sell-off or if a market is showing weakness prior to a market top. There is no perfect technical indicator …
Options Trade Example in a Down Market How to analyze a potential trade is kind of a hard topic to summarize because there is no one way to do it and no amount of analysis will guarantee that the trade will perform like you planned. All you can do is try to stick to a …
Stock Market in Panic Mode A down market would be an understatement today. Yikes….. After the big down week in the markets last week I think market pundits were thinking that despite the ratings downgrade on USA by S&P during the weekend, that the markets might bounce after an initial drop this morning as people …
