Founded in 2014 by Erik Tristan Voorhess (the current CEO), ShapeShift is an instant digital asset exchange that allows crypto users to convert different cryptocurrencies namely Bitcoin, Monero, Zcash, Ethereum, Dogecoin and Dash among others. Currently, the company is headquartered in Switzerland. As a leading instant digital asset exchange, the service is most suited for […]
What’s up, everyone? All right, so here we are, fourth day of June, and today is basically a flat day. Finishing the day down $14. So I only took two trades, one winner, 100 bucks, and one loser, $114. So these are really small numbers. Today is a day where just not a lot happened. […]
Hedging is the act of taking out an opposing position to one or more existing positions that will offset these positions in the event of a loss. A hedging position will almost invariably be smaller than the main position, but a hedge can sometimes make a failed trade profitable if the hedging position was acquired […]
Ally Invest is a discount brokerage arm of Ally Financial. Before being acquired by Ally Financial in 2016, TradeKing was an independent online broker and had been in operation for a decade. Today, Ally Invest is an active investment arm of Ally Financial with a focus on providing a streamlined web based trading platform that […]
Liquidity describes the state of the market for an asset in terms of how quickly that asset can be traded without affecting its price. Markets for assets that can be sold quickly with little or no impact on the price of the asset are said to feature high liquidity, while the opposite features in a […]
Alpha is an investing performance measure that tracks the return of a position or portfolio relative to some representative benchmark. For example, the benchmark for a portfolio of U.S. equities may be the S&P 500, and any return above or below that of the S&P 500 for that year would be considered the portfolio’s alpha […]
What’s up, everyone? All right, so here we are, finishing the third day of June, and it’s another green day for me. Up $1400 today, just under 1500, which puts me up $2600 in the last two days. Now, right now we’re still in a market where it’s a little choppy, and we’re not […]
What’s up guys? Hope everyone had a great weekend. It’s Monday morning, 30 minutes into the day and our job is done. We had a really phenomenal trade on NKTR. It’s set up perfectly for us, out at the open at the 200 day moving average and continued to fade nearly six points of […]
A common stock is a security unit that represents a share of ownership in a corporation. The owners of common stock exercise their control over the corporation by electing its board of directors on a pro rata basis. Holders of common stock are the last to receive their share of remaining corporate assets in the […]
A financial market is any marketplace where investors trade securities or commodities on an open exchange with transparent orders and transactions. Financial markets generally offer low transaction costs and high trading volumes. Financial markets mainly trade in equities, bonds, commodities, foreign exchange and derivatives, among other financial instruments. A financial market is contrasted with financial […]
