MAKE MONEY WORK FOR YOU

Like it or not, money is a part of our everyday lives and the more you understand money the better. Explore ways to make money work hard for you, instead of you working hard for money all through life. Don't be a slave to money your whole life, leave the rat race as soon as possible. [...]

TRADING HOURS

All time ranges below are in local time. Most markets are closed in weekends and some local holidays. STOCKMARKET HOURS Note: The list above is dynamically generated, via a web service. See source. WORLD TIME This is a dynamically generate time table, shows the time and uses colors to show if its night or day. Here [...]

TYPES OF TRADING

SCALPING Lightning-fast trades grabbing tiny profits from dozens to hundreds of tiny price moves per day. Time frame: Very short term Holding period: Seconds to minutes (< 120 seconds) Focus: Monitoring for 30 min. when market opens Charts: 1 minute USD $25,000 minimum or CDF High leverage, high intensity DAY TRADING Buying and selling the [...]

INVESTMENT PSYCHOLOGY

Imagine the stock market as a big battle arena where: Bulls (buyers / demand / optimism) push / gore the price up. Bears (sellers / supply / fear) slap the price down. INVESTMENT PERSONALITIES BEAR BULL CHICKEN OSTRICH PIG RABBIT SHEEP STAG TURTLE WHALE ROBOT The emotional roller coster Most new investors struggle to control [...]

INVESTMENT STRATEGY

A successful investor needs an agile strategy to consistently and rationally evaluate and adapt to the ever-changing market conditions. It's like a game plan for managing your portfolio, so you know which goals your trying to achieve, your buying- and selling strategies, limits and risk assessment. Risk avertion and preference for plessure (want to) before [...]

ASSET CLASSES

An asset class is a grouping of investments that exhibit similar characteristics and are subject to the same laws and regulations. Asset classes are made up of instruments which often behave similarly to one another in the marketplace. LOW RISK ASSETS Certificates of deposit (CDs) Bonds HIGH RISK ASSETS Equities (Stocks) Mutual Funds Index Funds [...]