June 2, 2010 – 8:03 pm | No Comment

Many traders use online screening services to search for value stocks, either to buy or to short them. During this exercise, the best results are achieved when the filtering criteria aren’t set to flag only …

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Round numbers in stock trading
July 28, 2010 – 4:34 pm | No Comment

There’s something about round numbers that attracts the human mind. If the price of an object is $19.95, people automatically round that up to $20. If a house is for sale with an asking price …

Choosing a time interval for charting
June 30, 2010 – 3:25 pm | No Comment

Although many stock traders base their trading decisions upon daily charts, there’s no law requiring it. For day traders, trading from a daily chart is downright silly, and durations of two minutes, five minutes, or …

Net long or net short
May 12, 2010 – 2:30 pm | No Comment

Stock traders, just like long-term, buy-and-hold investors, must balance their risk through diversification. This includes:
•    trading stocks in different industry sectors
•    trading stocks in companies of various sizes or “market caps”
•    at least considering trading …

Price bars in stock trading: the open and close
April 21, 2010 – 11:05 am | One Comment

Much data can be gleaned by stock traders from the price bar alone.
The opening price is considered important by technical analysts. It’s supposedly the first trade of the day, at a price offered by the …

Understanding Algorithmic Trading
October 7, 2009 – 11:10 am | No Comment

The stock market is such a critical place that there are often a variety of systems that the investors use to plan their moves, optimize their earnings and get the best returns. Algorithmic trading is …

Stock Market Exit Strategy
October 5, 2009 – 9:36 am | One Comment

The stock market is a great place to make money because it often gives better returns than what most people earn from other sources. However for any chance of success in the stock market, you …

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RTP)
September 28, 2009 – 9:23 am | No Comment

Although traded on the New York Stock Exchange, Rio Tinto plc and its co-company, Rio Tinto Limited, are major drivers within the Australian economy and the basic materials industries of the ASX 200. A research …

Stocks That Give Quick Returns
September 22, 2009 – 10:10 pm | No Comment

There is no shortage of experts in the stock market as every investment company, television channel and broking house seem to have a few of them. But how many of them can earn quick returns …

Stock Market Trading And The Wyckoff Method
September 16, 2009 – 8:14 pm | No Comment

Richard D. Wyckoff is among the legends of stock market trading, and though he lived almost a century back, what he did and what he said is relevant even today. And though Wyckoff’s area of …

Growing Interest In The IPO Market
September 14, 2009 – 4:52 pm | No Comment

The IPO interest in the ASX is coming back. This is great news indeed because otherwise 2009 has been a really bad year. There have just been 10 companies that have tried to raise capital …