In my opinion these are the best stock market movies ever made based on popularity and entertainment value. There are also many lessons that can be learned from these movies about greed, fear, bubbles, and investing. The Big Short: This is my all-time favorite trading movie that explains a lot about the 2008 stock market […]
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The descending wedge chart pattern more commonly known as the falling wedge can fit in the continuation or reversal category. When it is a continuation pattern it will trend down, however the slope in the wedge will be against the overall market uptrend. When it is a reversal pattern, the falling wedge trends down when
Below is a list of the current most shorted stocks on the NYSE with short interest of over 20%. I have listed the ticker symbol, company name, and percent of short interest in relation to the shares outstanding. This data is for companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange only. Stocks with extremely high
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Below is a list of the current most shorted stocks with the highest short interest as of the last update across all stock exchanges. Most exchanges do month end reporting. So it is constantly changing but is delayed in reporting. Be aware that the NASDAQ short interest is updated twice a month. Short interest data is
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IV crush stands for implied volatility crush and is a description of what happens to options vega premium when it drops dramatically out of the pricing model of an option chain. This usually happens after a major risk or news event has passed for the underlying stock or market for the option contract. The most
What does the current Warren Buffett house look like? Warren Buffett still lives in the house he bought for $31,500 in 1958. Inflation adjusted to 2021 dollars it cost him $286,676 in 1958 buying power. His house is a 6,570 square feet stucco house that has 5 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. His home is located
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A pip calculator will help a trader determine the value per pip for a currency pair, this is to manage position sizing and risk per trade. A trader needs the currency your account is denominated in, the currency pair that is being traded, position size of the trade, and the exchange rate asked to calculate
This is a sample chapter from my book The Ultimate Guide to Chart Patterns. Chart Facts: • The ascending triangle is a bullish chart pattern that usually forms during an uptrend as a continuation pattern. • Sometimes an ascending triangle pattern will form as a reversal pattern as a downtrend comes to an end, but they
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This is a sample chapter from my book The Ultimate Guide to Chart Patterns. Bull flag pattern chart facts: The bull flag is a continuation pattern of the previous uptrend. A bull flag chart pattern occurs after an uptrend out of a previous price base. The ‘pole’ is represented by the previous uptrend in price before
Here are four of the best bitcoin trading strategies using moving average crossover signals to swing trade and trend trade the ^BTCUSD pair. These are examples of trading signals for capturing moves to the upside and going to cash if price starts moving down. 5 day / 20 day ema crossover: Flying Eagle 5 day
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This is a sample chapter from my book The Ultimate Guide to Chart Patterns. The cup and handle pattern is a bullish continuation pattern and momentum buy signal as it breaks out of the ‘handle’ in the formation. It was originally intended to be used with high growth stocks within the ‘CAN SLIM’ system. I
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Heikin Ashi candlestick charts are a different variation of traditional Japanese candlesticks. Heikin Ashi candlesticks use the opening and closing price data from the previous period and also the opening-high-low-closing price data from the current period to build a combination candlestick. The Heikin Ashi formula candlestick filters out a lot of the price action noise
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What is the best moving average crossover for swing trading? My favorite moving average crossover for swing trading that I have also confirmed through backtesting on the momentum names on my watchlist is the 5 day exponential moving average / 20 day exponential moving average crossover on the daily chart. I call this bullish crossover
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What is ATR? The ATR indicator is the average true range technical indicator used in technical analysis to quantify the multi-day price range volatility on a chart. It is usually derived from the 14-day simple moving average of prices and the trading range and calculates the full trading range of price action. Charts can have gaps
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Here is a sample chapter from my newest book The Ultimate Guide to Candlestick Chart Patterns. A candlestick is a type of chart used in trading as a visual representation of past and current price action in specified timeframes. A candlestick consists of the ‘body’ with an upper or lower ‘wick’ or ‘shadow’. Most candlestick
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Here are the current richest people in the world in 2021 as of March. In looking at this list it is clear that founding and building a business while keeping a large amount of equity ownership in the company is the path to world class wealth. Nothing creates net worth on a larger scale than
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Here is an updated top 20 list of the highest current most shorted stocks in the NASDAQ with the highest short interest in the middle of March 2021 based on the most recent information available. Be aware that the NASDAQ short interest is updated twice a month. Short interest data is reported on mid-month and end-of-month settlement
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Option contract prices will increase as the probabilities of them expiring in-the-money are greater and will go down as the probabilities of them expiring in-the-money decreases. As options get closer to being in-the-money they capture more of their underlying assets move, as they get farther away from being in-the-money they capture less of their underlying
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The buy side versus the sell side in the stock investment world refers to the contrast between the primary accumulators of stocks and the primary distributors of stocks. The buy side of the financial markets are the institutions that purchases and invests in large position sizes of stocks as money managers and fund managers. The
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A smoothed moving average (SMMA) is like a simple moving average (SMA) as it tries to quantify the trend in a specific time frame. However, the SMMA would rather filter price action noise than reduce the signal lag time. The SMMA changes, moves, and curves much slower than the more popular SMA. A smoothed moving
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