Analysis Topic: Investor & Trader Education
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Leveraged ETF's and ETN's, The Biggest Scam on Wall Street? / InvestorEducation / Exchange Traded Funds
By: Jared_Levy
It's the day the market fell apart. The day the usual became the impossible.
Imagine you purchase an exchange-traded fund or note and the next day it just suddenly stops trading. Would you be scared? Angry? Frustrated?
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
How to Find and "Hook" Potential Trade Setups / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
Trading using technical indicators -- such as the MACD, for example, Moving Average Convergence-Divergence -- can do one of two things: help you or hinder you.
Using them as a forecasting method alone can be about as predictable as flipping a coin. But when you combine them with other forms of technical analysis (i.e. the Wave Principle), the same MACD can be your new best friend.
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Friday, July 08, 2011
Using Elliott Waves: As Simple As A-B-C / InvestorEducation / Elliott Wave Theory
By: EWI
When Ralph Nelson Elliott discovered the Wave Principle nearly 70 years ago, he explained how social (or crowd) behavior trends and reverses in recognizable patterns. You can learn to identify these patterns as they unfold in the financial markets, and use them to help anticipate where prices will go next. Elliott Wave International has developed a free comprehensive online course -- The Elliott Wave Tutorial: 10 Lessons on the Wave Principle -- which describes these patterns and explains how they relate to one another.
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Understanding Short Term Stock Market Momentum Video / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: Chris_Vermeulen
I Just thought I would touch base and share a simple trading trick that will help you spot shot term overbought and over sold market conditions. This analysis will tell you when to tighten stops, take partial profits, and/or when to exit a position.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Spotting Market Trading Opportunities, a Four Chart Profit Set-up / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
You can find low-risk, high-probability trading opportunities by trading with the trend. The trick is to find the end of market corrections, so you can position yourself for the next move in the direction of the trend.
This excerpt from Jeffrey Kennedy's free 47-page eBook How to Spot Trading Opportunities explains where to find bullish and bearish trade setups in your charts and how to zero-in on these opportunities. If this lesson interests you, the full 47-page eBook is free through July 6.
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Monday, June 20, 2011
How to Set Protective Stops Using the Wave Principle / InvestorEducation / Elliott Wave Theory
By: EWI
The 3 simple rules of Elliott wave analysis can help traders manage risk, ride market trends and spot price reversals.
EWI's Chief Commodities Analyst Jeffrey Kennedy values the Wave Principle not only as an analytical tool, but also as a real-time trading tool. In this excerpt from Jeffrey's free Best of Trader's Classroom eBook, he shows you how the Wave Principle's built-in rules can help you set your protective stops when trading.
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Lessons that Will Change the Way You Invest Forever / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: EWI
Greetings Investor,
"Successful market timing depends upon learning the patterns of crowd behavior. By anticipating the crowd, you can avoid becoming a part of it."
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Tuesday, June 07, 2011
The Trend Is Your Friend: How Moving Averages Can Improve Your Market Analysis / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
Many traders and investors use technical indicators to support their analysis. One of the most popular and reliable also happens to be an indicator that has been around for years and years -- moving averages.
A moving average is simply the average value of data over a specific time period. Analysts use it to figure out whether the price of a stock or a commodity is trending up or down. It effectively "smooths out" the daily fluctuations to provide a more objective way to view a market.
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Thursday, June 02, 2011
How to Apply Moving Averages to Your Trading or Investing - Ebook / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
Dear Trader,
Elliott Wave International (EWI) has just released a free 10-page trading eBook: How You Can Find High-Probability Trading Opportunities Using Moving Averages, by Senior Analyst Jeffrey Kennedy.
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Wednesday, June 01, 2011
How to turn Short-term Market Price Gyrations into Big Profits Using Options / InvestorEducation / Options & Warrants
By: Money_Morning
Larry D. Spears writes:
Everyone acknowledges that at its most basic level the stock market is driven by fear and greed. And, in the past, the immediate impact of fear has been far more dramatic than the short-term effect of greed.
