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Short term trading can be quite profitable but a the same time, it can also be very risky. Short term trading usually lasts for only a few days and is characterized by quick thinking and pretty good intuitive skills aside from the essential requirement of excellent stock trading knowledge and analysis. Without these, traders may find it too stressful and risky to delve on short term trading. Successful traders who

The Fibonacci sequence may be a more common term in circles involving mathematics. But the more traders gain experience in the market that they belong, the same term seems to also become common among trading circles. In fact, the Fibonacci sequence has been used quite often by many experienced traders as a trading tool, mainly to help determine certain changes in trends affecting stocks as well as other investments

Insider trading has been cast in a negative light to the public. But in all actuality, insider trading is not always illegal. There are actually two types of insider trading- the legal and the illegal one. Defining illegal insider trading By definition, insider trading is generally the practice of trading a corporation’s stock or other securities usually done by individuals that has potential access to non-p

Trading in options is another way that a stock trader can be more flexible in terms of going through different deals in the market. Options are financial instruments that give the trader the right but is not obliged to engage in a future transaction. Unlike a forward or a future, options give the trader the flexibility of not exercising the right if he so decides not to. There are basically two types of options co

From the word itself, lockups occur when the shares of company insiders are "locked up." Lockup agreements prohibit employees, venture capitalists, and family and friends from selling their shares for a given time period. Typically, the company and its underwriter enter into a lockup agreement before the company goes public. This is to ensure that the insiders’ shares would not enter the market too