Trading concepts

A stock can see its price go to zero.Traders can profit from prices rising or dropping.Traders can loose more than their initial investment in some cases. Everyone who wants to enter the arena of the stock market must know that the games played in this arena are...

There is no trading strategy in the world that guarantees us success every time. No matter how careful and vigilant we are in our trading, there are things that are out of our control. If we carefully analyze a company and follow market trends, we cannot claim to be...

Losses are inevitable in trading and no trader not even the most successful traders can make 100% winning trades. That is why risk management is paramount to keep manage risks carefully.  Trading is a very risky game that requires you to be disciplined in each...

Professional traders do not consider trading as a hobby. When you take trading as a business, you develop a proper plan that becomes your stair to reach heights of success. Also, you prepare yourself for the uncertainty, risks, losses, and stress. We often find...

Do you want to learn what is copy trading? Or, how does copying work? Then you are on the right platform because we are going to learn all about copying in this article. Copy trading is a great innovation tactic for new traders to enter the scary world of trading....

How do you measure and track your trading performance? What is the best yardstick that can help you track trade performance? And, how do you know how good you are as a trader?  Good? Better? Best? Mediocre? Or bad? Monitoring trade performance is an important...

Perhaps everyone familiar with the world of trading is curious about one thing. How much do day traders make? Questions about returns for day traders often arise. But, it is next to impossible to answer those questions. A very few day traders disclose their income....

Once Lawrence J. Peters said, “If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.” That is the importance of goals in the simplest words. People with vague vision never reach their destinations. They don't get up every morning with a...

Do you know what stats say about the people who set on the journey to becoming stock market or Forex traders? Only 10% of those taste success in the stock market trading and make money. The other 80% lose their money and the remaining 10% achieve break even. That is...

Whenever you make a trade, you always ask yourself why it is a good idea. Fundamental analysis answers questions arising in your mind. Fundamental analysis is one of the two key stock analysis techniques. The second one is technical analysis. Both require great tools...

People from all across the globe consider trading as a high barrier-to-entry profession. They often ask questions like “why should I trade?” “why trading is important?” or “is trading really worth it?” Don't be anxious and overthink. If you have enough ambition and...

Technical analysis or TA is the study of the past movements of financial markets and securities including price and volume.Fundamental analysis focuses on figuring out the true value of stocks.Fundamental Analysis vs Technical Analysis has several similiarities and...

Behavioral finance is a sub-field of behavioral economics.It is built on the assumption humans are not rational individuals.It also propounds that psychological influences and biases can cause market anomalies and stock market anomalies in particular. The phrase...

Before you enter the complicated world of investing and trading, it is crucial to understand the difference between investing and trading. Which is better for you, investing or trading. And, which is more profitable investing or trading.  Investment means buying and...

Technical analysis and trading gurus always advise to main discipline to be a successful trader. But, it is very difficult and sometimes seems impossible to main discipline when you are trading. Here, a proven trading strategy comes into the mix of things. A...

Let's set the stage of trading plan with 2 quotes: By failing to prepare, you prepare to fail.Benjamin Franklin and Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.Abraham Lincoln That is the importance of planning. Without...

There is a long list of stocks, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds to pick for trading and investing. Understanding how to pick stocks is absolutely imperative to any trader or investor's success. We have put together an easy, complete, and step-by-step guide for...

Trading is often viewed as an activity of complete freedom.But to succeed, every trader must set rules he is willing to follow.Rules help traders manage their emotions and relieves them from excessive stress. Financial trading is not just about numbers, figures, and...

For you trading to get better, you have to keep track of what you do. That's what your journal is all about.It lets you keep track of what you learn, what you do, your trades, your emotions and your errors.Keeping track and then reviewing it will help your trading to...

Most people all across the globe have a perception that trading is gambling. There are also many others who think the opposite, trading is not gambling. So, what is the reality? Is trading really gambling? Has it some similarities with gambling? Or, it isn't gambling...

Cycles are are patterns which repeat (in the market, business or in other contexts).Market cycles often have 4 phases.Identifying the current phase of the cycle can be close to impossible.Assets behave differently at the different phases of the market cycle. Even...

Trailing stop helps trader secure their trade automatically when it moves in their favor.It can let traders book profit or mitigate risk if the price reverses.Trailing stop only moves in one direction as price progresses.It can be set as a percentage of price or a...

Multiple types of orders exist and can be used to best suit your trading strategy.A market order buys or sells shares at the available price until all the order is filled.A limit order buys or sells shares at a fixed given price. There is no guarantee it'll be fully...

The Sector Rotation Strategy assumes investors invest cyclically their funds in predictable industries.This theory is used by traders to anticipate investments & divestment and thus profit for price variations.It links market cycle to economic cycles. Sector...

The Risk/Reward ratio is a measure of the potential profit potential of trade compared to its risk.It a very important metric used by traders to manage their risk on each trade they consider.With win rate it helps estimate how profitable a strategy is. There are many...

The Dow theory is a financial theory stating the market is in an upward trend if all its averages are in sync.For example, the industrials average should move coherently to the transportation average. The Dow Theory is one of the oldest theories of technical analysis...