Day Traders Conduct Intraday Trading Intraday is really a made up word by those so-called experts who lump all online traders into the bag of day trading. For the sophisticated observer it is plain to see the obvious differences. A day trader rides the rush of the asset, while a swing trader diagnosis the trends and holds onto it as long as the momentum last. When I think of the term intraday, I picture someone who is closing their trades literally seconds after they have opened them. The SEC hasRead More

Mistake #3 Exiting Early Some of the best parties you missed are ones you left early; some of the best concerts you never heard, because while the third encore played, you were beating the crowd out of the parking lot. And some of the quickest 50% profits you’ll miss are because you got out a week early. Have you ever heard the old adage “you never go broke taking a profit”? Complete and utter hogwash. Be patient… that last 50% will be a sweet reward. Mistake #4 Staying on theRead More

Show Me the Money In the meantime, we’ll ride rolling waves of liquidity and hope in certain sectors, and exit just after they crest. Once again, investors who try to buy and hold through it all will suffer. My advisory service, Trader’s Advantage, is designed specifically for markets like this. There are a few areas I’m paying close attention to right now for our next round of profits. Cyclicals. I expect to see a rotational market environment for some time. That means we want to look at beaten-down cyclicals, suchRead More

5. The stock market isn’t the most important game in town anymore. As we just saw firsthand, the credit market has the power to unravel the stock market, cripple the economy and take down major American icons (like Lehman Brothers and AIG). The credit market is now FIVE times larger than the stock market today. • Gilead: +111% in 13 days • Teekay Shipping: +40% in 2 days • Regions Financial: +59% in 4 days • InterContinental Exchange: +77% in 18 days • eBay: +87% in 2 days • Apple:Read More

What’s an Investor to Do? Who will win the current battle for market direction? I don’t know (you’ll never find me pretending to have a crystal ball), and frankly, I don’t care. Every day there is an opportunity in the market to make money. Every day. Regardless of which direction the market is headed. But if you want to profit in today’s market, you must play by the new rules of investing. The 5 New Rules of Investing 1. Buy and hold is dead. I hate to be the oneRead More

by Jon Markman Editor, Trader’s Advantage The market’s 38% decline in 2008 was the second worst in the past 183 years, and that doesn’t even factor in the carnage we saw the first quarter of this year. But our priorities are now quite clear. Survive. Reassess. Rebuild. This bear market has thoroughly shaken many people’s basic assumptions about investing. But here’s what most investors haven’t yet grasped: We just witnessed… The Death of Investing as We Know It So many investors I talk to are waiting for the market toRead More

CHAPTER 19 FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS It is always been a difficult and a confusing decision as to which stocks to buy. The financial analysts heavily depend to the Fundamental analysis at that time. Fundamental analysis is looking at the basic or the fundamental financial level. It helps as key to determine the company’s health and gives the idea of the value of its stock. Fundamental analysis is the cornerstone of investing. Its core objective is to do the financial forecast of the company v To conduct companies stock evaluation v ToRead More

CHAPTER 14 HOW TO BUY SHARES? We have already discussed this before, but just to refresh it further, in ancient days dealing in trade market was only the privilege of the rich people, but now it is not so a common man is also a part of the trade market. You can buy shares through any of the following ways Stock broking through bank, custom stock brokers over the telephone or on line trading through internet. If you have no idea how to go about investing and really need aRead More