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Active Trading Fundamentals

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    Market Summary for May 24 2013

    The major U.S. indices moved lower this week, ahead of the long Memorial Day weekend. ...

  2. What Type Of Trader Are You?

    There are different ways stock traders attempt to profit from market movements. Which ...

  3. Strong Volume Gainers, Can It Continue?

    Volume is one of those indicators that gets overlooked, likely because it's shown ...

  4. Market Summary For May 17, 2013

    The U.S. stock markets moved sharply higher this week, on track for its fourth straight ...

  5. Behavioral Bias - Cognitive Vs. Emotional Bias In Investing

    We all have biases. The key to better investing is to identify those biases and create ...

  6. Parabolic SAR Buy Signals

    The Parabolic SAR indicator is flashing "buy" in these four diverse stocks. Not simply ...
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Charts & Patterns

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    Market Summary for May 24 2013

    The major U.S. indices moved lower this week, ahead of the long Memorial Day weekend. ...

  2. What Type Of Trader Are You?

    There are different ways stock traders attempt to profit from market movements. Which ...

  3. Strong Volume Gainers, Can It Continue?

    Volume is one of those indicators that gets overlooked, likely because it's shown ...

  4. Market Summary For May 17, 2013

    The U.S. stock markets moved sharply higher this week, on track for its fourth straight ...

  5. Parabolic SAR Buy Signals

    The Parabolic SAR indicator is flashing "buy" in these four diverse stocks. Not simply ...

  6. Market Summary for May 10 2013

    Major U.S. indices moved higher this week but, given the new highs, traders should ...
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Technical Indicators

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    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 ...
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Trading Strategies

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    Arbitrage Squeezes Profit From Market Inefficiency

    This influential strategy capitalizes on the relationship between price and liquidity.

  2. A Day In The Life Of A Day Trader

    Day trading has many advantages and, while we often hear about these perks, it's ...

  3. Sell In May – Yay Or Nay?

    Seasonal timing in the market, best personified by the adage, “Sell in May – Go away,” ...

  4. Buying The Upward Trend Channel Bounce

    Find out how to set up the trades for four stocks that are moving higher within well-defined ...

  5. How To Start Trading

    Successful trading involves more than reading a few articles or books: you should ...

  6. How To Outperform The Market

    Active trading is an investing style that aims to beat the market. Find out how it ...
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Brokers And Reviews

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    Role Of A Market Maker

    A market maker is a firm or an individual that stands ready to buy and sell a particular ...

  2. Decline Of The Independent Broker-Dealer

    Since the financial crisis of 2008-2009 the numbers of independent broker-dealers ...

  3. Forex: Demo Before You Dive In

    All trading platforms have benefits and drawbacks - master the fake trade before ...

  4. How To Outperform The Market

    Active trading is an investing style that aims to beat the market. Find out how it ...

  5. Prime Of Prime - PoP

    A brokerage that provides service to traders (especially Forex traders) who need ...

  6. Reinvesting Capital Gains In Leveraged Portfolios

    Don't get forced into action. Learn how to plan properly to avoid making rash decisions.
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Trading Systems And Software

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    Forex: Demo Before You Dive In

    All trading platforms have benefits and drawbacks - master the fake trade before ...

  2. Charles Schwab Announces Commission-Free ETF Trading

    Here's what the Schwab ETF OneSource will mean to the average investor's portfolio ...

  3. Beginner's Guide To J-Trader

    J-Trader is a platform for trading futures and options that also enables trading ...

  4. Triple Screen Trading System - Part 2

    Market tide is the basis for making trading decisions in this three-part system.

  5. Triple Screen Trading System - Part 1

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

  6. Beginner's Guide To CQG Integrated Client Trading Platform

    CQG Integrated Client Trading Platform is a robust trading platform that takes time ...
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Options & Futures

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    The Butterfly Spread

    A butterfly spread is a neutral options strategy with both limited risk and limited ...

  2. Make Your Precious Metal Choice Less ‘Golden’

    The recent rout in gold prices has affected the rest of the precious metals space ...

  3. Is The Gold Pain Over?

    After falling more than 13%, gold has staged a rebound but is that for fundamental ...

  4. Uncovering Oil And Gas Futures

    Find out how to stay on top of data reports that could cause volatility in oil and ...

  5. Build A Baby Berkshire

    Get a piece of Warren Buffett's profit by using Form 13F to coattail his picks.

  6. Leading Economic Indicators Predict Market Trends

    Leading indicators help investors to predict and react to where the market is headed.
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