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Financial Markets and Percentages - How Percentages Describe Financial Market Price Movement Created: Saturday, March 31, 2012 Updated: Saturday, March 31, 2012
Explanation of how percentages describe financial market prices movement, and why a fifty percent decrease in the value of a financial market is the same as a one hundred percent increase in the va..
Stock Index Calculation - Why Learning About Stock Index Calculation Can Improve Your Trading Created: Saturday, March 31, 2012 Updated: Saturday, March 31, 2012
Discussion of how stock indices are calculated, and explanation of why learning how a stock index is calculated can improve your stock index and individual stock trading.
Options Trading - Introduction to the Options Greeks Created: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Introduction to options trading using the options greeks, with a list of the most often used options greeks, and an example of the type of information that the options greeks provide about options ..
Trading Psychology - Patience and Discipline Created: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Discussion of the trading psychology of waiting for the next trade, and why being patient and disciplined are essential personality traits for new traders and professional traders alike.
Trading Individual Stock Markets Using Their Leveraged Derivatives Markets Created: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Explanation of why individual stock markets should be traded using their leveraged derivatives markets, and an example of how to calculate an individual stock market trade that is being made using ..
The Trading Psychology of the Days of the week Created: Sunday, January 22, 2012 Updated: Sunday, January 22, 2012
Discussion of how the days of the week can tell you whether you are experienced enough to be trading with real capital, or if you need to learn trading correctly first.
Nikkei 225 Constituent List - Companies Included in the Nikkei 225 Stock Index Created: Sunday, January 22, 2012 Updated: Sunday, January 22, 2012
The complete list of the constituent companies of the Nikkei 225 stock index. The Nikkei 225 stock index is the primary stock index of the Osaka Securities Exchange in Japan, and the underlying mar..
Interactive Brokers - Profile and Review of the Brokerage, Interactive Brokers or IB Created: Sunday, January 22, 2012 Updated: Sunday, January 22, 2012
Profile and review of the brokerage, Interactive Brokers or IB, including information about opening an account, trading fees, trading software, and reliability.
Short Squeeze - Definition and Example of a Short Squeeze and How To Avoid Falling Foul of a Short Squeeze Created: Saturday, December 31, 2011 Updated: Saturday, December 31, 2011
Definition and example of a short squeeze, and explanation of how to avoid your trades falling victim to a short squeeze.
Long Squeeze - Definition and Example of a Long Squeeze and How To Avoid Falling Foul of a Long Squeeze Created: Saturday, December 31, 2011 Updated: Saturday, December 31, 2011
Definition and example of a long squeeze, and explanation of how to avoid your trades falling victim to a long squeeze.
Trading Systems or Trading Gimmicks - Which Supposed Trading Systems Should be Avoided Created: Saturday, December 31, 2011 Updated: Saturday, December 31, 2011
Discussion of trading systems and trading gimmicks, with examples of the type of so called trading systems that should be avoided.
The Holy Grail of Trading - The Trading System that is Guaranteed to Make a Profit Created: Saturday, December 31, 2011 Updated: Saturday, December 31, 2011
The holy grail of trading is revealed, including a detailed description of the holy grail of trading, and suggestions for using the holy grail of trading in your trading.
Identifying Highs and Lows - How To Identify Highs and Lows on a Graphical Chart Created: Sunday, December 11, 2011 Updated: Sunday, December 11, 2011
Explanation of how to identify highs and lows of individual bars and candlesticks and of a graphical trading chart.
Explanations of Sierra Chart's Chart Menu Fields (Part 4) Created: Sunday, December 11, 2011 Updated: Sunday, December 11, 2011
Sierra Chart's Chart Menu - Explanations of Sierra Chart's Chart Menu Fields
Explanations of Sierra Chart's Chart Menu Fields (Part 3) Created: Sunday, December 11, 2011 Updated: Sunday, December 11, 2011
Sierra Chart's Chart Menu - Explanations of Sierra Chart's Chart Menu Fields
Explanations of Sierra Chart's Chart Menu Fields (Part 2) Created: Sunday, December 11, 2011 Updated: Sunday, December 11, 2011
Sierra Chart's Chart Menu - Explanations of Sierra Chart's Chart Menu Fields
Explanations of Sierra Chart's Chart Menu Fields (Part 1) Created: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 Updated: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Sierra Chart's Chart Menu - Explanations of Sierra Chart's Chart Menu Fields
Charting Software - Which Charting Software to Use for Which Styles of Trading Created: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 Updated: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Discussion of my preferred charting software and recommendations for which charting software to use for which style of trading.
