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This Week's Top Lessons
Trading the Big Picture: A Conversation with Barry Ritholtz
To most traders and investors, Barry Ritholtz is the voice of The
Big Picture, one of the more popular financial blogs on the Internet. Barry is
the CEO and Director of Equity Research at Fusion-IQ, an online quantitative
analysis research firm. Find out what he has to say about ETFs, stocks, money
management, and much more in this week's Big Saturday Interview.
How to Trade Head-and-Shoulders Above the Rest
The head and shoulders pattern is one of the most well-known of all the
classical chart pattern. Traders use it to anticipate potential reversals the
markets. In this article from industry veteran John Lansing, you'll be taken
through the basics, as well as the advanced nuances of this popular pattern.
Stock Market Analysis and Fibonacci, Part 4
Fibonacci is most commonly used to identify prices levels at which stocks could
turn. In this article, John Jagerson teaches you practical ways that you can
apply Fibonacci to improve your trading in the real world.
How To Avoid Big Declines Using Market Timing
Is possible for market timers to avoid catastrophic "Black Swan" type plunges in
the stock market? Some say it's not possible, but according to Charles LeBeau it
is possible through the simple application of trailing stops.
How to Take Advantage of Intraday Swings in the E-mini Market
One of the most common ways that traders get into trouble is by
"overtrading." That is, by trying to capture every move no matter how small,
they eventually wind up getting whipsawed -- which can be very costly. In
this article from Austin Passamonte, you'll learn how to strategically and
methodically wait for the one or two big swings that occur each day.
Popular Past Articles
Bill Kraft
Reveals His Rules on Trading
Bill Kraft was one of those few independent traders who made money both on the
way up in the late 1990s and on the way down after the dot.com implosion. Read
David Penn's fascinating conversation with full-time trader Bill Kraft and find
how he combines stock and options strategies to make his living.
Living the Dream: Trading Stocks with Charles Kirk of The Kirk Report
Charles Kirk is just like most of us who trade: an average guy
from Middle America with an average life except for one key thing: he trades
stocks for a living every single day. How was Charles Kirk able to become one of
the fortunate few who make their daily bread solely from the sweat of their
stock trading acumen? Find out when you read this week's Big Saturday Interview.
Good luck and successful trading!
Eddie Kwong
Executive Vice President
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