Control Your Financial Future
Brad May started his trading career by virtual trading for somebody else for a year or two and reporting the results to his employer. Over the course of his tenure he was given a free hand in some instances to try out different strategies, including around earnings time. [/one_third]
Greece made its opinion of the ECB’s offered deals on its debt known on July 5 with a resounding vote against accepting the austerity measures. Solon Stephanou, a Greek himself and a student of political science, is well-versed in the challenges facing Greece since it started using the euro. Among other factors, key contributors to…
Tyler Craig’s been trading for some time: since he was 18 when both he and his father attended a trading conference. Before that, Tyler helped his father in real estate by being inexpensive manual labor. Given the choice between swinging a hammer and making trades, Tyler jumped at the opportunity to trade. [/one_third]
When Steve Huang set out to create his Theta Fade system, his proprietary end-of-week theta trading system, he didn’t just go out and start trading one day. He backtested, paper traded, and practiced over three years. He confirmed that it was profitable and performed consistently before putting it into action. All that testing paid off, too:…
Mindset is important. Not just while trading, but while moving through life. Too often, people just go on autopilot; afraid to take a chance on something new. Breaking out of that rut can be scary. Newness is unfamiliar, and unfamiliar can hurt. True enough, but potential hurt lessens greatly if you’re prepared beforehand, which for…
Jeffrey Gibby started at Metastock 18 years ago, and it’s been a fun journey. Not only has he helped develop the world’s #1 rated stock scanning software, he’s had the opportunity to journey around the world to help people make more informed trades and trade more efficiently. From assisting Sheikhs to training folks down under,…
China is working to position the RMB as a reserve currency, possibly to even out the USD as the world’s oil reserve currency. One a currency that wasn’t used outside of China, roughly 30% of all international business done with China is now in RMB. Through careful manipulation of the RMB’s value, China now possesses…
With the impending interest rate hike later this year in either June or September, preparing for what will happen in the market will help your portfolio survive the initial rockiness of such an announcement. [/one_third]
Recession indicators can be difficult to read for the average consumer. Fed-speak can be difficult to decipher, and reading the market tends to be on a day delay at the minimum for a non-trader. There are four key statistics that people in the know tend to look to: industrial production numbers, real personal income, nonfarm…
Mondays, historically, don’t have crazy price action short of weekend news regarding a particular stock or sector. That said, there is action, and taking a look at the calendar of upcoming economic reports can help determine how much action there may be both and Monday and throughout the week. [/one_third]
