Tag Archives: stocks

What do you trade and why?

A question came up on Trade2Win recently on a new thread. It asked the question of the …

BandH

Book Review: Buy and Hedge

If you are a stock market trader/investor, this book is worth reading to gain perspective on how you can reduce the volatility of your returns.

CANSLIM and market trend

Someone asks whether it’s important to factor current market trend into the CANSLIM stock trading strategy.

LAWS

Book Review: Laughing at Wall Street

A look at how individuals can make really big money in stocks playing in areas where they have an advantage over the institutions.

Volatility Changes Across Markets

A recent blog post got me thinking about where volatility stands now compared to where it’s been. …

TonCEN

Book Review: Trading on Corporate Earnings News

Stock market traders will definitely want to pick up a copy of this book!

Some Numbers on Stock Market Earnings Reactions

I’m reading a book on trading based on company earnings announcements at the moment. I’ll post a …

Influences on Price/Earnings Ratios

The Price/Earnings ratio (P/E) is a metric commonly used in fundamental analysis of stocks – both individually …

The Cost of Trading

Last week I wrote a post for the Currensee blog addressing a recent SmartMoney article attacking forex …

TCTC

Book Review: The Complete Trading Course

A front-to-back approach to applying technical analysis to trading

What about the Forex Market?

Frequent emailer Rod is back with another worthwhile question. Hi John, I know you are a position …

Penny Stocks vs. Forex Trading

Tim Sykes seems to be someone people either love or hate. He is upfront and straightforward with his opinions, which …

Reaction to the “worst analysis” post

My post from yesterday, Some of the worst market analysis ever!, generated a bit of a response …

Some of the worst market analysis ever!

I came across an article the other day which got my blood boiling a bit. It basically …

Stock Trading is Not Zero Sum

I recently got a zero sum question in regards to the stock market. The one question I …

Watching Positioning Figures for Biases and Changes

As you may have gathered from some of my prior posts (like Using COT data to spot …

Looking at Stock Market Internals for Confirmation

While I’m no longer a stock market analyst (I’m focused on forex these days), I still keep …

The Relationship Between Stocks and Forex

I was asked a question by someone on my mailing list yesterday about the relationship between the …

Scalping Individual Stocks

What is the best way to approach trading only 1 stock over and over during the trading …

Where does forex leverage come from?

A question was posted on BabyPips which occurred to me as being something readers here might wonder …

A Reader’s Story About a Stop Getting Hit

A reader named Susan left this comment recently on the Some Not-So-Great Tips for Using Stop Orders …

Why are stocks and the dollar trading inversely?

One of the questions that’s come up a few times of late on the discussion boards is …

Thoughts on CANSLIM

Last week I received an inquiry from a fellow member at Trade2Win. I have your book and …

Times for placing trades

Here’s a really interesting trader question that came in via email recently. Trying to be as specific as …

Picking a Broker

I got this broker question the other day. The single most important question would be what broker …

MD

Book Review: The Motley Fool Million Dollar Portfolio

Stuff that’s been said before many times in other places

Defending Options Trading Against Blogger Attack

A fellow trading blogger wrote some things which really irked me. I’m not going to say who …

One Question Before Investing in that Stock

The Jutia Group blog recently suggested the One Question You Need to Ask Before Buying Any Stock Now. That …

A few interesting and worthwile trading and finance resources

It’s another crazy day in the markets today, so let me take some time out to offer …

Stock screeners revisted

I get questions periodically about stock screeners, and see others frequently on discussion forum sites. Today I …

Looking for a stock screener?

This question came through from a stock trader. I wonder if you can help me find a …

Easy stock option trading

Several years ago I stopped trading stocks all together. After more than a decade in the market …