We’ve all dated before, whether we’re still dating or dated in college/high school. I was lucky enough to actually meet my wife in college. We had dated previously dated for three years before getting married 3 years ago now. When it comes to investing it’s really important that you actually take the time to date around. ...…
Do you know anyone on the board of Apple, or Google, or Microsoft? Do you know anyone that’s even high up in those companies? If you do, add a comment to this post right away and let us know. But chances are you don’t and so earning season for a lot of stocks is going ...…
What if you could trade stocks like Forex non-stop all night? Wouldn’t that be awesome? Trading in the middle of the night, trading in the morning, trading after dinner, whenever you want to trade, you just go into the market and make a trade. I guess there wouldn’t be anymore day trading, but that’s not really the ...…
This past weekend while I was at the beach I spent the first night out on the porch drinking beer with my brother-in-laws. Naturally we all forgot to apply ample amounts of bug spray – I’m sure you know where the rest of this goes right? We got peppered with bits the next morning leaving ...…
No matter whether you are a season investor or beginner just getting started in the stock game, there’s a popular investing option that might just suit your portfolio diversification needs. These high efficiency products called Exchange-Traded-Funds (ETFs) are great for diversifying your portfolio with a single purchase. Plus they are low cost and tax efficient. ...…
A recent post on the blog here got a lot of comments about broken wing butterfly option strategies. Given all the hype and curiosity, I decided to put together a post that explored how you would set up this strategy specifically. Oddly enough the broken wing butterfly isn’t a new strategy and has been around ...…
As kids we never wanted to be left out of the game. We enjoyed getting in there and playing hard. But as investors we should relish in the ability to quietly sit on the sidelines and do more watching than playing. Really it was put best by the famous Jesse Livermore who said “It was ...…
The beautiful thing about the options market is that it’s as big or as small as we (the traders) make it. When it comes to open interest, each expiration starts with the same amount of contracts – ZERO. From here there is no limit to how much the market can grow. There will simply be ...…
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 ...…
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