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Stocks fell again yesterday, illustrating three important lessons for traders. The first lesson is that activity focuses on indexes and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) when the market crashes. For example, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) traded more than 6.1 million...
Individuals beginning in the stock market soon encounter the world of technical analysis. Terms like "support," "resistance" and "trends" are all over the news and Internet. You could spend a lifetime reading them and still be confused, so in this series we'll get you...
In case you didn't notice, the current situation in the stock market isn't normal. Investors seldom face the kind of uncertainty now surrounding a potential trade agreement with China. Sure, many of us remember the dotcom meltdown or the financial crisis. But those...
Options are definitely more complicated than stocks. Their prices don't just go up and down. They also fluctuate based on things like time, implied volatility and underlying stock movements. You may need a system to keep all the moving pieces straight. Options Greeks...
Options confuse a lot of investors because several factors impact their value. Unlike stocks, they don't just go up and down based on supply and demand. This post will explain three of the most important concepts you need to get started: time, volatility and intrinsic...
"Every battle is won or lost before it's ever fought." -- The Art of War. All traders should know this quote by the famous Chinese writer Sun Tzu. He might have been giving military advice, but it's especially useful in financial markets because emotions can cloud our...
Traders just got a lot more freedom with their accounts, thanks to a new integration with TradingView. Starting this month, TradeStation clients can place orders on TradingView.com. The new service makes it easier to trade stocks and futures from anywhere. It also...
While options can be traded by themselves, investors often use them in conjunction with other securities. So before going further, let's consider the four basic ways that options trades are structured. You Can Trade Options by Themselves As we learned in a previous...
Most clients understand buying and selling stocks. Options are similar, and can be traded in the same brokerage accounts. However, you should know some basic differences. Bid / Ask Spreads Matter A bid/ask spread is the difference between where you can sell a security...