Some Wise Tips For The Beginner Penny Stock Investor

In the penny stock investing milieu greed is rampant and hustlers are always on the look out for a new prospect. Be wise, be prudent and do your due diligence before investing.

Million Dollar Challenge

I have entered CNBC's Million Dollar Challenge, a 10-week contest to see who can invest a million dollars the best. My plan is to use the 80/20 Principle to pick the best performing stocks for my portfolio with an added edge, forward view.

Trading After A Stock Market Crash - How To Find Stocks That Will Outperform In The Rebound

Is technical analysis still relevant after a stock market crash or stock market collapse? Can you use both fundamental analysis and technical analysis to select great potential stocks that will rebound after a stock market crash? Learn how a university professor in investment discovered a practical stock selection method that identified stocks that rallied well into the rebound soon after a stock market crash.

Have You Tried Financial Spread Betting Yet?

Picture the scenario: you have just placed an amazing trade and captured a nice fat profit on your favourite stock. As soon as you close the position you mentally add up the profits. Hey, wait a minute, it's not all yours! The tax man cometh!

The Little Drummer Boy

Of late, we've heard plenty of drum-pounding for big stocks. But really, when it comes right down to it, few of us can afford to invest enough money in big stocks - at least enough for it to make any difference.

Stock Trading Terminology

For the uninitiated, reading the business section in a newspaper or reading business magazines can often be a bit mystifying. On one hand, everyone knows about stock trading in a very basic way and all the talk about bulls and bears can be confusing, even in light of the fact that a bullish market means share values are up while a bearish market indicates sluggishness or lower share values. The end result is that a simple and straightforward exercise of investing in the stock market appears to be complicated and full of strange notions that seem to make no sense.

Keep Your Emotions In Check While Making Trading Decisions

One of the most difficult things that every new trader has to learn while trading in the stock market is how to keep emotions out of decisions. Money is an extremely emotional aspect for everyone. Making a profit makes us happy and making a loss is cause for concern. Considering the unpredictable nature of the stock market it is never easy to tell what might happen during a trade. This makes it difficult for traders to always retain their sense of logic and not give in to emotional pulls.

What Goes Up, Must Come Dow...

The bursting of the internet bubble in March 2000 taught us (or retaught us) one thing, that is: what goes up must come down. This is why I think the recent tear that the Dow has been on could usher in renewed interest in penny stocks.

Futures Day Trading - Patterns in The S&P 500 and E-mini Futures Contracts, PART 3

Identifying patterns that repeat in the futures market, then jumping on them, is what it's all about. These patterns can be rather complex, requiring an accumulated library of observations. The best way to do it is through your own intuition. There's no better computer trading program than your own trained mind.

The Leader in Stocks

Forex is unfaltering marked as a foreign market plea. Forex is moving on to pass one of the most in demanding trade industries on the stock market.

Comparing Stock in Forex

Like stock market exchange, Forex comprehends brokers. Investors often open up accounts, which they believe that the broker supplies as a stepping-pea to avoid risks.

Futures Trading - Methods to Trade The S&P 500 and E-mini Futures Contracts, PART 1

After twelve years of watching and day-trading the S&P 500 almost every day, I've come to some conclusions of what works and what doesn't. These methods can also be applied to other markets as well, for both long and short-term trading.

Helpful Day Trading Tool Tips

Examination of day trading tools including automatic pattern recognition, neural applications and broker integration.

Commodity Futures Trading - What Is YOUR Trading Edge? PART 3

Finding your very own unique commodity trading edge is a worthwhile goal. Without one you are lost in the masses, struggling to push your head above the sea of expenses. Trading edges do exist, though for short periods of time. Psychological edges are more permanent. You need many. Read on to find how to go about finding yours.

A Brief History Of The Stock Market

A stock is a legal symbol of ownership in a business. When you buy stock, you are actually buying part-ownership of the business. In other words, you become a shareholder.