by George Angell One of the biggest indicators that a trade is ripe for the taking is when the big players, the financial institutions, get aboard. These big-money players could be fund managers, who might manage enormous pensions funded with billions of...
by Jon Najarian When you’re trading options as a retail investor, you can’t rely on pricing models alone. If you believe, for example, that the March 2000 call is undervalued and therefore a good buy, it’s not enough. As a retail investor, you’re looking at more than...
by Duane Davis If you choose to trade longer-term using daily and weekly charts, follow these easy steps to huge profits. 1. Choose from one of the trending markets. Here's a list of our favorite 'trenders'. EURUSD AUDJPY GBPUSD NZDUSD GBPJPY USDCAD EURCHF...
by Ellie Taft Liquidity Global tycoons and international corporations are long-time fans of the currency game. At one point, DaimlerChrysler reported half their profit was generated by currency trading. In the past, million-dollar transaction requirements...
by Dave Caplan Most stock and futures traders are familiar with approaches to option strategies that rely upon overbought or oversold levels of the underlying instrument. While it is not always easy to measure what is overbought or oversold, approaches generally...
by Russell Sands Correlation is a tough subject to get a handle on. Especially for me, since I always used to get confused when people started talking in higher mathematics, using funny looking symbols instead of regular old numbers. Nonetheless, correlation...
by Oliver Velez I have often said that no one knows with any certainty the long-term direction or duration of the stock market. The longer the time frame, the less certainty there is. Even on a day-to-day basis, there is no certainty. We often look to...
by Thomas DeMark For many years, I have observed a similar trading pattern for most newly issued stocks. I have been particularly sensitive to the trading activity of these new issues because I was in charge of trading these stocks when I first entered the investment...
by Adam Oliensis More extensive discussions of technical price patterns, support and resistance, and trending vs. trading markets are available elsewhere. But this discussion should serve as a reasonable introduction to the subject, and guide you toward the most...
by Stephen Bigalow An interesting concept is the synthetic stock strategy. This is the use of options to set up a position that acts exactly like a stock, but without having to trade in the stock. The synthetic does require collateral for a short option, but it allows...