tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:54:00 +0000Educating investors on how to successfully use Japanese Candlesticks for investing in stocks, commodities, futures trading, and options trading.http://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/noreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)Blogger340125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-5821929911763355291Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:54:00 +00002010-04-30T07:54:00.753-05:00History repeats itself and so does the Forex market. That is why Forex trade signals work. Forex trade signals are technical analysis tools that evolved from the Candlestick analysis of hundreds of years ago. Japanese rice traders realized that there were patterns to trading and that they repeated. Thus Candlestick charting techniques and Candlestick chart analysis gave the practitioner a decidedhttp://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/04/forex-trade-signals.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-6005075673352134175Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:01:00 +00002010-04-27T08:01:00.921-05:00Limit orders are placed to avoid buying stock at a price higher than you want to. Limit orders are also placed to avoid selling stock at a price lower than you want to. Buy limit orders can only be executed at the limit price or lower, and sell limit orders can only be executed at the limit price or higher. The investment risk attached to such orders is that in a fast moving stock market the http://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/04/limit-orders.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-5622864419509198722Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:24:00 +00002010-04-23T08:24:00.693-05:00Uncovered puts can but a very profitable and effective way to trade options. Traders engage in selling puts when technical analysis and fundamental analysis of the equity market in general and the underlying equity in particular will be stable for the course of the options contracts. Selling puts places an obligation on the seller to sell the underlying if the buyer so chooses. This is unlike http://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/04/uncovered-puts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-4654400923674907264Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:16:00 +00002010-04-20T08:16:00.747-05:00Successful traders base their options trading strategy upon the results of their fundamental analysis and technical analysis of the options markets. The trader chooses which options exchange to trade options in and which underlying equity to use for options trading. Then the trader uses technical analysis tools such as Candlestick chart patterns to understand options volatility, trading volume, http://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/04/options-trading-strategy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-4187057771746469200Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:14:00 +00002010-04-16T09:14:00.491-05:00The cost of trading includes more than commissions, fees, and premiums. The cost of trading takes in all monies paid and foregone in the pursuit of opportunity in trading stocks, commodities, futures, and options contracts. Online brokers can attract clients with the promise of low commissions. Although commissions count in the cost of trading they can pale in comparison to the cost of trading inhttp://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/04/cost-of-trading.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-8966632844836020478Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:12:00 +00002010-04-13T09:12:00.194-05:00An option premium is the price of an option. Options contracts have a strike price which is the price at the contract will be settled, if exercised, on or before the contract expiration date. The difference between the current market price, the spot price, and the strike price is what makes for profit or loss in options trading. The options premium is paid by the buyer of the option to the sellerhttp://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/04/option-premium.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-2551624246636900846Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:14:00 +00002010-04-09T08:14:00.294-05:00There are a number of technical indicators that can help you predict a market reversal either large or small. Understanding patterns on technical analysis charts is the first step in anticipating a market reversal and being ready to trade at the right moment. It makes no difference if you are going to be buying stocks, shorting stocks, buying puts, selling puts, buying calls, selling calls, or http://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/04/market-reversal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-2975470374346265312Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:10:00 +00002010-04-06T08:10:00.416-05:00Traders make money on market volatility. So does long term investing although investors call it value stock investing. Using market analysis systems, watching the market news and market indexes, and engaging in market timing is all because of market volatility. If the markets don’t go up and down there aren’t any big profits. Technical analysis helps predict where market volatility will go next http://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/04/market-volatility.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-1679758026538400185Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:15:00 +00002010-04-02T08:15:00.328-05:00A trading channel is a useful tool for medium and short term trading of equities. It is the space between a parallel set of lines on technical analysis charts. For this charting pattern to emerge the price of stocks needs to move reliably between support and resistance zones. A channel is only considered tradable when the stock price has cycled back and forth at least three or four times. A http://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/04/trading-channel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-5977035388221991858Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:13:00 +00002010-03-30T08:13:00.556-05:00Successful stock investing can be very complicated and it can be very simple depending upon your approach. Successful stock investing starts with deciding on a strategy for stock picking, buying stock, and holding for long term investing. It includes knowing how and when to sell stock. Investing in the stock market involves homework, attention to detail, diversifying a stock portfolio and other http://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/03/successful-stock-investing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-8397249877192493684Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:23:00 +00002010-03-26T10:23:00.337-05:00To learn options trading there are five steps. Learning what you need to know will be a snap if you take Options Training with Stephen Bigelow. Finding the right tools will be easy with professional advice. Developing sound options strategies is essential to options investing. Practicing options trading in simulation is wise. Last is trading options, using technical analysis tools such as http://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/03/learn-options-trading.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-3355290473764714888Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:58:00 +00002010-03-23T09:58:00.179-05:00Anyone who wants to make money day trading needs to learn day trading basics. Day trading basics are whether you engage in fundamental analysis or technical analysis of stocks, commodities, or futures. Which equity market to trade in is important, as is how much to invest per trade. Managing investment risk involves deciding when to trade and when to stop. Day trading basics start with the old http://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/03/day-trading-basics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-8757302500205616858Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:19:00 +00002010-03-19T10:19:00.772-05:00The process of setting investing goals is a good method of organizing and directing your investments. Investing for a secure retirement will entail long term investing, paying attention to the price to earnings ratio as well as stock price in value stock investing. Investing shorter term to help buy a home may mean a more leveraged approach using options trading, investing in the futures markets,http://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/03/investing-goals.