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Stock Market Weekly Letter, June 9, 2008
2008-06-09 19:15:00
The Week Ahead: The price of oil had its biggest one day spike ever on the same day unemployment was reported to have the biggest one month increase in 22 years. A perfect storm of bad news for the economy. Important to watch will be Tuesday's trade balance and Ben Bernanke's keynote address on inflation in Boston. The Fed's beige book of economic activity will be released on Wednesday as will OPEC's oil report. Retail sales, jobless claims, and business inventories are due Thursday while the CPI report is released Friday.Stock s to Watch: MGIC Investment Corp. (MTG) was downgraded again on a poor outlook for mortgage insurers for the next two years. Inspire Pharmaceuticals (ISPH) surged on news that a recent study showed treatment for cystic fibrosis improved breathing significantly. Focus Media (FMCN), A digital ad company in China, showed a 1st quarter loss versus a profit from a year ago and cut its 2008 revenue target do to the recent earthquake that has disrupted operations...
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The Problems with Predicting the Market
2008-06-06 14:05:00
Many traders, especially beginners try to predict the market and often face huge losses. Although most markets behave in a cyclical manner, this cycle isn?t that much predictable ? especially for short-term traders. There are many things which influence the market performances and no single trader can consider all those at the same time. Here are important things/facts to consider.No trader can accurately analyze all the forces and factors which influence the market direction or the financial instrument price.There is always uncertainty in the market.A good trader determines the possibilities with most accurate information to which he has access; and makes a trading decision with regards to the greatest possibility. The trader then hedges against the other possibilities by using some strategies. He constantly monitors the market/product and recalculates the possibilities and changes his trades with regard to the change of possibilities. Inexperienced traders often calculate the poss...
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Stop If Bid and Stop If Offer Orders
2008-06-05 13:23:00
Both stop-if-bid and stop-if-offer are stop orders used to limit trading losses resulting from market uncertainty. Stop orders are excellent tools against high price volatility and low market liquidity. Both stop-if-bid and sop-if-offer orders are common in forex market, but remember not all forex brokers allow these orders.Stop if bid orders are practiced in rising markets. These are orders to close a trade when the bid price touches or breaches a specified level. Stop if bid orders are usually employed to buy a forex position once a certain level is broken. For example if you sell GBP/USD for 1.9815 with a stop-if-bid at 1.9820, the position will be closed when the bid price touch/breach 1.9820.Stop if offer orders are practiced in falling markets. These are orders to close a trade when the offer price touches or breaches a specified level. Stop if offer orders are used to sell a forex position once a certain price level is broken. For example if you buy GBP/USD for 1.9815 with a ...
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Fibonacci Arc Charting Technique
2008-06-04 14:38:00
Fibonacci arcs are a charting technique based on Fibonacci numbers, used to predict the future support and resistance levels for a financial instrument. A typical Fibonacci arc consists of three curved lines; but traders can increase the number of lines with respect to Fibonacci numbers. Fibonacci arcs can be created for both short-term and long-term trends, and as well as for both bullish and bearish trends.The procedure for creating Fibonacci arcs is simple and most advanced trading systems allow traders to draw them. First a trend line is plotted for connecting to extreme points ? usually connecting the highest high and lowest low of a given period. Then Fibonacci arcs are plotted as three curves which intersect the trend line at key Fibonacci ratios 38.2%, 50% and 61.8%. Traders can extend the number of curves if necessary by plotting them at 100%, 132.8%, etc.Usually when a trend cross a Fibonacci ratio curve (say 38.2%), the curve becomes support for uptrend and resistance for...
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Risk Minimizing Day Trading Tactics
2008-06-03 13:20:00
Day trading is the most active form of trading having maximum trading risk. It requires real-time news, quotes and charts. Day traders practice many complex strategies for getting profited from the market. Here are some simple tactics which can minimize trading loss of day traders, especially beginners.Concentrating on certain group of stocks or an industry. Specializing gives traders a chance to study deep and find more profitable opportunities.Using traders systems with hot/short lists. Then traders can find opportunities quickly and easily for stocks (or other instruments) they are trading.Modify and update your hot list and stock groups frequently.Avoiding trades when unsure about the market. It is better to keep capital for future opportunities than wasting it on uncertain positions.Concentrating on one opportunity at a time. This considerably minimizes trading risk and help in maximizing opportunities by increasing position sizes.Limit the number/frequency of trades. It is bet...
