Recessions can come without a moments notice, but when they do show up you need to be prepared on how to invest in a recession. Did you know: For the first time in history, the US will have completed a decade without a recession or depression? Depending on the pundits you listen to, you will […]
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What I Wish I Knew Before I Started Day Trading
What’s up everyone. All right. Welcome to the next episode of Day Trading with 500 Bucks. Now, during this episode what I am going to do for you guys is I’m going to share with you the things that I wish I had known when I was getting started trading. The tips and tricks that […]
Mini Options: Great For Trading Higher Priced Stocks
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 […]
How Much Money Do You Need to Day Trade?
Table of contents Case Study How Much Money do you Need to Day Trade? Broker Types (video transcript) What’s up everyone? All right, so in this episode, I’m going to answer that question that so many of you guys have been asking, how much money do you need in order to start day trading? […]
What is a Composite Index?
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 […]
How to use Implied Volatility (IV) Rank in Options Trading
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 […]
How To Buy Blue Origin Stock
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 […]
Volume Imprint – Understanding Volume Price Analysis and Volume-At-Price Analysis
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 […]
Volume Profile vs Market Profile: What’s the Difference?
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. […]
How To Buy Whole Foods Stock
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 […]