Who Picked the Top Stocks? Stock Pickers’ Showdown
Twelve months ago we asked four stock pickers to select a portfolio of 10 stocks to hold for one year. At the time the sharemarket was languishing at 3353 points – so with the market awash with value, each stock picker had ample opportunity to find the low-hanging fruit that would help deliver strong returns….
What happens if I hold a put option on a stock that’s suspended from trade?
Question: If I hold a put options contract on a stock that is suspended from trade on the ASX, and is subsequently wound up, do I receive any return? Response: The buyer of a put option has the right to sell the underlying stock at a particular price on or before a specified date. A…
How do I calculate the Average True Range on stocks to set a stop loss position?
Any successful trader will tell you that stop losses are essential to a good trading strategy, but knowing where to place your stop loss is less obvious. Average True Range (ATR) can be an effective way to set stop loss positions and profit targets, and avoids the problem of being stopped out early. What is…
Which is better – range trading or trend trading forex markets?
Many traders come over to the 24-hour and deeply liquid currency market from other asset classes. The reasons for market such a shift are varied; but one thing is the same for those that wade into the new arena: they bring their methods and biases for trading with them. In many ways, the Forex market…
Global trading contest starts today
The GFT trading challenge – a global trading contest for new and existing clients with a $50,000 cash first prize – starts today. And the succesful trader who scores the biggest percentage gain over the coming three months, wins. GFT says that the trading challenge aims to do two things; firstly, bring traders across the globe…
Personal bankruptcies up in Dec qtr
Personal bankruptcies in the December quarter were up only slightly from a year before. There were 6,770 new bankruptcies in the December quarter, an increase of 2.1 per cent from the pervious December quarter, the Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia (ITSA) said on Thursday. ITSA is the federal government agency responsible for administering and regulating…
How this CFD trader made $20,000 in one week
A 9 percent jump in India’s ‘Nifty 50′ Index in the week following July’s pull-back saw part-time, twenty-something CFD trader Karthik Ganesh make over $20,000. Having initially dabbled in options four years ago, Ganesh quickly gravitated to trading indices with IG Markets where 24-hour markets offer the flexibility to ‘trade out’ whenever he wants. Choosing…
How to know if a share price has bottomed or topped
Question: What are the indications that a share price has bottomed or topped its current trend? Response: There are many ways to potentially identify if a share has bottomed or topped in a current trend. One of the most popular ways to identify the end of a trend is through technical analysis. Often the…
Inflation-fighting investments
Just as we were starting to feel confident again that the worst of the credit crunch was behind us, fear is creeping back into global markets – this time over the threat of inflation. And investors have a reason to be fearful. Trillions of dollars have been pumped into the global economy via “stimulus packages”,…
Does Any Financial Institution Lend for Investment in Forex?
By Kathy Lien, Director of Currency Research, GFT When it comes to investing or trading forex, there is generally no need to seek out a financial institution for funds. Most forex and CFD brokers offer spot trading on a leveraged basis. Some brokers offer as much as 400-to-1 leverage, which means that you only need…
