This is part 3 of a 3 part series on Futures. If you’ve seen the movie Trading Places with Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd, then you’ve seen the nitty gritty futures market in action. If you haven’t, here’s a quick clip explaining the basics of the market. [youtube g4Uv4ftekaI&] Let’s Start with Some Key Definitions [...]
Fortune tellers read signs so they can ‘see’ the future. And traders use technical indicators do the same. A technical indicator is basically a picture of numbers. Every basic indicator starts with prices. A stock price changes all day but the 4 most important prices are the price when the market opens, the price when [...]
Ready to put some real money in? Well, you can go directly to a company and buy shares through them or you can pay a stockbroker to take care of all of that. Most stockbrokers charge for their services when you trade Here is a list of some common brokerage firms: Scottrade Zecco OptionsXpress Trade [...]
