Raging Bull Trading

Investing in the stock market does not usually mean just picking one company’s shares, and then forgetting the investment. There are several different shares that people should understand. It’s a good idea to diversify investments across categories to ensure that it’s possible to avoid losing everything if one company goes under. Here are four categories of investments that all investors should understand.
Defensive Stocks
These stocks are related to consumer staples. Every investor should ke...

Return on equity (ROE) is considered as a measure of how effectively management is using investor capital to create profit. As well as to generate earnings growth. Simply put, the ROE ratio shows how much income each dollar of common stockholders equity generates. Thus making it important to you.
As simple as it is to calculate, return on equity is fundamentally important to your research and trading decisions. That is, as long as it is properly understood.
Investing in companies that generat...

While investing is a smart option for making money in the long run, it is definitely not a tactic for those who are looking to get rich quickly. Most of the times, investing is a long term process that requires patience and diligence on the investor. There is a certain amount of commitment that is required. An investor must realize that there are times in which the market will fluctuate up and down. Remaining calm throughout this roller coaster of an adventure is necessary.
Long-term investme...

Gross income is an income statement entry that reflects total revenues minus the cost of goods cold (COGS). Simply put, it’s the revenue from sales minus the cost of those products.
Gross income is also referred to as gross profit. It tells you how much money a company would have made if there were no other charges. Such as operating expenses, interest payments, and taxes.
Gross income is important to you because it reflects the core profitability of a company before overhead costs. It can al...

I’m sure you’ve heard of the term ‘asset allocation’. It can help an investor to balance risk and reward using a well-thought-out portfolio. Many investors include large cap stocks in their asset allocation due to the unique advantages that they offer.
If you have been thinking about adding large cap stocks to your portfolio, there are some notable pros and cons you must consider. In this article, we will discuss those and it will help you decide for yourself if an investment in them is right...

Options trading can be an exciting form of trading, and there can be opportunity to make big profits while also reducing the risks. With so many options strategies to choose from, it can be challenging for a beginner to decide which approach will work best in which situation.
The long call option strategy is ideal for those looking out to make profits from bullish movements. However, what precisely does this entail and when should you use it. Before we delve into the details of the long call ...

Monitoring chart patterns is one of the most basic technical analysis activities that day traders and swing traders routinely use. This is because chart patterns can help you predict future price behavior more accurately.
Basically, the pattern shows that the price action is not as random as many traders believe but instead follows repetitive movements and when it forms particular patterns, it tends to act in a specific manner.
What are some of the patterns that can help you to become a more ...

For anyone that is new to stock trading or the stock market in general, a volatile market is an important concept to be familiar with. In a nutshell, a volatile market is one where prices and trade volume can move quickly, dramatically, and unpredictably. Traders operating within a volatile market can incur tremendous gains or losses, depending on the particular stock they are investing in.
Trade Volume Skyrockets
One way to identify a volatile stock market is by observing the volume of stock...

Not so long ago, trading stocks was exclusive to brokers and people working for large banks and financial institutions. With the rise of the digital era, buying and selling stocks is open to anyone with an internet connection.
However, it is not as easy to start trading just by opening an online brokerage account and hitting the buy or sell button. Day trading is one of those categories in the investing world where you need experience, a plan, and a whole lot of discipline. Here is a quick lo...

Options: Your Advanced Strategy to Hedging the Risks
Every successful investor needs a strategy that hedges the risks of entering the stock market. Options reduce your risks by giving you a conditional right to buy or sell.
What are Options? How Do They Work?
Instead of an actual purchase or sale, an option is the right to buy or sell. Think of reserving the right to buy or sell at a specific price. More importantly, think of how often you’ve tried to enter the market but couldn’t find a buye...

I told Weekly Money Multiplier members yesterday that the market would pick a direction this week. And it didn’t take long, it picked lower.
After fighting to stay above the $283 level for the past few days, and even rallying to $284 yesterday morning, the market gave it all back to sit just above $280 at the close yesterday.
As I mentioned last week, SPY $280 is the Death Line. It’s a major recent low and a psychologically important level. And today, we gapped below that level.
One thing I h...

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The market kicked off 4th of July celebrations early by making new highs.
The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all hit record levels. There’s no arguing with the chart — the bulls are back in command.
But stocks aren’t the only game in town… or the only assets moving higher.
Both gold and bonds are screaming higher while waving a warning sign. In fact, both have outperformed the S&P 500 over the past three months. Stocks (black), gold (yellow) and bonds (blue) can’t continue to go up together forever....

Unfortunately, unexpected events are often part of life. That said, occurrences like job loss, divorce, and illness have the potential to be quite costly and leave impacted individuals in serious financial difficulties. The following brief blog will highlight several ways in which people can save money to cope with unexpected events and their aftermath.
Be Prepared
The most important step in preparing for the unexpected is to be prepared. Preparedness starts with the acknowledgment that unpla...

Experienced investors know that selling a stock at the right time is just as crucial as buying at the right time. To profit from stocks, people must treat each of these equally. Here are some reasons why successful investors sell stocks.
Fundamentals
Many skilled investors will sell a stock if a company’s fundamentals begin to fail. If a company starts to show signs of lagging fundamentals, it often triggers an immediate sell signal. Lagging fundamentals include excess debt, falling sales, an...