Emulating the Stock Market with Credit Cards

By Rick Amorey

There are several avenues of investigation that you may find profitable before you become involved in online stock market investing. You can find a lot of information available to the would-be investor; you could purchase a book, subscribe to a newsletter, or enroll in seminars where you could get good advice. But before you spend one more cent on any of these, try to do research on your own. Both the library and the Internet have material that you will find useful.

Keep in mind this one thing: set down boundaries before you even begin to invest. Unlike what is implied in a lot of online stock market investing advertisements, investing is not a wonderful and perpetual source of money. But this much I can tell you; in general, stocks perform a lot better than other investments after a period of time. But, at the end, though, all investments have their own risks, and will have no guarantee of making a profit.

So before you seek stock market advice, make sure that you take the time to investigate your own financial situation. Track how your money is currently being spent, apply measures to eliminate credit card debt, and get yourself into a positive money output. If you cannot do this, then I advice you to refrain from investing in the market for the time being.

A credit card is a good way to measure one's discipline. If you have a credit card and are in debt, chances are you won't be able to handle the pressures of owning shares. Not that I'm discouraging you, mind: If you can discipline yourself to get rid of this financial weak spot, then you may be able to take on the stress of stock market life.

It's like this; owning stock is essentially being part owner in the company you have invested in. Would you entrust your boss with financial matters if you found out he was heavy in credit card debt? I don't think so. The same thing applies; you should buy and manage stock only at companies you are confident in. In any case, not having credit card debt means you have less to worry about. - 23204

About the Author:

The trading business carries no guarantee that you'll profit, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Rick Amorey instead suggests the comprehensive program of Emini Trading. Be an educated trader with the help of Emini Trading System, and watch your money grow like a carefully monitored seedling.

Ordering Personal Checks Online

By Amanda

Personal checks are a cool way to make a personal statement when you pay those bills. Let everyone know that you are a dog lover or go radical for wildlife by getting some checks with great pictures of bears, deer, zebras and gorillas. This is an easy way to keep that Serengeti Safari as close as your purse or pocket. If your world is one of rainbows, pixies and leprechauns let others share your joy and optimism.

Regular checks can be bland and boring so why not liven up the moment for everyone that comes in contact with yours. Believe me an interesting logo, sassy slogan or enchanting picture on your book of personal checks will get attention and get some smiles. Life is far too short to be dreary and this is an inexpensive way to pass a little cheer and happiness to others.

It used to be standard practice to order online checks from your bank. This often made the available check choices very limited. Even fast delivery processing could still take a couple of weeks from the time you placed your order. The prices you were charged added insult to the frustration. Now ordering checks online gives you a cheap and fast path to get the personal checks that Make You Smile.

Ordering online checks unlocks thousands of designs that you probably never realized existed. This is the only way that you can find the pictures and colors that really let you tell people who you are. What better idea to promote the causes, organizations, hobbies and animals you care about than getting them out into the public arena.

They say that visibility breeds familiarity, and you can make sure that the causes you support gain some PR and market visibility by adding them to your personal checks. Let your neighbors and complete strangers know about your favorite sports team. Spread the news every time you send a payment or make a purchase. There are tons of great designs that feature team logos and mascots. You can even find some personal checks that boast the bright colors of any team you like.

Some individuals are happy just to find the checks that make everyone smile. You know the type of personal checks that I mean. These might have a funny saying on them or feature the face of one of your favorite comic characters. Tweety Bird, Calvin and Tinkerbelle are only three cute cartoon icons that transform a plain piece of paper into a work of art that can brighten anyone?s day.

You will be pleasantly surprised with the high quality of service when you place an online order for checks. The website is easy to navigate and you have customer service personnel that will walk you through the entire process from start to finish. Add quick delivery and a customer satisfaction guarantee and you will be smiling ear to ear? before you even receive those personal checks. - 23204

About the Author:

Amanda is the owner of a cheap checks company which is one of the top affordable bank checks website online. This company has helped thousands and thousands of customer order checks online at affordable prices.

Tools Needed For a Succesful Day Trading

By Mara Hernandez-Capili

The act of day trading is defined as the rapid trading or buying and selling of stocks on a same trading day in the purpose of acquiring huge profits on the seconds or minutes that they own the stock. Nowadays there are a lot of day traders sprouting in the market because it is accessible. Day trading is becoming popular nowadays for casual traders or traders who stay at home because of the following tools which will be described later on.

The advent of the Internet and the computer makes it easy for someone, even at home to practice day trading. This article is to provide you with a list of tools needed for your day trading endeavors to be successful.

First tool is a computer and a reliable and fast Internet connection. Day traders rely on the information gathered online. Day traders rely on information on the internet where they can also meet buyers and seller online. It is advisable to have a laptop computer and a wi-fi internet access so you could perform your tasks in any area and multi-tasking is possible. A laptop computer with a huge and high resolution screen is advisable so you can enjoy multitasking while doing online trading.

You would also need trading software and a charting software to keep track of all your accounts and activities. Since you may need the services of a broker, an interactive licensed broker is available for your perusal and hiring. Interactive brokers make use of market data, also from the internet to view the current situation and set-ups in the market. You will also need a phone and a telephone with a backup internet access.

There are the basic tools you would need in the success of your day trading endeavors. - 23204

About the Author:

Mara Hernandez-Capili is a writer and a researcher on Business and Finance. Learn more on how to increase your financial intelligence by learning about emini trading today. Start earning extra income by making your money work for you through the emini trading system. "Start your journey to financial freedom not tomorrow, not next week, but today."

