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Scottrade launches mini options for retail investors and traders
01 April 2013
Scottrade on March 18, 2013 announced that it will give investors and traders access to mini options. Vice-President of of Clearing and Options Services Brian Connor at Scottrade said “Mini options are part of the options industry’s continued evolution, and a major step for self-directed traders, It was important to us not only to make...
Best Broker for Novices and Long-term Investing – TD Ameritrade
22 March 2013
Best Broker for “Novices” and “Long-term Investing” – TD Ameritrade: Barron’s 2013 online broker survey For Traders looking to open up an account with TD Ameritrade, there is some good news. Barron’s recently released annual survey. There were 24 online brokers in US surveyed, and were graded in eight different categories from the perspective of...
TD Ameritrade’s February IMX score touches 20-month high – Increased Equity Exposure and Low Market Volatility
11 March 2013
TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation has released the Investor Movement Index, also referred to as IMX, score for February 2013 on 4th of March. The Investor Movement Index is a behavior-based index, by TD Ameritrade, to identify what the investors are actually doing and map their current positions in the markets TD Ameritrade calculates the IMX...
Penny Stock Trading Software | Day Trading Penny Stocks | Stock Trading Platforms
26 April 2013
What is a Penny Stock? A stock that trades at relatively low price, usually outside of the major market exchanges is called a penny stock. In the US, the SEC defines a penny stock as a security which trades below $5 per share. They are traded over-the-counter on the OTC Bulletin Board, or Pink Sheets....
Free Day Trading Software
22 April 2013
What is a Day Trading Software? A Day Trading Software is a computer program used by active and swing traders to facilitate trading. The following is the list of free day trading software available online: Day Trading Software Free Trial Available Button Trader Demo Version is free for 6 months Telechart from Worden Free 14...
Best Day Trading Software for Active Traders and Investors | Reviews 2013
22 April 2013
What is a Day Trading Software? A Day trading software is a computer program that is used by a majority of traders, and is intended to facilitate day trading of stocks or other financial instruments. Day trading software falls into three main categories: Data, Charting, and Trade Execution. Data: The exchanges don’t generally concern themselves...
Obama Market – Stock Market during Barack Obama Presidency and Re-election
15 November 2012
Pundits on both sides of the aisle have attempted to portray President Obama’s fiscal policy as everything from disastrous to savvy. Although the health of the stock market only represents part of the fiscal picture, it is one of the best measures of what the future may hold. A booming market represents a willingness to invest in new...
Market Outlook for Mid to November end 2012
13 November 2012
Been out for past few days as anyways I had decided to not trade until the dust settled after elections. So market bounced a little but I dont think we are out of the woods yet. Bounce seemed very weak and for the market to turn around, you usually need more conviction in the move...
Market looks close to bottomling but volatile week ahead – $AAPL $GOOG $XLF $SPY
05 November 2012
So the triple top pattern that I mentioned previously played out pretty nice. Even though I did not play the downside, I am happy my ass didn’t get chewed out when the market started to fall apart. One thing we all noticed that market actually held really well last week even after the terrible storm...
How to buy Penny Stocks Online | How to Trade Penny Stocks
29 April 2013
A stock which trades at a relatively low liquidity is called Penny Stock. Usually they trade under $5 and can be highly volatile. Trading penny stocks online can be a difficult for many traders. We are going to talk about how to buy penny stocks online. At this point, let me assume that you have...
How to play $AAPL and $AMZN earnings after $GOOG disaster in Q3 2012
19 October 2012
Few days back I wrote about my strategy for $GOOG run up trade for earnings. I ended up playing a bullish short $GOOG PUT spread and $AAPL bullish call spread. Both trades brought home decent gains, I did not like the action of overall $NASDAQ and hence ended up closing the trades prematurely and I...
Parting ways with Losses: How you should protect Investment Returns?
22 August 2012
The degree of risk you are willing to bear determines the kind of returns you can generate. That said, bonds come with minimal risks and similar are the returns. You can barely fight inflation with a bond portfolio. Then, we have stocks and options where the degree of is substantial, so is the possibility of...
Current State of US Economy: Key Highlights from the Fed Meet
25 April 2012
GDP is likely to continue to grow throughout 2013 and 2014, but at a slower than earlier expected. Unemployment to decline gradually, but it will still remain uncomfortably higher. Fed says it won’t hesitate to provide additional support to the economy if required. They will be closely monitoring inflation and unemployment situation. Current Inflation Scenario...
Taming the Critics of Globalization
06 February 2012
Our world is ever more interconnected than ever, and there is no escape from the fact that no economy can progress in isolation. Every economy, may it be fast developing nations or the better part of the world, everyone needs support to grow, sustain and retain the quality of life. Whether you believe it or...
G-20 Countries Debt Fears Resurface: Should Investors Worry about another US Downgrade?
31 January 2012
Ratings agency S&P once again issues warnings on sovereign creditworthiness of many G-20 nations including US, which was deprived of its AAA rating last August. According to S&P, US along with many other G-20 nations will face immense fiscal drags due to rising healthcare costs. It’s likely that governments of many key economies will find...
Algo/Automated trading system for retail traders
06 December 2012
In this article, we share all the useful software/data providers/service providers that are useful for traders. In particular for sophisticated traders who like to try automated trading. In Algo trading intro-II we briefly talked about Algo trading system. Just a recap, at a minimum a trading system needs to be able to place orders to...
Popular algorithmic trading strategies Part II
03 December 2012
This post is the second part of our series on popular strategies for algorithmic trading. The first part can be found here Part-I. In order to get acquainted about algorithmic trading and what it entails, please go through our introductory series on Algorithm trading Intro to algorithmic trading part I and Intro to algorithmic trading...
Popular algorithmic trading strategies Part I
27 November 2012
Before we start looking at some of these strategies, we expect you to understand the reasons for doing the algorithmic trading : See Algo trading intro – Part I and Algo trading intro – Part II. On the series of Algorithmic trading, in this part, we’ll take a look at the some of the popular...