Trading Insights

All traders have experienced missing an incredible move in the market, only to wonder whether the stock will continue the push or reverse trend. FOMO might drive a new trader to jump in on the move, hoping for a meteoric rise, while indecision on entry points might...

Cryptocurrency trading has become mainstream as even the local news will often reference bitcoin prices during extreme price movements. It’s time to get on board with at least having an understanding of cryptocurrency (cryptos) and even considering trading them...

You’ve no doubt heard of them on financial news networks and even mainstream media. When companies go public, it’s typically through an initial public offering (IPO).  Let’s delve into IPOs.  What is an IPO? The initial public offering (IPO) is a process that...

When you execute a stock trade, there are a number of actions that take place behind the scenes, or back office. While you may have bought and sold a stock in a matter of seconds, there is a complicated process that happens during the trade and after the trade,...

An IPO is one of the most exciting events in the life of a growing company. It can also be an exciting event for traders. Not only does an IPO introduce a new stock to the public markets, but it also brings with it an IPO lockup period that can present opportunities...

You probably heard the term gamma squeeze in reference to meme stocks and short squeezes. While buying causes stock prices to rise, panic buying can create an extreme scenario causing spikes to violently rip higher. As the stock soars, the buying pressure increases to...

It’s one of the worst things that can happen to a stock you’re holding long, the dreaded delisting. While the actual action of delisting is a scheduled event, the mere news or notion of a stock facing delisting can plunge the price as investors and traders fear the...

Typically, you might think about a stock as having a single price at any given time. But in reality, a stock has two prices: the price that you can sell it for and the price you can buy it for. The difference between these two prices is a stock’s spread, and it’s an...

You’ve likely heard traders and chartists use the term “Fibonacci” levels referencing key price support or resistance levels. Fibonacci is short for Fibonacci retracement. This is a technical analysis method utilizing ratios based on the Fibonacci sequence to...

Successful trading relies on finding the best price points to buy and sell securities. This requires being able to effectively identify price support and resistance levels, which in turn will help to determine entry and exit prices. This enables traders to gauge their...

The question of how powerful your trading computer should be tends to arise often. It only makes sense that your hardware should be capable of providing charts with indicators as well as execute trades simultaneously. How much computing power you need for day trading...

A popular quote in trading is, “The trend is your friend.” This means it’s prudent to play in the direction of the price trend in order to let your winners ride. There are many tools traders use to visualize trends. One of the most widely used tools are known as...

What is VWAP? You’ve likely heard the term VWAP used by traders and chartists. This refers to a moving average indicator called the volume weight average price (VWAP). This useful indicator is used by retail traders, institutional traders and market makers in several...

Stock fundamentals often don’t play a big role in trading. But one set of fundamentals every trader should know about is share structure. A stock’s share structure impacts everything from how liquid a position will be to how likely it is that existing shares could be...