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We can reduce the amount of time and "homework" it takes to find highly tradable securities by running screens and stock scans but there is still the common problem of making strategies far more complex than they need to be. Complex strategies generally start from a simple strategy which works well for the trader, but then that strategy is tweaked and re-tweaked in an attempt to make it even more profitable.
If this tinkering has worked with some strategies, that's excellent, but it is common for the trader to begin to have too much on their mind; profits cease and the trader ends up...
There are many great trading strategies out there, and purchasing books or courses does save time, but trading can also be a "do it yourself" career. Many traders spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars looking for a great trading strategy. Building strategies can be fun, easy and surprisingly quick. (To read about available trading software check out Forex Automation Software For Hands-Free Trading.)
To create a strategy, you will need access to charts which reflect the time frame to be traded, an inquisitive and objective mind and a pad of paper to jot down your ideas. These...
Trying to pick an intraday top or a bottom in a market move can be dangerous, yet many traders are obsessed with trying to get in right at the bottom and out at the top. A common method is to forecast a bottom, place a bid and then watch in horror as prices continue to plummet, resulting in a larger loss than initially anticipated. Traders can get into emerging trends early and exit near the top, but a prudent strategy requires that we wait for the market to provide us with a signal - a sign that it is reversing - before we enter/exit our position. In this way, we can enter and exit at relatively...
Most people who are interested in learning how to become profitable traders need only spend a few minutes online before reading such phrases as "plan your trade; trade your plan" and "keep your losses to a minimum." For new traders, these tidbits of information can seem more like a distraction than any actionable advice. New traders often just want to know how to set up their charts so they can hurry up and make money.
To be successful in trading, however, one needs to understand the importance of and adhere to a set of rules that have guided all types of traders, with a variety of trading...
It is quite common to hear someone say "This stock has got to go up!" or "This stock has got to go down!" In such cases, the trader has made a prediction that the stock should move a certain way based on research or analysis and is ignoring the facts about what the stock's price is saying right now.
Certain strategies require that a price movement is faded (where a position is accumulated as the price moves against the trader), but for most individual traders who have small positions there is little need to fade the market predicting that it will reverse at any moment. Traders, especially...
Generally speaking investors make their money by buying a security and then selling it for a profit at some point down the road. It’s not unusual for investors to maintain their positions anywhere from a couple of months to many years. On the other side of the coin there are traders. The typical trader holds a stock no more than a few days, and often trades in and out of stocks several times per day. “Scalpers” are a specific type of short-term trader. Here we'll take a look at this type of trading, how it works and how scalpers profit. (For background reading on what day traders do, see Day...
Volume is a measure of how much of a given financial asset has been traded in a given period of time. It is a very powerful tool, but it's often overlooked because it is such a simple indicator. Volume information can be found just about anywhere, but few traders or investors know how to use it to increase their profits and minimize risk.
[b]TUTORIAL: Analyzing Chart Patterns[/b]
For every buyer there needs to be someone who sold them the shares they bought, just as there must be a buyer in order for a seller to get rid of his or her shares....
The positive relationship between a stock's recent price history and its future price performance - known as the momentum effect - is one of the most heavily researched stock market anomalies. While the jury is still out regarding what causes the momentum effect, studies have shown that buying the stock market's recent winners and selling its recent losers can be a rewarding (albeit volatile) investing strategy.
[b]TUTORIAL: Top Stock-Picking Strategies[/b]
For this reason, many investors incorporate price momentum indicators into their stock selection...
Traders and investors can turn precise entry, exit and money management rules into automated trading systems that allow computers to execute and monitor the trades. One of the biggest attractions of strategy automation is that it can take some of the emotion out of trading since trades are automatically placed once certain criteria are met. This article will introduce readers to and explain some of the advantages and disadvantages, as well as the realities, of automated trading systems. (For related reading, see The Power Of Program Trades.)
[b]TUTORIAL: Trading...
Before the global financial crisis (GFC), liquidity risk was not on everybody's radar. Financial models routinely omitted liquidity risk. But the GCF has prompted a renewal to understand liquidity risk. One reason is because there was a consensus that the crisis included a run on the shadow (non-depository) banking system - providers of short-term financing, notably in the repo market - systematically withdrew liquidity; they did this indirectly but undeniably by increasing collateral haircuts. After the GFC, all major financial institutions and governments are acutely aware of the risk that liquidity...
One thing that all traders will eventually need to consider is how much should be traded. Will they make one trade per day, 100 or more? While how much to trade may just happen naturally, every trader should stop and evaluate how much they are trading and if they are possibly under or overtrading their specific style or system. Scalping styles generally require lots of trades, while positions traders need to be more selective in the movements the trade. Each style is different, and too many or too few trades could potentially harm a trader's profits.
