January 09, 2020
What Is Market Volume? Market volume is the number of contracts, lots, or shares that change hands over the course of a given period. Also referred to as traded volume or simply as volume, market volume is widely viewed as being a key barometer of participation. In practice, volume is a product of ...
February 12, 2019
Similar to traditional mutual funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs) are popular investment vehicles among market participants. One particularly attractive aspect of ETFs is the diversity of offerings, including the equity, debt, commodity and currency asset classes. Even cryptocurrencies such as ...
August 21, 2018
Elliott Wave Theory is a facet of technical analysis used to decipher the pricing charts of equity, futures or currency products. Developed by accountant-turned-analyst Ralph Nelson Elliott in the first half of the 20th century, Elliott Wave Theory (also known as the Elliott Wave Principle) aims to ...
March 14, 2018
Forex trading is a global pastime that includes individuals from all walks of life and geographic locales. From the most experienced market veteran to the greenest novice, the foreign exchange markets facilitate the pursuit of a broad spectrum of financial goals. Amid the massive numbers of traders ...
December 18, 2017
A Gann retracement is essentially a correction in the price of a stock. Retracements occur when selling pressure from investors and traders taking profits causes an otherwise rising stock price to fall, bringing an overbought stock back down to a more reasonable level and providing the investor ...
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