A stock market simulator is an incredibly powerful tool for traders of all types and levels of experience. Whether you are learning the ropes of a new asset class or testing your latest trading strategy, having a real, live environment in which to hone your trading skills is utterly essential and invaluable. Unfortunately, not all […]
Short Selling A Stock The stock market is a great place to make a lot of money on the money you already have. By making an investment and allowing it to grow you can get much more than what you had to begin with. That being said, most people think of the market as only […]
Table of contents Why Traders Need Technical Analysis Technical Analysis: Bottom Up vs. Top Down Approach Key Technical Analysis Concepts Support and Resistance Bottom Line Technical analysis is a loaded term. The phrase means different things to different people. If you ask a green pea newbie, they’ll tell you that with the right knowledge of […]
Technical analysis is the most commonly used approach utilized by day traders who are speculating on a day to day basis to profitably navigate the markets. While there are a myriad of ways to approach technical analysis and even more patterns to recognize, just a few key points will be of an immense help to […]
Trading in the stock markets is not for the faint of heart. There are many potential pitfalls for those who are ill prepared to handle it, and you can fully expect that you will fall into some of those traps if you do not plan ahead. While we all like to fancy the idea that […]
The moving average convergence divergence, better known as MACD, is a technical indicator that is used for measuring the strength of a trend by using two moving average prices. It is calculated by subtracting the 26-day exponential moving average (EMA), known as the slow length, from the the 12-day EMA, known as the fast […]
Although it took until 2009 for a mysterious person calling themselves Satoshi Nakamoto to introduce the idea of Bitcoin, the concept of crypto-currency actually stems from a 1998 publication by a man named Wei Dai. What began as an idea for a way to create an economy outside the constraints of the federal government quickly […]
The Average True Range is a trading term used to the measure the volatility of a stock or index. It’s a technical indicator that tells us the average price range a stock typically trades in and was first introduced by Welles Wilder. It calculates the average price range over a given period time, usually for […]
Table of contents What is a Short Squeeze How does a Short Squeeze Happen? Short Interest Short Ratio Bull Raids and Bear Raids Cost to Borrow How to Spot a Pending Short Squeeze Tips for Trading a Short Squeeze Using a Short Squeeze to Your Advantage Short Squeeze Examples FAQ’s Updated 11/3/2023 I know a […]
Many traders rely so much on technical indicators that they avoid or forget that all indicators are derived from price, so when you are using indicators you are adding an extra layer of analysis between yourself and price. Technical indicators are like different colored lenses, each one offers a different view, but the clearest view […]