[b]Tutorial: Electronic Trading[/b]
There are many characteristics and skills required by traders in order for them to be successful in the financial markets. The ability to understand the inner workings of a company, its fundamentals and the ability to determine the direction of the trend are a few of the key traits needed, but not one of these is as important as the ability to contain emotions and maintain discipline.
[b]Tutorial: Managing Risk And Diversification[/b]
Trading Psychology
The psychological aspect of trading is extremely important, and the reason for that...
Technical analysts use support and resistance zones to identify points on a chart where a pause, or the reversal of a prevailing trend, is likely to occur. Once an area of support or resistance has been identified, it provides valuable potential trade entry or exit points. This is because, as price reaches a point of support or resistance, it will do one of two things: bounce back away from the support or resistance level, or violate the price level and continue in its direction.
TUTORIAL: Analyzing Chart Patterns
Most forms of trades based on these indicators,...
For active stock traders, having different strategies for different market conditions is a crucial factor. Trends emerge, fade, reverse and ranges develop, all playing out in ever broader trends and ranges, all within a single trading session. Thus, the trader is faced with a choice: trade one strategy and profit only at times that suit the strategy, or trade several strategies that allow them to trade profitably, in an array of market conditions. Different times of the day pose different opportunities and threats, and must be accounted for. Once several strategies have been adopted, it is crucial...
Divergence: The Trade Most Profitable
Article Highlights
- Human emotion and behavior are largely responsible for action in the markets.
- Herd instinct is seen when traders congregrate near support and resistance levels.
- Emotional price levels are significant because they create anticipation.
Technical analysts use support and resistance to identify points on a chart where the probabilities favor a pause, or reversal, of a prevailing trend. Support occurs where a downtrend is expected to pause, due to a concentration...
I suggest all new member to use the cheapset brokerage platform possible. When chosing an investment bank, make sure they have intraday facility or very cheap brokerage.
This help shortterm trader like ourself goes a long way to making profits. If you noticed we usually go in and exit a trade from days to minutes and even seconds.
Imagine using a brokerage which charge Rm28 minumum/0.42% if you make 10 trades? in and out will cost you a whooping Rm560!!!!
and say you buy a stock and exit after one bid? instead of profits you will be exiting at a lost because of...
"All economic movements, by their very nature, are motivated by crowd psychology." -- Financier Bernard Baruch
At times, a market will appear to move based on fundamentals, while at other times, the same market will move in the opposite direction on the same news! The key to understanding the highest probability move is to understand the psychology associated with that market. You must also understand that markets move in trends but reverse at extreme levels of bullishness (tops) and bearishness (bottoms). This...
June 22, 2004, was another good day for CMKM Diamond Inc. More than 3.2 billion shares of company stock were traded. On the same day, less than 1.7 billion shares traded on the buying to hold in hopes that the stock makes a big discovery, Ser says. But while an investment in the vast majority of penny stocks will never hit a home run, it's fun to dream.
Conclusion
Trading penny stocks is certainly not for all investors. But it might be just right for those who are looking for something off the well-worn investment or trading paths....
There is a nearly infinite number of factors that can cause the stock market to move significantly in one direction or another. This can include such things as economic data, geopolitical events and [i]Economics Basics[/i] tutorial.)
Simply put, supply is the shares that people want to sell and demand is the shares that people are looking to buy. When there is a difference between these two groups, the prices in the market move; the greater the disparity between demand and supply, the more significant the move will be. For example, suppose that an individual company is trading up...
A good trading system or strategy is absolutely worthless without a method of managing your money. You like to trade stocks right? You like to make money in the markets right? Well, you will not have any money to trade with if you do not follow good money management practices!
Your #1 goal as a trader is to preserve your capital so that you can stay alive long enough to have some big winners that cover the costs of your losing trades AND make...
Firstly, let other source do my explanation of what is bear and bull market!
What does Bear Market mean?
A market condition in which the prices of securities are falling, and widespread pessimism causes the negative sentiment to be self-sustaining. As investors anticipate losses in a bear market and selling continues, pessimism only grows. A bear market should not be confused with a correction, which is a short-term trend that has a duration of less than two months. While corrections are often a great place for a value investor to find...
Market timing attempts to predict the direction of future market movements in order to buy low and sell high. It is a strategy that most professional investors rely on and most other investors hope to replicate. Interestingly, it's also a strategy that has negative connotations for many investors. Have you ever wondered whether you could make money as a day trader? Read on as we cover the controversy behind this strategy.
