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How To Draw Fibonacci Levels

How To Draw Fibonacci Levels

  If you are an active day trader, you are probably aware that Fibonacci retracement and extension levels are some of the most important and useful tools in all of price action. Day traders and technical analysts can use Fibonacci levels analysis to confirm an entry-level, target a take profit, and to determine your stop […]

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Investment factors

A Beginners Guide to Investment Factors

  Investment factors are a set of quantitative criteria used to explain investment returns. The idea is that some baskets of securities that have similar criteria might deliver superior risk-adjusted returns.  At its simplest, an investment factor is a characteristic of a security that is associated with superior risk-adjusted returns. That could be a low […]

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How Do SVXY and VXX Work? Volatility (VIX) ETFs Explained

  Outright speculation on future volatility is a pretty new phenomenon in financial markets. The mathematization of derivatives markets made traders realize that they’re primarily making bets on future volatility more so than price, which encouraged Wall Street to create more “pure play” products.  The primary volatility products in US markets are VIX futures/options, and […]

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LUPA Stocks

What Are LUPA Stocks?

  You may have heard stock traders discussing “LUPA” stocks. But what are they? LUPA is a relatively new acronym that refers to four high-profile tech companies that have made their public debuts in recent years: Lyft Inc Uber Technologies Inc Pinterest Inc Airbnb Inc Take the first letter of each stock and you get […]

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What is a Thinly Traded Stock

What is a Thinly Traded Stock?

  If you’re new to the trading world, you might hear traders say that a stock is “thinly traded” in conversation and get a bit confused. No worries, because you’ll come to see that us traders come up with loads of jargon for the simplest of concepts and most of the time there’s no complex […]

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short sell stocks under 5

Can You Short Sell Stocks Under $5?

  Stocks that trade under $5 per share are considered cheap stocks. However, unlike stocks under $20 or stocks under $10, stocks under $5 are placed in a different category by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to the SEC, any stock trading under $5 per share whether it is listed on an exchange or trading through pink […]

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