Many brokers have reported over 90% of new traders fail to make money. Like in most professional endeavors the majority of people that start are not successful. Whether it’s professional…

The most popular two moving averages on daily charts are the 50-day and the 200-day moving averages. They are the default settings on many charts. When these two crossover on…

For price action traders, the movement of price itself is their primary signal for taking entries and exits. They let momentum, the trend, and movement filter their trading decisions. A price…

I have studied all the most successful traders in history along with the more modern market wizards and trend followers. Here are six of the qualities that I have found…

The options market presents both great opportunities for gains but also the potential for the risks of losses. Here are ten things that I learned quickly through experience that all…

There is a big difference between saving, investing and speculating with money. Savings is putting money away safely for future use in a low interest account. Investing is putting capital…

Linda Bradford Raschke has been a full-time professional trader for more than 40+ years. She was the principle trader for several funds and also the Commodity Pool Operator for her…

There are two types of directional option contracts: calls and puts. Call options are contracts that move higher in price when the underlying stock moves higher. Put options are contracts…

Covered calls are an income strategy for traders and investors to earn money on stocks they hold. Covered Call Writing Covered call writing is an appropriate strategy in a bull…

Option contracts represent a bet on the directional price movement of an underlying stock in a defined time period. Option contracts represent 100 shares of a stock and are written…