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- Making Your Own Decisions vs listening to the Analysis - by Submitted on May 26, 2009 from Shaun RosenbergIn the investment work you can either learn to trade yourself, or listen to whatever the analysis tell you and follow their advice. Unfortunately too many people chose to follow the analysis instead of taking it into their own hands. There are 4 reasons why it can be a wiser to make your own ...
Views: 640 - Investing in ETFs - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2009 from Shaun RosenbergETFs provide a great way for investors to diversify along with not having to pay those huge mutual fund fees. Here are some reasons why ETFs might be for you. 1. They give you a great way to diversify ETFs track certain industry groups or markets. So if you buy the ETF for a specific ...
Views: 639 - Stocks Move, Options Move Faster - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2009 from Shaun RosenbergOptions are powerful investment tools. They allow you to profit from rising stocks or from falling stocks by an incredible amount if you are right, but they also come with the risk of having you lose an incredible amount if you are wrong. Let’s look at an example. Say we find stock XYZ ...
Views: 638 - Getting Started in Trading - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2009 from Shaun RosenbergAlmost everyone who is in the stock market has a few long term investments. Maybe they bought a few ETFs that they believe will go up in the long term. But along with your investments it is a good idea to place some short term trades. The real benefit of short term trades lies in compound ...
Views: 635 - Stock Trading Personality - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2009 from Shaun RosenbergEveryone has a different personality. So it makes sense that everyone has a different stock trading personality. Some people trade very aggressively and like to go after the short term movements. Some people are less aggressive and like to ride the longer term trends. Finding your trading ...
Views: 634 - How to Enter an Option Play - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Shaun RosenbergOption Plays can be very profitable, if done correctly. So what are the steps to enter an option trade successfully? 1. Find A Trade The first thing you need to do is find a stock that you believe will make a big move in a short time period. This stock may be bouncing off of support, ...
Views: 633 - Thinks To look At When Trading - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2008 from Shaun RosenbergWhen trading, especially short term trading, there are a number of things that are important to look at. Each individual chart should have these things before you decide to trade them. 1. Do they follow your trading rules? You should have a set trading system in place every time you place a ...
Views: 633 - Keep It Simple When Trading - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2008 from Shaun RosenbergThe best way to make a lot of money in the stock market is to keep it simple when trading. To be a successful trader you do not need to know everything about a company or anything if you want to be real simple. Let us take a look at how Tommy learned that the hard way. Tommy is an ...
Views: 632 - The Big Mistake of New Option Traders - by Submitted on May 21, 2009 from Shaun RosenbergMost people buy options without even considering what they are buying or how the option will move. They do not look at the risks of an option and try to predict the possible profits and losses. Instead they just buy hoping that eventually the option they bought will make them rich beyond their ...
Views: 631 - Having an Exit Plan for Bad Trades - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2009 from Shaun RosenbergTrading in the stock market can lead to huge gains, which is why many people will flock to it as a way for them to finally quit their jobs. The problem is that it can also have large losses. Because of this your first concern should be to protect yourself from taking big losses. You want to ...
Views: 629 - Trading and Commission - by Submitted on May 04, 2009 from Shaun RosenbergAll traders have to pay commissions; there is no way around it. But commissions will normally make up only a very small amount of your portfolio, so it normally isn’t too bad. If you are seeing commissions take a large amount of your profit here are some tips to help you reduce their effect on ...
Views: 626 - Ways to Make Money in the Stock Market - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2009 from Shaun RosenbergThere are 3 major ways you can make money in the stock market. Each of these ways has its advantages and disadvantages. 1. Buying and Selling Stocks This is definitely the most popular way to make money. It involves simply buying a stock either because of some fundamental data or some ...
Views: 623 - How Stock Market Emotions Work Against You - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2009 from Shaun RosenbergIn the stock market controlling your emotions is one of the most important keys to being successful as a trader or as an investor. There are so many ways your emotions can harm you. They can … 1. Make You get out early Your emotions can make you get out of a good trade too early to actually ...
Views: 620 - Stops on Option Pays - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2009 from Shaun RosenbergPlacing stops on option plays is extremely important for anyone looking to trade options profitably. There are 3 ways you can limit the amount you lose on your option. 1. Let it expire I will use this every now and then when I am looking to either make a huge gain or a small loss. What it ...
