Stocks that aren’t listed on a conventional exchange but trade through the NASDAQ system are managed with a very different mechanism. There’s absolutely no centralized exchange, but there’s a method of competing market makers who post quotes on NASDAQ stocks. The spreads between the bid and ask prices are normally much larger for NASDAQ stocks…
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Emotion and Stock Trading
The stock exchange is driven solely by human emotion. Nothing else really matters. Human emotion is driven by perception, and perception is jaded by expectations. If your expectations aren’t fulfilled, than your perception is that this is awful. If your expectations are high, you likely will be disappointed. The trick then is to gauge the…
Traders, Defend Against the Dreaded Death Spiral.
It’s often been said that there’s only two ways to get hurt really bad on a stock exchange, becoming caught in a”death spiral” by not using DTM: Decisive Trade Management in the means of stop loses and using a stock stopped on you. Halts you have zero control over. Death spirals are of your own…
How To Make, And Keep, Money Trading Stocks
If you’re serious about making and keeping money by trading stocks, then there are 3 things you will need to do, and do well. Money management Orders Trading system Money management Money management comes first. Without a rock-solid way of managing your trading funds, you trading results will be only be fair at best. Money…