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  1. The 4 Advantages of Options

    Flexible and cost efficient, options are more popular than ever. Find out why.

  2. The Long Straddle And Price Consolidation

    With options, the direction of a stock's next major move becomes less important than its magnitude.

  3. Pyramid Your Way To Profits

    This strategy involves scaling into profitable investments as they continue to rise.

  4. The Uptick Rule: Does It Keep Bear Markets Ticking?

    This rule prevents traders from driving stocks down, but its effect on market volatility is debatable.

  5. Borrowing Smart In A Debt-Filled World

    Leveraging your money can have many perks, but it's not always the smartest financial plan.

  6. Banking Profits In Bull And Bear Markets

    Both parts of the market cycle present major opportunities for savvy investors.

  7. A Logical Method Of Stop Placement

    If holding on to losing trades is human nature, this tool will help protect you from yourself.

  8. Market Bottom: Are We There Yet?

    No one rings a bell when the bear market's over, but that doesn't mean there's no way to predict a bottom.

  9. The Advantage Of Intermarket Analysis

    Analyzing a variety of markets around the world can provide powerful insight into trading opportunities.

  10. The Anatomy Of Trading Breakouts

    We'll walk you through this trading strategy from start to finish.

  11. Volatility Index Uncovers Market Bottoms

    VIX can gauge when the market has hit bottom - a welcome sign of better things to come.

  12. When To Short A Stock

    Learn how to make money off failing shares.

  13. Surf's Up With Filtered Waves

    With an appropriate filter, you can ride the waters to rising profits.

  14. Darvas Box Traps Elusive Returns

    Follow a modern trade to see how this old strategy still captures profits today.

  15. Riding The Momentum Investing Wave

    Buy high and sell higher. Find out if you could surf these risky waters.

  16. Profiting From The Bollinger Squeeze

    Learn how Bollinger's "squeeze" can help you determine breakout direction.

  17. The P/E Ratio: A Good Market-Timing Indicator

    Check out the returns this newer technical analysis tool would've yielded over the period from 1920 to 2003.

  18. Investment Strategies For Volatile Markets

    Find out how you can change your investing strategy based on market conditions.

  19. Think Like Warren Buffett

    They don't call him "The Oracle" for nothing. Learn how Buffett comes up with his winning picks.

  20. The Crash Of 1929 - Could It Happen Again?

    Learn about the series of events that triggered the Great Depression.

  21. DMI Points The Way To Profits

    The directional movement index tells you whether to go long, short or stand aside.

  22. Measure Volatility With Average True Range

    Find more profitable entry and exit locations with this standard indicator.

  23. Market Reversals And How To Spot Them

    The sushi-roll indicator may help lower the risk of trying to pick market tops and bottoms.

  24. Trading Calendar Spreads In Grain Markets

    Futures investors flock to spreads because they hold true to fundamental market factors.

  25. The Market Participant Playbook

    Find out what effect institutional investors have on the stock market and individual traders.

  26. Enter Profitable Territory With Average True Range

    Find entry or exit signals or develop a complete system based on this versatile tool.

  27. The Impact Of Recession On Businesses

    Find out how this economic cycle affects both small and big business.

  28. The Stop-Loss Order - Make Sure You Use It

    It's a simple but powerful tool to help you implement your stock-investment strategy. Find out how.

  29. Trader's Corner - An Interview With A Success

    You too can use the strategies of one man who turned $11,000 into more than $18 million in 18 months.

  30. How To Use Gann Indicators

    This trendline-like technical analysis tool has been around for decades - but it still works.

  31. Spotting Breakouts As Easy As ACD

    Wondering what it means to be a "logical trader"? Take a look at this system devised by Mark Fisher.

  32. Short Selling Risk Can Be Similar To Buying Long

    If more people understood short selling, it would invoke less fear, which could lead to a more balanced market.

  33. Trading Psychology: Consensus Indicators - Part 2

    Professional market players are some of the best models for the individual small trader to mimic.

  34. Invest With A Thesis

    Putting your goals in writing will help you achieve them more consistently.

