As an increasing number of people start to take control of their investing and retirement plans, the products and services available to retail investors have increased dramatically in number and quality. The growing number of young investors in particular has led to a booming growth in stock trading apps, which offer the ease-of-access to information […]
tastyworks is an inexpensive brokerage firm based in Chicago. It specializes in options and futures trading, although it does offer a few other assets. Besides its software platforms, it has developed an educational service called tastytrade. It also is a major investor in dough, another discount broker. Services Offered tastyworks offers trading in these […]
Diversification in finance describes the process where a portfolio of correlated assets is built in such a way that produces a better risk/return profile than would be achievable with only one asset or with a basket of unrelated assets. Diversification in Contemporary Finance The concept of diversification is based on modern portfolio theory, which is […]
Andrews’ Pitchfork is a technical indicator that is used to identify support and resistance levels during a medium to long term price trend that is either increasing or decreasing. Traders can use the trend-lines generated by the Andrews’ Pitchfork to make a variety of trades based on resistance and support from the upper and lower […]
Capitulation is a colloquial market term describing a pattern of strong selling, where powerful psychological and market forces have led to market participants liquidating their positions at any price. Capitulation is usually driven by a combination of fear-induced panic-selling and the forced selling of margin calls. Identifying Capitulation While there is no strict measure […]
Price rate of change, or ROC, is a technical indicator used to signal the momentum of a price’s current trajectory. Price rate of change comes from a class of technical indicators known as momentum oscillators, which are employed in a variety of ways in momentum or trend investing. The formula for calculating the price rate […]
Linear regression is a form of statistical analysis that attempts to identify a relationship between an independent variable and one or more dependent variables. Generally linear regression is aimed at causal relationships, where a change in the independent variable causes a predictable change in the dependent variable. Linear regression forms the basis of much of […]
Net income is a company’s earnings after all expenses are paid. Net income is more commonly known as ‘profit’, but ‘net income’ is the proper accounting term and the term that is used on a company’s financial statements. Net Income Example Suppose that a company has revenues of $100, production costs of $50, depreciation costs […]
What’s up, everyone? All right, so here we are, second day in the office. Yesterday was a great day. $6,700, really pumped. Today, well, … wasn’t sure what I would do. Finished up $10,400; a big win. I needed it. I’m really happy about that. Four days of trading, $35,000 of profit, just like […]
What’s up, everyone? Here we are, first day in the new office. I moved my whole trading station over here last week. Connected, all set up. It was smooth sailing, very easy. First day in the new office, $6,700 of profit. That feels good. That’s what I really wanted, my first day here in the […]
