When you embark on trading, you need to have a way of looking for trades.
Whether you want to trade shares, currencies or commodities, you'll need some type of system. You can't just randomly put trades on and hope for the best.
There are two main schools of analysis: Fundamental analysis and technical analysis.
So what's the difference between the two? And what's best for trading?
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Technical analysis can be a rather complex and daunting topic. It's vast. Some of the strategies make quantum physics look easy.
But the good news for you is, start with the most basic aspects of technical analysis and you can use it to your advantage.
One of these most basic aspects is support and resistance.
Read on to find out more…
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If you're looking for a trading strategy that can drastically improve your performance in the market, perhaps it's time to do this.
The strategy involves having a close look at every holding in your portfolio then asking yourself a simple question.
This strategy can improve your trading performance.
Let's take a closer look at what you need to do…
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Trading draws many people because of the lure of large gains. It's this greed factor that can become the overriding emotion when it comes to trading.
But greed has some bad side-effects attached.
If you want to succeed over the long-term, what should you do?
Read on to find out…
What greed does to traders
There are essentially three side-effects of greed…
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If you want to short sell a share, you want to profit from its share price falling.
By short selling a share, you'll borrow it from an existing owner, pay a fee for the privilege and then sell it back.
You can use a number of trading instruments to short sell. These include single stock futures, contracts for difference and options.
So what are the risks with short selling? And how can y... ››› more
If you're looking to short sell, you want to make money from a share falling in value.
You can do this by short selling financial instruments like single stock futures and contracts for difference.
But how can you spot a share that's about to fall in value? Read on to uncover two tell-tale signs…
Short sell opportunity #1: Companies never off the acquisition trail
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When it comes to trading certain assets, some strategies just aren't suitable for the job. Take gold for instance. Think about how erratic its price has been this year.
So what sort of trading strategy can help you trade something like gold? You can use swing trading.
Read on to find out more…
What is swing trading?
Trading commodities like gold is a risky business. The gold price... ››› more
Over the last week or so, there's been a bit of a pullback in the markets. And when something like this happens, it sends some traders running to start shorting stocks.
But these traders should remember that bull markets don't turn into bear markets overnight.
So what should you do? Read on to find out…
It’s not time to short the market
When the markets took a bit of a tumble la... ››› more
Moving averages smooth out a share price (or price of another asset). By reducing a lot of the volatility you see, you can use them to help pinpoint when a share is going to take a move higher.
But how do moving averages work in practise?
Let's take a closer look…
A worked example of moving averages
To help you get to grips with the workings of moving averages, let’s look at som... ››› more
If you're looking for a trading tool to help you get into a trade at the right time, then moving averages could be for you.
Moving averages can help you enter a trade before the price leaps higher.
So how do moving averages work? Let's take a closer look…
What are moving averages?
Moving averages smooth out the action of an asset’s price. In other words, it reduces a lot of the ... ››› more
Short selling is the opposite of the traditional way of buying (going long) shares or another security. Unlike buying a share in the hope the price will rise, short selling involves finding an overvalued share and betting that its price will fall.
Short selling goes against the ‘normal' principles of investing. But if you want to speculate on the financial market this is how you can take adva... ››› more
When it comes to trading, traders tend to use one of two different strategies. They either use fundamental analysis or they use technical analysis.
With short-term trading, technical analysis does have its advantages. It can help you time your trades, set take profit and stop loss levels, and take advantage of the current trend.
So what is technical analysis? And what are the most used techn... ››› more
For the last five years, we've had a raging bull market.
The JSE All Share Index rose by more than 116%. And many shares on the market have doubled and even tripled in price.
But a lot of traders are battling to make money in this market.
So today, I want to share with you what's probably the simplest strategy you'll ever find to make money trading…
How to get started using th... ››› more
A lot can happen on the stock market in a short period of time. If you want to try to enter a trade it can pay to move quickly.
So how can you time your trades and investments better? Well there's a nifty trading strategy that can help you do just that.
Read on to uncover exactly what this is and how it works…
How do Bollinger Bands work?
If you’re struggling to keep up with the mark... ››› more
Fibonacci analysis dates back to the beginning of the 1200s when Italian mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci unveiled a unique ratio and sequence found across the world. More recently analysts realised that his analysis works well when applied to the stock market. Let's take a closer look at why you should consider using Fibonacci analysis when you invest…
Fibonacci analysis applies across the w... ››› more
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