Technical Analysis The Moving Average Convergence-Divergence indicator was developed as an attempt to try to create a reliable leading indicator out of two lagging indicators. This design in applying two trend-following moving average indicators to create the momentum oscillator ...

Technical Analysis RSI is a momentum indicator and belongs to the family of oscillators which can help traders to determine whether a stock, currency or commodity is likely to continue or reverse from its current trend. Developed by Welles Wilder as a tool to help predict ...

Beginners Guide 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 ...

Technical Analysis Understanding support and resistance is fundamental to successful trading. A grasp on these two very simple concepts can allow traders to enter and exit trades confidently, seeking price areas where buying and selling will occur in enough quantity to ...

Technical Analysis Average directional index is a useful indicator for traders to use in order to gain an objective understanding of the trend. It is a group of three directional indicators which, when applied together, can form a trading system which both defines the direction ...

Technical Analysis In uncertain trading times it is important to be able to see as far in front as the market will allow. The use of certain indicators alone can give traders a vague insight into what comes next in reference to what happened the last time. These can be ...

Trading In the mid to late 1980s a particularly nasty disease afflicted the UK cattle herd. The illness was called bovine spongiform encephalopathy or more commonly, mad cow disease. The infection through an agent called a prion, could be passed on to people ...

Beginners Guide 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 ...

Beginners Guide 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 ...

Beginners Guide 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 ...