Explanations of Sierra Chart's Chart Drawing Menu Fields Created: Sunday, October 30, 2011 Updated: Sunday, November 20, 2011
Sierra Chart's Chart Drawing Menu - Explanations of Siera Chart's Chart Drawing Menu Fields
Explanations of Sierra Chart's Edit Menu Fields Created: Sunday, November 20, 2011 Updated: Sunday, November 20, 2011
Sierra Chart's Edit Menu - Explanations of Sierra Chart's Edit Menu Fields
Explanations of Sierra Chart's File Menu Fields Created: Sunday, November 20, 2011 Updated: Sunday, November 20, 2011
Sierra Chart's File Menu - Explanations of Sierra Chart's File Menu Fields
Sierra Chart - How to Configure Sierra Chart's Chart Header Created: Sunday, October 23, 2011 Updated: Sunday, November 13, 2011
A step by step guide to configuring Sierra Chart's chart header, such as which trading information to display at the top of a chart.
Sierra Chart - How to Configure Sierra Chart's Chart Drawing Menu Created: Saturday, October 29, 2011 Updated: Sunday, November 13, 2011
A step by step guide to configuring Sierra Chart's chart drawing menu, which is displayed by right clicking on a chart drawing (e.g. a vertical line, etc.) that is displayed on a chart.
Financial Markets and Percentages - How Percentages Describe Financial Market Price Movement Created: Sunday, November 13, 2011 Updated: Sunday, November 13, 2011
Explanation of how percentages describe financial market prices movement, and why a fifty percent decrease in the value of a financial market is the same as a one hundred percent increase in the va..
Stock Index Calculation - Why Learning About Stock Index Calculation Can Improve Your Trading Created: Sunday, November 13, 2011 Updated: Sunday, November 13, 2011
Discussion of how stock indices are calculated, and explanation of why learning how a stock index is calculated can improve your stock index and individual stock trading.
Sierra Chart - How to Configure Sierra Chart's Chart Shortcut Menu Created: Sunday, November 06, 2011 Updated: Sunday, November 06, 2011
A step by step guide to configuring Sierra Chart's chart shortcut menu, which is displayed by right clicking on a blank section of a chart (i.e. not on a chart drawing such as a vertical line, etc...
Explanations of Siera Chart's Chart Header Fields Created: Sunday, November 06, 2011 Updated: Sunday, November 06, 2011
Sierra Chart's Chart Header - Explanations of Siera Chart's Chart Header Fields
Trading Individual Stock Markets Using Leveraged Derivatives Markets Created: Sunday, October 30, 2011 Updated: Sunday, October 30, 2011
Explanation of why individual stock markets should be traded using leveraged derivatives markets, and an example of how to calculate an individual stock market trade that is being made using an opt..
Understanding Percentages - How Percentages Describe Financial Market Price Movement Created: Saturday, October 29, 2011 Updated: Saturday, October 29, 2011
Discussion of how percentages describe financial market prices movement, and why a fifty percent decrease in value is the same as a one hundred percent increase in value.
Market Data - Choosing the Appropriate Market Data for Your Trading Style Created: Sunday, October 23, 2011 Updated: Sunday, October 23, 2011
Discussion of market data, and how to choose the appropriate market data for your trading style (i.e. scalping, day, swing, or position trading).
Sierra Chart - How to Configure Sierra Chart's Chart Drawing Properties Created: Sunday, October 09, 2011 Updated: Friday, October 21, 2011
A step by step guide to configuring Sierra Chart's chart drawing properties, such as the color of a chart drawing, and the options for a chart drawing.
Stock Index Calculation - Knowing How a Stock Index is Calculated Can Help Your Trading Created: Friday, October 21, 2011 Updated: Friday, October 21, 2011
Discussion of stock index calculation, and explanation of why knowing how a stock index is calculated can be bebeficial to your trading.

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