You may be wondering, “What is a stock portfolio and how does it work?” We work jobs to earn income. We use this money to pay our monthly bills and to spend on food, car repairs, and even dining out and entertainment to enrich our lives and that of our families. Financially-savvy people (which we…
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How to Find Undervalued Stocks for Your Stock Portfolio
The stock market offers many ways to grow money. You may be wondering how to find undervalued stocks for your stock portfolio to help you achieve your goals. Long-term investors research the fundamentals of companies to buy and hold shares in their portfolios. Swing traders and options traders take advantage of the volatility of the…
10 Money Habits That Keep You Poor
Are you having trouble getting ahead with your finances? If you’ve answered yes to this question, you may have some bad money habits that keep you poor. The good news is that once you identify these habits, you can make the changes necessary to break the cycle and get on the path to success. At…
Understanding Broken Wing Butterfly Options Trading
Are you wondering what broken wing butterfly options are and how you can use this strategy to make a profit? The “butterfly” and the “broken wing butterfly” are defined risk spread strategies, having limited risk and where the maximum potential loss is known before entering the trade. The butterfly, however, has a low probability of…
What Are The Most Common Types Of Charts For The Stock Market?
Traders use a variety of charts and technical indicators to analyze an individual stock as well as the overall market. They use stock charts on which they apply trendlines, Bollinger Bands, moving averages, Keltner Channels and other indicators to help them form opinions as to future price movements. They look for guidance on both the…
What Causes Stock Market Volatility?
You may be wondering what causes stock market volatility? Stock prices can go up, down or “sideways” (stay about the same over time). Typically, long-term investors buy stocks in the hopes that prices of the stocks they own will increase as companies grow and enhance their profits. Short-term “traders,” or “swing traders,” who are more…
Can Candlesticks Be Used as Stock Momentum Indicators?
There are many popular technical indicators that traders use in an attempt to predict the future movement of a stock’s price. A stock may be moving up, down or sideways, but traders need to predict if this direction or “trend” will continue in order for them to make a decision to buy, sell or employ…
Investing for Kids: Help Your Kids Start Investing Early
Your kids will likely be exposed to money at a young age, either from allowances, visits from the tooth fairy, or monetary birthday gifts. Teaching them about finances and investing is an essential tool that every parent should give their child well before sending them off on their own. According to Next Gen Personal Finance,…
Demystifying Options Delta Metric: Options Delta Explained
Option “premiums,” that is, the prices that a trader must pay if he or she wants to buy an option, or the price that they will receive if they sell the option, are determined by a number of variables. These variables include the price of the underlying stock (or security), the volatility of the stock…
Stochastics Technical Analysis For Measuring Price Momentum
Trendlines, RSI, candlesticks, volume comparisons, moving averages, MACD, Bollinger Bands® and others are popular technical indicators that many traders use to predict the future movement of a stock’s price. Let’s look at the stochastic oscillator, a technical indicator that traders often use to plot when evaluating a stock. Stochastic Definition The stochastic oscillator measures the…