US stock markets fell yesterday indicating a new stock market warning with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping -0.25% while the Nasdaq sank -0.28% and the S&P 500 fell -0.11%. The fall comes after four days of rallies took global markets to a record value of $63.8 trillion and saw the S&P 500 hit another […]
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Best Stock Picks This Week
Compared to recent weeks, financial markets should be relatively quiet, as we have President’s Day on Monday before a fairly light economic calendar. We will see FOMC and BOE meeting minutes and there will be some CPI data for traders to extrapolate but on the whole it’s a quiet week. With that in mind, my […]
How to buy penny stocks like Tim Grittani (and lose your shirt)
Penny stocks. We have all heard of them. But very few of us know exactly what they are or where to buy them. The very thought of them conjures up different images for different people. For some its huge wealth and for others its huge risk. For me, its huge spreads. i.e. the costs of […]
8-Rule Fundamental Trading Strategy
The best way to eliminate emotion and subjectivity from trading is to bring in rules that can be used to identify the best times to enter and exit from trading positions. The difficulty when implementing fundamental trading strategies is that obtaining historical, fundamental data for stocks is particularly expensive. Fortunately, using the models at portfolio123.com […]
4 Best Stock Screeners
There are over 8000 stocks listed in the US and nearly 4000 on the NYSE alone. With so many to choose from, it’s essential to have a method to whittle them down into smaller numbers. Here are my 4 best stock screeners, all of which are freely available on the web: Best stock screeners: 1 […]
List of economic indicators to trade forex
Predicting the direction of forex markets, particularly on a short term basis, is no easy task. For longer durations, however, it is a good idea to see a list of economic indicators as these show the fundamental reasons why currencies move. Technical indicators work too, but they are best combined with the fundamentals. Below is […]
Trading stocks with Google Trends – part 1
If you are anything like me, you probably like to keep up to date with new technology, watch for new trends and generally keep abreast of anything that might lead to profitable trading opportunities. With that in mind, last week I did a bit of research on trading stocks with Google Trends and was quite […]
Using the COT report to trade forex
The COT report or commitment of traders report is provided by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and is an excellent tool for forex and commodity traders to analyse what other participants are doing in the market. The COT report is published using data from Chicago and New York futures exchanges every Friday at 14.30 EST […]