  35. Ostrich Approach To Investing A Bird-Brained Idea

    Learn how to take a hands-off approach to your portfolio without sticking your head in the sand.

  36. Auction Rate Securities: Bidding On The Long Run

    These investments do better with a long-term horizon. Should you buy them before they're going, going, gone?

  37. Solving Mixed Options Problems On The Series 7

    Learn to ace the questions that involve both options contracts and stock positions.

  38. Gauging The Strength Of A Market Move

    Learn how to apply the ACD technique to a longer time horizon.

  39. The ABCs Of Option Volatility

    The mystery of options pricing can often be explained by a look at implied volatility (IV).

  40. Testing Point-And-Figure Patterns

    Learn the patterns that will help you pinpoint and profit from breakouts.

  41. Get A Strong Hold On Profit With Strangles

    Forget straddles. These strangles are both liberating and legal in the investing world.

  42. Get Technical With A CMT Certification

    Develop the skills you need to trade on your own or to become a technical analyst.

  43. Brains Don't Always Bring The Bucks

    Common mistakes can prevent even the smartest investors from beating the market.

  44. Hedge Funds Go Retail

    Find out how average investors are breaking into what was once reserved for the ultra rich.

  45. Has Your Fund Manager Been Through A Bear Market?

    How to find a portfolio that will survive when the bulls stop charging.

  46. MACD And Stochastic: A Double-Cross Strategy

    Two indicators are usually better than one. Find out how this pairing can enhance your trading.

  47. Einstein's Stock Tips: Gravity and Growth

    Can applying the theory of relativity help you pick a stock? Find out more here.

  48. Tic-Tac-Toeing Your Way To Better Returns

    Point-and-figure charts eliminate the noise surrounding a stock to help you determine where it's headed.

  49. Bear-Proof Your Retirement Portfolio

    Find out how to protect your assets so you can live out your dreams in style.

  50. Bear Spray For Your 401(k)

    You can defend your retirement savings from the ravages of a bear market. We'll show you how.

  51. Would You Profit As A Day Trader?

    Market timing is surrounded by controversy, but does it work?

  52. The Rectangle Formation

    Find out how this technical pattern can be useful in your trading arsenal.

  53. Divergences, Momentum And Rate Of Change

    Divergences may signal a change in market direction, but traders must also identify the speed of that change.

  54. Buy High And Sell Low With Relative Strength

    The RS strategy seems counterintuitive, but there is evidence to show that it works.

  55. Leading Indicators Of Behavioral Finance

    Discover how put-call ratios and moving averages can be used to analyze investor behavior.

  56. Why A Falling Stock Is Not Always A Bargain

    Learn how to successfully trade pullbacks and to avoid being crushed by "falling safes."

  57. Triple Screen Trading System - Part 6

    Williams %R can confirm the strength of trends and warn of reversals. Find out how to use it as the second screen in this triple-screen system.

  58. The Chinese Wall Protects Against Conflicts Of Interest

    After the crash of 1929, this barrier helped define ethical limits, but it did little to prevent fraud.

  59. The Darvas Box: A Timeless Classic

    This method helped its inventor turn $26,000 into $2 million. Many argue it still works.

  60. Operating Leverage Captures Relationships

    Find out how fixed and variable costs interact to shed new light on old companies.

  61. ADX: The Trend Strength Indicator

    Follow this tool to reduced risk and increase profit potential.

  62. Trader's Corner: Finding The Magic Mix Of Fundamentals And Technicals

    For a record-holding stock trader, CANSLIM is the formula that identifies this magic mix.

  63. Triple Screen Trading System - Part 8

    Making use of the tightest stops in entering and exiting positions is what this three-part system is all about.

  64. Finding Short Candidates With Technical Analysis

    Learn how to distinguish tops and bottoms in the equity market when short selling.

  65. Using The VIX For Shorting Opportunities

    Find out how to use this tool to identify opportunities.

  66. Charting Your Way To Better Returns

    Learn about the powerful hybrid techniques that take advantage of both technical and fundamental analysis.

  67. Who Is To Blame For The Subprime Crisis?

    From lenders to buyers to hedge funds, it appears everyone has blood on their hands.

