10 Ways to Avoid Blowing Up Your Trading Account

10 Ways to Avoid Blowing Up Your Trading Account

It may feel embarrassing, but it’s quite common to blow up your trading account. It happens more often than you think and even some of the greatest traders in the world have had it happen to them earlier in their careers. Many will say that it was a painful but...
What are Block Trades?

What are Block Trades?

When hedge funds and institutional investors buy and sell shares, they often do so in large quantities. These large trades, known as block trades, can be big enough to move the price of a stock. So, it’s important for traders to be able to recognize when block trades...
The Ultimate Guide to Bull Markets

The Ultimate Guide to Bull Markets

As the stock market continues higher, you hear the term bull market constantly as it applies to stocks. It’s a common term, but what does it really mean and how can you trade it? Is a bull market just when the markets go higher on a single day and does it still apply...
The Ultimate Guide to Using Bollinger Bands

The Ultimate Guide to Using Bollinger Bands

Many traders have an affinity for prioritizing technical analysis to interpret price action utilizing stock charts. One of the most popular technical indicators that traders use are Bollinger Bands (BBs). These indicators provide multiple functions and are commonly...
The Ultimate Guide to Bear Markets

The Ultimate Guide to Bear Markets

The market sells off, you are thrilled to fill your orders at the bid ready for the bounce. However, the bids keep sinking lower followed by more size on the ask. The support level you have been stalking for days has evaporated as more panic selling ensues. Your...
Advanced Stock Market Order Types for Traders

Advanced Stock Market Order Types for Traders

Executing trades by placing orders can be simple or complex depending on the orders types you implement. The access to different orders types depends solely on your brokerage platform.  While discount and zero-commission brokers attempt to simplify the process often...