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Trading Tips :
Supply/Demand, Liquidity and Executions HOW, WHERE, WHEN
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| There is little doubt that the only real way to learn how to trade is to trade. As well, the only real way to learn the mechanics of executing is to execute. However, there are some fundamental specifics of each routing tool that we hope to reiterate and some smart ways of getting through the initial learning curve that everyone experiences. |
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Trading Tips :
Protect yourself from a concentrated stock position
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| Imagine you’re a well-paid corporate executive at XYZ company who’s accumulated a large block of company stock. Or perhaps you’re a business owner who just sold your operation to XYZ. Or maybe you inherited a big chunk of XYZ stock from your long-lost uncle Joe, who worked at an XYZ factory for over thirty years. |
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Trading Tips :
Pre and Post “ Market “ Trading
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| In an ever changing marketplace where ECN’s, Alternative Trading Systems, traditional exchanges, and Wall Street firm alliances are becoming commonplace the landscape surrounding trading “pre-market” as well as “post-market” has become murky and sometimes difficult to keep pace with. In addition, some of the rules and methods for trading through these systems have different conditions when done outside of market hours. Here we hope to clarify some of the confusion on pre and post market trading. First we will cover some of the mechanics and then focus on the trading. Before that, lets define what the trading day is and what market hours are. At this point, U.S. markets still consider a trading day to be the 24-hour period from midnight till midnight Eastern Standard Time. Most market participants still interpret “market hours” to mean the hours that the NYSE is open for trading, 9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. EST. Now lets address when trades can actually be done. |
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Trading Tips :
About Settling Trades in Three Days: T+3
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| Investors must settle their security transactions in three business days. This settlement cycle is known as "T+3" — shorthand for "trade date plus three days."
This rule means that when you buy securities, the brokerage firm must receive your payment no later than three business days after the trade is executed. When you sell a security, you must deliver to your brokerage firm your securities certificate no later than three business days after the sale. |
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Trading Tips :
Accounts – Opening A Brokerage Account
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| When you open a brokerage account, your broker will typically ask you to sign a new account agreement. You should carefully review all the information in this agreement because it determines your legal rights regarding your account. Do not sign the new account agreement unless you thoroughly understand it and agree with the terms and conditions it imposes on you. Do not rely on statements about your account that are not in this agreement. |
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Trading Tips :
Tips for Online Investing
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| The price of some stocks, especially recent "hot" IPOs and high tech stocks, can soar and drop suddenly. In these fast markets when many investors want to trade at the same time and prices change quickly, delays can develop across the board. Executions and confirmations slow down, while reports of prices lag behind actual prices. In these markets, investors can suffer unexpected losses very quickly. |
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