When prices in a financial market go from Sea Level to Outer Space in a relatively brief time, two scenarios are at work — and they both start with the letters “B-U.” Robert Prechter, Chartered Market Technician, is the world’s foremost expert on and proponent of the deflationary scenario. Prechter is the founder and CEO […]
When prices in a financial market go from Sea Level to Outer Space in a relatively brief time, two scenarios are at work — and they both start with the letters “B-U.” When a precious metal goes from being a popular long-term investment of buy-and-holders to the quick, get-away “vehicle” of day-traders, two scenarios are […]
Bob Prechter first released Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression during a stock-market high in 2002, and it quickly became a New York Times–bestseller. Now he has updated the book with 188 new pages for a second edition, and it looks like it, too, will be published near a […]
Bob Prechter first released Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression during a stock-market high in 2002, and it quickly became a New York Times–bestseller. Now he has updated the book with 188 new pages for a second edition, and it looks like it, too, will be published near a […]
If, for example, the margin on a firm you’re interested in was 10%, establishing a position of £100,000 would only require a deposit of £10,000. Any running profits you make can be used as margin to establish new positions but any running losses would have to be made good by reducing your position or providing […]
The following article is based on analysis from Robert Prechter’s Elliott Wave Theorist. For more insights from Robert Prechter, download the 75-page eBook Independent Investor eBook. It’s a compilation of some of the New York Times bestselling author’s writings that challenge conventional financial market assumptions. Visit Elliott Wave International to download the eBook, free. By […]
The following article is based on analysis from Robert Prechter’s Elliott Wave Theorist. For more insights from Robert Prechter, download the 75-page eBook Independent Investor eBook. It’s a compilation of some of the New York Times bestselling author’s writings that challenge conventional financial market assumptions. Visit Elliott Wave International to download the eBook, free. Robert […]
As the major stock markets turned down in late 2007 and then started to rally in March 2009, many people who believed in fundamental analysis have begun to question its validity. Famed technical analyst and Elliott wave expert Robert Prechter has long called for the bear market we are now in the midst of. (He views […]
As the major stock markets turned down in late 2007 and then started to rally in March 2009, many people who believed in fundamental analysis have begun to question its validity. Robert Prechter, Chartered Market Technician, is the world’s foremost expert on and proponent of the deflationary scenario. Prechter is the founder and CEO of Elliott […]
Who can blame them? After all, fundamental analysis — based on past company earnings, rating agency projections and the like — proved to be of little value during the bust. There is a better way. Many investors who monitor investor sentiment readings, study Elliott wave patterns and employ other powerful technical indicators were — at […]
In recent months, Elliott Wave International President Bob Prechter has become something of a household name. In the final two days of August 2009 alone, Bob was mentioned by several news outlets from MarketWatch to the New York Times. The claim to his “fame” — EWI was one of the only technical analysis firms to […]
In recent months, Elliott Wave International President Bob Prechter has become something of a household name. In the final two days of August 2009 alone, Bob was mentioned by several news outlets from MarketWatch to the New York Times. The claim to his “fame” — Robert Prechter, Chartered Market Technician, is the world’s foremost expert […]
Take it from the person who won the United States Trading Championship with profits of more than 440% in 1984 – there are five things that every successful trader needs to know how to do: Have a method to trade. Have the discipline to follow your method. Get real trading experience, instead of only trading […]
Take it from the person who won the United States Trading Championship with profits of more than 440% in 1984 – there are five things that every successful trader needs to know how to do: Have a method to trade. Have the discipline to follow your method. Get real trading experience, instead of only trading […]
It’s one of the first rules in the book of mainstream economic wisdom: a country’s economy is the thermometer which “reads” its stock market’s temperature. If financial conditions are heating up, stocks rise; if they are cooling down, stocks fall. Were it so simple — millionaires wouldn’t make up a measly .15% of the global […]
