When the New York Stock Exchange becomes very volatile and prices drop precipitously, trading is halted. There are three levels, I, II, and III, based on drops in the S&P
There are times when breaking news and trader sentiment drive trading volumes to excessive levels within a brief time span. Market makers are forced to close out positions which lead
A momo trading strategy is often ideal for traders who are not interested in waiting around for the best trading opportunity. These traders want to jump and jump out of
Day traders rely heavily on technical indicators but also pay attention to market fundamentals. While indicators are based on past performance and fundamentals help us predict in the longer term,
Trading stocks, futures, Forex, or options can be highly profitable. Unfortunately, only about six percent of those who try to become professional traders succeed. An all-too-common reason for lack of
The point of trading as opposed to long term investing is to profit from the movement up and down of commodity futures, stocks, options, or currency pairs. The difference between
When seeking profits in the futures, stock, options, or Forex markets a trader has a better opportunity to profit with short term trading than trading over the longer term. This
When the price of E-Mini futures became too high for many futures traders the CME created a version that is one-tenth the size, the Micro E-Mini futures. Besides allowing for
In order to day trade stocks, foreign exchange, options, or commodity futures you need to have capital to trade. And, you need a broker through whom you will make your
Trading within a single session or intraday trading is a way to profit from the normal fluctuations of market prices. While a commodity future, stock, option contract, or Forex pair