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-7824770363115514832Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:04:00 +00002010-03-16T10:04:00.067-05:00Whether traders are involved in the stock market, commodities markets, options trading, futures trading, or trading the foreign exchange market there are trading limits. A daily trading limit is the maximum that an equity can go up or down in a day before the security exchange halts trading for the day. Personal trading limits include the limit orders that traders use to reduce investment risk. http://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/03/trading-limits.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-4953627795295408019Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:19:00 +00002010-03-12T18:20:39.212-06:00In projecting how a company will perform in the coming months or even years its officers will estimate the company’s anticipated earnings. Anticipated earnings are based upon expected consumer demand, ability to price effectively, and success in controlling costs. The basics of stock market investing such as fundamental analysis include using earnings projections in helping investors in picking http://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/03/anticipated-earnings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-7376866216375261338Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:22:00 +00002010-03-09T18:22:45.780-06:00Derivative contracts are agreements by which a trader gains leverage on investments in underlying financial instruments such as stock shares. Derivative contracts derive their value from the underlying instrument. However, they offer the opportunity for greater profit, the option to buy stock or sell stock at a given price, the possibility of hedging risk, and the possibility of trading where http://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/03/derivative-contracts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-3994112799555589007Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:54:00 +00002010-03-05T09:54:00.305-06:00A common means of profiting from investing in the stock market is investing in the business cycle. Business cycles are fluctuations in economic activity and production that last for months or years. Business cycles occur during long term economic growth, long term decline, and times of relative economic stagnation. Investing in the business cycle takes advantage of how different market sectors http://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/03/investing-in-business-cycle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-5599101302444245735Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:51:00 +00002010-03-02T09:51:00.846-06:00The use of the word strike to mean that a business deal has been consummated goes back to horse traders in Ireland slapping hands when a price was agreed on. In today’s world of traders the strike price is the agreed upon price of futures, commodities, or options contracts. This price differs from the current price of the underlying stock or commodity which is called the spot price. It is the http://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/03/strike-price.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-1654885745911295180Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:35:00 +00002010-02-26T10:35:00.261-06:00The spot price of a stock, stock option, or futures contracts is the current price, the price at which it can be bought or sold today. This is the price for immediate settlement, payment and delivery. In options trading the spot price is the stock price at which the stock shares sell at the time the options contract is settled. The strike price is the stock price at which the contract is settled.http://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/02/spot-price.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-4944369524335750950Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:30:00 +00002010-02-23T10:30:00.949-06:00One measure of the financial stability of a company is its ability to immediately retire current debt if necessary. The quick ration and the acid test are two similar calculations mean to determine if a company can immediately deal with debt. The difference is that the acid test typically does not include accounts receivable. Both calculations include cash and cash equivalents, marketable stocks http://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/02/quick-ratio.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-6790194527532649341Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:01:00 +00002010-02-19T07:01:00.326-06:00An initial public offering (IPO) is when a company offers shares of stock to the public for the first time. A company typically uses the services of underwriting brokerage firms or other companies experienced in picking the best offering price and timing for the offering. Initial public offerings can be a startup company looking for capital to bring products to market or it may be an established http://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/02/initial-public-offering.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-6940694101009549969Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:28:00 +00002010-02-16T10:28:00.618-06:00The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is the government agency that is the first line of responsibility for the oversight of the securities industry in the United States. The Securities and Exchange Commission oversees each stock exchange and the options markets. It is the SEC that oversees online trading, the online stock market, and says how much has to be in a margin account for tradershttp://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/02/securities-and-exchange-commission.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-4178838932104432234Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:18:00 +00002010-02-12T10:18:00.239-06:00Some stocks tend to cycle in value between a high and a low. When this cycle establishes itself the price range between the high and the low is a trading range. The top of the range is a resistance price or resistance zone. The bottom of the trading range is the support price or support zone. Many cyclical stocks have businesses very closed tied to the economy. Traders attempt to buy stocks at http://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/02/trading-range.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-5815532983876325297Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:11:00 +00002010-02-09T10:15:59.036-06:00Managing investment risk is learning to protect investment capital. Investors or traders can protect capital by diversifying an investment portfolio, placing limit orders on stocks, and to never trade or invest all capital at once in one stock market investment. No investor or trader ever is 100% successful with every investment and every trade. The ability to cut losses before they become huge http://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/02/protect-investment-capital.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13681647.post-3067550315198889234Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:53:00 +00002010-02-08T12:54:42.837-06:00 Generalized profit taking temporarily depresses a stock price during an upward stock trend. Traders and investors take profits in order to lock in gains on an advancing stock. A famous old saying is that you don’t have a profit on a stock until you take a profit. The temporary drop in stock price from profit taking is different from a correction in which the market analysis of a stock changes, http://www.candlestickforum.com/blogs/2010/02/profit-taking_05.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stephen W. Bigalow)0