It’s one of the first rules in the book of mainstream economic wisdom: a country’s economy is the thermometer which “reads” its stock market’s temperature. If financial conditions are heating up, stocks rise; if they are cooling down, stocks fall. Were it so simple — millionaires wouldn’t make up a measly .15% of the global […]
The following article is adapted from a brand-new 50-page ebook from Elliott Wave International. Learn more about The Ultimate Technical Analysis Handbook, and download your free copy here. When I began my career as an analyst, I was lucky enough to have some time with a few old pros. One in particular that I will […]
The following article is adapted from a brand-new 50-page ebook from Elliott Wave International. Learn more about The Ultimate Technical Analysis Handbook, and download your free copy here. Jeffrey Kennedy is the Chief Commodity Analyst at Elliott Wave International (EWI). With more than 15 years of experience as a technical analyst, he writes and edits […]
Because of the way the trailing stop order is set up, you, the investor, do not have to monitor on a daily basis how a stock playing out. Therefore, you are able to simply invest your money by purchasing stock in a company that you feel comfortable with, place a trailing stop order on it, […]
Do you trade CFDs like a gambler? The reality is you could trade CFDs like a gambler by trading at excessive levels of leverage. If you trade your account at more than 7 to 10 times your account size then I would suggest you are gambling. This means if you had a $10,000 account and […]
What is hedging? To quote the dictionary: “A hedge is an investment that has taken out specifically to reduce or cancel out the risk in another investment.” So for this example we will consider that trader X has 2250 BHP shares and would like to hedge their risks by using CFDs. Basically trader X will […]
As one of the fastest growing product sectors in the financial markets in recent years, the SFE will list a suite of Exchange Traded CFDs in the second quarter of 2007. By combining the attributes of exchange traded CFDs and the liquidity provided by a number of key Designated Price Makers, Australian traders and investors […]
The CFD brokers major source of income You may or may not know that CFD brokers have significant amounts of money under management and it would not be uncommon for a large CFD broker to have in excess of $100 million in client’s funds in the bank. These clients’ funds sitting in the bank represent […]
CFD trading helps you to gain cost effective, flexible and geared exposure to world shares. Today there are many firms that offer tight spreads and commission free trading on Index CFDs. If you buy a CFD then you don’t have to pay stamp duty because you don’t actually physically buy the underlying shares. In fact, […]
This indicator aims to signal the reversing of a trend, thus providing traders with a good tool for choosing trade exit points. The unique feature about the parabolic indicator is that it takes into account both the factors of time and changing prices. Most traders unfortunately focus mainly on prices and ignore the effects of […]
In 1987, applying his own system, Williams won the World Cup Championship of Futures Trading. He traded 10,000 dollars in real money, and jacks it up to more than 1,147,000 dollars in a period of 12 months of trading. Until now, this feat is still unmatched. Likewise, he also authored a book, How To Prosper […]
Two stochastic oscillator indicators are typically calculated to assess future variations in prices, a fast (%K) and slow (%D). Comparisons of these statistics are a good indicator of speed at which prices are changing or the Impulse of Price. The two Stochastics lines: %K Is the main line and is usually displayed as a […]
Normally, we use the 20-Day simple moving average and its standard deviations to create Bollinger Bands. Strategies some investors use include shorter- or longer-term Bollinger Bands depending on their needs. Shorter-term Bollinger Bands strategies (less than 20-Days) are more sensitive to price fluctuations, while longer-term Bollinger Bands (more than 20-Days) are more conservative. So how […]
Some traders use the RSI for objective buy and sell signals. They usually interpret a buy signal as occuring when the RSI crosses back above 30 after spending time in the oversold area. A sell signal is declared when the RSI moves back below 70 after spending a period of time in the overbought region. […]
The MACD charts are oscillating indicators, meaning that they move above and below a centerline or zero point. As with other oscillating and momentum indicators, a very high value indicates that the stock is overbought and will likely drop soon. Conversely, a consistently low value indicates that the stock is oversold and is likely to […]
