Stock Market Investing Articles

Finance » Stock Market Investing | By Caterina Christakos @ Thursday, 20th March 2008 @ 1:19 PM

While being a day trader used to be a personal decision that the government had no interest in, the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently stepped in and developed some day trader account management rules that you may become subject to depending upon how you trade. There is a new category of day trader called the "Pattern Day Trader" or "PDT". This definition applies to people who make four or more day trades within any five day period, but only if those trades ex... more...

Finance » Stock Market Investing | By Dean Whittingham @ Thursday, 20th March 2008 @ 5:17 AM

If you have no idea what it is you want from trading; then the markets will give you just that, nothing! Over 90% of traders fail to reach any success and a large part of this is because traders refuse to set any sort of goal or objective. Floating aimlessly, they are easy targets for the trap that is the financial markets. If you asked 100 struggling traders what it is they want from the markets the general answer is 'I want to make money'. Other than that it's 'I don... more...

Finance » Stock Market Investing | By Bercle George @ Wednesday, 19th March 2008 @ 9:42 PM

You can trade from anywhere in the world that has an Internet connection, as many financial bookmakers now have online dealing platforms. Day trading is equal to gambling and a number of brokerage houses have been responsible for exaggerating that day trading is safe and risk-free. Usually, we associate trading with purchasing a commodity, bringing it home or to our business premises, and then selling it. Some Facts You Should Know In Day Trading: 1. Day trading systems use objecti... more...

Finance » Stock Market Investing | By Mark Plummer @ Wednesday, 19th March 2008 @ 9:33 PM

The distinctive characteristic about commodities is that they can be of different types. It is due to this feature that they are traded on different exchanges after being split into different groups. A commodity is something that can be bought or sold unlike shares or the stock trading value of a company or a system of currency trade like the Forex. There are many groups of commodities. For example: a. Softs. Examples of these are sugar, cocoa, cotton, coffee. b. Grains. Exam... more...

Finance » Stock Market Investing | By Chris Viscaya @ Tuesday, 18th March 2008 @ 3:57 PM

Okay, now that you've found a good stock option trading System you are ready to rumble. You're ready to start 'cleaning house' and making huge returns sending you and yours into a rapid luxurious retirement in little under a year. Your excitement is understood. And guess what? It's actually possible because it has been done. We are assuming that you've obtained a really good stock option trading system, a method that uses excellent high probabilit... more...

Finance » Stock Market Investing | By Bercle George @ Monday, 17th March 2008 @ 8:19 PM

Making money consistently via day trading can be difficult, and it may take considerable time to master, but it can certainly be done. If it is possible to consistently lose money day trading That is to say, it is possible for one to develop a system to consistently achieve one result How could it be impossible to achieve the flipside of the same coin? Usually, we associate trading with purchasing a commodity, bringing it home or to our business premises, and then selling it. Day trading, othe... more...

Finance » Stock Market Investing | By Bercle George @ Monday, 17th March 2008 @ 8:06 PM

Day trading is a style wherein traders either sell all long positions are sold or cover short positions at the end of the trading day. Day trading is another one of the options in stock trading where you can purchase stocks, sell them off the same day, and earn the amount of profit, which has been accrued that very day. You can trade from anywhere in the world that has an Internet connection, as many financial bookmakers now have online dealing platforms. Some Facts You Should Know In Day... more...

Finance » Stock Market Investing | By Chris Viscaya @ Monday, 17th March 2008 @ 1:59 AM

The "good old days" in the stock market are NOW. Does that make any sense? Forget about the wonderful stock trading price movement behavior in 1999. Forget about 2007. Yes those were good years mostly attributed to the euphoria created in large rapid uptrends. The key to successful stock trading is to just focus on the "bread and butter" next high probability 10 to 20 point move and go forward. Good stock traders look forward to the next "bread and butter... more...

Finance » Stock Market Investing | By Reggie Dunn @ Sunday, 16th March 2008 @ 2:02 AM

Ah, the day trading profession - it's the perfect job, right? You can work when and where you want. You have freedom and independence. You answer to no one but yourself. All this sounds great and there is no doubt that day trading can be a very lucrative and rewarding career, but let's take a look at the cold hard facts. Nearly 80% of those who attempt day trading will fail. Trading accounts are lost every single day because of trading too much, taking illogical risks or just plain ign... more...

Finance » Stock Market Investing | By Chris Viscaya @ Saturday, 15th March 2008 @ 8:27 PM

Believe it or not, good Options trading newsletters and Stock trading newsletter have helped people make a lot of money from the stocks and options markets while saving them considerable fortunes by trading on their own. The best trading newsletters encompass all the fundamentals of great trading in their service that in turn helps you form top-notch trading habits. Besides making money, forming great trading habits taught by professional trading newsletters (and not all newsletters ar... more...

