Modern Portfolio Theory
Modern Portfolio Theory is the study of the attempt to build an investment portfolio that has the maximum return for the minimum amount of equivalent risk. The goal of highest return/lowest risk is achieved by the More...
Japanese Candlestick Chart
The Japanese Candlestick chart is a graphic tool used by technical analysts to help them see a securities price movement data during a set time frame. The timeframe of the chart produces one candlestick per that More...
Earnings Per Share (EPS)
The Earnings per Share or EPS of a company is an amount of earnings in currency terms per each share of that company’s stock that is outstanding and on the open market. As an example, if X company has 15,000,000GBP More...
FTSE continues to rise, despite BT’s stumble
The FTSE 100 continued to rise late on Tuesday, despite concerns at British Telecom (BT Group). BT fell by just short of 6% after negative feedback from Merrill Lynch on its plans for reform. The group had formulated More...
Reducing risk when using fundamental analysis
If you have already designed or attained a trading strategy then you would appreciate that adhering to its concepts for any length of time is difficult especially if you have not developed a powerful trading mindset. More...
Elliott Wave Theory
The Elliott Wave Theory is a principle that tells a story of the state of a financial market’s investor psychology. It is a measure of market psychology by investment sector and not by investment product. In More...
CBOE Volatility Index (VIX)
The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is a widely used indicator or the implied volatility of the broader US market as measured by the S&P 500 index options. The VIX index is set to increase in value when the implied More...
‘Trading with the Trend’ Strategy
Strategies based on trading ‘Trend Retracements’ have become popular because they primarily allow you to trade with the trend. However, you will only be able to perform this method well if you learn how to differentiate More...
How to Develop a Strategy Using Technical Analysis
One of the most commonly used Forex Strategies is trading breakouts because it is simply to execute and can generate impressive profits. The primary feature of this strategy is that, if the price of an asset has More...
Analyzing major price formations using technical analysis
When you are trading the financial markets you should appreciate that price is moving in a sequence of oscillations with each one possessing a bottom and a top. Such configurations can often represent serious reversals More...