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Article Archive For Keyword: profits

  • A trader's tale: Post-crash profits with fast action by Patrick D. Bosold

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A trader's tale: Post-crash profits with fast action by Patrick D. Bosold For most people, commodity trading means getting on an adrenalin high at the start of the trading day, scrutinizing the markets intensely, making bold buy or sell decisions under

  • Add And Reduce To Turbocharge Your Profits

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The add & reduce method allows you to take maximum shares to profit while reducing your risk exposure.

  • Aeropostale Delivering More Profits?

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock market is no stronger than its components. Here'sa look at one of the more promising bullish trade setups currently available.

  • Analyst Errors And Potential Profits

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As long as there have been stock markets, there have been market analysts. And predicting the markets seems to be profitable only for the predictors, assuming they are paid for their advice rather than profiting from their forecasts.

Analyst Errors and Potential Profits

  • Are Your Profits Robust? by Steve Notis

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are Your Profits Robust? by Steve Notis Your trading system probably has a set of parameters you think are the most profitable. But is it the most consistent? Here's a technique to find the most robust set that will give you regular profits. For those

  • Candlestick Profits

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A charting technique from long ago can help you make a tidy profit.

  • Channeling Into Forex Profits

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Forex pairs are usually considered to move in defined trends. Here's a trend-trading technique that can be applied to trading currency pairs or crosses.

  • Drilling For Profits

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What's the best way to profit in oil?

  • Extreme VIX = S&P Profits

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Index option traders watch for certain repeatable patterns that develop several times a year to offer extremely high-odds for success. Monitoring market volatility and trading the turn in human emotion can be lucrative indeed.

  • Four Steps To Bull And Bear Profits

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The major cyclical trends in the financial markets create both risk and opportunity for investors, yet most lack a system to identify and profit by these cycles. Here is a tutorial to help you build a comprehensive system in four steps--using a wide vari

  • Four Steps To Consistent Profits

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The path to profitable trading can easily be thwarted, especially when you misinterpret indicators, fail to test your trading systems, or fail to develop a set of trading rules to follow. Here are four steps you can take to overcome your hurdles

  • Generalship for consistent profits by Vincent Cosentino

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Generalship for consistent profits by Vincent Cosentino. Rodney Dangerfield would have loved it. After the July 7, 1986 record drop of 61.87 points in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, articles appeared crediting technicians with everything from making

  • How To Use Stock Options With Momentum Stocks For Enhanced Profits

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Momentum stocks tend to be leaders in the stock market, taking it to higher highs while also being favored stocks by traders and investors alike. However, using stock options, you can enhance your profits with momentum stocks by following a few guideline

  • LIN TV - Profits From Election Season?

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In an oversold market, bargain hunters can start looking for stocks with good long-term prospects. Lin TV has strong potential in the coming weeks and over the next year.

  • Maximizing Bond Fund Profits by Jay Kaeppel

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Maximizing Bond Fund Profits by Jay Kaeppel A new indicator based on Barron's Gold Mining Index is introduced for timing bond mutual funds. The proliferation in bond mutual funds in recent years has created both good news and bad news for investors. T

  • Maximizing profits with stop orders: The Wyckoff method of trading stocks part 11 by Jack K. Hutson

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Maximizing profits with stop orders: The Wyckoff method of trading stocks part 11 by Jack K. Hutson No matter what technical system you use, the first rule of successful trading and investing is: Cut your losses short. No one believed more firmly in thi

  • One Path to Profits

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A great opportunity to buy stocks could be just a few days away.

  • Partial Profits = Fiscal Folly? by Austin Passamonte

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:2 (60-63): Partial Profits = Fiscal Folly? by Austin Passamonte Is exiting a portion of your trade before your profit target is hit a viable strategy? Had I known that my career path would wind its way into professional trade

  • Profits From Higher Gas Prices

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...According to some analysts, prices at the pump will certainly hit $4 a gallon in the coming year and may even top $5. The futures market is one way to benefit from such a rise.

  • Profits, Pitfalls, Patience by Donald W. Pendergast Jr.

