Control Risk With Options

Using a Triple Calendar Spread to Trade Google Earnings October 16, 2012 By J.W. Jones One of the most useful characteristics of options is their ability to control risk and achieve a high probability of success when trading impending earnings announcements. Google will announce third quarter earnings after the market closes on Thursday. It does […]

Tips for Trading Forex Online

What is Forex Trading? Forex is short for foreign exchange, referring to the practice of exchanging money denominated in one country’s currency for money denominated in another currency. Since the values of currencies are constantly changing in relation to one another, opportunities exist for profit so long as people are capable of identifying and then […]

Contrarian Investing: Is It For You?

Introduction to Contrarian Investing Contrarian investing is the practice of basing your investment decisions on the opposite of the prevailing consensus. It is based on the idea that building consensuses can sweep investors up into a tide of irrational over-enthusiasm that results in too great a price change even if the trend has been in […]

Trade Considerations for Option Expiration Week

What do girls and options have in common? Options Expiration- “The girls all get prettier at closing time.” ~ Mickey Gilley ~ Option Expiration Week By J.W. Jones Option trading is not “just the same as stocks.” It turns on the three primal forces ruling an options trader’s world- time to expiration, price of the […]

What A Simple Price Bar Can Tell You About A Market

Single- and Multi-Bar Price Analysis By Elliott Wave International Senior Analyst Jeffrey Kennedy has spent over 15 years developing techniques to “read between the lines” on a price chart, and he shares some of his techniques with you in a FREE eBook: Learn to Identify High Confidence Trading Opportunities Using Price Bars and Chart Patterns. […]

Gold to Enter 5th Wave- Up, Up, Up

Editor’s Note: Many people have been wondering what’s up with Gold. Why has it been performing so poorly over the last year? Well, In today’s article David Banister explains what has been happening in terms of Elliott waves and gives us a good explaination of where it will be heading over the next year or so. […]

Are High Frequency Traders Rigging the Stock Market?

High Frequency Trading (HFT) By Doug Hornig, Casey Research  High-frequency traders (HFT) have no interest in any company whose stock they’re trading. They don’t care about its earnings, what sector it’s in, nor who’s on the board of directors. They neither know nor care how it fares in technical analysis, and they don’t give a […]

5 Qualities of a Winning Forex Trading Platform

Forex Trading Platform Hundreds of different Forex trading platforms are available for investors of all different levels and backgrounds. Choosing the right one is essential to making the most of your trades and maximizing your profit potential. Most of the platforms available for you to choose from look similar. This means that many traders, especially […]

Online Forex Trading

Editor’s Note: For those who are a little tired of the same investment options of stocks, bonds, and mutual funds, there are some other choices to consider. One area that many investors are choosing to get involved in is the Forex market. Forex online trading is a unique opportunity that gives investors the chance to […]

“Time” – Key Factor for Options Traders

Editor’s Note: Options trading is almost as much about buying and selling time as it is about the underlying stock or commodity. In this article J.W. Jones explains the relationship between time and the price of an option and how to maximize your return based on the time value. Tim McMahon~editor   The Passage of Time Leads […]