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Basis Points: What Are They and How Are They Used?

Like many other professionals, the world of finance and investing has a wide list of industry-specific lingo that can be difficult to decipher for everyday investors and traders. One of the most common terms you will come across on Wall Street is “basis points,” which is an important unit of measurement used to describe and […]

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How Technical Traders Can Benefit From Quantitative Analysis

Technical trading is such a diverse method of trading that you really can’t pigeonhole it. There’s trend traders, mean reversion traders, breakout traders, and pullback traders. You can trade support and resistance levels, forecast volume and volatility, or even do technical analysis on the VIX or the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet (maybe that’s not a […]

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Elon Musk +9.2% Stake in Twitter

  So news out, Elon Musk has accumulated a 9.2% stake in Twitter. And when I first saw it I thought, okay, I had seen the headlines, I guess, it was last week where he was making posts about is a new platform needed, and interpreted that as a new social media platform.   He […]

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Market Overview for Week of April 4, 2022

Meme stocks are back and yet again. After months of commentators creating narratives that the retail phenomenon experienced in 2020 and 2021 was simply aberration, often citing exchange volume data as proof, have yet again been dashed as this small group of stocks like GameStop (GME), and AMC Entertainment (AMC) and a sub-group of related […]

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Stock Options: Can You Trade Them After-Hours?

  Regular trading sessions for stocks and options is 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST, however, there are some exceptions on certain options. But first, let’s dig into what options are and how they work. For a deeper dive into options, you can also check out our Options Trading Guide. Intro Retail traders and institutional […]

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