Archive for June, 2010

Exchange traded funds are just one of the financial security options available for both traders and investors. ETF’s are a certain type of financial security that tracks a particular market index, commodity or a basket of assets that act like an index fund but is traded like a stock on a certain exchange. And just like stock, ETF’s may experience price changes all through the day as they are being bough...

Picking and trading stocks require prior research and understanding of what makes certain stocks great investments. Behind every stock is a company that provide the value for the said stock. Picking good stocks usually involve knowing how to determine that qualitative factors that make them quite good choices and worth the investment. Here are some of those factors: Strong Management Behind every great and success...

Futures trading may be unlike trading in the stock market in many ways. Futures trading deals essentially with trade in financial contracts of a certain asset or commodity. In a way, it can be compared to options trading in that both deal with contracts for buying or selling certain assets or commodities at a future time. The difference between them is that options give its holder mainly the right to buy or sell an...

Trading successfully usually involves using effective trading techniques and strategies. One of the more common strategies is the use of trade filters and trade triggers as a means of entering into trades. The effective use of trade filters and trade triggers will enable traders to base their trading activity on careful analysis instead of gut feel or guesswork. Trade Filters Trade filters are basically a set of c...

When making trades and investments, it is always important to have a means to analyze or evaluate performance at certain levels. There are many methods that traders may use. Some of such methods include backtesting and forward testing. Backtesting By simple definition, backtesting is a method of analyzing and applying a certain trading system on historical data to determine at a certain level just how such a syste...