What is the Difference Between Trading a Stock and Trading a Stock Option

Stock and stock options are terms which are commonly used interchangeably. However, they are two completely different types of investments. The term stock refers a piece of the company purchased by an investor with a small investment.

Leverage and the Stock Market

Leverage can be defined as the utilization of tools which can increase the rate of return on any investment. By increasing the rate of return, the investor has a higher profit potential.

Learning the Stock Market Game - How to Play the Stock Market in the 4th Quarter

Will the stock market rally in the 4th quarter all the way into 2007?

How to Buy Stock Online

For those who can make a success of it, the stock market is a very lucrative money-making enterprise. But who has the time or inclination for day-trading from the floor of the stock exchange, or talking on the phone with a broker? If you know how to buy stock online, you can handle your investments (and your financial future) on your own, and in your own time.

Beginner Day Online Trading

Day trading is the practice of buying or selling throughout the day, but completely out of the market by the close of the trading day.

Scalp Trading by Day Traders

Scalp Traders look to take advantage of very short term trading opportunities. By entering and exiting a trade within a minute or two, develops confidence for the beginner trader, trading consistently without fear and without big drawdowns.

Beginner Day Trading Tips for Success

Why is it that some people are successful in trading the markets? And some people fail?

Electronic Arts: Buy or Sell

As the new generation of video games will finally take over this November with the release of Nintendo’s Wii and Sony’s PS3, should you, as an investor, be interested in purchasing shares of affected companies such as Electronic Arts (ERTS)? An answer to this question may unfortunately surprise you.

Tax Smart Investing Strategy

Tax smart investing strategy: Combining tax laws with stocks to achieve optimum results.

How Trading Works & Common Terms

How a system that can facilitate one billion shares trading in a single day works is a mystery to me, so I thought I’d do a little digging and see if I could come up with the general process on how stock trading works. Here is what I found.

Stock Valuation - The First Step Towards Intelligent Investing

Stock valuation can be considered as a tool for picking out stocks that will bring you good returns. Imagine buying a car without knowing its value, or investing thousands of dollars in property with no potential. Sounds scary?

The Different Types of Stock Markets

There are many different stock markets in the US. In most circumstances, the main markets that you will hear of are the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and the NASDAQ.

50 Day SMA - A Simple Method for Monitoring the Trend

Being able to read the hard right edge of a price chart and make trade decisions based on what is happening in the now rather than relying on hindsight can have profound implications on the success rate of your trading. This needn’t be as complicated as it sounds.

New High in DOW is Meaningless

The majority of the stocks in the DOW did not participate. See which ones.