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Fundamental analysis, the analysis of profits, earnings, income, assets, etc.etc.It was the mainstay of stock market investing for decades and decades.Finding a diamond in the rough, was what investors looked for, it's what mutual fund managers use today as their primary tool.It's what is done by hundreds, or even thousands of brokerage houses, stock market investor solutions, and mutual fund managers every day of their lives...

Every so often we get a question asking why we do not"buy the dips" more when we're taking a look at potential stock plays and the answer is actually simple.It is not"our" style.That is not to say it is wrong, or that you should not do it, we just don't find it works as well for us.Allow me to explain...

Timing is everything.You have heard it a thousand times.It is a tired, over-used cliche that happens to be true.Regardless of what you are up against, timing is everything.If you are a futures or stock dealer, timing is the only thing between you and the poor house.It is a statistical certainty that in case you play with a zero-sum match with unlimited downside risk long enough, you may drop everything you have...

Once in a while the technical indicators begin making news.When it's the VIX, or a moving average, someone picks up the story and soon it's on CNBC or Bloomberg as the news of the day.So, as an investor one must ask,"are specialized indications a reason to buy or sell?" In certain respects the answer is no, because"investing" is something different from swing trading or day trading...

Trading inexpensive Micro cap and small cap stocks is really a "High Risk High Reward" style of trading.I have found that one of the most profitable ways to trade these stocks is by finding the bottoms.In case you are correct and find the bottom, the stock has nowhere to go but up.In case you are wrong and miss the bottom, no one wants to "catch a falling knife"...

The methods utilized by winning traders are extraordinarily diverse.Regardless of the broad spectral range of traders, certain characteristics are located generally in most winning traders:Winners have a trading plan with a technique that incorporates effective money management.They will have the discipline to execute their plan relatively flawlessly and the self-confidence to accept the amount of money the marketplace gives them...