Stock Market
Market Traders Beat Up Markets After Employment Report
It was one of the worst pre-July 4th holiday trading sessions in the history of the equity markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost more than 223 points or 2.63% in what was a very broad based decline. For a significant portion of the trading day all 30 of the Dow components were… »
Stock Indexes (Part II)
Learn day trading.The Nasdaq-100 is a modified capitalization weighted index. Modified cap weighting involves adjustments to the capitalizations of the various components of the Nasdaq-100 index. The NDX contract at the CBOE is based on Nasdaq-100 as is the MNX. You can trade forex news.
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Dow Jones Intent To Stay Flat
Equity Issues on Wednesday traded marginally higher before giving up about half the gains heading into the close. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 57 points or 0.68% to close at 8504.06, the Standard and Poors 500 Index closed up just over 4 points or 0.44% to end the day at 923.33 and… »
Stock Markets Lose Most Of Mondays Gains
Wall Street had a rough day on Tuesday, giving up virtually all of the gains made on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 82.38 points or almost one percent, the Nasdaq gave up 9 points or half a percent and the Standard and Poors 500 Index, the broadest of the three, was down… »
Speculators Drive The Markets Steadily Higher Monday
The summer doldrums are definitely here as the stock trading crept upwards on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial average had the largest percentage gain of the three major averages rising 90.99 or 1.08% points to close around 8529.38. The Nasdaq added 5.84 or 0.32% and ended the day at 1844.06 and the S and P… »
Speculators Push Stock Prices Steadily Higher Monday
The summer doldrums are definitely here as the stock prices crept upwards on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial average had the largest percentage gain of the three major averages rising 90.99 or 1.08% points to close around 8529.38. The Nasdaq added 5.84 or 0.32% and ended the day at 1844.06 and the S and P… »
Traders Drive Market Prices Steadily Higher Monday
The summer doldrums are definitely here as the stock prices crept upwards on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial average had the largest percentage gain of the three major averages rising 90.99 or 1.08% points to close around 8529.38. The Nasdaq added 5.84 or 0.32% and ended the day at 1844.06 and the S and P… »
Investors Push The Markets Steadily Higher Monday
The summer doldrums are definitely here as the stock trading crept upwards on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial average had the largest percentage gain of the three major averages rising 90.99 or 1.08% points to close around 8529.38. The Nasdaq added 5.84 or 0.32% and ended the day at 1844.06 and the S and P… »
Trading Ends Slightly Down Last Week
The markets finished the week down slightly, with the Dow having its second weekly drop in a row. The Dow opened the week at around 8530 and thanks to a 34.01 point drop on Friday it finished the week at 8438.39. Government data released this week showed personal spending increased 0.3 percent in… »
Trader Education: Determining Market Direction With Technical Analysis
[Original article source: Profit Buddies]
We all know that it’s impossible to truly forecast the future, but with use of technical analysis, we can observe prevailing market direction and attempt to ride the wave.
So why do we care about the current market direction? Well, think of trading like swimming in a river, you can swim… »









































