Saturday, November 14, 2009

How to Trade Stocks Online

By Warren Bryte

Buying and Selling stocks online has become the new trend of doing business. Ordinary everyday citizens such as you and me can now trade stocks like the professionals without paying the ridiculous broker fees that are often associated with trading on the stock market. This doesn't mean there are no fees involved or that you won't be discouraged from capriciously trading stocks. What it does mean is that you will be able to trade stocks, as you may have never been able to do before because the costs involved in trading were so high that only the richer among us could really afford to work the market to any real advantage.

You will find quite a few companies that are going to compete for your business when it comes to empowering you to trade stocks online. It is best to go with a business that offers education and guidance in addition to the ability to trade. There are many big names in the brokerage business that are getting in touch with the technology today and offering full service brokers and financial advisors in addition to offering new online services that include Internet trading.

If you decide to go with some of the bigger names in the business you should well know that you will pay slightly more than you would pay going with many of the lesser name firms and trading companies. The good news is that the bigger names have more to loose after working for decades to establish themselves and develop a good reputation among traders. This means that they are not going to be "fly by night" and are going to work to make sure you have the best possible service from them for your future in the stock market trade.

Many of these firms in addition to offering the ability to buy, sell, and trade online will also offer financial planning for retirement, future expenses, and advice on how to create a fixed income from your investments. They will offer many tips, hints, and advice free of charge on their website while also promoting the services they offer through discounts in hopes of gaining your business for some of the higher ticket transactions that really pay their bills.

Online investment services provide consumers the opportunity to invest with lesser commissions and fees which means you bring more of the money home when all is said and done and spend far less on fees and expenses related with investing. By saving these fees you may be doing yourself a great service but keep in mind that the invaluable advice of a broker can often mean the differences between mild successes and wild successes. If you can manage the fees it is a great plan to at least consult with a broker or financial advisor or planner once or twice a year in order to get the best out of your investment money.

Online trading is great but you will find that it lacks the personal service you can expect from a financial advisor or a stockbroker. Very little has such a profound impact on your financial future than the ability to receive and follow expert advice. While there is much to read on the Internet by way of advice on investing in the stock market there is also a lot of conflicting information just as there is a great deal of misinformation. This is something that, when possible, is best left to the experts at least until you are able to learn the ropes and have some successful trades under your belt.

If you have the heart of gambler however, then it is your money you are playing with and your future you are investing. If you are not spending more than you are willing to lose then there is no harm in trying your hand at investing through online brokerage services. You never know but there may be a surprising pay out eventually. - 23309

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What Forex Tutorials Can Make You Achieve

By Bart Icles

In all scenarios in terms of the foreign exchange, or forex, market, if you want to venture into trading in it with, of course, the intention of becoming a successful forex trader, the first thing that you should be able to do is to have a forex tutorial. This is the most important thing that you should have as a beginner, and even as you progress into more advanced forex trading activities, it is still important that you have forex tutorials in the all the different aspects of forex trading in order to be able to succeed.

A forex tutorial will serve as the concrete foundation that you need to have in order to make sound decisions in forex trading. It is an excellent way to learn all you need to know about the forex market and all the types of trading activities that are being done in it. Without the proper forex tutorial, you would really have a bigger chance of losing than winning, which you o not want to ever happen, of course.

For you to become a successful forex trader, make sure that you exhaust all the possible resources that you have in order to have a good forex tutorial. It will give you the right start and will serve as a guide all throughout your forex trading lifetime. It will also give you the assurance that you need in order to reap the lucrative benefits that the forex market has to offer. What, then, should you consider when looking for the right forex tutorial to suit your personal trading needs?

Since there are tons of forex tutorials being offered by different companies and individuals out there, you, of course, would need to be able to determine which one or which ones would give you the bigger edge. The availability of forex tutorial courses really is abundant, and instead of making it really easy for you to be able to get some, the sheer volume of them can make choosing the right ones a very daunting task, not to mention time consuming.

So, in order to make sure that you get the right kind of forex tutorials to help you in all your trading activities, make sure that you are able to gauge your skill level in forex trading. This will make you avoid taking tutorial courses that you already know and would just be a waste of time. Also, make sure that you do a background check on the forex tutorial provider so that you will be assured that you will be getting them from a reputable company or individual. There are tons of free resources in the web today, and good forex traders maintain forex blogs wherein you can get the best tips and strategies for free. Choose wisely. - 23309

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Trading Currency with Disposable Income

By Dirk Andersen

If you've looked around the web for info on trading robots, you have certainly heard of Forex. You may ask yourself, what are these trading robots from Forex? Well, Forex has created a tool to help you make more profits off your trades. It has been proven that it will help you get a higher profit margin compared to what you could make trading alone.

Want to take the stress and hard work out of trading? Use a Forex robot that has been extensively tested and proven to earn you a profit. How much, depends on which robot you use. Each robot uses complex formulas and systems that analyze the currency market within a certain time frame. The robot will quickly do the analysis that a trader would normally have to do themselves.

The totally automatic robot does 100% of the work for you so you don't have to stare at a screen all day. Some people like to trade with some hands on work and some like to let the robot do it all. Either way you work, Forex has a robot that will fit your needs.

When you buy your robot the easiest way to get it is to download it from the provider's website. You can also have it mailed to your door instead. Either way, sometimes you get a free gift. Usually a free DVD or CD with tips and a set up guide or free customer support if you run into any difficulties.

Here's the difference between the automatic trading system and the trading robot. The trading system will tell you when the best time to trade is and the Forex robot will automatically analyze the data and do it for you. This way you get an automatic profit.

