The Russell 2000 refers to an index that measures the performance of approx. 2000 small cap companies. As a small cap stock market index, it is maintained by the FTSE which is a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group. It is one of the most common benchmark for mutual funds and the most quoted […]
ChartMill Stock Screener Review Chartmill is a stock screener provider that hosts numerous tools which allows traders and investors to monitor and analyze the market. As an innovative web platform, Chartmill is designed with filtering capabilities for traders to filter stocks based on different criteria. Some of them include price, volume, industry and sector. If […]
In a world where an increasing amount of trading is performed by incredibly complex and sophisticated automated programs designed by some of the greatest minds in mathematical finance, it may feel intimidating to think about trying your hand at day trading without a financial background. Fortunately you actually have nothing to worry about. The Secrets […]
Price action is a broad term meant to indicate any movement, or lack thereof, in the price of a stock that is the product of some technical or fundamental factor, or both, as opposed to merely the product of randomness or ‘noise’. The concept of price action is extremely important to all traders, as everyone […]
A bar chart is a graph characterized by a vertical bar and it’s used by technical analysts to learn more about trends. In trading, a single bar is used to represent a single day of trading. As one of the most popular chart type aside from candlesticks, it represents price activity within a given period […]
Net asset value, or NAV, is the present value of a share of a mutual fund or exchange traded fund (ETF). The net asset value is calculated by taking the total value of all assets that make up the mutual fund or exchange traded fund, deducting the total value of all liabilities, and then dividing […]
A reversal is any substantial price movement that occurs against the prevailing trend. Of course this makes any reversal very much in the eye of the beholder, without any strict absolute or proportionate requirements for a price movement to be defined as a reversal, but the general principle of a significant movement against a recognized […]
NASDAQ or National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations is an electronic marketplace that allows buying and selling of securities. Today, this organization also acts as a benchmark index for US technology securities. As an American Securities exchange, it is considered as the second largest marketplace by market-capitalization meaning it trails behind the NYSE. History […]
As one of the largest marketplace in the world, the NYSE allows traders and investors to purchase corporate stocks and other securities. As a security exchange, it lists 82% of S&P 500, 90% of Dow Jones industrial Average and 70 corporations. It is the biggest equities-based marketplace according to total market capitalization for all listed […]
Winning At The Trading Mind Game No matter what you think about it, trading (especially day trading) is a mind game. Psychology plays a huge part in the ultimate success of a trader. That’s why I think practicing, like doing your own trading journal (read more about it here) every day as well as exercising […]
