On December 31, 2015, the SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF (SPY) closed at $203.87. Ten years earlier, on December 31, 2005, the SPY closed at $124.51. Price appreciation over this time-frame was 63% (5.00% annualized). An investor who held on…
We have our first guest from China on this episode, Derek Wong – Director of Systematic Trading and Options at a private fund in Shanghai. Derek first worked in the agricultural pits at the CBOT, before moving on to work…
Traders have many choices when it comes to indicators. Moving averages, stochastics, RSI and ADX are just a few. Bollinger Bands are another popular choice and combine a moving average with an upper band and a lower band. The typical…
You’ve heard it before and will hear it again, “The biggest mistake new traders make is not following stops.” You may think following stops means to use fixed stops or limit orders exclusively, but in my experience, market makers take…
Our guest today is Nico, known as @ InefficientMrkt on Twitter, a day trader in the fast lane. He focuses on trading low-priced stocks that have a tendency to move fast and far — with almost 90% of his positions…
Buying options, either bullish Calls or bearish Puts, is a limited risk tactic that can be used as a stock substitution strategy for directional trading. No matter what happens to the underlying stock, the maximum dollar exposure is the premium…
Traders, enjoy this 7-minute video, describing in detail one of the most powerful reversal candlestick patterns which can help save you (or maybe make you) bounties of cash. Watch Now! Investing Shortcuts – How to Trade the Tweezer Top from…
You’re about to hear from Adrian, a trader otherwise known as @ AdeyF69 on Twitter. Coming from an almost two-decade pro sailing career, Adrian has been onshore as an independent day trader for the last six years, taking an income…
It’s commonly assumed that prices have a Gaussian, or normal, Probability Density Function (PDF). A Gaussian PDF is the familiar bell-shaped curve where 68% of all samples fall within one standard deviation about the mean. This is a really bad…
The put-call ratio is simply an indication of the number of puts being traded versus the number of calls being traded. There are several put-call ratios that may be watched or used by investors including the total number of puts…
