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...
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...
Range Bars: An Alternative to Time Based Charts

Range Bars: An Alternative to Time Based Charts

Range bars can be an alternative to time based charts. Time based charts are based on a particular time period such as 5 minutes, 15 minutes, one hour, 4 hours, daily, etc… Each time based chart will produce a set number of bars which corresponds to the timeframe...
A Little About ETFs

A Little About ETFs

What is an ETF? To state it simply, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are funds that track indexes such as the S&P 500, NASDAQ, Dow Jones, Russell 2000, etc. When an investor buys shares of an ETF, they are buying shares of a portfolio that tracks the yield and return of...
Contango and Backwardation

Contango and Backwardation

Have you ever heard someone say “The VIX futures are in contango”? Or, maybe you have heard someone say “The VIXfutures are in backwardation”. Today we will be discussing a little bit about contango and backwardation. This will give you some...