We often hear phrases like “money on the sidelines” in financial media but they feel like hand-way explanations for one of the most basic things we do as traders: follow the money. This is known as the flow of funds. On any given day, more money might be flowing in or out of the […]
A lot is made of the relative advantages that institutional traders have over retail traders. Some financial professionals even take the view that the disparity between the two groups is so wide that it’s not even worth trading retail. They say that retail traders’ time is better spent learning a transferable skill while passively […]
In the stock market, trading volume refers to the number of shares/contracts of a stock that have changed hands over a given period of time. Volume plays a critical role in technical analysis and is recognized as an indispensable indicator that helps confirm trends and patterns. If the price of a stock with a […]
Last week was a turbulent one for the stock market, with the S&P 500 declining about 100 points, or about 1.9% as of Thursday’s close. That might not sound like a lot as a number, but the VIX reached its highest level since November 2020 with a high on Monday of 38.94, indicating […]
Pelton (NASDAQ: PTON) stock last Thursday was a bloodbath, dropping 24% on the day after several volatility halts, bringing the stock’s YTD return to a whopping -80%, dropping below it’s IPO price of $29 in trading on Friday. It’s yet another victim in the ongoing carnage of stay-at-home pandemic stocks, which were Wall Street […]
In some of our recent blog posts, we have discussed how moving averages are frequently used by technical analysts and traders to analyze the prices of stocks and other securities. Moving averages are important because they smooth out price fluctuations to help traders distinguish between market noise and the underlying trend. In this post, […]
An Intermarket Sweep Order (ISO) is typically a large order that gets sent to several exchanges simultaneously for the purpose of quickly taking as much liquidity as possible. The factor that divides the ISO from other order types is that it is exempt from the ‘trade-through’ aspect of the SEC’s Order Protection Rule (Rule […]
2021 was a complete break from the norm of the last decade. We’re experiencing the first serious bout of inflation since the 1970s, a rally in commodities that some are calling a new “supercycle,” and some of the craziest short squeezes in history. Many of 2021’s most compelling stories will surely have some place […]
Hey, everyone. All right. I’m going to give folks a second to get tuned in here. So this is a live broadcast and what I’m going to talk about in this video is why we hold losers too long. This is something that a lot of traders struggle with. It’s something that I struggled […]
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced on Tuesday morning that it’s buying Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) for $68.7 billion, the tech giant’s largest acquisition ever. The deal further extends Microsoft’s position in the gaming industry and also gives the company a huge boost as it seeks a piece of the so-called metaverse, a virtual world where […]
