Welcome to the Learn to Trade Stocks section! We have designed this section to help you begin learning how to trade, from entering your very first stock trade and signing up with a brokerage. Then, from there we take you through the process of learning how use moving averages, chart...
In this chapter, we take a look at certain chart patterns to help you spot the next breakout possibility. All of the chart patterns we highlight are what you will most likely hear the most about in the stock forums you frequent. Chart Patterns :...
When trading stocks it is best to know all of the options you have with buying and selling them. While not all order types are supported by all brokerages across all exchanges, if you know them all, you will still be better off. Market Order...
If you are new to trading stocks then taking a look at a full stock quote can be a bit overwhelming. In this section, we aim to break down the major elements of the stock quote for your reading pleasure. Just below, you will see...
This chapter looks at what are called Technical Indicators. Technical Indicators are defined as, “tools that are implemented by a technical analyst to in order to determine the likelihood and direction of future price move trends.” Technical Indicators : Table of Contents Introduction Bollinger Bands MACD...
Bollinger Bands ® help you to evaluate a stock’s volatility over time. When plotting Bollinger Bands ® on a chart will see one line above and one line below the price chart of the stock. When a stock is making major price movements or is very volatile its Bollinger...
The moving average convergence divergence indicator is commonly called the MACD. The MACD is designed to find up trends and down trends in a stock via its moving averages. MACD The MACD indicator is calculated using three attribute of the stock’s price movement. Those 3...
Okay, so what is level II you ask? Level II’s provide the stock trader with a lot of very useful information about the stock’s current trading. It shows at a glance all of the open orders for buys (the bid column on the left, in...
What is a moving average, you ask? Well, instead of looking at a jagged chart moving up and down you could choose to smooth out its price movements with a moving average. Therefore, a moving average is derived from the price of a stock over...
A simple moving average is formulated by adding up the last X number of market days’ closing prices and dividing that total by X. For example, if you wanted to calculate a stock XYZ’s 3 day simple moving average. You would add up 3 day’s...