Stock Trading Articles

 

Market Disinformation - by Bruce Babcock
How long would a gambling casino be able to stay in business if most of the customers won instead of lost? The markets are no different. In order to continue to exist, the markets must operate in a way that causes most participants to lose. There would not be enough money available to pay the winners if the majority were consistently taking profits out of the markets.

 

Jim Wyckoff Asks, "Do You Wanna Fight?" - by Jim Wyckoff
That's when I decided to put away the "Glance" feature and instead write about the perils of "fighting the tape" (trend) in markets. Think about it: Do traders really want to fight the market? Remember, only the markets are ALWAYS right. No one else.

 

Discretionary Traders - Don't Talk About Your Open Positions - by Chuck LeBeau
In browsing around the web I often encounter discussions of the merits of a particular trade and opinions about the direction of a market. I know that the traders who voice these opinions have good intentions and much of the discussions could be helpful to the person receiving the information. However the provider of the opinion must be very careful that he doesn't start believing too strongly in his position because he has made the mistake of going public with it.

 

Gann Foretold Run Of Stocks
W. D. Gann has scored another astounding hit in his 1922 stock forecast issued in December 1921. That forecast called for first top of the bull wave in April, second top in August, and the final top and culmination of the bull market October 8 to 15, and strange as it may seem, the average prices of twenty industrial stocks reached the highest point on October 14 and declined 10 points in thirty days after that date.

 

The Remarkable W. D. Gann - by John L. Gann Jr.
If you had been a businessman traveling across Texas in 1891, you might have bought a newspaper and a couple of cigars from a tall, lanky 13-year-old selling them on your train. And as you talked with your fellow travelers about investments, you might have noticed the youth eavesdropping intently on your conversation.

 

Insider Selling - by David D. Haddock
Since the depths of the Great Depression, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has tried to prevent insider trading in U.S. securities markets.

 

Why Brokers Can't Help You Trade
If you have a one on one relationship with a stock or commodity broker, then you have likely had the unpleasant experience of losing money. Your broker might be the type that makes a great neighbor, worthy of inviting over for a Sunday barbecue. You might even consider him a friend. But pay-as-you-go friendships are strange things indeed and would he remain friendly if you stopped putting food on his table?

 

W.D. Gann Article - From 1909 Issue of The Ticker & Investment Digest
Some time ago the attention of this magazine was attracted by certain long pull Stock Market predictions which were being made by William D. Gann. In a large number of cases Mr Gann gave us, in advance, the exact points at which certain stocks and commodities would sell, together with prices close to the then prevailing figures which would not be touched.