If you are thinking about how to trade exchange traded funds or ETF options here are a few tips to get you started.ETF option trading. The first thing you need to do is make sure you have a broker like Ameritrade or Etrade and that they have approved you for trading options such as ETF's. ETFs are securities that you trade like a stock and are typically designed to follow an underlying index like the Russel 1000, symbol FAS, which can trade over 80 million shares a day. Most of the top brokerages will have ETF trading available for traders. They will also have a ETF screener that can help you get started trading options. Companies like Ameritrade have a option screener called options 360 and a strategy trading platform. Exchange traded funds software On these options trading platforms you can enter the underlying symbol and it will tell you the current call and put options available.If you don't know the underlying symbol for the option you can type in the stock symbol and it will show you the option symbol. Most of these option platforms will also tell you the volume ,strike prices and what month they expire plus many other charts and so on.Call and put option contracts are 1 contract equals 100 shares of the stock.
Forex and stock traders are looking for the consistently wrong investor, trader and take the opposite position. This will obviously lead to winning trades for them. All traders have read trading books that point out that increasing volume is good for the continuation of the trend. Many new stock traders will try and fight the trend.
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Exchange traded funds option trading.
If you are thinking about how to trade exchange traded funds or ETF options here are a few tips to get you started.ETF option trading. The first thing you need to do is make sure you have a broker like Ameritrade or Etrade and that they have approved you for trading options such as ETF's. ETFs are securities that you trade like a stock and are typically designed to follow an underlying index like the Russel 1000, symbol FAS, which can trade over 80 million shares a day. Most of the top brokerages will have ETF trading available for traders. They will also have a ETF screener that can help you get started trading options. Companies like Ameritrade have a option screener called options 360 and a strategy trading platform. Exchange traded funds software On these options trading platforms you can enter the underlying symbol and it will tell you the current call and put options available.If you don't know the underlying symbol for the option you can type in the stock symbol and it will show you the option symbol. Most of these option platforms will also tell you the volume ,strike prices and what month they expire plus many other charts and so on.Call and put option contracts are 1 contract equals 100 shares of the stock.
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Ltd Commodities futures
Remember that word diversification? Well, it applies in
ETFs also. By investing in ETFs that track the broad Commodity indexes as opposed to Commodity specific indexes such as Gold, Oil,
Natural Gas, you will have a portfolio of a group of Commodities and not all of them will be in conflict at the same time.
Some may actually be inverted markets and this offers great pricing at rollovers for the ETFs. You should see how inverted
markets offer lower prices with each succeeding contract. One note of caution about Commodity ETFs: Always read the broker's prospectus and make sure that the ETF is tracking the physical Commodities and that the ETF is not tracking companies related to producing or processing these Commodities.
ETFs that have baskets of Commodities in each:
RJI - Rogers International Commodity
GSG – S&P GSCI Commodity Index
GCC – Green Haven Continuous Commodity Index
DJP – Dow Jones Commodity Index
DBC – Powershares DB Commodity Index
Ltd Commodities
ETFs also. By investing in ETFs that track the broad Commodity indexes as opposed to Commodity specific indexes such as Gold, Oil,
Natural Gas, you will have a portfolio of a group of Commodities and not all of them will be in conflict at the same time.
Some may actually be inverted markets and this offers great pricing at rollovers for the ETFs. You should see how inverted
markets offer lower prices with each succeeding contract. One note of caution about Commodity ETFs: Always read the broker's prospectus and make sure that the ETF is tracking the physical Commodities and that the ETF is not tracking companies related to producing or processing these Commodities.
ETFs that have baskets of Commodities in each:
RJI - Rogers International Commodity
GSG – S&P GSCI Commodity Index
GCC – Green Haven Continuous Commodity Index
DJP – Dow Jones Commodity Index
DBC – Powershares DB Commodity Index
Friday, January 10, 2014
Trading with Equity Feed
The latest evolution of the Equity Feed platform provides its users with:
Timely and actionable market data through an information platform that’s rock-solid in terms of stability, accuracy and as near zero-latency as possible. EquityFeed has achieved this through an algorithmic-grade ticker plant and proprietary client-side compression technology.
Data that is clean and simple to use. Reducing clutter makes it easier for you to access the data you need to make trading decisions. Unlike others tools we’ve tried, EquityFeed places a strong emphasis on making their tools easy to read and interpret – the super-slick user-interface clearly reflects that.
TradeConnect gives TD AMERITRADE™ account holders the ability to trade directly through EquityFeed’s proprietary trading platform.
An unwavering commitment to innovation and education, with their video tutorials and weekly webinars.You cannot always pick the highs and lows. Try and stay near the support and resistance levels when making a stock or especially a forex trade. The more you learn how to read stock and forex charts the less risk you will take when trading.
Equity feed
Timely and actionable market data through an information platform that’s rock-solid in terms of stability, accuracy and as near zero-latency as possible. EquityFeed has achieved this through an algorithmic-grade ticker plant and proprietary client-side compression technology.
Data that is clean and simple to use. Reducing clutter makes it easier for you to access the data you need to make trading decisions. Unlike others tools we’ve tried, EquityFeed places a strong emphasis on making their tools easy to read and interpret – the super-slick user-interface clearly reflects that.
TradeConnect gives TD AMERITRADE™ account holders the ability to trade directly through EquityFeed’s proprietary trading platform.
An unwavering commitment to innovation and education, with their video tutorials and weekly webinars.You cannot always pick the highs and lows. Try and stay near the support and resistance levels when making a stock or especially a forex trade. The more you learn how to read stock and forex charts the less risk you will take when trading.
How to chose the right entry point
Stock traders need to have a trading plan in place to decide when to enter or buy a stock. Having the right entry point will make a trader more money and have less risk on their trades. Smart investors always have a well designed buying strategy. They have back tested the trading plan and know when to take good trades from chart analysis and research. This is most important when determining the entry point when buying a stock.
Stock and Forex Entry Points Traders need to look at the trend to make sure when they make a buy that they are not trading against a strong trend. make sure to look at how long the trend has been in place. You need to look at the profit potential before you make the trade. Ask yourself is the amount of profit worth the risk. You should always assets the amount of risk before worrying about the profit. Of course the larger number of stock shares purchased will get you to a smaller profit faster with less risk.
Stock and Forex Entry Points Traders need to look at the trend to make sure when they make a buy that they are not trading against a strong trend. make sure to look at how long the trend has been in place. You need to look at the profit potential before you make the trade. Ask yourself is the amount of profit worth the risk. You should always assets the amount of risk before worrying about the profit. Of course the larger number of stock shares purchased will get you to a smaller profit faster with less risk.
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Best emini day trading signals
The emini futures market makes price swings every day and to experienced traders these are predictable, using either fundamental analysis, and watching the trend. Emini traders all know, technical analysis or a combination of both will reduce the risk and make more money on the emini futures trades. Futures traders will use some form of strategy based around news events and a thorough understanding of the macro economic mix. Emini futures traders need to decide on which charting tool works the best for them. There is an inherent need for futures traders to try out what charting indicator works the best and learn it inside and out.
Emini trading
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