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Online Stock Trading Software: 5 Trading Tools You Can't Afford To be Without
by: David Jenyns
The advent of online stock trading software in the late 1990's - early 2000's precipitated a surge in stock trading the likes of which had never been seen before. Suddenly, trading in stocks became accessible – and profitable – to almost anyone who tried it. The days of manually creating charts with ruler and pencil had gone forever; replaced by online technical charting services and anal... (read more)
• October 2006 •
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Writing Covered Calls
by: Tony Lassito
Covered Calls Options are most commonly used by investors for either leverage and / or insurance (hedging). As leverage, options allow the investor to control an equity position without paying 100% of the share price. For example, rather than going on the open market and purchasing 100 shares of IBM for $8,257 ($82.57 per share), an investor could control the same amount of shares at a given st... (read more)
• October 2006 •
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Legal Insider Trading for the Futures Market
by: Roger Damon
With so many trading tools on the market, it’s very easy to become confused at to what to use. Traders are always talking about indicators like Moving Averages, the RSI, and Stochastics. There are literally thousands of indicators and variations available, and most trading software these days give you the ability to make your own indicators out of the price data provided. While this may seem l... (read more)
• September 2006 •
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Should You Join an Online Stock Trading Forum?
by: Ian Henman
If you're en voled in online stock trading then you know how important it is to have timely and quality information. From experience the best way to get this information is to become a member of a good online stock trading forum. Benefits: In any business it's good to be able to discuss things with others in the same field, and if none of your friends or family are involved in tradin... (read more)
• September 2006 •
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What Is An ETF And What Does It Have To Do With An Index?
by: Bill Dufrane
An Exchange Traded Fund, more commonly known as ETF, is a collective investment much like a Mutual Fund. It is a commonly used tactic to get people to invest in a wider range of investments than they would have chosen on their own. These schemes are also known as mutual funds or simply managed funds. A large portion of these funds are traded on the worlds stock exchange. 1. Short Term Investing... (read more)
• September 2006 •
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Are You Looking to Buy Stocks?
by: Lorraine Weston
Investing for the future is important if you ever plan to retire. One form of investment is buying stocks in corporations. Stocks represent a portion of a company, so when you buy stocks, you are essentially buying into the company. You can benefit from any profits it makes, but you can also lose money if the company’s performance, or the market as a whole, goes down. When you look at investing... (read more)
• September 2006 •
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Cashing Out
by: Peter Leeds
So You've Raked It In Once you've had a big success with a penny stock, you may want to think logically about cashing out so that you maximize your advantages and benefits. For example, taking all the money off of the table and buying a house or a boat or getting some dental work done may not always be the best idea, but that's what you're doing it all for anyway, isn't it. On the... (read more)
• September 2006 •
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Rolling Stocks
by: Larry Potter
Rolling stocks have a very clear and identifiable historical pattern, they are stocks that roll up and down in repeated waves like a roller coaster. These rolls may become predictable. If you look at the chart of a rolling stock you can draw a line across the peak and along the bottom. The area between these two lines is called the channel. The upper line is commonly referred to as the resistance... (read more)
• September 2006 •
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ETF Investments: Understanding "The Dark Side" of Exchange Traded Funds
by: Dr. Mark Skousen
Until now, I’ve been a big fan of ETF investments (Exchange Traded Funds). After all, they offer choice, flexibility, low costs and tax efficiency, among other benefits. And they’re growing like wildfire... Though small compared to the 8,000 mutual funds valued at $9 trillion, there are now 253 ETFs with assets exceeding $315 billion, up 41% from a year ago. Clearly, they have fulfilled an impor... (read more)
• September 2006 •
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Making Money With Sports Arbitrage Trading
by: Chris Rohrer
Sports arbitrage trading is a growing business in the United States. It is growing fast, because it’s a great way for people to earn money online. If you haven’t herd of arbitrage trading do not worry. I am sure most of you haven’t. You don’t need to know anything about sports, or sports betting. Your not evening going to be betting. Your going to be trading. Sports arbitrage trading is a techniqu... (read more)
• August 2006 •
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