Author: lindsay

Dan Gramza & Daily Market Studies

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For those not familiar with Dan Gramza, he is a well known author, advisor, educator, and trader. Not only is he president of Gramza Capital Management, Inc., and DMG Advisors, LLC, but he is also the author of “Trading In The Eye Of The Storm” and “The Handbook of Japanese Candle Trading Strategies." Gramza has appeared on CNN’s “Moneyline,” Reuters TV and Bloomberg TV. Watch Gramza's complimentary daily analysis.

Gramza is a respected educator and analyst, and is an instructor for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Education Center, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange DePaul University, The Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Stock Exchange.

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Daily Market Studies with Dan Gramza

Dan Gramza’s daily market studies is an on-line educational resource brought to you by INO.com and the CME Group. This complimentary sign-up will allow you to accesses videos of Dan Gramza as he discusses some of the prior day setups in each of the CME Group markets. Dan presents graphs in his easy to understand teaching style to provide insights, considerations and implications for trading futures and options on Stock Indexes, Forex, Grains, Precious Metals and more.

Access Gramza's complimentary daily analysis.

All the best,

INO.com & The INO TV Team

The Greatest Investment Lesson You'll Ever Learn

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Today's guest post was submitted by Dr. Steve Sjuggeurd, founding editor of Daily Wealth. Dr. Sjuggeurd shares two tips he feels will help you wrestle the markets and come out on top. Feel free to share, comment and enjoy.

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My friend Elwood is as smart as anyone, anywhere.

I met Elwood when I moved to the Northeast Florida coast a decade ago. Elwood broke the hillbilly stereotype. I learned a Southern accent doesn't mean you're uneducated (just like a New York accent doesn't necessarily mean you're pushy and abrasive).

When Elwood talks, I listen. Elwood stopped by my office the other day. It turns out, he just had his first "ten-bagger"... a stock he owned that went up tenfold. I asked him to tell me the story. Continue reading "The Greatest Investment Lesson You'll Ever Learn" →

Traders Toolbox: Money Management Part 1 of 4 Revisited...

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Trader's Toolbox

At MarketClub our mission is to help you become a better trader. Our passion is creating superior trading tools to help you achieve your goals -- no matter which way the markets move -- with objective and unbiased recommendations not available from brokers.

The Trader's Toolbox posts are just another free resource from MarketClub.

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"Crucial but often overlooked, money management practices can mean the difference between winning and losing in the markets.

Plenty of books, manuals, and software packages will help you form and opinion of a market, but not many will tell you how to trade once you have decided to get long or short. The goal of money management is to increase the odds of high quality trades. And as we’ll see, leaving the money management variable out of your trading equation can lead to ruin, even if you’re correct about the market direction.

In a broad sense, money management can encompass those elements of trading outside the initial decision to get long or short in a given market or markets – that is, how many positions to put on, when to get out, where to place protective stops. More specifically, it refers to the strategic allocation of capital to limit risk and optimize trading performance in the long run. Allocation of capital can refer to how much money to put into any one market or how much money to risk on any one trade. These decision directly affect how many positions to put on and where to place stop orders...."

Revisit the Trader's Toolbox Post: "Money Management Part 1 of 4" here.

High Frequency Trading: What’s The Real Story? An Answer to 60 Minutes

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Today's guest post comes from our friends at Lightspeed Trading. In this article, Lightspeed's CEO, Steve Ehrlich, will share his thoughts and some analysis on high frequency trading inspired by a 60 Minutes episode. Please visit their site to learn more about Lightspeed and Steve Ehrlich.
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By Steve Ehrlich
Lightspeed Financial, CEO

October 27th, 2010 – Where does the blame for the financial meltdown lie? The public is looking for a scapegoat for the financial slowdown and regulators have found one for them… High Frequency Traders. This blame game is very similar to what occurred during the Great Depression of 1929 when short sellers in the stock market were singled out and vilified as the “cause” of the economic woes in the United States. Today, it’s hedge funds, dark pools, and high frequency traders that are being targeted as the prime cause of the financial trouble in the United States and around the world. Continue reading "High Frequency Trading: What’s The Real Story? An Answer to 60 Minutes" →

Penny Stock Basics - High Risk, High Reward

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Today's guest blogger is PennyStocksVIP. They have kindly offered to share sections of their members' only PDF with our blog visitors today. Although risky, penny stocks have a certain charm. These excerpts will share simple definitions and information about these high risk, high reward stocks. Learn more about PennyStocksVIP and their complimentary alerts.

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What are Penny Stocks?

First, let us define what a penny stock is. While there is no real definition that is commonly agreed upon, how investors behave with certain stocks give us clues. Most stocks trading at below $5.00 are treated as Penny Stocks. This, even though being the mist defining of the criteria, is not all there is to look at. There are three major guidelines to follow to see if you are looking at a Penny Stock.

1) Price per share: As mentioned above, the trading price range helps determine if a stock is a penny stock. The lower it is, the closer it is to being a Penny stock, although there is no exact point when this happens.

2) Markets: Depending on where a stock is traded, such as Over The Counter Bulletin Board (OTC-BB), Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) or Pink Sheets, it may categorize a company as a Penny Stock. As Penny Stocks trade on different market exchanges, one will need to know where their stock of interest is trading before setting up an order. Continue reading "Penny Stock Basics - High Risk, High Reward" →