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The 3000 Year Brief History of Options, Derivatives, and Futures Trading A History of Derivatives : A 3,000 year History 1700 BC – The history of derivatives is very long, there is even a reference in the Bible – Genesis 29 where Laban offers Jacob an option
Rising Sun Redux – International ETFs Lag The US, Except For Japan It’s been another strong year for the US markets in 2013 thus far (as we had forecasted after the first few weeks of the year). But many international single country exchange traded funds
Chalk Up Another One For The Bulls – Weekly Market Outlook Chalk another week up for the bulls – the third winning week in a row, and the fifteenth winner for the past nineteen weeks. Oh yeah, we hit new all-time highs in the process….
6 Key Questions Say Bull Market Can Continue 'Bear Market Checklist' Goes a Perfect 0-for-6 David Darst has six boxes on his bear market checklist, and none of them are filled in yet. The Morgan Stanley chief investment strategist is a realist – cautious but
Are Stocks Already in a Parabolic Bubble Formation? Euphoria Phase Turns into the Parabolic Phase The euphoria phase of the bull market that I warned about months ago is now beginning its final parabolic phase. I’m guessing we still have another month to month and
Golf & Trading Several years ago, I had a very long conversation with some associates about how playing golf and trading the markets are similar. Many other traders have made the very same connection. One fellow in particular shared his favorite quotes about the game of golf
What Comes Next After All-Time Highs – Weekly Market Outlook Through the end of Thursday, it just looked like the market was due for another dance with all-time highs (which was also its recent ceiling). With Friday’s surge, though, not only did stocks collectively punch
The Modern Art of Tape Reading & 6 Favorite Trading Indicators The Old Days Tape reading, as I define the art form, is the unemotional analysis of the trend of stock valuation culled by the cause of that change in value, the velocity of that
Slowly Chugging Economy – Weekly Market Outlook Though the bears took a toll two weeks ago, the bulls weren't willing to yield control for two weeks in a row. That's a major victory too, considering that stocks were nearly on the brink of a significant
The Danger of Being a Perma-Bear (or an Early Bear) Who’s Going To Be The Last Bear Standing? With the market sitting at virtually all-time highs, everyone is starting to wonder when the next correction will set in. Every slight 2% stumble in the major
Low Volatility Trading – An Underexploited Profitable Niche 7 Steps to Successful Low Volatility Investing When I began my career as a trader more than a decade ago, I often told my colleagues that as traders we got paid for taking risk. That’s what I
Watch the 15 Year Trendline – Weekly Market Outlook Stocks may have ended the week on a high note with Friday’s 0.88% gain, but it was nowhere near enough to undo the losses suffered earlier in the week. When it was all said and done,
10 Concepts Option Traders Need To Know How to Avoid the Top 10 Mistakes New Option Traders Make In this article I’ve analyzed ten of the most common option trading mistakes. Options are by nature a more complex investment than simply buying and selling stocks.
Fibonacci and Key Levels – Inside an Eventful Week for Stocks and Commodities First, our thoughts are with those affected by the tragedy in Boston. After a quiet time in the markets with steady gains throughout 2013, it’s been a wild and woolly run in the
Stocks Continue To Wow, But Earnings & Seasonality Loom - Weekly Market Outlook Wow. Even the bad days aren’t so bad in the current environment. After four straight gains over the course of the first four days of last week, what started out as a pretty
15 Essential Technical Analysis and Charting Technique Trading Books [All of these are available on Amazon.com] Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets: A Comprehensive Guide to Trading Methods and Applications by John J. Murphy Widely regarded as the modern bible of technical analysis, this outstanding
One Expert’s Data Indicates 21% Gain on S&P 500 in 2013 Do Bulls Have History on Their Side? Convergent Wealth CEO David Zier is a sought after financial advisor. And he has some surprising views of the market. Zier suggests that the best way to
Bullish vs. Bearish: Demographic Trends and the Stock Market Bullish - Demographic Tailwind Until 2028: There are several points made in support of a transition process occurring from a secular bear to a secular bull market. Among them, the ratio of high income to lower income working
Market Rally Hasn't Created Excessive Bullish Sentiment, Yet Sentiment indicators hitting Euphoric levels as markets near all-time highs? Templeton's 4 Bull Market Stages One might think that Sentiment measures at extremes might be at highs, due to the market being close to all-time highs –
Make or Break Time for the Rally – Weekly Market Outlook Although the bulls fought back pretty well after Friday’s initial bearishness, it wasn’t enough to prevent last week from being the worst week of the year. Of course, it not like stocks were up
