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This Fed Meeting Changed Everything

The March 2022 Federal Reserve meeting represents a massive shift in the Fed’s approach to monetary policy and inflation. For several months, Jay Powell has been flirting with hawkishness, but it’s been all talk. He’d say what everyone wants to hear but refuse to raise rates or taper the Fed’s balance sheet.  Market participants have […]

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island reversal pattern

Everything About the Island Reversal Pattern

The Island Reversal Pattern is a chart pattern that involves a gap in price, consolidation and then another gap in the opposite direction (creating an island of candles as you’ll see in the below charts). Intro In their attempt to understand the movement of prices in different financial markets, pioneers of technical analysis techniques have […]

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Small Account Guide

Most people who start out trading have a small account, which falls in the $25,000 or less category. Day trading in a small account requires agility and precision in your trading. You don’t have the luxury of a ton of cash to fall back on so trading decisions need to be well thought out and […]

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The Nickel Short Squeeze: What Happened?

The Russia and Ukraine crisis have created countless second and third-order effects in markets that it’s dizzying. Last week, we saw the nickel market come to a complete halt and shut its doors for over a week in response to a violent short squeeze. In short, Russia is the world’s third largest nickel producer and […]

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Market Overview for Week of March 21, 2022

It was another eventful week in markets with the Fed dipping their toes into hawkish water for the first time since 2018, Russia and Ukraine still failing to reach a peace deal or compromise, and insane price action in the Chinese stock market.  Before we go over what happened this week and what will happen […]

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Market Overview for Week of March 14, 2022

It was a very eventful week. We can’t possibly get to everything and still keep things brief. Keep in mind the Stalin quote – “there are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” when trading these markets.  The Russia/Ukraine war is still going strong with the Russian troops just nine miles […]

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Why The Stock Market Closes

Why The Stock Market Closes

  A stock market or a stock exchange is a physical place or digital platform where day traders and other types of investors buy or sell stocks or shares of publicly listed companies. The Frankfurt Stock Exchange, founded in the late sixteenth century, is the world’s oldest stock market. A stock or a share represents […]

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How To Have An Endless Source of Trading Ideas

If you want a TL;DR for this article, the main idea is that creating a consistent and easily repeatable process for your trading is the best way to never run out of trading ideas. Endlessly tweaking screener parameters and cycling through different software platforms doesn’t generate ideas–those are simply tools that make your process quicker […]

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ORTEX Financial Analytics Review 2022

  Brief Overview Through a single platform, ORTEX delivers multiple analysis tools for a variety of investment vehicles. If information is what you seek, ORTEX may have an answer. Services Offered ORTEX specializes in data analytics on the following investment vehicles: Cryptocurrencies ETFs Equity options Indexes Traditional currencies IPOs Commodities And stocks, of course It’s […]

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