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Stock Maket Trader Letter, June 2, 2008
2008-06-02 16:14:00
The Week Ahead: A major consumer sentiment reading reached a 28 year low with soaring food and gas prices lowering the potential for other discretionary purchases. Look for the ISM Manufacturing Index and construction spending numbers on Monday. Auto sales and factory orders are due Tuesday. Oil and gas inventories along with the ISM non-Manufacturing Index are out on Wednesday. Chain store sales and jobless claims are released Thursday. Finally, Friday brings the all important employment report for May.Stock s to Watch: Harris Corporation (HRS), according to the Wall Street Journal, has received preliminary bids in the low 70's for its shares and may entertain one of these bids if it can't get the $75-$80 it hopes to get. Penn Virginia (PVA) successfully tested for natural gas at its east Texas well while Goodrich Petroleum (GDP) was upgraded by a major brokerage as it will benefit from this same east Texas area natural gas find. Hexcel Corp. (HXL) signs a $4-5 billion contract wi...
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Fundamental and Technical Trading - Comparison
2008-05-30 13:13:00
Fundamental analysis and technical analysis are the most common trading strategies adopted by position traders and investors. Both types of strategies often offer reasonable profits and limit risks, when interpreted and practiced correctly. Here is a comparison between trading/investing based on fundamental analysis and on technical indictors.Fundamental analysis includes the detailed study of the company, its promoters, its management, its past performance, its industry, financial stability, etc. These types of strategies favor long-term investors, investors who have no time to monitor the price changes of stocks, and investors who lack access to advanced trading tools. Fundamental investors face less downside risk.Technical analysis includes interpreting historical and current stock price and market performances, and predicting short-term and long-term price trends. These types of strategies favor comparatively short-term investors and traders. Technical investing often requires a...
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Fibonacci Sequence and Trading
2008-05-29 14:38:00
Fibonacci sequence was discovered by Fibonacci (actual name Leonardo Pisano), an Italian mathematician in early 13th century. The series is very simple where a number in the series is the sum of preceding two numbers (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144??).The more interesting aspect of the sequence is that there is reasonably definite relationship between all the numbers in the sequence, which can be represented as ratios, like every number is 1.618 of its preceding number. The important Fibonacci ratios are 0.236, 0.5, 0.382, 0.618, 0.764, 1, 1.382, 1.618, 2.618, etc. These ratios ? also known as ?Golden Ratio? - are very common in nature.Fibonacci ratios are also widely applied in trading of diverse financial instruments for various purposes. Usually they are applied to charts to find out support and resistance levels, to predict entry and exit points, longevity of trends, trend reversals, creating stop-loss orders, profitable positions, etc. There are also many trading sys...
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Things to Consider When Choosing a Forex Broker
2008-05-28 14:14:00
Within the last two or three years online forex trading has became very popular and now there are many online forex brokers providing trading account and platform. Here are some things to consider when choosing an online forex broker.Spread: Spread amount differs with brokers. Some brokers have variable spread amounts ? which changes with respect to market time, volatility, currency pair, etc.; while others have fixed spreads. Execution: Check whether your orders are executed fast enough, automatically, etc. Demo forex trading is best option to do so.Types of accounts: Check whether the broker offers standard and mini accounts. Mini forex accounts are best suited for beginners and traders with limited trading capital. Leverage: check the leverage options. Do they have different leverage ratio with different accounts? Or do they allow you to use the right leverage for you?Trading system. Check whether their trading system(s) suits your needs and is advanced enough. Look for different...
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NobleTrading Weekly Market Letter, May 27, 2008
2008-05-28 04:44:00
The Week Ahead: The DOW had its worst week since February as housing prices declined nationally by 8%, gas prices hit new records, and word that more write-downs are coming at some banks and investment houses. Watch for the Case-Shiller Home Price Index on Tuesday along with new home sales figures and consumer confidence. Durable goods numbers are due Wednesday, and preliminary GDP for Q1 are due Thursday. Personal income and spending are released Friday along with May's Univ. of Michigan Consumer Sentiment final reading.Stocks to Watch: Universal Corp. (UVV) in the leaf tobacco business dropped hard through its 200 day moving average after reporting revenue fell 7.3% and earnings were .21 lower than a year ago. Vivus, Inc. (VVUS) had positive mid-stage trials of its Qnexa drug showing promise in treating diabetes and obesity. The stock has pushed up strongly from the $5 level. Hurco Companies (HURC) an industrial technology stock missed estimates for Q2 earnings and may find suppo...
