Algorithmic trading has grown extensively over the years and now makes up a substantial portion of trading activity. In fact, 50 percent or more of all stock trades are done by high frequency traders, or HFT. What might this mean…
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A market assumption that makes life easier is to believe that liquid markets are fairly priced, that is, the wizards at Goldman Sachs would buy anything undervalued and sell anything overvalued to put things back in line. There may have been…
Paul Singh is experienced trader who has been trading since he was in college. He’s traded stocks, options and futures, but now only trades stocks.He started trading during the dot com boom and quickly earned a ton of money….
Portfolio puts are now in high demand even though markets were within striking distance of all time highs in the last few weeks. This preparation for a downturn can be viewed as a bullish contrarian indicator. Truth be told, the masses…
Ever had the feeling that a market is getting ready for a monster move, only you have absolutely no idea what direction that move may take? Assuming your answer is yes, relax. All traders have experienced that feeling. Call it intuition,…
The VIX volatility index is often called the fear index and used to separate stable market situations from sell offs. The VIX has changed how traders and investors look at angst and uncertainty. It is easy to measure market psychology…
5 Million Dollars Worth of Beginners Luck with Jesse, aka @PsychoOnWallSt This week’s interview is with Jesse, who is known on Twitter as @PsychoOnWallSt, which is a play on the film American Psycho. The amazing thing about Jesse is that…
One of the advantages of the futures markets is the opportunity to trade at nearly 24 hours. Global inputs or news outside of normal stock market hours can be digested immediately in the highly traded stock index contracts on the S&P…
