CME and CBOT Raise Margin Requirements
Tuesday September 30, 2008
The CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) and the CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) have raised the margin requirements for several of their markets. The affected markets include some stock index futures ... Read More
Economic Calendar With Volatility
Sunday September 28, 2008
This week's economic calendar includes many news releases from Europe, and several news releases from the US and Asia. The US has most of the high volatility news releases this ... Read More
Options Update to the Short Trade Prohibitions
Monday September 22, 2008
The US SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) and the UK FSA (Financial Services Authority) have recently prohibited short trades on a large number of stock markets. If you were not ... Read More
The Markets Are Being Manipulated
Monday September 22, 2008
I have already mentioned this briefly in my blog entry about the SEC and FSA prohibiting short trades on certain stock markets, but this is such an important topic, that ... Read More
Economic Calendar With Volatility
Sunday September 21, 2008
This week's economic calendar includes several news releases from the US and Europe, and a few news releases from Asia. The US has most of the high volatility news releases ... Read More
SEC and FSA Prohibit Short Trades
Sunday September 21, 2008
Both the US SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) and the UK FSA (Financial Services Authority) have prohibited short trades (trades that are entered by selling) on many financial stocks. The ... Read More
Day Trading Quick Tip # 10 - Exit a Mistake Immediately
Wednesday September 17, 2008
Even the most experienced traders sometimes make inadvertent mistakes. For example, they might enter a trade by accidentally clicking their mouse, or they might enter a trade using the wrong ... Read More
Economic Calendar With Volatility
Sunday September 14, 2008
This week's economic calendar includes many news releases from Europe, with several news releases from the US and Asia. Europe has most of the high volatility news releases this week, ... Read More
Day Trading Quick Tip # 9 - Pay Attention When the Market Speaks
Wednesday September 10, 2008
Every so often, the financial markets will walk up to you, slap you across the face, and tell you exactly what they are going to do next. In other words, ... Read More
Day Trading Quick Tip # 8 - Find a Reason to Stay Flat
Tuesday September 9, 2008
Successful trading involves looking for a reason to enter a trade (price patterns, indicator patterns, etc.) and then entering those trades without any hesitation, right? ... Wrong!
Find a Reason to ... Read More
Day Trading Quick Tip # 7 - Be An Old Trader, Not a Bold Trader
Monday September 8, 2008
There is a saying that is often told to newly licensed pilots, and the saying equally applies to newly funded traders. The saying, adapted for traders, is as follows:
There are ... Read More
Economic Calendar With Volatility
Monday September 8, 2008
Similar to last week, this week's economic calendar includes many news releases from Europe and Asia, several news releases from the US. All three regions have some high volatility news ... Read More
Day Trading Quick Tip # 6 - Sit On Your Hands
Wednesday September 3, 2008
Undisciplined traders frequently make mistakes that they would prefer not to make, but they make them anyway. These mistakes include things like making a trade that is not part of ... Read More
Economic Calendar With Volatility
Monday September 1, 2008
This week's economic calendar includes many news releases from Europe and Asia, but only a few news releases from the US. However, all three regions have a few high volatility ... Read More