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Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse)
2008-05-20 13:09:00
Parabolic SAR or Parabolic Stop and Reverse or simply Parabolic is a time/price stock market indicator, which is very a useful trading tool in a trendy market. This indicator is widely employed for placing stop-loss orders and to generate buy and sell signals. Parabolic SAR only works when market/stock is on a trend, not in choppy and stagnant markets.Parabolic SAR is represented as dots in the trading chart; for upward trends, dots are placed below the price and for downward trends, dots are placed above. Future SAR values of stocks are calculated with respect to the current, recent top and recent low trading prices. The exact formula is very complex. The simplified one is below.SAR = (EP ? SAR1) x AF + SAR1Where EP is the highest high or lowest low of the trend and AF is the acceleration factor. The original value of AF is 0.02 and is increased by 0.02 every time a new high or new low price is created for a trading day. The maximum AF value is 0.2.The exit from a current position...

Weekly Stock Market Information Letter, May 19, 2008
2008-05-19 15:52:00
The Week Ahead: Optimism that earnings are poised to move higher are propelling stocks despite consumer sentiment at its lowest level since 1980, oil over $126, and housing inventories at an 11 month supply. Leading economic indicators on Monday may give further clues. Tuesday, the Producer Price Index is due while Wednesday the FOMC Minutes will be released. Housing data on Thursday and Friday include the Housing Price Index and the existing home sales for April respectively.Stock s to Watch: First quarter earnings for Kohl's (KSS) came in lower than a year ago with a weak outlook given mainly do to high oil prices and slackening consumer demand. This sent the whole retail sector down but many are near support. Advanced Auto Parts (AAP) gapped up strongly from the mid 30's after beating estimates for 1st Q numbers, but 40 may be resistance. Meta Financial Group (CASH) reported a big turnaround in the 2nd Q after nearly being de-listed in April as revenues rose 74% and earnings qua...
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Gartley Trading Pattern
2008-05-16 14:13:00
Gartley trading pattern or Gartley butterfly pattern is considered one of the most reliable trading patterns to identify a trend and to find the entry/exit point. It was outlined in 1935 by H.M.Gartley in his book ?Profits in Stock Market?. Gartley is a complex pattern, which requires good trading knowledge and experience to be cited and utilized. It can locate both short-term and long term trading trends; and thus beneficial for all types of traders.A bullish Gartley pattern is M shaped and a bearish pattern is W shaped. The first wave in the pattern (XA) joints the highest and lowest points of the pattern. The pattern is based on Fibonacci numbers, and should fulfill the following regulations.Wave AB should be 61.8% of XA and should equal CD in time length. Wave BC should be 61.8 to 78.6% of AB. Wave CD should be 127 to 161.8% of BC.In reality, an ideal Gartley pattern is very rare. Many traders allow a Tolerance percentage (T%) to expand the range of Fibonacci numbers. Eg: provi...
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Wolfe Waves Trading Pattern
2008-05-15 14:05:00
Wolfe waves are trading patterns which occur naturally in all financial markets. Wolfe waves are considered as one of the most reliable trading pattern for finding the trends, supporting and resistance levels, possible equilibrium price range and the breakouts. Wolfe waves are created as a result of both short-term and long-term trading, as thus can be useful to any type of traders trading any product.A five point wolfe wave is the complete wave consisting of 5 waves with equal time intervals and symmetry. A bearish trend consists of 3 bearish and 2 bullish trends and a bullish trend consists of 3 bullish and 2 bearish trends. The waves must fulfill certain regulationsThe range of wave 3-4 must equal to that of wave 1-2.There should be regular intervals between all waves.Waves 3 and 5 should show Fibonacci relationship (127% or 162%) with previous channel points.Wave 5 should extend beyond the trend line formed by wave 1 and 3. The channel formed by the first three waves is the supp...
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Strategies to Profiting from Weak US Dollar
2008-05-14 14:26:00
Fall in dollar price compared to other foreign currencies can sufficiently affect a normal portfolio. Weak dollar triggers a chain reaction in the county?s economy, which includes increase of trade deficit and national deficit, increase of imported product price, interest rate hike, etc. However investors can also hedge against their portfolio value decrease by following many strategies.Investing in exporting companies. Weak dollar favors exporting companies as they get more dollars in exchange of foreign currencies that they get as a result of trading. Investing in multi national companies (MNCs). And also companies which get considerable part of their income from foreign countries. Investing in companies which are indirectly benefited from weak dollar. Such as companies that support exporters by providing them materials and services, companies which have production units in other countries, and outsourcing companies. Investing in foreign companies, funds and markets. Strategies th...
