My Best Idea for Small Investors
Stocks are a wonderful investment but they will not be the right choice for small investors looking at trading for a living. A widely cited figure is that stocks return about 10 percent a year in the long run.
Michael Carr
Trading Without Software
When just starting out, some beginning traders will want to use all of their available funds to trade rather than buying software and data feeds. In this article, we’ll look at how that can be done, using free end of day data and indicators.
Bubble Testing Proves Prices Can Be Irrational
In a previous article, I offered details on one way to quantify a bubble, at least for defining a market opinion. In this article, we will test the idea and assess the probability of successfully trading bubbles.
Bubble Spotting: Dangerous to Trading Wealth
If trading can be reduced to a well defined set of rules, then market forecasting can also be defined by testable rules.
Lessons Every Trader Needs to Learn From MF Global
Experience is always the best teacher, but it’s also the most expensive. There are a couple of very important trading lessons to learn from the collapse of MF Global that we can learn at the expense of others.
Elliott is Only a Market Guide, Not the Holy Grail
Elliott Wave Theory can seem like a dream come true to traders. It offers traders a description of how markets should behave, with precise rules that help identify price targets in advance.
Day Trading Volatile Markets Using End of Day Data
In this article, we will develop a strategy that can be used by part-time traders to capture the large moves being seen in the markets from day-to-day.
If you only have an hour to trade…
A reality of part-time trading is that you may not always have time to trade every day. Full-time traders will have a daily schedule and routine tasks will be a part of their day. This is a definite advantage for traders who make a living from the markets, and ultimately you need to find time to become a successful trader.