  68. Benefit From Borrowed Securities

    Find out what your broker is doing with your securities when you invest on margin.

  69. Spot Hotshot Penny Stocks

    Don't flip a coin to find your next investment.

  70. How Will The Subprime Mess Impact You?

    The subprime collapse could mean doom and gloom for housing, equities and the overall economy.

  71. The Wall Street Animal Farm: Getting To Know The Lingo

    Finance professionals speak a different language, but the terms they use are more familiar than you think.

  72. Make Money With The Fibonacci ABC Pattern

    We break down this indicator into simple, easy-to-understand pieces so you can profit.

  73. Mastering Short-Term Trading

    Making money in a pressure-cooker environment is all about minimizing risk on hot picks.

  74. Trailing-Stop/Stop-Loss Combo Leads To Winning Trades

    Combine trailing stops with stop-loss orders to reduce risk and protect portfolio value.

  75. Four Big Investor Errors

    These simple lessons can cut your losses.

  76. Turtle Trading: A Market Legend

    In 1983, an expert trader decided to coach 14 novice traders. The results were astounding.

  77. Get Into Low-Cost Futures Trading With Synthetics

    If you can't trade commodity futures outright, these vehicles provide a less expensive alternative.

  78. The Stock Cycle: What Goes Up Must Come Down

    Stock prices seem random, but there are repeating cycles. Learn to take advantage.

  79. Triple Screen Trading System - Part 5

    Stochastics can be very effective as the second screen in this three-part system. Find out how to use this popular oscillator.

  80. Triple Screen Trading System - Part 7

    This system identifies the intraday price movements that indicates entry points for your buy or sell orders.

  81. The Short And Distort: Stock Manipulation In A Bear Market

    High-quality stock reports needn't be confused with stock manipulators' dramatic claims.

  82. Survival Tips For A Stormy Market

    Learn which stocks to watch and which to avoid when the Dow starts to sink.

  83. Consumer Confidence: A Killer Statistic

    It's the key to any market economy, so investors need to learn the measures and how to analyze them.

  84. Moving Average Envelopes: Refining A Popular Trading Tool

    Traders can benefit from experimenting with envelopes, which help spot trends after they develop.

  85. Enhance Your Portfolio With Active Equity

    This strategy provides the potential for larger returns while using less capital.

  86. Tales From The Trenches: The Rising Wedge Breakdown

    Learn how to short this reversal pattern with a favorable risk/reward ratio.

  87. Adapt To A Bear Market

    Learn how your portfolio should evolve to suit bear market conditions.

  88. Taking The Bite Out Of A Bear Market

    Find out which financial instruments will protect you from bear market volatility.

  89. Taking a Trip to Trader Town: Exploring the Trader's Chatroom

    Traders don't have to be solitary to be successful--discover how to connect with fellow traders and experts.

  90. Do Adaptive Moving Averages Lead To Better Results?

    These complex indicators can help traders interpret trend changes, but are they too good to be true?

  91. From Beads To Binary: The History Of Computing

    Investing today couldn't happen without the inventions of yesterday. Learn more here.

  92. The Art Of Cutting Your Losses

    Find out how to keep your capital losses small and let your winners run.

  93. Tales From The Trenches: Volume Confirmed Broadening Pattern

    Find out how to make sense of this tricky - but profitable - formation.

  94. A Top-Down Approach To Investing

    Use a global view to determine which stocks belong in your portfolio.

  95. Taking The Sting Out Of Investment Loss

    Get a hold of yourself! Take losses in stride and learn to invest dispassionately.

  96. Candle Sheds More Light Than The MACD

    Read the case against this well-established indicator.

  97. Continuation Patterns - Part 2

    Take a closer look at triangles, which appear in ascending, descending and symmetrical forms.

  98. Mad Money ... Mad Market?

    Jim Cramer's spirited recommendations are a case study in irrational market behavior.

  99. Peer Comparison Uncovers Undervalued Stocks

    Learn how to put one of the top equity analysis tools to work for you.

  100. Mortgage Asset-Liability Management Made Easy

    Should you refinance your mortgage to purchase other assets? Learn how to weigh your risk.
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