Not exact matches
Assume the dealer's
position limit is $ 10 million, normal
trade sizes are $ 1 million, and he can
sell to value investors at $ 95 or buy at $ 105 (the «outside spread»).
I have to credit them for teaching me how to properly value stocks,
trade options,
sell stocks short, use proper
position sizing and stop losses and many other helpful strategies I never knew about previously.
Further, we are looking to
sell our winning
positions into strength in the near - term, then exit the market and patiently wait for new
trade setups to develop.
Heaps of
trading platforms allow practice
trades for long
positions, but i'm having trouble finding any that provide a practice account that allows short
selling penny stocks.
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.
After buying shares of Facebook stock in December of 2013 and February of 2014 in our nightly stock
trading letter, we
sold the full
position on March 10, locking in separate price gains of 49 % AND 12 % on $ FB.
In «
sell» mode, I avoid establishing new long
positions because all major indices are
trading well below support of their respective 50 - day moving averages.
Day traders should buy the $ USO when the floor price is approached, but
sell or maintain short
positions on commodity ETFs such as $ JJC, despite traditional
trading patterns.
On a separate note, here is a brief update on the open stock and ETF
positions presently in our model swing
trading portfolio: We
sold a partial
position of Celldex Therapeutics ($ CLDX) for an 18 % gain on April 25, but remain long about half the original shares (more on our $ CLDX entry here).
Day
trading is defined by Wikipedia as: «the practice of buying and
selling financial instruments within the same
trading day such that all
positions are usually closed before the market closes for the day».
In author and seasoned commodity trader Carley Garner's quest to guide traders through the process of commodity market analysis, strategy development, and risk management, «Higher Probability Commodity
Trading» discusses several alternative market concepts and unconventional views such as option
selling tactics, hedging futures
positions with options, and combining the practice of fundamental, technical, seasonal, and sentiment analysis to gauge market price changes.
If you invest too much, these swings inevitably lead to panic, causing you to
trade the
position,
selling or even buying more.
Therefore, we provide tools for it: almost every
position can be
sold (
SELL button) or prolonged (Roll - over feature), so if used right, the
trading risk drops substantially.
Given the absence of a public
trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we
sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial
position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.
Immediately after our market timing model reverted back to a
sell signal after the June 21 close, we closed our existing long
positions in our model
trading portfolio (on the June 22 open).
According to GDAX's official statement, a single and as yet unknown actor
sold millions of dollars worth of ether across a range of
positions from $ 317 down to $ 224, meaning that ether was effectively
trading at the lower end of this range.
The livestock sector has
sold out tremendously due to the Trump tariffs and a possible
trade war coming with China, but I think all that bad news has already been reflected in the price as I will be looking at a bullish
position in the weeks ahead.
It may be possible to
sell an open
trade that is
positioned out of the money (to minimize a loss), but this option is not offered by all brokers.
An interesting fact about this
trading approach is that a lot of financial institutions are basing their
positions on the same pivot point and buying and
selling large volumes, which has a direct impact on the price changes of the assets.
In order to
sell for a profit, a
position needs to be
sold while the price of the
traded asset is
positioned in the money.
As usual, subscribers to The Wagner Daily will be notified via Intraday
Trade Alert when we sell our open positions or make any new swing trade ent
Trade Alert when we
sell our open
positions or make any new swing
trade ent
trade entries.
This would include extras such as the ability to
sell open
trade position, extend the expiry time on an open
trade, double an investment amount, or quickly duplicate a
trade.
Because our stock and ETF
trading newsletter, The Wagner Daily, is fully designed to be an end of day stock picking service, the rules our
trading system dictate that we automatically
sell our open
positions whenever they hit their price target or protective stop loss (whichever comes first).
Although Honda is still
trading at a discount to its intrinsic value, we have lost faith in management's ability to create long - term shareholder value and
sold our
position.
Here is Luno's
position (and actions) regarding three areas of interest: Using digital currencies as payment mechanism Owning digital currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum Buying,
selling and
trading digital currencies...
Just like traditional stock market securities
trading, buy
positions allow investors to profit from a rising stock market while a
sell order enables investors to benefit from a declining stock market.
To coincide with this statement, we made a judgment call to take profits on all long
positions in our model
trading portfolio by
selling at market on yesterday's open.
To ensure consistent, long - term profitability as a swing and / or
position trader, it's imperative to ride the profits on your winning
trades until negative price action gives you a valid reason to
sell.
Finally, I
sold 65 % of my
position at $ 130 in Q1 2017 while Facebook continues to accelerate and is currently
trading at $ 152.
Federal officials said Blagojevich was looking to
sell or
trade the
position.
Position Trader: This refers to a commodity trader who either buys or sells futures contracts and holds them usually for an extended or longer period of time than a single trading session, as distinguished from a day trader, who will normally initiate and offset a futures position within a single trading
Position Trader: This refers to a commodity trader who either buys or
sells futures contracts and holds them usually for an extended or longer period of time than a single
trading session, as distinguished from a day trader, who will normally initiate and offset a futures
position within a single trading
position within a single
trading session.
A pure currency carry
trade play is when a trader decides to
sell a low - yielding currency and buy a high - yielding currency, funding
position on a daily or weekly basis, ideally picking up the interest rate spread.
Position sizing is exactly how much to buy or
sell based on the dollar size of the
trading account and the volatility of the issue.
Position sizing tells you exactly how much to buy or
sell is based on the dollar size of the
trading account and the volatility of the issue.
When clients offer you mispriced
trades in your favor, you
trade with them and then buy or
sell the offsetting
positions in the intradealer market at a fair price.
Opening and closing a short
position is two
trades, a
sell then a buy.
By matching up changes in recently disclosed
positions with outstanding
sell or buy orders, unsportsmanlike investors could jump in front of
trades before they're fully executed.
This serves to exit your
position, much like
selling a stock in the equity markets closes a
trade.
Wash sale: 1) Buying and
selling the same security, usually through different brokerage firms, in an attempt to manipulate the price and inflate the
trading volume without actually taking a
position in the market.
This implies that fewer investors are
trading the stock, so if an event triggers short sellers to cover their
positions, there might not be enough traders in the market willing to
sell their shares.
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
I think though that one of Buffett's
selling points is that he is not necessarily required to «actively
trade» and his
position and returns during the dot.com period may bear this out.
Scalper A speculator on the
trading floor of an exchange who buys and
sells rapidly, with small profits or losses, holding his
positions for only a short time during a
trading session.
They
sell a fake but interesting story of how this software makes use of prediction analysis to assess the newest apps in the market then discover the most suitable
positions in the market which are most likely to give you winning
trades.
Position Trader An approach to
trading in which the trader either buys or
sells contracts and holds them for an extended period of time.
The securities are bought and
sold within the same
trading day and the
positions are closed before the day ends.
A
sell of an existing
position may satisfy a day
trade call but is considered a day
trade liquidation.
To put this in
trading terms — the higher the price, the more willing traders are to
sell their
positions.
I wanted to comment on something that I've not read much about which is when to lock in profits or when to
sell your
position The example I want to use is my very recent USD JPY long
trade I entered the
trade at 111.422 and I exited the
trade at 112.081 the reason I exited was the one hour group candle formation.
Open a BUY
position on your chosen asset when its value is low and close the
trade when its value is high (vice versa on a
SELL position).