Margin trading, where brokers lend their clients cash to purchase assets is booming. Almost half, 43% to be exact, of retail investors are margin trading with some type of leverage, according to a recent survey by Yahoo finance. Here is a simple example of how margin trading works Say, for example, an investor is bullish …
Common Traits Of Successful Traders
Dr. Brett Steenbarger, a trading psychologist and performance coach, talks about the psychology of trading and the common traits of successful traders. High on the list of common traits of successful traders is their ability to process data quickly and, or think profoundly. The latter, deep thinkers, tend to make fine investors “Great traders are …
Candlestick Vocabulary
Darren Winters highlights rudimentary candlestick vocabulary so that you can apply candlestick knowledge to paper trading or live trading when you reach a level of competency. All you need to know to begin your journey of discovery are the keywords to type into the search engine, curiosity, and eagerness to learn. What Darren Winters has …
Signals
Six signals could be confirming that a new investment paradigm is in play. Falling interest rates are top on the list of signals The dataset from The Bank of England shows seven centuries of falling global interest rates. On average, real rates have decreased by 1.6 basis points (0.016%) per year since the 14th century. …