Active Trading

Can psychology-based theories explain stock market anomalies?

Trendlines are a visual representation of support and resistance in any time frame.

Find out exactly what margin is and why it's important.

A stop loss order can protect an investor's portfolio when it is left unattended. Find out more about this market order and how it can work for you.

Find out why a margin call is so important to investors.

LBOs are often presented as predatory by the media. Find out why.

Learn more about this technical momentum indicator that determines whether an asset is overbought or oversold.

Learn more about this macabre representation of a temporary price recovery.

Learn more about this common visualization of a stock's price movement most often used by technical analysts.

Learn more about how this special number often associated with architecture and biology applies to finance.

Learn more about these two technical analysis levels and how traders use them as signals to buy or sell a security.

Learn more about this technical indicator and how you can use it as a predictive tool.

Explore the world of day trading and learn about how traders utilize short-term strategies to capitalize on daily market fluctuations.

Learn more on how the leverage ratio is used to calculate a company's ability to meet financial obligations and how changes in output will affect operating income.

Learn more on how leveraged investing can help you with higher investment profits through the use of borrowed money.

The head and shoulders chart pattern is a popular and easy-to-spot pattern - once a trader is aware of what they are watching for.

Find out what separates these two market orders and what they can do for you.

Find out what an investing style is and how to figure out which one suits you.

Dividend paying stocks can be a great help to an investors portfolio. Find out more.

Learn the method and reasoning behind this contradictory investment strategy.

Learn the importance of these opposing views on investing in the markets.

Find out how to avoid these common investing errors that have sunk many investors' portfolios.

This specialty vehicle offers dramatic results, but can also magnify risk.

Todd Gordon, senior technical strategist at FOREX.com, shares a different way to look at Elliott Wave analysis and how he uses it daily while trading the currency markets.

Sometimes even the best-looking set-ups don’t work out, but trader Corey Rosenbloom explains how to develop the proper skills to overcome these setbacks and stay on track.

Wayne McDonell, chief currency coach at FX Bootcamp, reviews some of the techniques he uses to trade and analyze the FX markets.

MoneyShow.com's Jim Jubak says investors should be careful when companies "beat" already weak lower earnings projections.

Trader and author Ed Ponsi explains how he deals with sloppy trading patterns and how to apply fundamentals to gain a clearer picture of the market action.

These technical indicators help investors to visualize trends by smoothing out price movements.

They may not eat brains, but zombie banks definitely hurt the economy. Find out more about this unstoppable horde.

Elliott believed that the movement of the stock market could be accurately predicted by charting patterns. Learn the basics of this theory.

In the 1980s, John Bollinger developed the technique of using a moving average with two trading bands above and below it. Learn how this indicator works, and how you can apply it to your trading.

When trading in forex, all currencies are quoted in pairs. Find out how to read these pairs and what it means when you buy and sell them.

The foreign exchange market is a market where participants buy, sell, and exchange trillions of dollars worth of currencies daily. Learn the basics of the FX market.

The conventional interpretation of candle charts focuses on the many different candle formations, but Dan Gramza shows how he uses candle charts to identify market behavior. This includes how you can use the "shadow" to see whether the buyers or sellers are dominating the market action.

Cash in the bank is what every company strives to achieve. Find out how to determine how much a company is generating and keeping.

Options offer investors a way to leverage their capital for greater investment returns. Find out what out the money means for option investors.

The methods used to analyze securities and make investment decisions fall into two very broad categories: fundamental and technical analysis. Learn the core differences in these strategies and how to use each analysis effectively.

Return on investment allows an investor to evaluate the performance of an investment and compare it to others in his or her portfolio. Find out how to calculate ROI and how to use to your advantage.

Beta is a measure of volatility. Find out what this means and how it affects your portfolio.

The debt to equity ratio identifies companies that are highly leveraged and therefore a higher risk for investors. Find out how this ratio is calculated and how you can use it to evaluate a stock.

Picking entry and exit points can be a big challenge for investors. Find out how limit orders can help you buy and sell a stock at the price you want.

Put option allow investors to hedge an investment they own or speculate in an investment they don't own. Find out more about this type of option and how it can work in an investor's favor.

Call options offer investors a way to leverage their capital for greater investment returns. Find out more about these financial contracts and how they work.