A Quick Primer on What is Happening Russia, and Ukraine are embroiled in a territorial conflict right now. It’s actually been heating up for a while, with Russian troops being stationed along the Ukrainian border since March 2021. Early on Thursday 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in full-force, with explosions occurring in Kyiv, Ukraine’s biggest […]
Last week was an intense week, inside of markets and out. Russia invaded Ukraine and as of Friday, the conflict was still going at full-force. We’ve published an article on that already, so check that out for a more comprehensive breakdown. But here’s the bullet points as of early Friday: The US and EU levied […]
A gap fill in stocks is when a stocks price moves in the aftermarket hours above or below the close of the previous day and then trades back through the gap. Intro Most day traders are familiar with the fundamental analysis tools commonly used in determining which stocks to trade. Fundamental analysis is the […]
What Happened in the Stock Market Last Week? Price Action Performance-wise, the NASDAQ 100 is down 1.71% for the week, the S&P 500 is down 1.58%, and Russell 2000 is down 1.03%. The three main US indexes: S&P 500 (SPY), NASDAQ 100 (QQQ), and Russell 2000 (IWM) are all at crucial levels right now. […]
Reddit Inc., the social media network that helped fuel the meme-stock trading mania in the early months of 2021, is about to become a publicly-traded company. The San Francisco-based company made its first step toward becoming public in December as it filed (confidentially) to sell shares on the stock market. Reddit, which got its […]
The U.S. stock market had a ball in 2021 with a solid and steady performance for most of the year, despite Covid-19 concerns. A couple of milestones were achieved by the major stock indices and stock traders luxuriated in the rally. The S&P 500 jumped not only close to 30% but also notched its […]
A mountain and a hill both have ups and downs, but the slopes of a hill are likely to be less steep compared to those of a mountain. If you are hiking and using a street map as your guide, it might be challenge to determine the steepness of the slopes. You may need […]
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 […]
