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...