Finance » Stock Market Investing | By Sean Rasmussen @ Saturday, 15th March 2008 @ 6:42 PM

Choosing the right shares for investment and wealth creation can be confusing; too often, people are tempted to go with the pricey and proven, and thus limit their potential in building wealth. With the plethora of investment opportunities that exist in the world, there is never a need to limit one's wealth-building portfolio, and with the knowledge of a few basic principles, it is quite possible for a person to learn to identify good, moneymaking investment opportunities. Identifyi... more...

Finance » Stock Market Investing | By Steve Selengut @ Saturday, 15th March 2008 @ 5:02 PM

Always buy too soon--- because no one will tell you either when the rally will start or, more importantly, how long it will last. Of course those are the two things you want to know, but all you really have to go on is the experience of the past. This is not going to be a technical analysis of a series of numbers or chart formations that have predictive capabilities. Instead, it is intended to be a mild sedative to calm your collective fears and to allow for a relaxed analysis of the corrections... more...

Finance » Stock Market Investing | By Stephen Swanson @ Thursday, 13th March 2008 @ 8:21 PM

Want to get rich in a bear market? Sounds crazy, right? Not to those who understand that bear markets move much faster than bull markets, and by switching to a few simple strategies, can make them as much or more than they earned in the prceeding bull market. It is actually quite simple to do, but will take a slight shift in your way of investment thinking. A little background about bear markets first. Bear markets rarely come on suddenly. You will have many warnings and equally... more...

Finance » Stock Market Investing | By Reggie Dunn @ Thursday, 13th March 2008 @ 5:24 PM

It's easy to make money on the stock market, right? All you have to do is buy good stocks and sell at the correct time. The experts will tell you that the stock market is a sure thing - a guaranteed money maker. Well if it's so easy, then why do so many in the stock market game lose money? History has proven over time that there are a few common mistakes by traders that cause them to pick losing stocks and here they are: 1. Refusing To Take A Small Loss You've heard ... more...

Finance » Stock Market Investing | By Asoka Selvarajah @ Thursday, 13th March 2008 @ 11:45 AM

In my opinion, the second biggest challenge that you face in your online forex, stock commodity or futures trading is distraction. Now, I say the second biggest challenge, because the first challenge is to know what the heck you are doing in the first place! Frankly, if you don't know that- and most beginner and many intermediate level traders really don't- then you're going to need all the distractions you can get to keep you away from the markets so that you don't ke... more...

Finance » Stock Market Investing | By Steve Selengut @ Wednesday, 12th March 2008 @ 5:57 PM

Foundations, endowments and other not-for-profit organizations come in all shapes and sizes. The assets that they control and manage for the benefit of countless projects, charities, and causes is staggering in total and it has become a primary market for the vast array of investment products developed by Wall Street financial institutions. One can only speculate about how much "bubble paper" finds its way into the these portfolios, but nearly all of them are managed by the major brokera... more...

Finance » Stock Market Investing | By Stephen Swanson @ Tuesday, 11th March 2008 @ 4:50 PM

You've probably been hearing quite a bit about a possible recession that economists have been predicting for 2008. Some are saying it is already here. Clearly, the excesses from six years of sub-prime loans and the falling dollar, partly due to lower interest rates, have come back to bite the bottom line of builders and bankers who made those loans. Ultimately, economic weakness will also squeeze the biggest factor in our economy, the consumer. For several years they have benefited... more...

Finance » Stock Market Investing | By Dean Whittingham @ Thursday, 6th March 2008 @ 5:02 AM

You may think you know what a CFD, a currency pair, or an option is, but you probably don't know anywhere near as much as you should. For example, trading a CFD and an option using the same outlay can result in two completely different scenarios; the CFD can take out your initial outlay, plus more sometimes resulting in a margin call (if you know what one of these are). Bad traders can have their entire capital wiped in very short time if they're not careful. An option on the ot... more...

Finance » Stock Market Investing | By Alex Ola @ Monday, 3rd March 2008 @ 4:49 AM

The art of speculating on asset prices has been around for centuries. From the days of the Dutch Tullip to the more recent internet stocks boom and bust, people have been willing and able to place bets on the outcome of financial events and fluctuations in the prices of stocks and shares, bonds, currencies, and the various commodities including gold and oil. While the actual process of buying and selling financial instruments remains largely the same as it has always been, the instruments... more...

Finance » Stock Market Investing | By Nicholas Swezey @ Friday, 29th February 2008 @ 9:48 PM

There are actually a few ways to make money in a bear market but the main one we will discuss here is called Short Selling. Short selling is a technique that many stock brokerages allow. It allows you to Sell High then Buy Low, which is the opposite order of the traditional Buy Low, Sell High technique. First, you will need to apply for a margin account with your trading brokerage. Having margin gives you the ability to buy more stock than the cash you have available by borrowing... more...