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Be Extremely Diligent Around The Open
Posted on September 23, 2020 by Charles Varma
Be very diligent around the open.Trades collect before the bell and after the market opens the market makers get to work on this pile of orders.Traders frequently don't know the quanity of orders out there and whether they are purchases or sells.This makes it very hard to tell where the stock is headed in the minutes following the start or how long it will take for orders to be filled...
Fundamental Analysis for Trading Stocks
Posted on August 19, 2020 by Charles Varma
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...
Why Not Buy the Dips?
Posted on July 1, 2020 by Charles Varma
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...
Stock Market Guide
Posted on June 11, 2020 by Charles Varma
Stock market is a curious location for many.It's because the place has given birth to a lot of millionaires and is also in charge of turning millionaires to locals.Hence the bulls and bears have always been charismatic.Now millions of individuals invest in the stock market to earn decent money.The aura of this place is such that it's swarming with people any hour of the day and any period of the year...
Timing Your Trades
Posted on May 19, 2020 by Charles Varma
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...
Are Technical Indicators Such as the VIX a Reason to Get Involved with a Stock?
Posted on March 21, 2020 by Charles Varma
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...
A Short Term Tactic for Capturing More Profits
Posted on February 9, 2020 by Charles Varma
It's known as"dividend catch".This strategy is implemented when a dealer buys a stock just prior to the ex-dividend date, so he or she'll be a shareholder of record on the record date, and will get the dividend.Since the stock falls by the amount of the dividend on the ex-dividend date, the plan calls for the dealer to then await the stock to return to the cost where he or she purchased it before the ex-dividend date...
3 Great Ways to Play Splits
Posted on January 9, 2020 by Charles Varma
AFTER THE SPLIT ANNOUNCEMENT - Quite often, the inventory will create a pattern of falling back three to ten days following the announcement.This provides you with a chance to benefit from the split announcement.If you're playing calls this is when you purchase the things that they call" dipping undervalued calls"...
How To Become A Successful Stock Investor
Posted on October 19, 2019 by Charles Varma
The key to learning to be a successful stock investor would be to know the difference between an excellent investment and a negative investment.Many investors assume that great companies are excellent investments, but this is simply not always a precise assessment.Sometimes, an excellent business could make a lousy investment...
Finding the Bottom on Micro Cap and Penny Stocks
Posted on September 2, 2019 by Charles Varma
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 Key Characteristics of Winning Traders
Posted on August 18, 2019 by Charles Varma
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...
Reducing Risk and Keeping Your Financial House In Order
Posted on July 6, 2019 by Charles Varma
Reducing risk to your cash and protecting your trading capital must come prior to making profit the currency markets; it should always be placed first in your thoughts when trading.You need to learn and be more comfortable with this being your first priority when trading.I understand that sounds just a little strange, but it's 100% true and an essential mindset to find yourself in...
Against The Top Down Approach to Picking Stocks
Posted on May 3, 2019 by Charles Varma
If you have heard fund managers discuss the direction they invest, you understand a great number of hire a top down approach.First, they determine how a lot of their portfolio to allocate to stocks and just how much to allocate to bonds.At this stage, they could also choose the relative mixture of foreign and domestic securities...
One-Fund Investing
Posted on March 21, 2019 by Charles Varma
You could have some, perhaps all your assets in a stock mutual fund when market conditions are favorable.We want a mutual fund rather than basket of individual stocks because.Many retirement accounts usually do not offer usage of stocks.We want the broad diversification obtainable in a fund.A specific stock may miss most or most of an over-all market advance, but a fund with wide market exposure will probably get a little bit of the action...
Why Cash is Your Best Asset With Penny Stocks
Posted on February 26, 2019 by Charles Varma
When you start your Very cheap stocks trading career you need to decide just how much you are ready to invest.You should remember that this is simply not a "sure-fire" income opportunity and that it's possible that you might lose everything, so make sure to never to invest a lot more than it is possible to afford to reduce...
Over The OTCBB and Pink Sheets
Posted on January 14, 2019 by Charles Varma
OTCBB and the Pink Sheets will be the two forms of penny stocks you will come across.The primary difference between your two is that OTCBB stocks must file with the SEC and the pink sheet stocks aren't.Some traders won't trade pink sheets for this reason, those traders are passing up on some very nice opportunities...