In other words, stock prices have historically tended to fall faster - and further - when investors are running scared than they rise when investors get a pleasant surprise.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
How to Put the Elliott Wave Principle to Work / InvestorEducation / Elliott Wave Theory
By: EWI
In the video below, EWI Senior Commodity Analyst Jeffrey Kennedy walks you
through a basic checklist of how to put the Wave Principle to work. This clip
was taken from The Wave Principle Applied webinar, originally recorded for Futures
Junctures subscribers.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
How to Trade Silver Options for BIG Profits / InvestorEducation / Options & Warrants
By: J_W_Jones
Hi-Yo Silver, Away, Last week silver was the focus of incredible price swings which left many licking their wounds and shaking their heads at the trading losses they had incurred. This sell off was likely triggered by the increase in margin requirements for futures contracts, but the stunning price decline extended to all vehicles like exchange traded funds use to trade the glimmering metal.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Five Ways Elliott Wave Theory Can Improve Your Trading / InvestorEducation / Elliott Wave Theory
By: EWI
Jeffrey Kennedy brings more than 15 years of experience to his position as Elliott Wave International’s Senior Analyst and trading instructor. He knows firsthand how hard it can be to get simple explanations of a trading method that works -- so he shares his knowledge with his subscribers each month in the Trader's Classroom lessons.
Friday, May 06, 2011
The Best of Trader's Classroom, Free 45 Page Ebook / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
Dear Trader,
You know how difficult it can be to successfully trade the markets. And although the volatility that we're seeing lately offers great opportunities, it can also add to a trader's frustration. That's why our friends at Elliott Wave International are releasing one of their most popular trading eBooks, The Best of Trader's Classroom, free through May 16.
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Thursday, May 05, 2011
Using Fibonacci Ratios To Trade Commodities and Financial Markets / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
What tools help you with the difficult task of identifying the market trend, riding it, and getting out before it reverses?
Consider Fibonacci ratios: Mathematical proportions by which moves on a market chart relate to each other. Fibonacci mathematics is an integral part of Elliott wave analysis; Frost & Prechter's classic "Elliott Wave Principle -- Key to Market Behavior" has an entire chapter on it.
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
How To Use Fibonacci Ratios in Analysis of Commodities and Financial Markets / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
What tools help you with the difficult task of identifying the market trend, riding it, and getting out before it reverses?
Consider Fibonacci ratios: Mathematical proportions by which moves on a market chart relate to each other. Fibonacci mathematics is an integral part of Elliott wave analysis; Frost & Prechter's classic "Elliott Wave Principle -- Key to Market Behavior" has an entire chapter on it.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Boombustology: Spotting Financial Bubbles Before They Burst / InvestorEducation / Resources & Reviews
By: Douglas_French
Cheap and plentiful money and credit have made investing impossible and speculation de rigueur for those not wishing to wait out the storm with the barbarous relic. The father of value investing, Benjamin Graham, distinguished between the two:
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Learn How to Use Bar Patterns to Spot Trade Setups / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
To many novice investors, chart patterns might as well be tea leaves. Can they really tell you anything reliable? And even if they can, how in the world do you know what to look for?
Experienced traders know that the answer to the first question is a resounding "yes." As for the second one, we at EWI are all about recognizing chart patterns. To help you get started on this path, we've put together a free Club EWI resource called How to Use Bar Patterns to Spot Trade Setups.
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Thursday, April 07, 2011
The Securitization of Commodities, Are ETF's Really Safe? / InvestorEducation / Exchange Traded Funds
By: Casey_Research
A Casey Report interview with Dr. Andrew Bogan
Dr.Andrew Bogan is a managing member of Bogan Associates, LLC in Boston, Massachusetts. He has spoken at many international investor conferences – his specialty being global equity investing – and has been interviewed on live television for CNBC's Strategy Session.
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Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Confessions of an Investor, the Problems Modern Portfolio Theory / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: John_Mauldin
“Tail risk (the risk of large losses) is dramatically underestimated by many investors and the tools we have available to manage such risks are hopelessly inadequate. Financial theory which is taught at business schools and universities all over the world is plainly wrong.” This week we turn to my friend Niels Jensen of Absolute Return Partners in London for our Outside the Box offering, in which he looks at tail risk, Modern Portfolio Theory, and a risk he identifies as Birthday Risk. It is a lively and easy read, which is also designed to make you think about your basic investment principles.