How Do You Become a Successful Trader?
What Successful Traders and Investors Do to Succeed? At the beginning of the effort to learn the rules of successful share market, forex, or commodities investing, many would-be investors are asked if they plan to be traders or investors. While both have the same goal – making a profit from buying and selling…
Value Investing 101
An Introduction to Value Investing – What is Value Investing? Australians getting ready to take the lead into share market investing are often lured there by the siren song of rewards “shooting to the moon.” They soon learn with those rewards, comes risk. The adage is the greater the rewards, the greater the risk. …
Stock Market Beta Explained
Beta – A Trading Tool for All Investors When first-time investors in stock markets set off to educate themselves on how to successfully navigate the universe of available publicly traded stocks for potential investment, they soon learn there are a wealth of analytical stools available to shape their decision making. Many are mathematical or statistical…
How Does the Course of Sales Work
Course of Sales Data as a Trading Tool While some investors might jump into a stock based on vague “tips” about a “can’t miss” opportunity, the vast majority of Aussie investors spend time researching a stock that has caught their eye before buying. Regardless of how they assess a potential buy, at some…
Trading ASX Stocks Using Support and Resistance
Support and Resistance – Technical Analysis Tools for Investors and Traders Investors looking at a potential stock investment have two methods at their disposal for gauging the direction of the share price – fundamental analysis and technical analysis. Fundamental analysis assumes a stock’s intrinsic value will determine share price movement over time. The analysis involves…
Trading ASX Stocks Using Market Depth
Getting the Best Price on a Stock Using Market Depth In today’s digital age, many retail investors avoid placing buy or sell orders for stocks directly through a full-service brokerage house, choosing instead to place their trades through one of the available online trading platforms littering the share market. Some long-term investors unconcerned with…
Quantitative Analysis Explained
Researching Stocks with Quantitative Analysis All investors committed to picking their own stocks for investment face the challenge of separating the wheat from the chaff. The two most prevalent methods for doing so are fundamental analysis and technical analysis. Technical analysis is arguably the more complicated method, using a variety of mathematical tools to…
Qualitative Analysis of Shares – Looking Beyond the Numbers
Drilling Underneath the Numbers with Qualitative Analysis The most widely used approach to identifying investment opportunities for those investors committed to picking stocks on their own is fundamental analysis. The goal of fundamental analysis is to identify the “holy grail” sought by investors of all stripes – a company’s intrinsic value. Company fundamentals begin…
Market Neutral Investment Strategies
Controlling Volatility through Market Neutral Investing Newcomers to share market investing can be surprised to learn there are more ways to turning a profit on a stock trade than taking a long position and waiting for the price to go up or by taking a short position and waiting for the price to go down….
The Mysterious World of Stock Forums
Connecting With Other Investors on Stock Forums One of the multitude of advantages the digital age affords people of all kinds around the world is the ability to connect with others who share the same interests. One of the most popular social media platforms in the world — Meta/Facebook—began as a means for students at…
