A stop loss is set after a trade entry at the price level on a chart where a trader will accept being wrong and exit for a small loss. A stop loss should be placed at the level price should not go if the trade is correct. The point of a stop los... Read more
The alligator is the metaphor for this technical indicator. Three lines are used to create it on a price chart. Each line in the indicator is a moving average of a different time period: the 5 SMA , 8 SMA and 13 SMA. The lines represent the jaw(... Read more
The Golden Cross stock trading strategy is an example of a simple long term trend following system. This is one of the most popular and famous bullish moving average crossover signals that is watched and talked about on financial media when they... Read more
The Supertrend is a trend trading indicator used to define the path of least resistance on a chart. The SuperTrend is a technical indicator that signals the direction of current momentum. It uses the Average True Range to calculate its value. It... Read more
An investment portfolio generally comprises diverse assets like stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, and bonds. Although it offers numerous advantages, investing and trading in options, an additional asset class, is far riskier than regular equity invest... Read more
This is a guest post by Scott Redler, Chief Strategic Officer of T3 Live and T3 Trading Group. Scott has been a professional trader and technical analyst since 1999. His work has been cited by countless media outlets, including CNBC, Fox... Read more
Is there a simple moving average trading strategy that crushes buy and hold investing? If so, what moving average and time frame combination would accomplish this going back at least 20 years? The 200-day simple moving average as an end of month... Read more
Float in a stock is the number of shares of a company that is currently trading publicly on the exchange and is available for traders and investors to buy and sell. The stock float is calculated by taking a company’s total issue of outstan... Read more
Musa I (c. 1280 – c. 1337), was the tenth Mansa ( “conqueror”or “emperor”) of the Islamic West African state known as the Mali Empire. The Mansa Musa net worth was estimated to be approximately $400 billion USD inflation... Read more
Stock chart patterns are simply a visual representation of the prices buyers and sellers bought and sold at in the past. There is no magic in a chart pattern they just show you what happened in the past and what has a higher probability of happe... Read more
