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How High Can A Penny Stock Go

How High Can A Penny Stock Go?

  Just like mid and large cap stocks, there is no limit to how high a penny stock can go.  Many massive, well-established companies were once trading for less than $5 per share. Some of these companies include Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Ford (NYSE: F), General Motors (NYSE: GM) and Advanced Micro Devices […]

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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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