Today the market is entirely electronic. You generate digital order tickets and route them to an electronic exchange that automatically matches your orders with corresponding orders, or else it sits on the digital order book waiting for another trader to route an order that satisfies it. Outside of some hiccups created by high-frequency traders, […]
When the average investor thinks about the software Wall Street uses, their mind usually turns to the Bloomberg Terminal. This legendary piece of software was released in the 1980s and is the brainchild of former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg. The software is as ubiquitous on Wall Street trading desks today as it […]
Housing starts for December 2020, reported in late January, hit a level not seen since 2006. A confluence of several factors is driving this trend which we’ll explain in this article. Translation: the housing market is booming once again. Is the boom here to stay, and how does this fare for the homebuilding industry? […]
If you utilize margin in your trading, you need to understand how margin works, how much it works, and how it can work against you. In this article we’ll talk about how margin rates affect buying power. What is Margin? Margin is credit that your broker extends to you to trade. For example, in […]
The epic short squeeze in GameStop (GME) is the biggest financial markets story since the Great Financial Crisis. We all know the story. Redditors noticed that the short interest in GameStop (GME) has been over 100% for a long time. As the stock ticked higher, the idea of a massive short squeeze went viral. […]
There are lots of SEC filings that stock traders and market analysts have to wade through, but few are as important as the SEC 13F Filings, which is filed by hedge funds and other institutional investment managers. The reason you have been hearing about this document recently is because of the Reddit trading frenzy […]
Are you bullish on a idea or industry? Maybe you see the tastes of a specific demographic changing before Wall Street can see it. Or perhaps real estate in your area is booming, but the boom isn’t showing up in your regional homebuilder’s stock price. All of us have unique vantage points that allow […]
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Wall Street traders are witnessing one of the craziest battles in years as GameStop (NYSE: GME) and other heavily shorted stocks continue to experience breathtaking volatility due to a “David and Goliath” war between hedge funds and a growing community of day traders on social media website Reddit. Shares of GameStop have skyrocketed to unbelievable levels […]
When trading stocks on a brokerage platform, there are a variety of stock order types you can use. Some order types are executed immediately, while others can only be executed at a specific price or time. It is therefore very important to familiarize yourself with the most popular types of stock orders and how […]
