Getting Ready for Friday Morning’s Trading
Here are the stocks, ETFs, and Leveraged ETFs you need to know for Friday morning. The following securities are the most oversold and overbought according to ConnorsRSI for Friday’s trading. Click here to download your free copy of An Introduction to ConnorsRSI. This Watchlist was created using the TradingMarkets Screener. Today’s Market Conditions (Click Symbol […]
How to Trade ETFs with ConnorsRSI
Exchange Traded Products (ETFs) are amongst the most popular trading vehicles for traders. One of the best performing trading strategies for trading ETFs is “scaling into” an ETF. What does scaling in mean? It means that instead of buying an entire position, especially when it’s oversold, a trader buys a smaller piece to start. If […]
Getting Ready for Thursday Morning’s Trading
Here are the stocks, ETFs, and Leveraged ETFs you need to know for Thursday morning. The following securities are the most oversold and overbought according to ConnorsRSI for Thursday’s trading. Click here to download your free copy of An Introduction to ConnorsRSI. This Watchlist was created using the TradingMarkets Screener. Today’s Market Conditions (Click Symbol […]
5 Elements of a Successful Portfolio Strategy
“I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.” – Warren Buffett Much advice is available on how to become a successful investor. Some suggestions are useful while others are less so or even counterproductive. For example, here are a few […]
Getting Ready for Wednesday Morning’s Trading
Here are the stocks, ETFs, and Leveraged ETFs you need to know for Wednesday morning. The following securities are the most oversold and overbought according to ConnorsRSI for Wednesday’s trading. Click here to download your free copy of An Introduction to ConnorsRSI. This Watchlist was created using the TradingMarkets Screener. Today’s Market Conditions (Click Symbol […]
How to Measure the Individual Trade Quality of Your Strategy
You are probably familiar with the Sharpe Ratio, developed by Nobel laureate William F. Sharpe to measure risk-adjusted performance for a portfolio. Portfolios with higher Sharpe Ratios deliver better risk-adjusted returns, when risk is measured by the volatility of returns from the portfolio over time. When we backtest portfolio strategies, we include the Sharpe Ratio […]
Getting Ready for Tuesday Morning’s Trading
Here are the stocks, ETFs, and Leveraged ETFs you need to know for Tuesday morning. The following securities are the most oversold and overbought according to ConnorsRSI for Tuesday’s trading. Click here to download your free copy of An Introduction to ConnorsRSI. This Watchlist was created using the TradingMarkets Screener. Today’s Market Conditions (Click Symbol […]
7 Steps to Successful Low Volatility Investing
When I began my career as a trader more than a decade ago, I often told my colleagues that as traders we got paid for taking risk. That’s what I was taught in my MBA classes – there is a fundamental tradeoff between risk and reward. Investors must take on more risk to have the […]
Getting Ready for Monday Morning’s Trading
Here are the stocks, ETFs, and Leveraged ETFs you need to know for Monday morning. The following securities are the most oversold and overbought according to ConnorsRSI for Monday’s trading. Click here to download your free copy of An Introduction to ConnorsRSI. This Watchlist was created using the TradingMarkets Screener. Today’s Market Conditions (Click Symbol […]
How to Improve Your Order Efficiency
Most traders have had the frustrating experience of buying a stock and then watching as the price drops over the ensuing minutes or hours. One way to alleviate this problem and increase your execution efficiency is by using TWAP or VWAP orders. Do you want to learn how to “scale-in” your trading positions like the […]
How to Meld Data, Charting and Fundamentals
Some traders like to trade the data, counting on a bounce one way or the other as other traders react to outcomes that differ from the forecast—without regard for how that data fits into the Big Picture. Others trade the chart, assuming that if news is important enough, the response will be reflected on the […]
How to Better Manage Your Trading Expectations
There’s more To Trading than Just Having a Strategy. In trading magazines as well as web sites there are lists of trading system results they all seem to highlight “the trading strategy of the month”. If it were so simple to buy one of these systems you would have retirement in a box. The reality […]