It’s been a long time coming, yet it’s finally here – the Facebook IPO. Arguable the most anticipated IPO in history you cannot help but get caught up in the hype and news surrounding this historic event. Honestly I hate when people try to shrug this off as just “another IPO” when it’s clearly exciting! ...…
Learn from the past is what we are taught in school. And as a big history buff I love to read up on how historical events can sometimes repeat themselves. Not exactly of course, but rather in the same context. History really fascinates me, but my finance degree helps pay the bills (nothing personal here ...…
Today I think I finally saw a pretty dramatic benefit to being on Twitter/Facebook before major economic events. And after you watch this video I want you to add a comment below and let me know if you have ever seen this happen before (I’m assuming some of you have)? Look, social media is growing ...…
Chances are you don’t sit in front of the computer screen all day placing trades. Hell I don’t even do that nor would I ever want to be glued to my chair all day either. And so as traders we have to learn how to use contingent orders to help place trades while we are ...…
Want to add another awesome indicator to your arsenal? How about checking out the McClellan Oscillator. It’s one of the most popular market breadth indicators around and sadly I have not done enough to cover it on the blog in detail. So this post is 110% devoted to McClellan and his Oscillator! What Is It ...…
It’s only been all over the news but if you haven’t heard here is the latest from Bloomberg: Robert P. Stiller, founder and chairman of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (GMCR), sold $66.3 million of his stock before it plunged the most in four months on news that Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) had developed a rival to its K-Cup ...…
Rationally deciding to exit a position and cut your losses is extremely tough. As humans we naturally have a fear of losing and closing a losing position only reinforces that fear. Unlike winning trades, losing trades have a great impact on our emotions. This could be the #1 reason why we tend to hold onto ...…
The daily driver is the most robust of the investment vehicles. Typically this vehicle is extremely boring and not an attractive choice to most novice traders. Even though this vehicle is not the most exciting or fun way of investing, it is the type of vehicle that will create the passive income. Passive meaning it ...…
This isn’t a trick or secret tip by any means – but maybe you just haven’t though about commissions like this before. You see, all of us have done the searching online for the “best” commissions. I know I still look around now and then to make sure I’m getting the best deal I can ...…
Options trading involves opening and closing positions all the time right. And since the markets can turn on a dime, there are many times when exiting a position quickly becomes necessary. But before you can even be comfortable getting in and out of orders you have to know what tools you have at your disposal. ...…
If you truly want to make more money trading options then you need to start thinking now about the options you trade now. Liquidity should be combined with other metrics as you perform your market research but some traders overlook its advantages. In this post I wanted to share some of reasons why an option liquidity ...…
You’ve decided that you want to really do all this trading stuff. Now you have to set up your stock charts so that it’s easy and simple to analyze the markets. A little time up front correctly setting up your charts now will save you time and money down the road. The key is to ...…
Placing your first option trade is not as hard as it may seem. You’ll never learn until you do it so let’s walk through placing your first trade step by step right now. At the end of this quick tutorial, add your comments and let me know if you think this was helpful in getting ...…
Many traders lose simply out of ignorance – as bad as this sounds it’s completely true. Honestly I throw myself into this category as well somethings when I see something I know I should trade on and I don’t. You see most investors base their trades on hunches, news, or tips from friends which we ...…
