Blogs for TradeKing Communityhttp://community.tradeking.com/blogs2009-11-20T17:45:36ZTradeKing Trader NetworkDow's Short-Term Chart Tells The Storytag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-20:Blog/479232009-11-20T17:45:36Z2009-11-20T17:45:36ZAll About Trends
In our quest to help you "Be The Best That YOU Can Be" we wanted to show you a chart that really fits with what we have been talking about over the last week or two, that be...Here’s your pre-Turkey Friday Shout-out!tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-20:Blog/479042009-11-20T17:35:40Z2009-11-20T17:35:40ZbigdogWelcome to your weekend, traders! It was a mixed bag of financial news this week as we head into the short holiday week for Thanksgiving. Both gold and the U.S. housing market faltered; the former ...Time to reflect...Technical Analysis and the like tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-19:Blog/478682009-11-20T00:42:30Z2009-11-20T00:42:30ZMr. DebaucheryIt's been about a week since I've posted and it seems appropriate to review my "predictions and analysis." I feel as if a reflection would allow me to better adapt my strategy and help me achieve a...Visualeconomics.comtag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-17:Blog/476022009-11-19T15:57:51Z2009-11-19T15:57:51ZbigdogI’m crazy about the new wave of financial infographics. (If you’d like a little money-eye-candy, check out my previous posts on the subject.) In that vein I wanted to share my new favorite site, Vi...Back-to-basics 11: More Implied Volatilitytag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-18:Blog/477542009-11-19T15:57:15Z2009-11-19T15:57:15ZoptionsguyWhat are options - and why add them to your investing mix? TradeKing’s Brian Overby goes back to basics, explaining options for beginners. This post continues a discussion of implied volatility, or...Open critique on a rookies market strategy.tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-19:Blog/478102009-11-19T17:24:19Z2009-11-19T14:44:03ZRisk Capital PursuitOK...From studying the latest short term trends of the S&P 500 over the past 6 months, it seems that everytime the S&P closes 2% above the 3 month closing high, the S&P index ...Obama,Jobs and A Cartoontag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-19:Blog/477962009-11-19T08:50:20Z2009-11-19T08:50:20ZLamp600,000 - 1 = http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/PhotoPopup.aspx?id=512784Calendar Spreads for Incometag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-17:Blog/475622009-11-18T18:39:31Z2009-11-18T18:39:31ZTK All-starDoc Maher kicks off a new series on calendar spreads. Today I’m kicking off a new series on one of my favorite plays, calendar spreads. Calendars offer great flexibility for income generation...What’s hot in emerging market stocks?tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-17:Blog/476052009-11-18T18:34:56Z2009-11-18T18:34:56ZbigdogSo financial news chatter seems to be buzzing about emerging markets again. Bloomberg reported recently that emerging-market stocks collectively saw their steepest 6-day rally since last July. Whet...Options Recap: HD, TGT, JCP, PARD, POTtag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-17:Blog/475962009-11-17T21:50:28Z2009-11-17T21:50:28ZTK All-starFred Ruffy recaps emerging trends from the latest trading session.Market SentimentStocks opened lower Tuesday after the latest round of earnings and economic news failed to spur another round of bu...First Thrusts May Be The Keytag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-17:Blog/475682009-11-17T18:45:35Z2009-11-17T18:45:35ZAll About TrendsFirst Thrusts May Be The Key In essence, a First Thrust is a POTENTIAL transitional pattern as a Change in Trend occurs from up to down, or from down to up. For this article we will be focused upon...Heating up on the Trader Network…tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-17:Blog/475602009-11-17T17:51:16Z2009-11-17T17:51:16ZStefanMcVeighHere’s the hottest Q&A among your fellow traders this week:Are the stock market and unemployment inversely correlated? Some sharp observations from traders like you here. What’s the definition ...Back-to-basics 10: What’s Implied Volatility?tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-16:Blog/474932009-11-17T17:03:11Z2009-11-17T17:03:11ZoptionsguyWhat are options - and why add them to your investing mix? TradeKing’s Brian Overby goes back to basics, explaining options for beginners. This post introduces implied volatility, or IV, and explai...Deep ITM options as a dividend playtag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-16:Blog/474942009-11-16T21:06:44Z2009-11-16T21:06:44ZTK All-starMark Wolfinger explains how to sell covered calls on deep ITM options to collect dividends. I came across an interesting dividend strategy from a self-described options newbie, 638steamfitter. It c...Market Outlook for the Week Aheadtag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-16:Blog/474612009-11-16T14:30:38Z2009-11-16T14:30:38ZBigTrends.comStocks won four
of the five daily battles this past week, in line with our bullish
outlook (short-term) from last week. However, our concern that the
bullishness was on borrowed time also ...Back-to-basics 9: even more deltatag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-10:Blog/470312009-11-13T18:08:45Z2009-11-13T18:08:45ZoptionsguyWhat are options - and why add them to your investing mix? TradeKing’s Brian Overby takes you back-to-basics, explaining options from the bottom up. This post continues a discussion of “delta”, the...FEAR GAUGE tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-13:Blog/472942009-11-13T15:53:47Z2009-11-13T15:53:47ZOptionSmartInvestor fear and greed play a significant role in financial markets. The question is, how can investors measure market sentiment in an emerging market situation? How can they gauge the fear? Volat...HP acquires 3Com; Dow on a tear: Friday Shout-out!tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-13:Blog/472922009-11-13T15:53:26Z2009-11-13T15:53:26ZbigdogHel-lo, traders! I’m feeling good this Friday, and I hope you’re feeling the same (or better, why not?). Markets keep on rockin’ and rollin’, drowning out the bears, at least for now. The Dow kept ...Options Recap: WMT, SVA, BRCD, COMS, HPQtag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-12:Blog/472412009-11-13T14:10:45Z2009-11-13T14:10:45ZTK All-starFred Ruffy recaps emerging trends from the latest trading session. Market SentimentStocks fell despite merger news, a better-than-expected earnings report from Wal-Mart (WMT), and data that showed ...Common Cents: Money vs. Precious Metalstag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-12:Blog/472312009-11-12T20:07:50Z2009-11-12T20:07:50Znorthmop
Firstly, I have to admit to the world that I am an absolute moron for not dollar cost averaging the DJI this past year. After all, that is what got me interested in trading in the first pla...