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Profits, Pitfalls, Patience by Donald W. Pendergast Jr. Plan your trade, trade your plan. Here's what can happen when a trader plunges into a position without following a trading blueprint. God really watches over children and fools, then I must have b

  • Protecting Profits With Strangles

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Options are often thought of as being risky and they often are, especially when you do not have a clear understanding of how they work. There are times, however, when a thorough understanding of an option strategy can help to minimize downside risk while

Quick-Scans: Using Option Charts To Boost Trading Profits by Dennis D. Peterson

  • Riding for Profits with "Irv the Liquidator" by Richard J. Maturi

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Riding for Profits with ""Irv the Liquidator"" by Richard J. Maturi Wall Street Journal articles over the past few months have reported the financial dealings of Irwin Jacobs, better known as ""Irv the Liquidator."" Jacobs invests in companies he consid

Setting Stops And Taking Profits With Maximum Excurson by Sergei Dobrovolsky

  • Short-Term Profits With Gap Trading by Glaister Welsh

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Short-Term Profits With Gap Trading by Glaister Welsh Mispriced stocks are often caused by gaps, which you can take advantage of by applying a strategy that generates above-average returns while reducing your risk. Check it out. A convergence trading s

  • Small Range, Big Profits

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Small-range bars are your friends. They're talking to you. Listen to them.

  • SolarWindow - Will Their Power-Generating Technology Translate To Real Profits?

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's been a long road to get their products to market but the potential is exciting if they can deliver.

  • Stop worrying yourself out of profits By Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stop worrying yourself out of profits By Van K. Tharp, Ph.D. Every time Michael thought about entering the market, he said to himself ""But what if I lose?"" Those thoughts often paralyzed him from action or delayed his entry so long that many opportuni

  • Support Tests, Money Flow Divergences, and Scalp Profits

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Executing trade entries near strong, well-defined support and resistance areas can be an effective trading strategy, particularly when combined with momentum and money flow divergence analysis.

Take Your Profits Or Let Them Ride?

  • Taking Profits

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Let profits ride and shorten your stops.

  • The Essence of Market Profits by Victor Sperandeo

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Essence of Market Profits by Victor Sperandeo The key to making money in the markets is having the major trends at your back. This well-known money manager points to the importance of looking at the big picture. Popular beliefs about investment pr

  • The Profit's In The Details by Bryan Babcock

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Profit's In The Details by Bryan Babcock Minimize the effects of greed with the trader profit equilibrium equation. For many traders, success always remains just around the corner, just a step away. All too often traders allow one bad trade to ruin

  • The danger in profits by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The danger in profits by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D. Have you ever wondered why you can paper trade successfully, but fail miserably when real money is at stake? The reason is simple. The trader who concentrates on profits will have difficulty winning, as will

  • Three Paths to Profits

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...US stock indices are poised for a December decline - Elliott wave theory shows the paths to the next buying opportunity.

  • Time To Book Profits In Cisco

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A rising wedge formation and a triple-top resistance in two different time frames may spoil the party in Cisco. Profit-booking may be wise at this stage.

  • Time To Take Profits In Lululemon?

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The company is loved, the athletic clothing sold popular. With the financial crises, the price dropped from a high of $58.87 in October 2007 to a low of $5.60 by March 2009. It is now trading at $26. Is it worth a buy?

  • Time To Take Profits In Magna Entertainment

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Two key divergences and a 62 percent retracement level say it's time to cash in or at least use a trailing stop-loss to lock in profits.

  • Tracking profits: accounting software by Mike Takano

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Tracking profits: accounting software by Mike Takano Choosing the ""best"" accounting software package is a difficult task. Given different circumstances and user abilities, one package may suit your needs better than another. Nevertheless, I liked Mono

  • Two Pathways To Potential Profits For PWE

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Canadian energy trusts took a tumble in the wake of the Canadian government's Halloween Surprise announcement in October 2006 regarding the tax treatment of these high-yielding securities. Here's a look at one energy trust that is currently set

  • When And Where To Take Profits

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...These five concepts should be considered when developing exit strategies.

  • Why the Narrow Range Bar Provides Explosive Profits

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The narrow range bar provides very tight stops, making it one of the lowest-risk entry signals.

  • Winning Is Nice, Profits Are Better

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Digging through your trade system stats may help you decide if a given system is a good fit for your trading style.

  • Working Money: Candlestick Profits by Stephen W. Bigalow

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Working Money: Candlestick Profits by Stephen W. Bigalow A charting technique from long ago can help you make a tidy profit. Although candlestick charting has been a part of the US trading Acommunity for decades, only recently has interest picked up in

Working Money: When And Where To Take Profits by Larry Swing






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