Blogs for TradeKing Communityhttp://community.tradeking.com/blogs2009-11-20T17:35:40ZTradeKing Trader NetworkHere’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 ...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...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...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...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...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 ...Investing in the Age of “Extremistan”tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-06:Blog/467172009-11-12T13:59:57Z2009-11-12T13:59:57ZbigdogInteresting article by Cam Hui on Seeking Alpha about Nicholas Nassim Taleb (market prognosticator and author of Black Swan), who’s claiming we live in an era he calls “Extremistan”. Extremistan is...What’s on YOUR stock picks list? tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-06:Blog/467162009-11-11T15:27:52Z2009-11-11T15:27:52ZbigdogI’m always curious what stocks you guys have on your short lists, and what criteria you use to add (or subtract) names from that list. Can you give me some insight about your step-1-2-3 process?For...Back-to-basics 8: More delta!tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-10:Blog/470082009-11-10T20:54:06Z2009-11-10T20:54:06ZoptionsguyWhat are options - and why add them to your investments? In this back-to-basics series, TradeKing’s Brian Overby explains options from the bottom up. This post continues a discussion of “delta”, th...What’s hot now in the Trader Network?tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-10:Blog/469562009-11-10T15:11:19Z2009-11-10T15:11:19ZStefanMcVeighGood morning, traders! Here’s the hottest Q&A among your compadres this week:Why do you trade – for fun or to make a living? Most TK traders trade to pick up some pocket change – and have fun d...Gobble Up Your Profits While You Can (Pun Intended)tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-10:Blog/469512009-11-10T12:38:07Z2009-11-10T12:38:07Zcorbinb2Came across this story on Seeking Alpha this morning and especially like the Turkey catching analogy included below. Thought this might help some of the new people visualize their 'when to take pro...After BNI, what’s next for Buffett / BRK? tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-06:Blog/467152009-11-09T14:41:42Z2009-11-09T14:41:42ZbigdogWhat do you make of Warren Buffett’s $34 billion takeover of Burlington Northern (BNI) railroad, Berkshire Hathaway’s (BRK) biggest deal ever? I know a lot of you cats are big transportation fans (...BRK-BNI, Fed steady: Friday Shout-out! tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-06:Blog/467142009-11-06T17:27:15Z2009-11-06T17:27:15ZbigdogWelcome to your weekend, traders! We’re pushing through the last bits of earning season and starting to stare down the end of 2009. Where did THAT one go? Big news this week included the BRK-BNI ac...Playing a volatility drop: HGSI b-flytag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-05:Blog/466812009-11-06T13:12:14Z2009-11-05T21:07:11ZoptionsguyIf you expect volatility to decline, how can you ride the trend to profits? Butterflies offer intermediate to advanced options traders the potential to capitalize on a decline in Implied Volatility...Where did all the bloggers go?tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-29:Blog/459032009-11-04T20:26:35Z2009-11-04T20:26:35ZbigdogLately a lot of the Trader Network action has migrated to the forums and away from blogging. Just curious: why? I imagine it’s because forums put you in the middle of an ongoing conversation, where...Grab Bag Q&A: Options Block Tradestag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-03:Blog/464552009-11-03T21:29:03Z2009-11-03T21:29:03ZoptionsguyWhat are options - and why add them to your portfolio? As part of a
back-to-basics series on options, TradeKing’s Brian Overby answers an
investor’s question on options block trades and what they...Great trading readstag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-29:Blog/459082009-11-19T18:35:21Z2009-11-03T21:29:02ZbigdogMy family has been nudging me for Christmas-gift ideas (already! Maybe this holiday-shopping season won’t be so dreary after all…) One idea I had for them was to make an Amazon wish-list of great t...Hot Trader Network topicstag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-03:Blog/463722009-11-03T14:17:58Z2009-11-03T14:17:58ZStefanMcVeighHello, traders! Here are answers to YOUR most burning questions this week: What does CIT’s bankruptcy mean? Discuss the implications with other traders in this lively forum thread. Which options ar...