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Weekly Stock Market Letter, May 12, 2008
2008-05-13 13:24:00
The Week Ahead: The price of oil reached new highs daily for five straight days, and the lower trade deficit in March reflect a slowdown in the economy with consumers cutting back. Reports to watch are Tuesday's retail sales, import prices, and business inventories. Wednesday brings the Consumer Price Index while Thursday the industrial production and jobless claims numbers are released. The University of Michigan's Consumer Confidence numbers as well as housing starts are announced Friday.Stock s to Watch: Shares of Bristol-Meyers (BMY) fell sharply after news of European competition for the generic version of its drug Plavix, but support in the low 20's could be at hand. Medicis Pharmaceutical (MRX) had earnings that more than doubled and received a strong upgrade by S & P as the stock moved up from a price base. A turnaround in the 4th quarter earnings for Activision (ATVI) saw revenue rise by 93% thanks to its Guitar video game sales as the stock lifted to new highs.Specia...
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What is Systematic Risk?
2008-05-12 14:52:00
Systematic risk also known as systemic risk, market risk and un-diversifiable risk is risk which applies to whole market or market segment. It is opposite to idiosyncratic risk which applies to specific stocks or other financial products. Often systematic risk results in declining of total portfolio investment value as all/most portfolio investments declines in value.Systematic risks often originate from political or economical problems, wars, interest rate changes, and calamities. They are usually hard to avoid; and avoidance steps should come from higher authorities like governments. Usually systematic risks cannot be minimized by diversification of investment in a particular market segment; but may be by investing in different market segments, because the factors causing the risk affect different market segments differently. The major ways to reduce these risks are avoiding investments, reducing investments and hedging investments.Systematic risks often trigger a chain reaction i...
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Different Ways to Invest in Gold
2008-05-09 13:54:00
Gold is considered as the major hedging investment against inflation and economic crisis. The price of gold is some what steady compared to other investment options. There are many different options available for investing in gold.Gold bullion: involves investing in certified gold bars and gold coins. This is somewhat costly option which includes the direct ownership of the commodity; and thus includes storage and insurance costs. The price volatility of gold and dollar can cause positive or negative impacts. Gold jewelry: this is a more costly option from an investment point of view as you are buying product which is far more priced than the underlying gold value. But is a good option if gold price is expected to rise considerably in future. Gold based ETF and Mutual funds: cheaper option compared to first two and one does not need too much investing knowledge or research. No direct ownership required. But the fund allocation of mutual funds and ETFs may differ and thus investors s...
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What is Capital Growth Strategy?
2008-05-08 14:51:00
Capital growth strategy is an aggressive asset management strategy, which aims at maximizing value of the capital or asset. It is a long-term strategy in which the portfolio is mainly constituted of equities. Capital growth strategy is usually a high-risk high-profit strategy which requires extreme money management and discipline.Usually, a more than 65% of a portfolio based on capital growth strategy is of equities; the exact percentage can vary according to individual goals, portfolio capital and risk tolerance. 20 to 25% capital is allocated for fixed-income securities to limit the overall portfolio risk. More portfolio diversification is achieved through money market securities and keeping money as cash. Most individuals following capital growth strategy prefer growth stocks for investment. Most give preference to mid-cap and small-cap stocks because many of these sector companies show higher growth rate than market average.The upside of capital growth portfolio management is fa...
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Ratios for Good Stock Picking
2008-05-07 13:35:00
Determining the strength of the company and growth possibilities of its stocks are important steps in stock picking with a long-term profit goal. Traders and investors use many technical indicators and ratios for this purpose. Below are some of the important ratios to be considered when picking good stocks.Reserves and ploughback : Reserves are the accumulative profit of the company and plaughback is the profit available for adding to reserve after expenses and dividend payoffs. Growth companies usually have high reserve and high ploughback.Book value : shows the worthiness of company shares. Book value per share is the ratio between total asset minus total liabilities of the company and total equity shares. EPS (Earnings Per Share) ratio : one of the most important investment ratio. Is calculated as profit after tax divided by number of issued equity shares. P/E (Price to Earning) ratio : shows the relationship of market price of stock with earnings per share (EPS). Dividends : Man...
