What is a Diagonal Spread or Time Spread?

What is a Diagonal Spread or Time Spread?

A diagonal spread, also known as a time spread, may be a strategy you would like to implement into to your trading arsenal. Today we will discuss how a diagonal spread is created. We will also discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages of a diagonal spread. A...
Technical Indicators 101 – The Stochastic Oscillator Part I

Technical Indicators 101 – The Stochastic Oscillator Part I

The Stochastic Oscillator was developed by George C. Lane in the 1950's. It is a momentum indicator that shows the location of the underlying's close relative to its range of the highs/lows over a set number of periods. This indicator follows the speed or the momentum...
Technical Indicators 101 – An Overview

Technical Indicators 101 – An Overview

This week's article will be an overview of what is a broad subject; technical indicators. Subsequent articles will cover some of the more popular indicators in detail, but we will cover the basics to start. Many traders use technical indicators to some degree to help...
Death Cross and Golden Cross Signals – What are they?

Death Cross and Golden Cross Signals – What are they?

Have you heard of the Death Cross and the Golden Cross in your trading career? These two crosses occur when the 50-period simple moving average crosses through the 200 simple moving average. Read on and we will explore these two terms in trading. First we must review...
What is a “Trading Curb” or “Rule 80”?

What is a “Trading Curb” or “Rule 80”?

A trading curb, also referred to as a “circuit breaker” is a mechanism to help prevent the market from crashing during extreme volatility. When they are triggered, circuit breakers either halt trading for a certain period of time, or close the trading day...