To Find Giant Buy Side Institutions Investing Technical Analysis is undergoing massive changes as the technologies that support this form of stock analytic continue to expand and become more sophisticated. Charting software is no longer just about price, time, quantity, and symbol. It is also no longer merely candlesticks and …
Stock Indicators Transform Data into Histograms or Lines In the early days of Technical Analysis, Fundamentalists scoffed at the Technical Analysts who claimed that everything about a stock was right there in the stock chart. Price and how it moved was all that really mattered. Fundamentalists argued back that the …
Look for New Technologies in Sector Groups Nearly every long-term investor wants to know about diversification for their portfolio. The classic “diversified portfolio” was not intended to be the best method to increase wealth for the individual investor portfolio. What it is designed to do is to protect an investor …
Lists of Differences and Viewpoints Many Retail Traders assume that they are learning how to trade from a Professional Trader and that they are trading like a Professional Trader. This can pose inherent problems for the Retail Trader who is actually simply mimicking another Retail Trader. The Securities and Exchange …
The Semi-Professional Trader An unexpected new type of trader has emerged which is creating riptides within the professional community as a New Stock Market Participant surprise. The Professional Traders who comprise three groups consisting of the Proprietary Desk Traders for Sell Side Institutions, Floor Traders for Buy Side Institutions, and …
Understanding the Overlapping Cycle of the Super Sectors The Financial Markets use different Sector and Industry formatting than Economists. The Dow Industrial Average was established based on the economy theory of its time when there were 30 major Industries in the US, while for the Stock Market today, Economists use …
Determine Stock Trends & Stock Market Participant Groups The sell side of the market, aka the downside, is not the same as the buy side, aka the upside. One of the big reasons is that when the Stock Market is moving up on a long-term primary trend, ALL 9 Stock …
List of Possible Common Write-Off Expenses Many Individual Investors and Retail Traders do not know that years ago, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) established a ruling for the retail side of the Stock Market where they could have the same tax benefits as a Professional Trader. The ruling was done …
How They Are Changing the Stock Market The retail news and professional news feeds offer extremely opposing perspectives on what is going on with stocks in short-term trading, liquidity, execution speed, and the overall internal Stock Market Structure. While the retail side of the news media focuses on basic news …
Position Trading to Enter Stocks Earlier & Hold Prior to Earnings Release Most Earnings Season Stock Trading Strategies involve trading either the stock or its options a few days before the Earnings Report is released. However, much of the gains are already over if you focus only on the few …