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How to Choose the Right Broker for You

How to Choose the Right Broker for You

Posted by on January 2, 2012 · 0 Comment

Deciding to start investing or trading stocks can be intimidating for many. Even understanding how to read the stock market pages and graphs can seem like trying to read hieroglyphics. Working with a broker can help you better make sense of your options and learn what you need to know to make smart investing decisions. Choosing the right broker to work with is just as important as determining what [...]
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Scalping with indicators

Scalping with indicators

Posted by on November 18, 2011 · 1 Comment

Scalping requires an ability to move in and out of the forex market quickly, taking short, small gains whilst limiting risk and exposure. Scalpers vary in style and can trade multiple times throughout the day or simply once dependent on the strategy and leverage that they apply to their trades. The fact that scalpers often take only a handful of pips means that they often trade larger value transactions [...]
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Manage Risk, Realize Profits – Easier Said Than Done?

Manage Risk, Realize Profits – Easier Said Than Done?

Posted by on November 8, 2011 · 0 Comment

Risk is an inevitability in investing.  You have to risk money to make money, and the more risk you assume, the greater the potential rewards.  With interest rates the lowest most of us have ever seen, traditional bank accounts and savings accounts fail to beat the rate of inflation, let alone provide a path to true and lasting wealth. The key is to take calculated risks with your money, based on [...]
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The Power of Currency Correlations

The Power of Currency Correlations

Posted by on November 4, 2011 · 0 Comment

Different currency pairs can often be seen to move together, sharing a similar chart pattern and increasing and decreasing in value at the same time. These can be seen to be correlated, sharing direction and mimicking the movements of the other. The level of this positive correlation can be measured and ranges from a strongly correlated pair to one which can be considered weak or not correlated. Conversely, [...]
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Applying risk management to improve success

Applying risk management to improve success

Posted by on November 3, 2011 · 0 Comment

Risk management is an absolutely essential requirement to becoming successful in forex trading. It is quite possibly the single most important discipline for a trader to develop and can make even the most average trading strategy potentially very profitable. Risk management is closely linked to creation of wealth, considering the fact that minimising losses allows profits to be less frequent in order [...]
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Realizing Profits With Momentum Investing

Realizing Profits With Momentum Investing

Posted by on October 31, 2011 · 0 Comment

Every investor no matter the level of individual skill is familiar with the adage “buy low and sell high,” as the golden rule of successful investing.  The concept of purchasing securities at a low price and profiting from the rise in share price is what many consider to be the true way to make money in the stock market. This strategy seems so simple until you consider the pit falls you may encounter [...]
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Is A Stock A Real Value Or A Value Trap? How To Tell The Difference

Is A Stock A Real Value Or A Value Trap? How To Tell The Difference

Posted by on October 21, 2011 · 0 Comment

For value investors, the market’s decline that started in April would seem to provide a prime opportunity to pick up shares of companies at a dramatic discount.  While that is certainly the case with a few securities, unlike what was seen during the financial crisis, where valuations on stocks fell to a twenty-year low, it can be surprisingly difficult to find real value in today’s market. Masking [...]
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Trading like a master

Trading like a master

Posted by on September 29, 2011 · 0 Comment

The most unhelpful clichés always begin with a heavy dose of nostalgia. The idea that what has been, gone and won’t return is a familiar phrase amongst financial veterans who see the glory days of financial speculation as a thing of the past. The days when computers didn’t exist, it took an hour to get a quote and trading was a thing that someone’s brother did. It is easy to see how the nicely [...]
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How To Constantly Make Money In The Stock Market

How To Constantly Make Money In The Stock Market

Posted by on September 28, 2011 · 0 Comment

Global markets have been on a wild ride lately, and there is no arguing that it takes a strong will to invest your money when so much remains uncertain.  The European debt crisis, slow global growth, stubbornly low housing prices, and high unemployment have caused investors to be highly sensitive to any and all news concerning the economy. While there is no doubt that it is possible to make money [...]
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Things I Wish I Knew About The Stock Market In My 20s

Things I Wish I Knew About The Stock Market In My 20s

Posted by on September 20, 2011 · 0 Comment

The phrase, “youth is wasted on the young” is especially true when it comes to investing and learning about the stock market.  For many people, there are distinct financial benefits to investing at a young age, as a long-term investment strategy has historically been the best path to lasting wealth. Even with history and time on their side, many young people do not take advantage of the opportunities [...]
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Choosing the Right Online Brokers

Choosing the Right Online Brokers

Posted by on October 8, 2010 · 7 Comments

The advent of internet made it possible for businesses to go global. The worldwide web acted as an information highway that is loaded with different business opportunities. Even the once traditional way of trading and buying stocks now uses the full advantage of the internet. Thus, gone are the days when a stock investor will call his broker and place his through phone. Through the help of the Internet [...]
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Balancing Your Investment Diet

Balancing Your Investment Diet

Posted by on October 7, 2010 · 0 Comment

As an investor, you’d have come across a lot of advice from experts on how to direct your investments. Most of these experts have one especially important suggestion; “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket”. This stresses the importance of having a diversified portfolio to maximize your profits and prevent loss. Even if you love a particular kind of food, you can’t possibly live on that food [...]
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Why Surfers Make Great Traders

Why Surfers Make Great Traders

Posted by on October 6, 2010 · 1 Comment

The thrill of riding a wave, balancing the ups and downs and conquering different difficult situations; ask any surfer and he’d tell you that these are the high points of surfing. If you notice, trading is not very different from surfing. It has the same kind of risks and excitement, albeit financial instead of physical. Maybe this is why surfers can take to trading like a surf board to water. Surely, [...]
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General investment advice for beginners in online stock trading

General investment advice for beginners in online stock trading

Posted by on July 23, 2010 · 5 Comments

This is the final article of the series on online stock trading for beginners and I will be sharing some stock investment advice. I will discuss about simple money management mainly and a couple of trading tips I found out along the way by forex trading and buying stocks with real money. Money management will play a key role in your trading career. Consider your trading capital as your business. You [...]
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Trading software and commission comparison of online stock brokers

Trading software and commission comparison of online stock brokers

Posted by on July 22, 2010 · 31 Comments

After discussing about why an ECN online stock broker is best choice, it’s time to compare their online trading software and commissions. If we want to make money by stock trading, we do require the best trading software available and the lowest commission. As the trading interface is a personal preference and what makes me comfortable trading, may make you unconfortable, my investment advice [...]
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