Stock Research If you don't research the stock you are purchasing first, you are doing nothing more than gambling with your money. Stock research will help you to improve your returns on the stocks you purchase. While all the research in the world on a stock cannot guarantee its value will … [Read more...]
Stock Quote
Stock Quote The stock quote provides you with a wealth of information about a stock you may be looking at purchasing. Stock quotes are available from a number of different sources, from newspapers, online services, and financial television show. In order to effectively use a stock quote, you … [Read more...]
Stock Trading
Stock Trading The most important aspect of stock trading is to develop a stock trading strategy that suits your needs, expectations and personality type. You need to look at your comfort level for risk, are you looking to make short term investments and stay on top of the market? Even your age … [Read more...]
Stock Trading System
Stock Trading System First we'll start off with what a system is. According to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary a system is "an organized or established procedure". It follows then that a stock trading system can be defined as "an organized or established procedure for trading stock". … [Read more...]
Short Term Trading – Part 2
Peter's Short Term Trading Story Continued The Index fell for two days from there, then had another weak one day rally. I placed another sell order below the low of that day, and the order was filled the next day as the down trend resumed. "You had certainly built a large position by then," … [Read more...]
Stock Day Trading
Stock Day Trading Stock day Trading is simply trading that is done within the daytime market hours of a particular stock. Day trading starts at the open at the earliest and ends at the close at the latest. A day trade can be only 5 minutes long or it may take the entire day. Day trading … [Read more...]
Online Stock Trading
Online Stock Trading Online stock trading has rapidly become the method of choice for many traders. Trader's like the control they have when trading online. Today's best online stock trading platforms give traders "information at their fingertips". Many will include quotes, charting, and … [Read more...]
Stock Chart Analysis
Stock chart analysis is used by many as one of the first steps in the technical analysis of a stock. The visual nature of stock charts gives you an instant feel for stock's trend. Let's take a look at how stock chart analysis can be used to analyze virtually any stock. A stock chart contains so … [Read more...]
Short Term Trading – Part 1
Short Term Trading Using WD Gann's Swing Trading Strategies "Would you like to see my short term trading strategy in action in more detail with a trade by trade description of the positions I took as I traded the S&P 500 Index down into the low two weeks ago?" Peter asked Paul one … [Read more...]
Stock Trading Diversification
Stock Trading Diversification In discussing the different attitudes of our two hypothetical traders, Peter and Paul, I have tried to share with you the thought processes that make a successful trader. If you read any of the marketing material from the Financial Planning community or the Mutual … [Read more...]