Nicolas Darvas was a professional dancer in the 1950s that developed a trend trading system for stocks that turned his $36,000 into $2.25 million between 1956 and 1958. He used price momentum near all time highs with buy stops and trailing stops to trade the highest momentum stocks during one bull market to compound money […]
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The Kelly Criterion is a scientific gambling method using a formula for bet sizing that mathematically calculates the proper position size for placing a bet based on the odds. The Kelly bet size is calculated by optimizing the projected value of the wealth logarithm, which is equivalent to maximizing the expected geometric growth rate of
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A spinning top is a single candlestick pattern that has a body in the middle of two longer wicks. A spinning top chart pattern is a signal that neither buyers or sellers have control of price action in the time frame of the candle. The spinning top candle shows that price ended up closer to
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Portfolio backtesting is the process of using historical price data to analyze and backtest the returns of a group of stocks, exchange traded funds, or mutual funds in the past. A complete portfolio backtest of your watchlist can visualize the risk of correlations, optimum percentage of capital exposures, drawdowns, and potential for diversification to hedge.
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Bill Ackman is ranked as America’s 21st richest hedge fund manager with a current net worth of over $2 billion. He is ranked #391 on the Forbes 400 wealthy list. Bill Ackman is a self-made billionaire through operating the hedge fund he founded in 2004, Pershing Square Capital Management. He rose to fame for his
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“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it earns it, he who doesn’t, pays it.” -Unknown Why is compound interest considered the eighth wonder of the world? Here are three shocking examples of the exponential growth of compounding. If you start with capital and grow it an additional 1% everyday
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You have probably heard of the bullish 50/200 day moving average crossover golden cross or the the bearish 50/200 day moving average cross under death cross which is a long term trend signal on charts, especially for the major stock indexes. These signals are even mentioned on financial news networks when they occur in real
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In 1996 two professors studied a sample of millionaires in the United States to understand the path that took them to a million dollar net worth. The results were very surprising as their path and lifestyle was very unexpected. They did not find millionaires who inherited their wealth but earned it their self. They weren’t
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Here is a stock market game that Danny Merkel @ChartingTrends shared on Twitter this year. This is a card game that simulates the importance of position size and trading through sequences of wins and losses. All you need is a deck of cards. You will use all of the twelve face cards, two jokers, three
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The original stoics were members of the ancient philosophical school of Stoicism started in Athens, Greece in the 3rd century B.C. In modern times a stoic is thought of as any person who can endure mental pain and hardship without being emotional or complaining about their circumstances. This philosophy can create a good mindset for
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The book Rich Dad, Poor Dad is one of the best selling personal finance books of all time. It is so popular because it explains the principles of how the wealthy think versus how the middle class think. It’s an easy and enjoyable read as the author tells the story of growing up with his
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This is a guest post from Tino @tradersreality of tradersreality.com. My day to day routine, involves various activities that must be completed within a certain time frame, otherwise when things roll over, there is a good chance I will start to become lackluster in each task I have set myself to complete throughout the day. Once
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This is a guest post by Katherine Rundell. Anyone who keeps an eye on the market knows that knowledge is power. So when you’re not actively trading, if you’re looking to maximize the return on your investments you need to keep your hand in by following the latest market trends and learning about how veteran
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Theta Gang is the slang for being a member of a group of other option writers with the mindset that selling premium is a preferred strategy than buying options. They are short Theta by selling option contracts as their strategy to profit from option buyers as time value decays and the option eventually expires worthless.
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Maximum pain for an options chain can show the option trader the expiration date price that will cause the option buyers to lose the most money. The max pain level is the strike price with the highest volume of open contract put options and call options for a set expiration date. The maximum pain price
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The “dark cloud cover” is a bearish reversal candlestick pattern. The dark cloud cover starts by appearing to continue an existing uptrend with a long white candle body, then the following day price opens at a new high but reverses and closes below the middle of the previous day’s bullish candle range. At the peak
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The piercing pattern candlestick chart is a two day price action pattern. It is created after one large down black or red candlestick followed by one large up white or green candlestick that opens below the low of the preceding candlestick but closes over halfway up into the previous black bearish body candlestick. This candlestick
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For new traders looking for a shortcut to learning the principles of profitable trading I offer eight eCourses on my website NewTraderUniversity.com. They were created for readers of my blog and books along with people that follow me on social media that like my teaching style that focuses on what is important to know with no
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An accredited investor is someone with an approved status to invest in more complex ways than the average retail investor. An accredited investor is approved to invest in hedge funds, venture capital, angel investments, and private equity offerings among other opportunities. While financial regulation laws and enforcement agencies vary by country the common principle is
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The internal rate of return or IRR is a way to measure and project the expected rate of return on an investment into the future. The internal rate of return is when an investor or business quantifies the current return on investment and uses that date to estimate the annual rate of return that can
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