The Essentials of technical Analysis: Part II

By Jack Haddad

Charting:

The time frame used for forming a chart depends on the compression of the data: intraday, daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annual data. Traders usually concentrate on charts made up of daily and intraday data to forecast shorterm price movements.

The shorter the time frame and the less compressed data is, the more detail that is available. While long on detail, short term charts can be volatile and contain a lot of noise. Large sudden price movements, wide high-low ranges and price gaps can effect volatility, which can distort the overall picture. Long term charts care good for analyzing the large picture to get a broad perspective of the historical price action. Once the general picture is analyzed, a daily chart can be used to zoom in on the last few months. Four of the most popular methods of displaying price data are by the following charts: line bar, candlestick, and point & figure. The line chart is one of the simplest charts. It is formed by plotting one price point, usually the close. For that matter, I don't favor them because I personally consider the open, low, and high to be as important as the close in technical analysis. However, at times, only closing data are available for certain indices, thinly traded stocks and intraday prices. Bar charts are perhaps the most popular charting method. The high, low, and close are required to form the price plot for each period of a bar chart. The high and low are represented by the top and bottom of the vertical bar and the close is the short horizontal line crossing the vertical bar. On a daily chart, each bar represents the high, low, and close for a particular day. Weekly charts would have a bar for each week based on Friday's close and the high and low for that week. Bar charts can be effective for displaying a large amount of data.

Using candlesticks, 200 data points can take up a lot of room and look cluttered. Line charts show less clutter, but do not offer as much detail (no high-low range). The individual bars that make up the bar chart are relatively skinny, which allows users the ability to fit more bars before the chart gets cluttered. If you're not interested in the opening price, bar charts are an ideal method for analyzing the close relative to the high and low. In addition, bar charts that include the open will tend to get cluttered quicker. If you're interested in the opening price, candlestick charts probably offer a better alternative. The beauty of Point & Figure charts is their simplicity. Little or no price movement is deemed irrelevant and therefore not duplicated on the chart. Only price movements that exceed specified levels are recorded. This focus on price movement makes it easier to identify support and resistance levels, bullish breakouts and bearish breakdowns. Contrary to this methodology, Point & Figure charts are based solely on price movement and do not take time into consideration. The topic on candlestick charting is broad and beyond the scope of this article. This method of charting originated in Japan over 300 years ago, and have become quite popular in recent years. For a candlestick chart, the open, high, low, and close are all required. A daily candlestick is based on the open price, the intraday high and low, and the close. A weekly candlestick is based on Monday's open, the weekly high-low range, and Friday's close.

Trendlines:

Trendlines are an important tool in technical analysis for both trend identification and confirmation. The general rule in technical analysis is that it takes two points to draw a trendline and the third point confirms the validity. An up trendline is formed by connecting two of more low points. The second low must be higher than the first for the line to have a positive slope.

Up trendlines act as support and indicate that net-demand (demand less supply) is increasing even as the price rises. A downtrend is formed by connecting two or more high points. The second high must be lower than the first for the line to have a negative slope. Down trendlines act as a resistance and indicate that net-supply is increasing even as the price declines. - 23204

About the Author:

Dr. Jack Haddad, MD, MBA has been professionally trading the stock market since 1997 and had an annualized return of 39.4%. Dr. Haddad has recently launched MD Capital Management, an Investment Fund with Charles Schwab. The fund utilizes option hedging techniques to generate returns while minimizing risks. For more info, visit Jack's online group: MD Capital Management.

Know How To Place Stop Loss?

By Hass67

The intra day forex market is full of noise that it becomes difficult for new traders to understand where to put the stop loss. There is so much noise in the forex markets in the short run that prices tend to jump 10-20 pips for no apparent reason.

Most of the new forex traders get frustrated to find their stop loss being constantly tripped due to noise even when the market is going in the anticipated direction.

Most of the new day traders use a static 10-20 pip stop loss. This is an arbitrary choice many traders make. How about using a trailing stop? If you place the trailing stop loss too close; you will find your stop hit too early. And if you place it too far; you will have to forgo potential profits if the price retraces later on.

Many professional forex traders do use stop loss but mostly place it on their computers hiding them from their brokers. Best way to place a stop loss is using a dynamic level.

Because if brokers find many stop losses at a particular price level they can easily trip them using a momentary blip in their price feeds. You cant do anything. It was a momentary spike during to a sudden large transaction in the market. This is known as Stop Hunting.

However, many professional forex traders only use a stop loss in their mind. They continuously keep on updating it until they get the desired outcome. But you will need a lot of experience trading the forex markets to do this.

Moving Averages, Bollinger Bands, SARs etc can be easily used as dynamic stop losses by you. It is a good way to manage your risk while letting the currency markets to do what it wants.

The more experience you will develop as a forex trader the more you are going to understand that placing fixed stop losses actually hurts more. Using fixed stop losses can hurt you more emotionally, psychologically and profit wise than help you.

Never ever trade, just before a major economic news release. Dont place your stop loss close to or at round numbers and at times of thin liquidity in the markets.

Stop hunting is something that you should know. Many forex brokers pry on new traders and keep on tripping their stop losses terming it market noise. - 23204

About the Author:

Mr. Ahmad Hassam has done Masters from Harvard University. He is interested in investing; options and forex trading. Discover a revolutionary new broker buster Forex Robot. Learn Forex Trading!