The age of online trading has made almost all stock easy to trade, sometimes too easy – with just a click to pick. But, a significant difference exists between EASY stocks and PROFITABLE stocks. A combination of liquidity and tight bid/ask spreads make both…
Known as @PipCzar on Twitter, Blake Morrow started out in 1995 as a stock broker, but soon transitioned from broker to trader… After a wealthy friend had put up $50,000 in startup funds, Blake lost nearly $30,000 of it in just…
Options are one the most versatile financial instruments at your disposal. Options can be used to trade market direction, to trade volatility or to hedge a position in the underlying instrument. One of the most popular uses for options is…
When investing in fixed income, the focus frequently concentrates on yield – how much the investment pays as an annualized percentage of the amount invested. During periods of low interest rates, such as the one we are in now, investors…
The simple definition of a Relative Strength Index (RSI) indicator is the sum of all the price changes up less the sum of all the price changes down, divided by the absolute value of all the price changes over the…
Fight or flight is built into our DNA when confronted by stress and fear. Our natural human instincts are difficult to manage when market volatility ratchets up. Anxiety over losing hard earned money, and just being wrong, is increased in…
Former high-frequency trader, Dave Lauer, has worked for firms such as Citadel and Allston Trading. His experience is particularly focused in multiple areas of the HFT pipeline, including; building hardware, research and modeling, and programming and operating strategies —…
As traders looking for a shortcut, one question that I receive often is, “How do I choose which stock to trade?” And even more so – how does a trader go about consistently picking the right stocks? I find it…
Target Date Mutual Funds (TDF) are designed to adjust its asset allocation as the “target date” approaches to help investors plan for specific goals. For example, a 40-year old investor planning to retire in 25 years might choose a 2040…
Too often emotions weigh on our objective judgment and market perceptions. The right mindset is critical to success as psychology plays such an important role in winning the battles. Markets are not GOOD or BAD…they just are. Sometimes they move…