Forex trading robots are great for beginners. You just have to keep in mind that by doing all your trades automatically, you can't really learn the ins and outs of the market. You can however make a really quick profit with this tool! - 23309

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Invest In Gold During Periods of Inflation

By Garrett Strong

Gold is the go to money in times of inflation and economic crisis. Gold is a hedge against inflation. If you are saying to yourself right now that gold is not money, and that it is just a shiny relic that people wear around their necks, then you are dead wrong.


Gold has been money for over 6,000 years. Gold and silver were the first forms of real money that met the requirements of sound money. Plato and Aristotle spoke of sound money to be


1. The ability to be durable. It must stand the test of time and not wither.

2. The ability to be portable. Good money needs to hold value in a small space.

3. The ability to be divisible. Real money should have the ability to be divided evenly and still hold its value. Also known as fungibility. Diamnonds are not fungible because each diamond has it's own value.

4. It must hold a rare value or quality.


Those four requirments are important because Plato and Aristotle knew something that most people today are not aware of. Our paper dollar, and all paper money for that matter, do not meet any of the requirements of sound money.


Paper has no intrinsic value because it's paper. It can be produced on demand. There is no rarity or durability.. The only thing giving value to paper money is the trust that we put into it.

A piece of paper with inked stamped all over it is essentially what our dollar is. That's it. If someone told you they would give you a sheet of paper for a pack of gum, it is equivalent to what our dollar is. There is no difference between the two, and that is where many get confused.

If someone gave you some oil, copper, silver, or gold in exchange for a pack of gum, then the transaction makes sense. Those are real assets. Someone's hard work and time went into producing those assets, so they hold a real value.

Our dollars become more worthless every day as our government prints dollars out of existence. A dollar collapse is happening in plain sight, yet few will recongnize the signs before it is too late. Gold and silver were used as the first real currency for this very reason. Gold and silver cannot be mass produced at will.

Mining companies have to put lots of money and resources to even get close to producing any gold or silver. Energy and time is consumed in this process. Paper currency is a relatively new thing in world history. Since the start of using paper as currency, and there have been hundreds, all of them have failed.

Gold and silver coins have proven throughout history to hold their value and hedge against inflation. While fiat paper currencies plummet, gold will continue going to the moon.


Not only is our dollar falling in value, but gold is in the middle of a 20 year bull market. The gold price is at an all time high of over $1,100/oz. People flock to gold in times of Inflation. Why do people do this? It's because gold can not be inflated. What does inflated even mean?


Think of a balloon that you inflate. Basically, you are making that balloon bigger by blowing air into it. Well, our dollars are being inflated in much the same way. The more dollars that our government prints at will means more dollars in circulation. In this situation you have more dollars chasing the same amount of goods, which results in higher prices.


Inflation does not mean higher prices, it simply means printing more money. Higher prices are the result of printing more money. So, get out of dollar related assets now before you lose out big time.

Gold, silver, gold bullion, silver bullion, and mining stocks should be in your investment portfolio right now. China, India, and Arab nations are currently getting out of dollars and into gold. Is it time for you to do the same?


God bless. - 23309

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Autotrading Exposed

By Ahmad Hassam

Can autotrading make you rich? Well, it depends on your autotrading system. Many hedge funds and other entities that manage money through forex trading use some form of autotrading in their daily activities. Autotrading is common in the currency trading.

Big institutions have the resources to finance their inhouse development teams. Big institutions always had proprietary autotrading systems developed by their inhouse programming teams. These autotrading programs also known as Expert Advisors or Forex Robots were expensive costing like thousands of dollars and only wealthy individuals or big institutions like hedge funds could afford them. These autotrading systems were proprietary in nature and were not available to the general public.

However, the recent developments in computer programming have changed the field. Many private individual traders have also begun to adopt autotrading to execute their thoroughly backtested and highly optimized forex trading strategies. The recent advancement in computer programming has made it possible for professional forex traders to team up with a software expert to develop their own autotrading systems.

The price of these Expert Advisors has also come down to around a few hundreds that can be easily purchased by ordinary investors like you and me. Metatrader platform makes it real easy to program such type of Expert Advisors.

Recent advancements in computer programming has led to the development of trading platforms that allow an API ( Application Programming Interface) which connects the trader's system to the dealer's trade execution structure through the trading platform. So what is autotrading? You must have heard or read a lot about the benefits or advantages of autotrading.

The trading system needs to be ruled based and mechanical in nature with clear cut entry and exit rules. Once all of the trading rules and criteria are determined by the trader, programming an API can be relatively straight forward for anyone with programming experience. APIs requires programming skills on the part of either the trader or a programmer hired by the trader. After the specific trading rules and criteria are determined, the trading strategy is backtested with positive results.

The development of an autotrading system depends more on your trading skills as compared to your programming skills. When this occurs not only trades entered when predetermined technical criteria is met but trade exits in the form of stop loss and take profit rules can also be programmed into the API. Autotrading is almost as simple as flipping a switch to begin the trading process.

However, an autotrading system should be thoroughly backtested and forward tested to make sure the likely success of the autotrading system before being put on live trading. This creates an entirely self contained autotrading system. So autotrading can actually execute real trades on current real time market prices. When a predetermined signal emerges, the software actually places a trade automatically.

Any nondiscretionary technical trading strategy that has clear cut, unambiguous rules is a good candidate for autotrading. In fact, if the trader has optimized and perfected this type of black and white trading strategy that runs devoid of human judgment, autotrading is perhaps the best way to achieve it. Autotrading effectively eliminates all human biases, errors and emotions in the trading process.

The best two forex autotrading systems are FAPT and Ivy Bot. There are a number of successful autotrading systems now available in the market for the ordinary retail investors. - 23309

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