What Are Mini Options? Mini options are an options class that carries 10 shares of an underlying stock or exchange-traded funds, rather than 100 shares as is the case with traditional options. U.S. options exchanges introduced mini options in March 2013 on five popular expensive securities including Google and Apple stocks. Every listed mini option […]
Updated January 4, 2025 – Written by Ross Cameron Table of contents What Is Day Trading? Start With Your Daily Goal What Is the Pattern Day Trader (PDT) Rule? Why the PDT Rule Matters How To Work Around the PDT Rule The Role of Leverage in Day Trading Small Accounts, Big Success: Case Studies My […]
A composite index is essentially a group of stocks that are averaged together in order to provide an overall view of a specific sector or industry. The word composite basically means a blend or combination of many things to form one big picture thing. A composite hockey stick just means that it’s made of a […]
What is IV Rank? IV rank or implied volatility rank is a metric used to identify a security’s implied volatility compared to its IV history and is an important metric for day traders. If I were to tell you that a stock’s implied volatility is 50%, you might think that is high, until I told […]
Ever wonder how to buy Blue Origin stock? You’re not alone. The only problem is they are not a public company, but there may be a way around that! Who is Blue Origin? Blue Origin is a private spaceflight company owned by Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. The tech billionaire founded […]
The variable of volume in the stock market (or any market with fixed supply) is arguably the most essential piece of technical information available to traders, especially day traders. The reason that volume is so important is because volume shows the conviction of the participants. Volume tells us what people want and how much or […]
For day trading a market with fixed supplies like the stock market, there are few tools as useful and as powerful as the tools found in Volume-At-Price Analysis (VAP). VAP analysis differs from ‘normal’ volume analysis because VAP analysis displays how much of something was traded at a certain price, versus during a particular time. […]
Who is Whole Foods Market? Whole Foods Market was founded in 1978 by John Mackey and his girlfriend at the time Renee Lawson Hardy, as a small natural foods store in Austin, Texas. The company is best known for its for its organic foods. At the time of its founding, Whole Foods had only 19 workers and […]
Knowing how to invest in foreign stocks is perhaps one of the best ways for U.S.-based investors to diversify their portfolios. Foreign stocks are a vital part of any well-diversified investment portfolio due to their growth potential. In addition, venturing into overseas stocks can lead to better returns and lower volatility. Thankfully, there are a number […]
When Welles Wilder published New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems in 1978, he released a series of new indicators and concepts that took the field of technical analysis to another level. Out of the myriad of ideas in his book, none is more well-known or used than the RSI indicator (Relative Strength Index). The RSI […]
