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how to buy and sell stocks

How to Buy and Sell Stocks

Whether you’re day trading, swing trading or investing, you need to know the basics on how to buy and sell stocks.  What is a Stock? A stock (also called an “equity” or a “share”) is a security that represents an ownership share in a public company that is listed on a stock exchange like the New York Stock […]

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when to day trade

Find Your Niche: When and What to Trade

  Determining the right time to trade and the right market to trade may appear to be challenging at first, as can many aspects of trading! However, rest assured that many traders from around the world have had the same concern and have been able to find a trading strategy that both suits them and […]

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Iron Butterfly Options

How the Iron Butterfly Options Strategy Works

Iron Butterfly Options Strategy The Iron Butterfly options strategy, also known as the Ironfly, falls into a category of options strategies known as Option Income Strategies. Option income strategies focus on time decay and collecting premiums over the decay. Specifically, the Iron Butterfly is a type of income strategy known as a credit spread. Credit […]

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How to Invest in a Recession

How to Invest in a Recession the Right Way

Recessions can come without a moments notice, but when they do show up you need to be prepared on how to invest in a recession. Did you know: For the first time in history, the US will have completed a decade without a recession or depression?  Depending on the pundits you listen to, you will […]

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Mini options

Mini Options: Great For Trading Higher Priced Stocks

What Are Mini Options? Mini options are an options class that carries 10 shares of an underlying stock or exchange-traded funds, rather than 100 shares as is the case with traditional options. U.S. options exchanges introduced mini options in March 2013 on five popular expensive securities including Google and Apple stocks. Every listed mini option […]

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How Much Money Do You Need to Day Trade?

Table of contents Case Study How Much Money do you Need to Day Trade? Broker Types   (video transcript) What’s up everyone? All right, so in this episode, I’m going to answer that question that so many of you guys have been asking, how much money do you need in order to start day trading? […]

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Composite Index

What is a Composite Index?

A composite index is essentially a group of stocks that are averaged together in order to provide an overall view of a specific sector or industry. The word composite basically means a blend or combination of many things to form one big picture thing. A composite hockey stick just means that it’s made of a […]

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