Online Trading Articles
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General Trading Articles
Zecco Online Brokerage Review - Zecco was founded on July 4th, 2006 in San Francisco, California. Starting the business on Independence Day wasn't a coincidence. The opening date was symbolic of their corporate mission. Zecco was founded with a singular, revolutionary idea - to democratize investing by taking away the friction of transaction costs. read more >>
Scottrade Online Broker Review - Scottrade was founded in 1980 as Scottsdale Securities by Rodger Riney, the current President and CEO. Scottsdale Securities, which was founded in Scottsdale, AZ before moving its headquarters to St. Louis, changed its name to Scottrade in 2000 to reflect the brand image of their online brokerage web site. Since the Internet emerged as a platform for online trading, Scottrade has taken advantage of new technologies to advance the stock trading process for their customers. read more >>
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Options Trading Articles
OptionsHouse Online Brokerage Review - OptionsHouse was founded by PEAK6 Investments in 2005. Developed and powered with PEAK6 technology. The goal of OptionsHouse is to make it possible for retail and institutional options traders to progress from basic trading, to a more professional level. OptionsHouse utilizes tools and methods derived from PEAK6′s extensive trading platforms; the same state-of-the-art technology they use to trade large-scale positions on every U.S. exchange, every trading day. read more >>
Options Trading for Beginners - If you've never traded options before, or have limited experience, we can help take you from an options trading beginner to an expert in a short period of time. The best thing is, you won't have to learn through the school of hard knocks (i.e the school of trading losses). Let us show you how. read more >>
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Stock Trading Articles
A Basic Introduction to Shorting Stocks - Stock shorting is a high risk trading strategy used by sophisticated investors who believe that the value of a company's stock is going to fall, and they want to profit when it does. The act of shorting is selling share of a stock that you do not own, in anticipation of the stock value dropping so you can buy it back at a later date…for less money than you sold it. In other words, you’re trying to buy low and sell high, but in reverse. read more >>
'Defensive' Stocks: Are They the Ticket in a Downturn? - Approximately three out of four stocks go down in a bear market. This ratio doesn't just apply to high beta names; historically, 75 percent of all stocks go down when the general market falls. read more >>
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Technical Analysis Articles
A Classic Technical Pattern Agrees with the Elliott Wave Count - In the August issue of his Elliott Wave Theorist, market forecaster Robert Prechter alerted readers that the U.S. stock market was slicing the neckline of a classic head-and-shoulders pattern in technical analysis, and that this may send the market into critical condition. read more >>
The Wave Principle: Where The Rubber Hits The Road - You could be to technical analysis what tweens are to texting, and it wouldn't make a lick of difference: You still wouldn't necessarily be trading at your fullest potential. The reason being: Without Elliott wave in your technical analysis toolbox, it's like looking at the world of opportunity through a narrow keyhole and ultimately missing the big picture. read more >>
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Trading Psychology Articles
Learn From a Trader Who Understood Market Psychology - What actually registers in the stock market's fluctuations are not the events themselves, but the human reactions to these events. In short, how millions of individual men and women feel these happenings may affect their future. read more >>
The Three Phases of a Trader's Education - Aspiring traders typically go through three phases in this order: Methodology The first phase is that all-too-familiar quest for the Holy Grail – a trading system that never fails. After spending thousands of dollars on books, seminars and trading systems, the aspiring trader eventually realizes that no such system exists. Money Management So, after getting frustrated with wasting time and money, the up-and-coming trader begins to understand the need for money management, risking only a small percentage of a portfolio on a given trade versus too large a bet. Psychology The third phase is realizing how important psychology is – not only personal psychology but also the psychology of crowds. read more >>
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Economic Articles
Efficient Market Hypothesis: R.I.P. - Of all the belief systems of Wall Street, few can claim the devoted following of the Efficient Market Hypothesis, the idea that stock prices adhere to the same laws of supply-and-demand that govern retail products. Once coined the theoretical "Parthenon" of economics, this notion has consistently endured the test of time ----- until now. read more >>
Deflation: First Step, Understand It - "Fed's Bullard Raises Specter of Japanese-Style Deflation?," read a July 29 Washington Post headline. There are still steps you can take if deflation is indeed in our future. The first step is to understand what it is. So we've put together a special, free, 60-page Club EWI resource, "The Guide to Understanding Deflation: Robert Prechter's most important warnings about deflation." read more >>
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Commodity Trading Articles
The Most Dangerous Gold & Silver Myths - Right now, the gold BULL-ion bandwagon is more crowded than a New York subway train during rush hour. But before you squeeze your way into the crowd of passengers, you should know one thing: Those steering the course are using outdated maps based on ill-conceived notions and illusory hopes. read more >>
Gold: Best Supporting Role In Economic Downturns? Think Again - Everywhere you look, from the Red Carpet to Wall Street, gold is definitely in "fashion." As for why, one word comes to mind: safe-haven. See, according to the mainstream financial experts, the more unstable the global economy, the greater the appeal for the precious metal. And, with a staggering 17% unemployment rate in the United States, alongside slumping real estate sales, Eurozone weakness, the Greece debt debacle, and so on -- the only thing going up is gold's supposed disaster premium. read more >>
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