How to RESET After A Bad Month | Behind The Trades | Ep #10 Alright everyone, so today’s time for episode 10 of Behind the Trades. We’ve taken a little summer hiatus from the Behind the Trades series. I think the last episode we did was in June, and things have just been so crazy, […]
While people come into trading for a wide variety reasons and from an equally broad range of backgrounds, there are some common issues that all new traders face. This leads to the existence of a few common new trader questions that everyone new to trading tends to ask. Everyone’s journey to trading success will be […]
How Trading Commissions Can Kill Profits When it comes to trading financial instruments like stocks, options and futures, traders and investors have to part with commissions. As an unavoidable cost, it has an impact on the profits earned by traders and investors. Today, it’s quite difficult to trade without connecting to a brokerage firm. To […]
Have you ever asked yourself what makes you so interested in the trading business? Why do you want to be a trader? There are a lot of great reasons why it makes sense (you can also read my latest article about it here), and for me, it all really started with a burning passion for […]
Bitcoin Hits Record High Following CME Announcement Bitcoin, the most popular cryptocurrency available, hit record highs following the announcement that the CME plans to establish bitcoin futures later this year. This is huge news for a couple of reasons. It is further establishing Bitcoin as a legitimate financial instrument and it will allow more institutional investors […]
Which Is A Better Investment: ETFs Or Mutual Funds? When someone tells you they invest in the markets, your mind generally jumps to one type of security – stocks. However, there are a lot of different types of financial products when it comes to saving and investing your hard earned money. You can invest in mutual […]
Yield hungry investors are looking for solid companies with an established history of steady and substantial dividend payouts. It is natural, then, that these investors cluster in American blue chip stocks, who earn this informal title from being established market leaders, financially stable and household names. Blue chip stocks derive their value from the expectation […]
You Are Not Thinking Fourth-Dimensionally “Marty, you’re just not thinking fourth-dimensionally”. Here is a popular quote borrowed from one of my favorite movies of all time, the “Back to the future” saga. If you’re in your thirties or older, odds are this movie came to mind as soon as you read the title of this […]
It wasn’t long ago that investing was reserved for institutions and very wealthy individuals. Even then, early investors needed to go through an intermediary and a simple stock purchase could take days. From its humble beginnings a few decades ago, online trading has transformed the world of investing. With a bank account and a small […]
The OTC Markets (Over The Counter) is a market for stocks that don’t meet the requirements for being listed on a major exchange like the NYSE or NASDAQ and has become somewhat of a wild, wild west arena over the years. However, it still attracts a plethora of traders and investors who are looking to […]
