A Trader’s Daily Routine
A Regimen for a Daily Trader To a large extent, a trader’s daily routine is determined by the kind of trader he or she is. Some market experts claim there are eight different types of stock market traders, differentiated by the time frame of their trades. Timing is common to all traders and investors as…
CANSLIM Investing – Does It Really Work?
Does the CANSLIM Investing Strategy Live Up to its Claims? In the 1950’s, a young stock broker based in the US wondered if the high performing companies he followed shared any common attributes. In short, were the secrets of their success following the same path. After years of research, William J. Oneill uncovered seven traits…
How to Use the Relative Strength Index (RSI) to Trade Australian Stocks
Using the Relative Strength Index for Buy and Sell Signals Investors overwhelmed by the host of technical indicators they find on most stock selection graphs available on trading platforms and financial websites might be surprised to learn in 1978, there were only two technical indicators in use. Then came engineer turned real estate developer turned…
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 point they…
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 getting…
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 examine…
