Tag: position

Before you embark upon a journey of trading stocks or futures contract, and prior to making any transactions, you MUST determine and establish your risk level.Dealers that fail to do this are often doomed from the beginning.The simple fact is that almost all trading accounts which go bust are due to the failure to ascertain at what stage the dealer will cut their losses and move on to another trade...

You have decided to try your luck in trading commodities or stocks, but so called experts tell you that you will need to ascertain your trading objective.Just what does this mean and why is it important? Well, it is really a matter of your trading philosophy.A trading goal basically identifies the horizon where you have chosen to trade.As an example, a day trader will have completely different set of goals and objectives than will a long term investor...

An investor could find and study the best inventory on the current market, one with enormous potential but if the overall market indices are negative, it will almost certainly be the wrong time to purchase.A stock with enormous accelerating earnings, increasing sales, an up-trending graph pattern and a strong industry group may seem excellent to purchase but will mean absolutely nothing if the sector is set to move in the opposite direction of your expectations...