Demystifying bollinger bands and why traders should always combine the Bollinger Bands with other technical indicators to improve market timing.
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SEC Filings: Forms You Need To Know For Hot Stock Picks
Most people would prefer to avoid reading never ending documents whenever they can, but lengthy 8-K SEC filings are a necessity for the serious investor. We shed light into this topic and show examples on how you can speed up your research significantly.
Continue readingMean Reversion Volatility Strategy
Ever wondered if you can design a profitable trading strategy by trading volatility ETFs ? Well, yes you can. Those ETFs are highly ineffective vehicles on a long term investment horizon. However short term strategies have shown to be a rewarding way to trade these ETFs. Before we move onto strategy design we have to choose two volatility ETFs for backtesting. We will backtest our strategies with VXX and XIV ETFs since they are the most widely traded ones and have enough trading volume to keep our slippage low and guarantee fast order execution.
Continue readingVideo Wall Street Code
A thrilling documentary about a genius algorithm builder who dared to stand up against Wall Street. Haim Bodek aka The Algo Arms Dealer. Haim Bodek is a former Goldman and UBS trader who has come firmly out against how stock exchanges work with high frequency traders. Mr. Bodek had worked with rapid-fire trading firms to give them an unfair edge over everyday investors.
Continue readingBrainstorming Ideas To Create Winning Crude Oil Trading Strategy
We gonna show you something really interesting and when done correctly it can be exploited. We are talking about imbalances. You can basically do this with any time frame and any contract especially those with rising volatility and severe directional price changes for a prolonged period of time.
Continue readingDetermine Fundamental Over and Under Valuation with Gold
How does one determine whether an asset is fundamentally undervalued or overvalued? Gold. It’s the ultimate storehouse of value. Let’s have a look into the present and see if we can construct an indicator and use the gold price to measure the value of any commodity.
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