Index Trading BasicsETFs, or exchange-traded funds, were first introduced to the market in the early 1990's and are used as an investment vehicle, traded similar to stocks or shares on stock exchanges. These funds are often attractive to investors because of their tax efficiency, low costs and similarity to stocks. ETFs have been called the most innovative investment medium of the last twenty years by 67% of investment professionals...more
Index Trading PgiIndex Trading is simple, the term 'Index Trade' refers to a trade that can be placed whether a particular Stock Market Index moves up or down over any specified (short-term) time period. You never actually own the instrument you are investing in, you are simply taking a 'position' on a particular Index to move in one specified direction, either 'UP or DOWN'. There are many global Stock Market Indices, some examples...more
The QQQQ trading scheme whacked the investment world by storm 12 years back.Any Donald whom could slap up a website began offering his QQQQ trading alerts for roughly $30 a month.In the event that you by chance signed up for such a product then you already realize, it's rubbish.Such QQQQ trading internet sites that are presumably going to allow you to make a tremendous amount of bucks with their trading systems are solely around to help the operator of the internet site make money, not you.Returning in the later part of the 90's, I just had to try such a product to see what it was all about. I signed up for a QQQQ trading service from a business called Highlight Investments Group.You never genuinely are able to get the same gains that they put up on the website mainly because of slippage. Highlight Investments Group just entirely disregards the cost of placing a trade. For instance, their internet site reveals, "Long 7/22/2010 Enter at $45.93 7/23/2010 Sell at $45.98 For a 0.11% Gain". Which means that the website reports this stock trade as a gain! Having the cost of the trade figured in, this stock trade was a loss for the majority except if you are investing some $100,000...more
If you are new to CFD trading, you will need a step-by-step guide to give you the push in the right direction. Most people who are trading for the first time are very jittery simply because they don't know the basic procedures and are not aware of the risk factors. When you enter the trading foray, you need to be aware of the fact that you need to...more
What Is CFD Trading?When you trade on the basis of a Contract for Difference or CFD, it is known as CFD trading. CFDs are flexible trading agreements between a buyer and a seller that allows the seller to only pay the difference in the value of a particular share between the current value and its value at the time at which the contract was made....more
For profitable CFD trading, a proper trading system alone is not enough. You need good risk management. One of the most crucial decisions while taking a trading position is fixing the amount of money you wish to risk on this trade. The thumb rule is anticipating two percent risk. This rule indicates that no position will have more than two percent risk on the total capital of the traders. Some of you might wonder why the risk percent does not go beyond two percent. The reason is to prevent the trader experiencing a series of losses, which may result in wiping off their complete capital at a time. CFDs are influential trading tools. This means that you get exposed to a larger component of the tool as compared to your total deposit. Therefore, you cannot stay aloof of risks here. Besides, financial markets are famous for being unpredictable. Profit and loss are a part of trading and you cannot avoid them. However, you can limit the loss and retain your CFD trading capital. This is important to stay in the trade for long. How To Avoid Risks For a trader with 50,000 pounds, two percent risk means losing 1000 pounds per trade. For the entire trade capital, it would take 50 direct losses...more
Applied to financial markets first by Charles Dow in early 1900, and popularized by Steve Nison in the late 1980's, Japanese candlestick trading is a proven method of forecasting markets.First invented by Homma Munehisa, a Japanese rice trader,...more
Day trading can be very profitable if you know what you are doing. If you are interested in starting a career in day trading, here are things that might be useful to know.What is a day trader?A day trader is someone who buys and sells financial...more
Forex is known as the greatest trading system around. It is also the largest, with a rate of no less than $3 trillion per day, as trades value. Only a small percentage of these trades belongs to companies and governments, though. Most of the...more
Anyone using trading platforms to trade knows that they can be incredibly useful trading tools. Online trading has a very decisive advantage over phone trading. SPEED. In an electronic trading environment, speed is mandatory. With todays...more
A casual perusal of the e-mini day trading courses available will leave a potential new trader with sticker shock. It is not unusual to see courses that are priced at $5000 or more. By any measure, this is a high-end purchase for most individuals. Of...more
We all know what Commodity Trading is about, and if you are looking for a simpler way of trading in the commodities market then there is none better than Commodity Trading systems. These systems are nothing but mechanical ways of...more