If you are interested in trading options the first place you must start is having a basic understanding of what determines there price. Understanding what determines their value and how they move in step with the underlying stock is the first crucial step before you start trading them. Not understanding what can cause sudden drops and spikes in […]
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In 2012 as a recent example I was able to trade the price action in Apple stock from an all time breakout over $390 to $700 and return over 51% on my total trading capital in one quarter. The strange thing was that in 2012 when I was heavily trading the price of the stock I never
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Apple: still the same story with a few added chapters. Apple now has protection from plunging with a $10 billion buy back program. At the current price that is about 16 million shares removed from float, which will at the same time drive up earnings per share with less shares publicly available. So that
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After a two hundred point run in Apple since it broke through the 50 day moving average we are now dealing with a brutal 2.5% draw down in the stock after hitting the psychological barrier of $600. Now the bears are out roaring again, “It is over”, “The move was
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Many times, good traders make the right trade but still lose, but it is okay because they will win in the long term because their method is tested, their risk is managed, and their mind set is right for trading. They have skills. Other times a new trader with no
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Insiders say that William J. O’Neil founder of Investor’s Business Daily and William O’Neil and Company Inc, has a better trading record over a 50 year period than even Warren Buffet or George Soros. O’Neil has spent his life trading and studying what really works in the stock market. He made over a quarter
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There are things that make you win in the stock market over the long term and then there are things that make you lose quickly even in the short term. The key to trading success is learning the difference quickly and doing what really works not what you emotions or
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What an amazing year so far for the markets beloved Apple stock. Many factors are working together to drive this stock up to amazing levels day after day. Apple is the leader of this market and will continue to trend up until this story changes. The story is not changing,
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There are some universal principles that the vast majority of Rich Traders follow. Rich Traders manage risk, they do not bet their entire account on one trade, they risk 1% to 2% of their trading capital per trade. Rich Traders do not try to prove they are right about a
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When I look for the best stocks to trend trade in the stock market I look at the Monday edition of Investor’s Business Daily. The IBD 50 published in each Monday edition of Investor’s Business Daily is a must have for every serious investor and trader. With this edition we
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