Sentences with phrase «enter stock positions»

If you enter a stock position with a single order of 2000 shares and exit the position with two 1000 share orders, all three trades will be grouped together as one day trade.

Not exact matches

«As we enter 2014 with a much cleaner inventory position, the team's number one operation focus is on in - stocks — ensuring we have the right quantity of each item in the right place at the right time,» Steinhafel said on the earnings call.

An RSI value of over 70 indicates an overbought position, and a point at which the stock may be about to enter a period of downward price movements.

Again, entering a new short position while a stock is breaking down below the low of a range is not something we are very comfortable doing:

As a «sell» signal matures and becomes more confirmed by time and price, short selling of weak stocks also becomes part of the trading plan, but for now it is still too early to enter new short positions for momentum swing trading.

This morning I had entered some significant positions in Microsoft stock...

As we entered into neutral mode on October 5, we began exiting all long positions in individual stocks and started focusing primarily on swing trading ETFs with a low correlation to the direction of the overall stock market (ie.

When a stock is highly liquid, you can easily enter and exit positions without directly influencing the stock's price.

Since generating the «sell» signal on April 4, 2012 that got us out of our long positions near the top, right before stocks entered into a correction, we have subsequently been positioned in a combination of cash and short positions or inverse ETFs.

For example, entering into an extensive position in a stock has restricted possibility because the investor can lose no more than the initial amount invested.

Entering a short position while a stock or ETF is still rallying has a very high risk of getting your stop run.

So, all in all, I had the feeling that I get good value for money when I entered into a new stock position.

There is not yet any technical reason to assume the broad market has formed a significant bottom, but it is equally risky to enter new short positions right now because stocks are due for a substantial bounce (the Nasdaq is on pace for its sixth consecutive week of losses).

On the other hand, when people are scared of entering the market especially after a major stock market crash, experienced investors know how to quickly take positions in order to take advantage of the low stock prices.

This means we view normal, short - term pullbacks in uptrending stocks as buying opportunities to enter new long positions; our trend - following system does NOT allow us to sell short quick pullbacks of strong stocks and ETFs in an uptrending stock market.

Therefore, we're not in a hurry to enter multiple new positions (either long or short) ahead of the holidays, but will still consider new stock and / or ETF trade entries (possibly on the short side and / or inverse ETFs) with reduced share size if an ideal trade setup with a firmly positive reward - risk ratio presents itself.

Connor Williams entered the 2017 college football season with top - ten hype after performing like one of the elite players at his position as a true - sophomore for the Longhorns; however, he injuries and an awful game against Maryland hurt his draft stock.

For example, bringing up an energy stock quote and entering a position takes but a few seconds.

Observing that stock prices rose dramatically when owner - managers of «Wall Street's orphaned stars» decided to sell, and outside investors were «typically a diffuse bunch in no position to put heat on the controlling insiders,» activist investors saw the obvious value proposition and path to a catalyst and entered the fray.

When I trade a small number of shares, let's say 1,000 shares, I put a stop market order (That's my prefered order for entering a position), and I'm in with all the 1,000 shares (sometime with a little slippage) when the stock's price of 19.38 $ has been hit.

In my small unique book «The small stock trader» I also had more detailed overview of tens of stock trading mistakes (http://thesmallstocktrader.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/stock-day-trading-mistakessinceserrors-that-cause-90-of-stock-traders-lose-money/): • EGO (thinking you are a walking think tank, not accepting and learning from you mistakes, etc.) • Lack of passion and entering into stock trading with unrealistic expectations about the learning time and performance, without realizing that it often takes 4 - 5 years to learn how it works and that even +50 % annual performance in the long run is very good • Poor self - esteem / self - knowledge • Lack of focus • Not working ward enough and treating your stock trading as a hobby instead of a small business • Lack of knowledge and experience • Trying to imitate others instead of developing your unique stock trading philosophy that suits best to your personality • Listening to others instead of doing your own research • Lack of recordkeeping • Overanalyzing and overcomplicating things (Zen - like simplicity is the key) • Lack of flexibility to adapt to the always / quick - changing stock market • Lack of patience to learn stock trading properly, wait to enter into the positions and let the winners run (inpatience results in overtrading, which in turn results in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following it

Paper trading means that there is no linkage to any actual brokerage accounts, so you can enter stock and option positions as if they were real trades and then watch them to see how they behave over time (without risking real capital).

For example a call buyer thinks the stock will rise and is leveraging her money to enter the position.

For many traders who prefer to day trade (you enter and exit the position during the same session and avoid holding positions from one day to another), trading futures is a great alternative to day trading stocks.

When entering multiple positions for the same stock example CEM on the Venture exchange.

On the other hand, when people are scared of entering the market especially after a major stock market crash, experienced investors know how to quickly take positions in order to take advantage of the low stock prices.

So, all in all, I had the feeling that I get good value for money when I entered into a new stock position.

Because stocks have an upside bias and our models are slow moving, there is often not much profit from short positions by the time you enter and exit.

We do not «convert» your current portfolio of mutual funds and stocks to ETFs, nor did we build the capability for you to enter these positions into our system.

If we've done our homework correctly and entered the stock at the right point, our position should never be down 8 %.

A debit spread is a vertical spread where the investor must spend money to enter the position, typically by purchasing stock options.

The trend trader enters into a long position when a stock is trending upward.

If the stock heads lower than the counter trend's previous day's low, the swing trader could enter a bearish position.

With individual stocks, you'll want to enter a new position with at least $ 1,000 to $ 3,000, depending on your cost per trade.

Finally, is exercising and holding more shares, furthering increasing your single stock position, something you should be doing as you enter retirement?

Every investor has a certain set of criteria that a stock must meet before he or she will enter in to a position.

Automated trading systems can be used to trade stocks, options, futures and foreign exchange products based on a predefined set of rules, which determine when to enter an order, when to exit a position and how much money to invest in each trading product.

Evan Williams recently entered into a pre-arranged 10b5 - 1 stock trading plan as part of his continued efforts to diversify his financial positions and focus on his charitable organization and other endeavors.