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 - Stochastics is one of the most used technical indicators in the analysis of the security trend. It is good technical indicator and all you have to do is to understand what it shows and how to use it.

 - Putting into simple words, this is the Nasdaq Stock Exchange extended within Canada. Through the Nasdaq Canada Canadian investors have immediate trading access to all Nasdaq listed stocks which allow to raise capital more efficiently.

 - Moving average is one of the basic and most popular indicators in technical analysis. From the name of this indicator you may already understand that this indicator shows the average price of a security (stock, option, bond, etc) over specified period of time or specified period of bars.
- By selecting an online trading system the most common question is how much to invest in this system. This question is very simple, yet, many traders could be confused and do not know how to calculate minimum invested amount for a particular trading system.

 - Not a lot of traders are asking themselves about fundamental analysis by mainly relaying on technical analysis. The logical question could be placed about how far a trader may rely on technical analysis without consulting fundamental approaches. Before answering on this question let us define a few main points about these both types of analysis.

 - Before even starting active trading, it is important to understand your expectations which should help you in selecting trading vehicle. In this article you will find several question that recommended...


A stock exchange is a place where company stocks and other securities are traded. Nowadays trading is less and less linked to take place in such a physical space. Modern markets are electronic networks that deliver advantages of speed and low cost on...


The question is how can a trader choose the right one from such vast number of the online options advisory services available. Below you will find simple questions that should be answered before subscribing and dedicating your money to a particular o...


A simple trading system based on the selling and buying volume oscillator. The number of online professional trading newsletters  services very quickly realized the value of analyzing the volume represented in the SBV oscillator and embedded it ...


Not a lot of traders are asking themselves about fundamental analysis by mainly relaying on technical analysis. The logical question could be placed about how far a trader may rely on technical analysis without consulting fundamental approaches. Before answering on this question let us define a few main points about these both types of analysis.

 - Build in a trading system based on the news from the media sources could be dangerous task. It is recommended analyzing economical and financial events by yourself and not rely on the conclusion of editors who runs after the sensations.

 - This is one of the possible hypothetical explanations of the event on May 14, 2010 when the stock market strongly plunged down. The same theory could be used to explain strong declines during stock market crashes.

 - When it come to selection a charting solution, many novice traders become confused with wide selection of available online options. A few simple questions could help to start and select correct chart provider.

 - Before even starting active trading, it is important to understand your expectations wich should help you in selecting trading vehicle. In this article you will find several question that recommended to consider before becoming an active trader.

 - Volume based technical analysis was not very popular a decade ago. However, more and more traders start to focus their market analysis on volume by considering it as one of the main factors in measure...


 New Highs and New Lows indicators show the number of stocks hitting new 52-week highs or lows respectively. As a rule these indicators are applied to the basket of stocks: indexes and exchanges. The ...


The S&P 500 index is one of the most tracked indexes in the world and it consists of 500 Large-Cap publicly traded corporations. Majority of these companies are American largest public companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq Exchange.


The options trading has become one of the most popular types of investments. The main reasons that attracted the wide range of the investors are high liquidity and great leverage. A wide range of the options are available on the market now.


Russell indexes have been developed by the Frank Russell Company and the New York Futures Exchange (NYFE), to measure U.S. market segments and were introduced to the market in1984.

 - Dow Jones was founded by Charles Henry Dow, Edward Davis Jones and Charles Milford Bergstresser on Wall Street in New York. At that time the company was called Dow, Jones & Company and the company pro...

 - Russell indexes have been developed by the Frank Russell Company and the New York Futures Exchange (NYFE), to measure U.S. market segments and were introduced to the market in1984.


By selecting an online trading system the most common question is how much to invest in this system. This question is very simple, yet, many traders could be confused and do not know how to calculate minimum invested amount for a particular trading s...


Exchange traded funds have been designed to provide ability to the investors to have trading vehicle that would have the characteristics of the mutual funds, yet, would be tradable as stocks (trading during the open market hours, trading on margin an...


Over the last couple of years the NASDAQ Exchange has lunched a big number of different indices that cover not just NASDAQ market and US economy, but characterize the different markets all over the globe.



 The VAO (Volume Accumulation Oscillator) was developed by Mark Chaikin and in some cases this technical indicator is called the Chaikin Oscillator. In technical analysis the VAO oscillator is used to...


VO (Volume Oscillator) is a basic volume based technical indicator. Such indicators as MVO (MarketVolume Oscillator) and PVO (Percentage Volume Oscillator) are based on the VO and it is essential to u...

 - At the current moment more and more public companies are moving out from the floor trading into over the counter (computerized) trading and importance of the NASDAQ indexes is growing.

 - The new highs and new lows based technical indicators are used by investors to look at underground processes on the stock market and very often are used in trading systems to confirm a trend and spot reversal points.

 - By joining Volume Oscillator with price technical indicators we may separate volume surges (when VO > 1) during the price move down from volume surges during the price move up.

 - In opposite to OBV the volume accumulation oscillator could be used to predict the coming changes in the market trend.


Nasdaq 100 index is one of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq 100 stock exchange. This index is value-weighted. Nasdaq 100 does not contain financial companies. This index is the...

 - While more and more of traders are diving into technical analysis it could be recommended checking fundamentals of the analysis. Simple knowledge of the main principles of market movements may provide...


Moving average is a basic tool that is used as a foundation for majority indicators in the technical analysis. Even if a trader does not use moving averages directly in his/her analysis most likely they are used as a component of other technical stud...