In options trading, a debit spread or net debit spread play is created when a trader both buys an option with a higher premium and sells an option with a premium that is lower in price at the same time. The debit spread option play is when the v... Read more
A hanging man is one kind of bearish reversal candlestick pattern. The hanging man is the name of a signal candle that is located inside an uptrend of higher highs and higher lows in price on a chart. The hanging man candle has a lower wick (sha... Read more
The fear and greed index was created by CNNMoney as an indicator to quantify the degree of emotions that investors are feeling about buying stocks in the current moment. This index tries to give a measurement of the market sentiment on a scale... Read more
A trailing stop loss is a risk management tool for locking in profits on a winning trade. While a trade may start out with a stop loss after the initial entry to exit if the trade does not go in the right direction but instead goes low enough to... Read more
This is a guest post by Beatrix Potter. Every Must-Read Psychology Book Every Trader Needs to Read At Least Once Whether you’re just starting out as a trader in the financial world, or you’ve been in the industry for some time, and you’re trying... Read more
A candlestick is a type of chart used in trading as a visual representation of past and current price action in specified timeframes. Depending on the timeframe of the chart each candlestick consists of each minute, day, week, or month trading... Read more
The three white soldiers is a very bullish chart pattern that is created with candlesticks when there are three big candles formed in a row with higher highs and higher lows in a row. This pattern needs three data points across a timeframe to si... Read more
This is a Guest Post by Jake @TrendSpider. In this blog post, make sure to check out the top 5 TrendSpider charts posted this week on social media as well as the weekend video going over the broad markets and case studies from last week! Tune fo... Read more
A pivot point is a specific price level calculated and then used as a technical analysis indicator and trend filter in a chart’s time frame. A charts pivot point level is the average of the high prices, low prices, and closing prices from... Read more
Charts are visual representations of the prices where buyers and sellers agreed to trade over at different periods of time in the past. In markets there is a buyer and seller for every trade execution, a stock quote is the price where the buyer... Read more