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NobleTrading Stock Market Letter, May 6, 2008
2008-05-06 16:39:00
The Week Ahead: Employment fell for the 4th straight month in April, but the decline was smaller than expected. Wage growth continues to stagnate as well as consumers cut back on spending. Further evidence could be in the Non-Manufacturing Index for the service sector on Monday. Also, watch the consumer credit numbers and pending home sales on Wednesday. The chain store sales figures and wholesale trade inventories will be out on Thursday. The March trade balance will be released on Friday.Stock s to Watch: The aircraft components business of Triumph Group (TGI) was solid in the 4th Q beating estimates and recording a strong backlog of orders. Shares of Netsuite (N ) showed a smaller 1st Q loss versus a year ago and sees a potential breakeven 2nd Q, but the shares still made a new low after going public in December of 08'. The aerospace and industrial components maker, Barnes Group (B ), beat earnings from a year ago and boosted there forecast for 2008 , but the stock could see resis...
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Commodity Channel Index or CCI Indicator
2008-05-02 13:12:00
Commodity Channel Index (CCI) is one of the most popular momentum indicators used by traders to identify trend formation and ending, and/or overbought and oversold conditions. CII was originally developed by Donald Lambert in 1980 for commodity traders, but is now widely used by all traders trading all financial instruments. Commodity channel index is considered a better trading tool when used in conjunction with other indicators.The basic idea behind Commodity Channel Index is that the market moves in a cyclic fashion with periodical ups and downs. The actual formula for calculating CCI is some what complex, the simplified one is, CCI = (Current Price ? Simple Moving Average) /0.015 x D.Where D is the normal deviation OR Typical Price, which is calculated as Typical Price = (High + Low + Close) /3Commodity channel index is used as an oscillator having positive and negative values (the value 0.015 is used for this purpose).With Commodity channel index overbought conditions are i...
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Tactical Asset Allocation Strategy
2008-04-30 13:10:00
Tactical asset allocation strategy is a moderately active portfolio management strategy, which includes adjustments of investments with respect to short-term goals. Although the basic idea is to diversify investments and limit risks, investment preferences are given to different asset classes with respect to short-term yield predictions.A tactical asset allocation strategy starts just like a strategic asset allocation strategy with diversification of portfolio with respect to long term goals in mind. The investor/portfolio manager then readjusts the investments with different asset classes. If equities are predicted to perform well in the near future, he/she allocates more capital for it; and if bonds are predicted to perform well, then more investments in bonds, and so on. Once the preferred result is obtained, the investor returns to the original allocation ratio desired for long-term goals.Success with tactical asset allocation requires good money management, and ability to inter...
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Risks Associated with Forex Trading
2008-04-29 16:10:00
Although Forex trading is becoming the number one choice for many novice traders to make profit, it is not at all free of risk. There are many other risks associated with Forex trading other than the common ?trading risk? that occurs as a result of price difference.Credit risk or default risk ? Credit risk in Forex trading occurs when the counter party fails to payoff the currency position as agreed. This happens when the counter party has planned to payoff you from future cash flow, which does not occur as planned. Replacement risk or Replacement cost risk ? Occurs when one needs to replace a contract, because the counter party fails to meet the terms of contract. The markets/prices may be changed from original, so the replacement contact now has to deal with new changes. Settlement risk ? This occurs as a result of difference in prices at different time zones of the world. The creation of CLS (Continuously Linked Settlement) has eliminated the time differences. Exchange rate risk ...
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Weekly Stock Trader Newsletter, April 28
2008-04-28 15:05:00
The Week Ahead: Despite consumer confidence at its worst level since the early 1980's, S&P 500 non-financial companies first quarter earnings are still benefiting from a stronger global economy and weaker dollar. The FOMC meeting which begins Tuesday will end Wednesday with a decision on interest rates as a 1/4 point cut is now widely anticipated. Also watch first quarter advanced GDP numbers released on Wednesday, the personal income and spending data on Thursday, and an important April employment report on Friday.Stock s to Watch: A big 84% surprise revenue increase in Southwestern Energy (SWN) and a doubling in earnings lifted this stock strongly to new highs. Goodyear Tire & Rubber (GT) surged through its 200 day moving average after announcing a big turnaround in first quarter earnings from a loss to a gain on 10% sales growth. The container shipment company, Horizon Lines (HRZ) cut its 2008 earnings target, but the stock could be nearing an important low. MEMC Electron...
