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 …
How to Trade Stocks Without Listening to News Whenever I see a feature about a company on the front of a popular magazine or in the news, I am confident that the stock of that company is probably at an extreme and a very high risk for either a steep …
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 …
An Inner Calm and Focused Space Investing and trading is 50% learning and maintaining good skills as well as technique. The other half is controlling emotions, or what I call “being centered”. To me, being centered is to have an inner emotional space that remains calm and constant. This is …
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 …
Consider Market Condition and Stock Trend Cycle Buy the Dip is a very old-style strategy that is frequently touted as “brand-new” to new and beginning stock traders, novice swing traders, and new investors. The theory is that you want to “buy low and sell high”. But more often than not, …
Lists of Classic and Trend Timeframe Tops One of the most important aspects of learning to read stock charts and using Technical Analysis is to remember that the Market Structure is changing and evolving over time. Sometimes these changes are very slow, while at other times the evolution is occurring …
Bollinger Bands Use Explained for Beginners Bollinger Bands are used as a technical indicator that helps Retail Traders read stock charts more easily. Bollinger Bands are a Channel Indicator. Channel Indicators are lines that are drawn above and below the price on the chart by the computer software program. The …
Depends on Stock Market Corrections Selling Stocks is as easy as buying a stock. However, what really is most important is knowing WHEN to sell your stocks. Here are questions you should ask yourself: Why do gurus say that the market will crash? It is not out of the goodness …
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 …