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Active Trading Fundamentals

  1. A Primer On The MACD

    Learn to trade in the direction of short-term momentum.
  2. Loving Your Stocks? Don't Take This Cliché To Heart

    The advice not to fall in love with one's stocks is common, even a cliché. However, ...
  3. Top 4 Most Scandalous Insider Trading Debacles

    Here we look at some of the landmark incidents of insider trading.
  4. Market-On-Open Order (MOO)

    An order to buy or sell shares that specifically requests execution at the opening ...
  5. Gearing

    The level of a company’s debt related to its equity capital, usually expressed in ...
  6. Opening Imbalance Only Order (OIO)

    Limit orders that provide liquidity during the opening cross on the Nasdaq.

Charts & Patterns

  1. A Primer On The MACD

    Learn to trade in the direction of short-term momentum.
  2. Strongest Steel Stocks in the Materials Sector

    Why steel? Well, it's the best performing industry in the Materials sector, and Materials ...
  3. Top 4 Most Scandalous Insider Trading Debacles

    Here we look at some of the landmark incidents of insider trading.
  4. Market Summary for September 6, 2013

    The major U.S. indices moved lower this week, after a lackluster jobs report sent ...
  5. Taking Aim at the Lagging Financials

    Over the last 3 months the Financial sector has been one of the worst performers, ...
  6. Market Summary for August 30, 2013

    The major U.S. indices moved lower this week, but remain within long-term price channels. ...

Technical Indicators

  1. Upside Gap Two Crows

    A bearish market reversal signal in technical analysis. The upside gap two crows ...
  2. Gann Fans

    A form of technical analysis based on the ideas that the market is geometric and ...
  3. Vertical Line Charting

    A technique used by technical traders and market technicians to track the price trend ...
  4. Stick Sandwich

    A technical trading pattern in which three candlesticks form what appears to be a ...
  5. Chart Formation

    A graphical depiction of a stock's price movements over time. Technical analysts ...
  6. Rectangles

    A technical trading pattern in which a security's value ranges between two horizontal ...

Trading Strategies

  1. A Primer On The MACD

    Learn to trade in the direction of short-term momentum.
  2. 6 Asset Allocation Strategies That Work

    Your portfolio's asset mix is a key factor in whether it's profitable. Find out how ...
  3. When To Short A Stock

    Learn how to make money off failing shares.
  4. Strongest Steel Stocks in the Materials Sector

    Why steel? Well, it's the best performing industry in the Materials sector, and Materials ...
  5. A Top-Down Approach To Investing

    Use a global view to determine which stocks belong in your portfolio.
  6. An Introduction To Gamma-Delta Neutral Option Spreads

    Find the middle ground between conservative and high-risk option strategies.

Brokers And Reviews

  1. Floor Broker (FB)

    An independent member of an exchange who is authorized to execute trades on the exchange ...
  2. Gearing

    The level of a company’s debt related to its equity capital, usually expressed in ...
  3. Paper Trade

    Using simulated trading to practice buying and selling securities without actual ...
  4. How Leverage Is Used In Forex Trading

    Forex trading by retail investors has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, ...
  5. What Is Spread Betting?

    The temptation and perils of being over leveraged is a major pitfall of spread betting. ...
  6. Leverage: What It Is And How It Works

    Leverage is an investment strategy of using borrowed money to generate outsized investment ...

Trading Systems And Software

  1. Paper Trade

    Using simulated trading to practice buying and selling securities without actual ...
  2. Forex: Demo Before You Dive In

    All trading platforms have benefits and drawbacks - master the fake trade before ...
  3. Charles Schwab Announces Commission-Free ETF Trading

    Here's what the Schwab ETF OneSource will mean to the average investor's portfolio ...
  4. Beginner's Guide To J-Trader

    J-Trader is a platform for trading futures and options that also enables trading ...
  5. Triple Screen Trading System - Part 2

    Market tide is the basis for making trading decisions in this three-part system.
  6. Triple Screen Trading System - Part 1

    Learn to take advantage of both trend-following and oscillator techniques to analyze ...

Options & Futures

  1. American Vs. European Options

    These two options have many similar characteristics, but it's the differences that ...
  2. An Introduction To Gamma-Delta Neutral Option Spreads

    Find the middle ground between conservative and high-risk option strategies.
  3. Managing Interest Rate Risk

    Learn which tools you need to manage the risk that comes with changing rates.
  4. The Options Premium

    An options premium is the amount of money that investors pay for a call or put option. ...
  5. The Iron Condor

    This market-neutral strategy isn't for everyone. Read on to find out if it is for ...
  6. Is It Finally Time To Buy Silver?

    As the precious metal space has given up many gains in the wake of a strengthening ...
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