Secrets of Billionaire Traders who use Technical Analysis Themes & Traits of Top Traders It is clear that Technical Analysis has worked in the past and continues to work for many successful traders and investors today. But what are the common aspects that are being used by these successful market technicians? Unfortunately due to the extreme secrecy surrounding nearly all...
The Basics of Point & Figure Charts A Primer on Point and Figure Charts From line charts to candlesticks, most traders are probably familiar with the handful common charting methods popular with the investment world — but far fewer know how to interpret the Xs and Os that make up point and figure charts. Because of their major visual differences...
Famous, Timeless Trading & Investing Quotes [BigTrends.com Editor’s Note: We’ve edited down this list to some of the best and most appropriate ones for technical analysis and option trading purposes. Several from Jessie Livermore at the bottom, who is one of our favorites — his 100 year old sayings about trading and “reading the tape” are constantly applicable today.] General...
The Best Times of the Day to Trade Veteran trader Linda Raschke has done extensive work looking at what times of the day are the best to trade and she reveals the key times for some of the major markets. What has her time-of-day analysis and her research shown about different times of day and what's going on with the markets. What...
19 Lessons from Hedge Fund Trading Wizards Notable Quotes from the Book "Hedge Fund Market Wizards" by Jack Schwager 1. As long as no one cares about it, there is no trend. Would you be short Nasdaq in 1999? You can't be short just because you think fundamentally something is overpriced. 2. All markets look liquid during the bubble (massive uptrend), but...
What the VIX Is Telling Us About Market Direction It’s rare to see a major sell-off in stocks when the VIX is at these low levels. Here’s why. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) (VIXX) has now risen for four straight days, albeit from five-year lows. But the VIX has done that while the S&P 500 Index (SPX) (SPY) has actually ticked gradually...
Case Study of Trading Option Implied Volatility Ahead of Earnings How to Trade Options Around Company Earnings The hallmark of a professional option trader is the ability to use a wide variety of trade structures in order to exploit opportunities to profit from specific situations the market presents. One of the opportunities routinely presented multiple times yearly is the impending...
Design Your Trading System in Six Steps The main focus of this article is to guide you through the process of developing your system. While it doesn't take long to come up with a system, it does take some time to extensively test it. So be patient; in the long run, a good system can potentially make you a...
Are Calendar Spreads Good For Options Trading Beginners? If you hate range-bound and low volatility markets, then you may want to try trading a calendar spread. . But if you're a beginner you might ask "Is this strategy good for me or will I get burned?" If you've never traded options before I would stay away for now until...
Understanding How Special Dividends Affect Option Trading As traders across the world have begun to accept the reality that the stock market does not always rise by an average of 10% per year, they have begun to look for different ways to invest their money. One of these ways involves buying stocks that pay dividends. As the dreams of a...