The Controversy
At the academic level, the very concept of market timing is called into question by those who believe in the efficient market theory. This theory...
Over time, equities have fared quite well in terms of total returns. However, that doesn't necessarily mean every investor should purchase or be invested in equities. Along the same lines, many junk bonds have the potential to deliver sizable incomes to their holders, but there are people who should never have junk bonds in their portfolios. So how can investors determine what types of investments are right for them?
An individual's resources or funds available may dictate what type of investment he or she should make. For example,...
Newbie please read....dont understand please ask....we are here to help Call Warrants
A call warrant is a leveraged financial instrument which derives its value from the value of an underlying security. A call warrant can provide exposure to the underlying security for a fraction of the underlying securities price.
For a physical-settled call warrant, the warrant holder has the right, but not the obligation to buy the underlying security from the issuer at a predetermined price or Exercise Price at expiry or at anytime during the tenure of the call warrant.
For a cash-settled call warrant, the warrant holder can exercise...
Know Your Counterparty When Day Trading
As day traders, it is important to remember that when making trades intraday it is highly likely that you will transact against another day trader or a designated market maker - and their algorithms. This can result in frustration for inexperienced traders because they fail to realize that the other party has a contrary interest and motive for the transaction. By making a transaction there is now a possibility that the counterparty may take steps to make you lose on your trade so that they may gain. While the market is by no means a one-on-one...
WHEN and how does one decide to buy call warrants?
BUYING CALL warrants (CWs) is a leveraged alternative to a position in the underlying stock. Increasing leverage or gearing can result in large percentage profits because purchasing CWs generally requires a lower upfront capital commitment compared with an outright purchase of the underlying stock. Buying CWs also offer the investor a pre-determined maximum risk. So, when and how does one decide to buy CWs?
1. Timing, level
CWs' value is mainly derived from...
One of the most documented of all psychological errors is the tendency to be over optimistic. In general, most people do not see the need to improve the way they make decisions, as they believe that they are already making excellent decisions. The unwarranted belief that we are usually correct is a major real-life barrier to critical thinking.
People exaggerate their own abilities and this is particularly common in managing their assets. Overconfidence often results in investors being fooled by small gains in a few trades, feeling much more in control of a situation than they are. Money...
Peace of mind is the most sought after 'commodity' in human life. It appears that most of us are in a state of perpetual restlessness. On analyzing the causes of this restlessness, I have ventured to find for myself ten solutions that need to be followed religiously if we are serious about achieving perfect peace of mind.
1. Do not interfere in others' business
Most of us create our own problems by interfering too often in others' affairs. We do so because somehow we have convinced ourselves that our way is the best way, our logic is the perfect logic, and those who do not conform...
Case study
1. Pchem- CC: Days ago. Mom price 6.70 and pchem-cc 0.19, mom price 6.85 level the pchem-cc only fetch 0.195, given mom price increase of 15 cents the pchem-cc only go up half cents, with the conversion ratio of 5 to 1 and under normal scenario pchem-cc should fetch at least 0.205 to 0.21 or 7.5 to 10 cents higher after conversion ratio and taking into account that call warrant premium tend to trend towards discount if happen mom up too much, or in simple term, warrant premium tend to reduce from higher to lower premium.
The question is why mom up too much which...
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Think about your trading history and notice if you see a pattern in the different day trading time zones in relation to winning and losing trade percentages. What a day trader must understand is that even if a chart has a great setup, the time at which the trade is placed may be in a day trading time zone which typically starts a countertrend move. For example, many traders who are day trading breakouts will be far more successful during the first two hours of the day than any other timeframe during the day. Typically breakout attempts will fail and reverse which will only...
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There is a common saying that goes, "Don't judge a book by its cover". Some equally valid words of wisdom for investors could be, "Don't judge a stock by its share price". Despite tons readily available information for investors, many people still incorrectly assume that a stock with a small dollar price is cheap, while another with a heftier price tag is expensive. This misconceived notion can lead investors down the wrong path, and help them make bad decisions with their money. The truth is that the cheapest stocks - "penny stocks" - also tend to be the riskiest....
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Successful companies aren't born, they're made - and they have to work their way from humble beginnings and through the ranks just like everyone else. Unfortunately, some investors believe that finding the next "big thing" means scouring through penny stocks in the hope of finding the next Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) or Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT). Unfortunately, this strategy will prove to be unsuccessful in most cases. Read on to find out why pinning your hopes on penny stocks could leave you penniless.
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Designed as a place for new companies to get a start, the sad truth is that the vast majority of the nearly 3,500 juniors listed on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) will never make it onto the big boards. Most run out of money or simply disappear before their products or services become profitable.
