Add a little more "green" to your portfolio

What better day to add a little more "green" to your portfolio than Earth Day? Today we've asked Tate Dwinnell from Green Stocks Central to let us in on a few top "green" bullish stocks and then analyzed them with our "Trade Triangle" technology:

+75 STRI - STR Holdings - Solar Energy
+75 JASO - JA Solar Holdings - Solar Energy Products
+75 EMKR - Emcore - Solar & Fiber Optic Energy Conversion

These markets may be in some near-term weakness, but are still in a long-term upward trend with intermediate and longer-term trends pointing to a bull market, but short-term and intraday term and point to a bearish movement.

+90 PWER - Power-One - Power Conversion Management

Continue reading "Add a little more "green" to your portfolio"

Size Your Positions Like the Pros Do

Position size, or the number of shares you purchase, is a subject often overlooked by many traders. How many of us have an actual method that we use and stick to, or are we arbitrarily using the same number or percentage with each trade? Today, Chuck LeBeau, who is soon to be inducted into the “Traders' Hall of Fame," an INO TV author, and exit strategy specialist has stopped by to introduce a positioning method that can be introduced into any portfolio.

Read his strategy for determining position size below and leave a comment to let Chuck, and other Trader's Blog readers, know what you think. Also, check out Chuck's newest endeavor at SmartStops.net.

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Deciding how many shares to buy on each trade is easy – once you know how!

How many shares should you buy when you enter a new position? Most investors are creatures of habit and buy the same number of shares each time, usually some nice round number or dollar amount. Others are a bit more sophisticated and invest a certain percentage of their portfolio value. If your portfolio is $100,000 and you add a new position you might invest $10,000 or 10% of your account size or maybe you just buy your usual position of 100 shares. If any of these procedures sounds familiar to you, you need to learn more about how to correctly determine the correct number of shares to buy. The pros refer to the correct procedure as “position sizing”. Continue reading "Size Your Positions Like the Pros Do"

Do You Need a Trading Coach?

Have you ever consulted a trading coach, and if so, what was your experience like? Long-time followers of the Trader's Blog are familiar with the educational content that we provide and often have questions about other ways to learn how to trade including, trading coaches.

Today, we're sharing a bit of commentary on the subject from TraderPlanet.com's, Trader Ed. Read on to see what Trader Ed thinks about the subject and then leave a comment and share your insight or experience with us.

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How do I choose a trading coach? Do you have any recommendations? How much should I be paying, and how well do they really work? Any other advice would be helpful.

Personally, I have never used a “trading coach.” Perhaps one could have helped me become a better trader, but I will never know … Continue reading "Do You Need a Trading Coach?"

Goldman Sachs: Bump in the road or crisis on the way?

Last Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), brought charges against Goldman Sachs for selling mortgage-backed securities that the firm allegedly knew were bound to fail, costing investors $1 billion dollars. The news forced the major indices to decline and U.S. stocks to slump, but was this only a hiccup, or are worse things to come?

Vote below and give us your opinion on what the future holds in our comments section:

Strategies, Tips, and Tools - Reserve your spot today

We've been working on some exciting new webinar topics here at MarketClub, as well as working to provide the basics for new members, trial members, and those who are just interested in learning how MarketClub works.

Read more below to find out more and register for one of these upcoming web seminars:

Today, April 16th at 4pm EDT / 8pm GMT, "Intro to MarketClub"

Watch and learn as MarketClub experts Susan Jackson & Jeremy Lutz  help you understand the basics of MarketClub such as: navigating the charts, "Trade Triangle" strategies, email alerts, and scanning capabilities.

Friday, April 30th at 4pm EDT / 8pm GMT, "MarketClub Member Strategies with Loic"

In our first MarketClub Member Strategy webinar, Loic, an active futures trader in Marseille, France, will share how he uses the system to complement his trading strategy. He will show everything from how he uses MarketClub alerts to stay aware of markets on his watch-list to determining when to enter trade using our signals and below-chart studies.

Monday, May 10th at 4pm EDT / 8pm GMT, "Broker FAQ"

MarketClub has invited panelists from several major brokerages to help you learn more about the people and companies who help you manage your money. This webinar is your opportunity to ask and have answered all of the questions that you've always wanted to know about brokers and brokerages - from common FAQ to setting up an account from overseas.

To reserve your spot, all you need to do is select one or all of the links above and register today. We look forward to seeing you at one of these upcoming presentations.

Best,
Susan Jackson
Director of MarketClub Education
INO.com & MarketClub