Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

An important part of successful long term investing, and success in life, is effective asset allocation. In the stock market the asset classes are bonds and stocks versus cash or money market funds. Other assets include a person’s home, business investments, and for...
Pivot Points and Options Trading

Pivot Points and Options Trading

Technical indicators are essential tools for trading the markets. One that options traders can find useful is the pivot point. A pivot point is a combination of the average between the intraday high and the previous day’s closing price. The basic use of this indicator...
Is Flash Trading Profitable?

Is Flash Trading Profitable?

A type of algorithmic trading used by high-frequency traders that execute trades in fractions of seconds is called flash trading. Generally this approach requires software that automates the trades but it can, in theory, be done manually. Where is this approach to...