In markets, all times of day are not created equal. We know the open and close are important, but why? Most of us have a vague idea why, and may have heard a few quotes about the open, but do we really know why the open is so important? The open often establishes the trend […]
A stock split a corporate action that happens when a company decides their stock price is either too high (forward split) or too low (reverse split). Companies do this to help reduce the cost of a stock so more people can invest in it or if it is too cheap it raises the price to meet […]
Fundamental Analysis is a way to evaluate the value of a company based on key financial metrics to find it’s intrinsic value as way to see if it is overvalued or undervalued. This method is more suitable for investors who are not concerned with the day-to-day price action of the stock and are rather focusing their […]
The tick index is an important indicator used for determining overbought and oversold conditions for active traders. It is calculated by taking all the stocks on NYSE that have had an uptick minus all the stocks that had a down tick and then the result is displayed on a chart based on your preferred time […]
Short interest is a term that shows how many shares are short compared to the float and can also be displayed as a percentage called the short percent of float. It is important to understand and know when trading a stock because it can play a huge role in how much a stock can move. It […]
With the advent of Direct Market Access (DMA) there are now ways for traders to gain access directly to market makers and ECNs and bypass gateways from standard brokers that take more time for you to get an execution. There are a ton of different order routes to choose from but we have found ARCA and […]
Table of contents What is VWAP Why is VWAP Popular? VWAP Video Lesson My VWAP Breakout Trading Strategy My VWAP Pullback Trading Strategy FAQ’s Updated: November 1, 2023. Written by Ross Cameron What is the Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) Indicator? The volume-weighted average price (VWAP) is a popular technical indicator that measures the average […]
Market Capitalization, better known as Market Cap, is a measurement used to classify a company’s size, which can be categorized between small, medium or large cap with sub-categories from there. It is a simple calculation that takes the stock price and multiplies it by the number of outstanding shares. Understanding what the market cap is […]
The moving average convergence divergence, better known as MACD, is a technical indicator that is used for measuring the strength of a trend by using two moving average prices. It is calculated by subtracting the 26-day exponential moving average (EMA), known as the slow length, from the the 12-day EMA, known as the fast […]
What is After Hours Trading Most traders trade during normal trading hours, which is 9:30am EST to 4:00pm EST for US markets, however, trading does occur outside these hours in the after hours trading session. After hours trading is trading that occurs after the market closes at 4:00pm EST and can run to as late as […]