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Margin of Safety Investing Strategy
2008-04-25 13:55:00
Margin of Safety is one of the most trusted investing strategies, made popular by highly successful investors like Warren Buffet. The term ? margin of safety ? was coined by the father of value investing, Benjamin Graham, in 1934. The basic idea of this strategy is to buy low and sell high.Every stock has an intrinsic value or true work. Any up or down price deviation from this intrinsic value is just deviations, and the stock price ultimately reaches its intrinsic value. Investors can assign a margin of safety with respect to the predicted intrinsic value of the stocks, usually the margin of safety 30 or 40% of the intrinsic value ?more the percentage more the chance of profit and low the risk. Investors can buy stocks when they fall below margin of safety and sell them when they move above their intrinsic value.Margin of safety investing strategy minimizes the downside risk as it offers a margin rather than a fixed price. But the prediction of intrinsic value is the most difficult...
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Benefits and Pitfalls of Simulated Trading
2008-04-24 14:25:00
Simulated or Paper trading is so far the best strategy one has to experiment with trading strategies and tools without putting actual money in the market. Simulated trading really favors novice traders to get experienced to the trading systems, technical analysis tools, market behavior, etc. But paper trading has both benefits and pitfalls, and what you get will mostly depend on how you paper trade.Simulated trading provides novice traders a chance to experience the actual trading process - placing orders, analyzing real-time data, effect of margin on trading, placing stop-losses and position sizing. They let you to experiment with trading strategies without the fear of losing money. The main use of simulated trading is to get used to a trading system, so it allows you to know all/most tools and performance of your future trading system.But simulated trading is usually no way near the actual trading. In actual trading, traders? fear-of-loss, emotions, risk tolerance and trading psyc...
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Strategic Asset Allocation Strategy
2008-04-23 12:34:00
Strategic asset allocation strategy is a portfolio management strategy, which includes periodical adjustments of investments with respect to the long-term goal. The basic idea is to diversify the investments and limit the portfolio volatility. But strategic asset allocation strategy does not include over-investing in either high-profit or low-risk securities.In general, strategic asset allocation strategies do not consider the short-term performances of allocated assets. They only look for long-term performances, which is often positive to almost all investments. For example if stocks grow at 10% and bonds at 5% annually, then with a 50-50 asset allocation 7.5% yield is predicted, and the portfolio manager adjusts asset allocation to meet this yield.Strategic asset allocation strategy requires long-term anticipation and forecasting. Portfolio managers consider various economic indicators and industry performances when readjusting the investments. If higher inflation rate is expected...
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NobleTrading Weekly Stock Market Letter, April 22
2008-04-22 15:23:00
The Week Ahead: A number of mixed earnings reports didn't stop the DOW from rising over 500 points despite oil prices reaching there highest levels ever. If the market has further to go it will have to digest many more earnings reports plus the existing home sales and oil and gas inventory reports on Wednesday, and the new home sales and durable goods numbers on Thursday. The consumer sentiment reading for April is due on Friday.Stock s to Watch: Recent strong earnings in Caterpillar and Honeywell have bolstered expectations in Cummins Inc. (CMI) which reports on April 30. Revenue growth targets for Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) are still shy of expectations even though earnings were higher as the stock dropped 60 points. Carpet maker, Mohawk Industries (MHK) beat earnings estimates by a nickel as its stock pushes up towards its 200 day moving average.Special Note: The recent market strength has been led by the energy sector climbing 7.68% followed by technology up 6.32%, and financials...
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Balanced Portfolio Management Strategy
2008-04-18 13:53:00
Balanced investing strategies are portfolio management strategies, which are most widely followed by investors. Balanced portfolio management strategy combines the merits of both aggressive and defensive strategies; so that both return and risks are balanced. This strategy suits almost all types of investors who are good in money management and have reasonable risk tolerance.The key of a balanced portfolio management strategy is the diversification of portfolio. Balanced investing portfolio consists of both low-risk low-return fixed income securities like treasury notes and bonds, and high-risk high-return equity and mutual fund investments. Portfolio may also include investments in precious metals, real-estate, money market investments, cash etc. Balanced portfolio management strategy allows investors to actively control one portion of their portfolio by adopting different investment strategies; and allow the other portion to grow naturally.Balanced portfolio management strategy is...
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