Views: 620 - Reacting to the Market - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2008 from Shaun RosenbergReacting to the market is a lesson every trader should learn. It is much simpler and much more profitable then to just react to the market then to try to understand it. Too many traders try to explain a big move. For instance most people will say that stocks fell because of the unemployment ...
Views: 618 - How To Use Protective Puts To Save Yourself From Stock Losses - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2008 from Shaun RosenbergBuying protective puts can be a very useful strategy when you are trading in the stock market. When the markets start to get volatile many traders will buy puts to protect themselves from the downside. It is actually a very simple strategy to learn and use. If you want to understand how ...
Views: 602 - Make Long Term Profits With Leaps - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2008 from Shaun RosenbergBuying leaps can be a very effective long term way to leverage your money in the stock market. Buying a leap can produce greater gains than just buying the stock and holing it. Let us look at an example of how it works. We find that stock XYZ is currently trading at $45. It is a strong ...
Views: 601 - Why Manage Your Risk When Selling Options - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2009 from Shaun RosenbergMost people who enter the option selling world do so because it comes with a high probability of being correct. Most people see that they can make money 80% of the time and decide that this is what they should be doing. Few realize that even with such a high success rate you still should ...
Views: 600 - Buying Long-term Stocks When the Markets are Down - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2008 from Shaun RosenbergHistory has proven time and time again that buying long term stocks when the markets are down has been a wonderful strategy. In fact the best times to buy have always been close to the market bottoms. That is because when the markets crash they tend to take all stocks with them. This ...
Views: 593 - Keeping long and short term trades - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2008 from Shaun RosenbergKeeping both long and short term trades can benefit you in many ways. It can give you all the benefits of short term trading with some of the safety from long term trading. Many experienced traders will keep both long term investments and short term trades out at the same time. This allows ...
Views: 585 - The Magical Trading system - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2008 from Shaun RosenbergThere is no such thing as the magical trading system. All trading systems have their strengths and weaknesses. Many Gurus’ out there will talk about a secret trading system that cannot fail. It supposable is the insider trading system that only a few people know about, and the professionals ...
Views: 585 - Can Options Help You Control Risk? - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2009 from Shaun RosenbergOptions can be a great way to get leverage in the stock market. In some ways they can even be used to help manage risk in the stock market. If you get into a stock that is trading at $50 and expect it to go up, it can be pretty risky. Say you buy the stock and some bad news comes out of ...
Views: 582 - Covered Calls During Volatile Times - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2009 from Shaun RosenbergCovered calls can be a great way to profit when the stock market is trending sideways. If you don’t know which way stocks are going to go it isn’t a bad idea to sell some calls on strong stocks. Some reasons Selling Covered Calls can be a good idea are. 1. Monthly Income Selling calls is a ...
Views: 578 - Being Positive and Dodging Denial When Trading - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2008 from Shaun RosenbergBeing positive is always a good thing in any aspect of life. In the trading world it is almost impossible to make money without having positive thinking. Without a positive attitude it becomes harder to pull the trigger. You are unable to place the trade because you are unsure if it is going ...
Views: 576 - Combining Chart Patterns with Fundamentals - by Submitted on May 03, 2009 from Shaun RosenbergA lot of people try to pick the exact bottom of a stock by taking into consideration the fundamentals of the company. However you can increase your odds of getting into a profitable trade if you combine fundamental analysis with Chart Patterns. There are 3 major reasons why chart patterns and ...
Views: 571 - Capitol Preservation, The Most Important Part Of Trading - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2008 from Shaun RosenbergCapital preservation probably the most important things you need to consider when you are trading in the stock market. You may have a system that works well, but if you lost all your money on 1 trade you will not be able to make money with your system. It is one of the most overlooked aspects ...
Views: 567 - Protective Puts: Why Are They Useful? - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from Shaun RosenbergProtective puts allow you to protect yourself from huge losses in the stock market when times are uncertain. So what are they? When you buy a protective put you are buying the right to sell a stock at a given price on or before a given date. So say you own a stock that is trading at $60 and ...
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