However, that hasn't stopped the phenomenal growth in trading volume. In 1993, just 3 billion shares traded annually, but by the peak of the internet bubble in 2000, this number had swelled 40-fold to 117 billion. In 2006,...
Astro-CC - Target Price 10 cents - 8 cents is within reach
Bjtoto-CD - Target Price 13 cents - 9 cents is within reach
Bjtoto-CF - Target Price 25 cents - 20 cents is within reach
IGB-CA - Target Price 25 cents - 20 cents is within reach
airasia cf, tm-ci possible
reasons...sigh1 ask me loh..lazy to explain..let's wait and see...i have slowly collect but also slowly let go igb-ca and the rest of warrant. I am adopting exactly airasia-ce strategy whilst i have make truck loads of money for my standard. happy1 yeah1
"Whatever money you may need for the next five years, please take it out of the stock market right now, this week. I do not believe that you should risk those assets in the stock market right now."
-- Jim Cramer, Oct. 6, 2008, S&P 500 at 1,056.89
Over one year ago and thanks in no small part to the statement above, I concluded that Jim Cramer was a menace to investors.
It only took a few months for the rest of the nation to catch on. Jon Stewart finally jumped on the bandwagon last March, exposing the man for what I think he...
Most traders would agree that you should not risk more than 2% of your trading capital on a single trade. The stock market is mostly random. No one else is going to tell you this, but this is the reality of trading stocks.
So no matter how good the chart looks, there is a chance that the stock will not go in your desired direction and you WILL lose money on the trade. How much money will you lose if this happens?
On the...
The 2 for 1 money management strategy is a conservative way of trading, however, if you are new to trading stocks then this will help you to stay alive while on the learning curve. This money management strategy will help maximize your profits while minimizing your losses!
The basic premise of this strategy is take profits on half of your position once the stock moves equal to your original positions stop loss.
What is CAN SLIM
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CAN SLIM
is a formula created by William J. O'Neil, who is the founder of the Investor's Business Daily and author of the book
How to Make Money in Stocks - A Winning System in Good Times or Bad.Each letter in CAN SLIM
There is an old saying on Wall Street that the market is driven by just two emotions: fear and greed.Although this is an oversimplication, it can often be true. Succumbing to these emotions can have a profound and detrimental effect on investors' portfolios and the stock market.
In the investing world, one often hears about the juxtaposition between value investing and growth investing, and although understanding these two strategies is fundamental to building a personal investment strategy, it is as important to understand the...
Sure, the economy sometimes hits a slump, whether because of a war or unforeseen natural disaster. Of course, these things are beyond an investor's control. But turbulence in the market can often be linked not to any perceivable event but rather to investor psychology. A fair amount of your portfolio losses can be traced back to your choices and the reasons for making them, rather than unseen forces of evil that we tend to blame when things go wrong. Here we look at some of the ways investors unwittingly inflict problems on the market.
Following...
The incessant intraday struggle between the technical analysis, and so forth. If market reality jives with the tenets of the trader's system, a successful and profitable career is born (at least for the moment).
So the ideal situation for any trader is that beautiful alignment that occurs when the market crowd and one's chosen system of analysis conspire to create profitability. This is when the public seems to confirm your system of analysis and is likely the very situation where your highest profits will be earned in the short term. Yet this is also the...
People often ask if technical analysis can be used as an effective substitute for fundamental analysis. Although there is no definitive answer whether technical analysis can be used as a whole substitution for fundamental analysis, there is little doubt that combining the strengths of both strategies can help investors better understand the markets and gauge the direction in which their investments might be headed. In this article, we'll look at the pros and cons of technical analysis and the factors that investors should consider when incorporating...
Back in 1999, Robert G. Hagstrom wrote a book about the legendary investor Warren Buffett, entitled "The Warren Buffett Portfolio". What's so great about the book, and what makes it different from the countless other books and articles written about the "Oracle of Omaha" is that it offers the reader valuable insight into how Buffett actually thinks about investments. In other words, the book delves into the psychological mindset that has made Buffett so fabulously wealthy. (For more on Warren Buffett and his current holdings, check out
If you want to emulate a classic value style, risk-free rate, claiming that the "margin of safety" in carefully applying his other tenets presupposes the minimization, if not the virtual elimination, of risk.
Summary
In essence, Buffett's tenets constitute a foundation in value investing, which may be open to adaptation and reinterpretation going forward. It is an open question as to the extent to which these tenets require modification in light of a future where consistent operating histories are harder to find, intangibles...
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