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How to Make Money in the Stock Markets by Watching the Commercial Traders

Planet Wealth Scam

Planet Wealth is an independent investment company that is run by a group of private investors who have a long history of experience and success with stock market investing. Many people are under the impression that most investment services like planet wealth are a scam, so I decided to do some homework on planet wealth [...]

The 80/20 Rule Working Smart Vs. Working Hard

In 1897 Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian Economist wanted to figure out why wealth was so unequally distributed throughout the world. What was it, he wondered, that the rich knew that the poor didn’t? While at the time it seemed self-evident that the majority of the world’s wealth was concentrated in the hands of the few, [...]

Seasonality and the Stock Market

“To everything (turn, turn, turn)There is a season (turn, turn, turn)And a time for every purpose, under heavenA time to be born, a time to dieA time to plant, a time to reapA time to kill, a time to healA time to laugh, a time to weep” – The Byrds

Just like the seasons [...]

The Holy Grail Of Technical Analysis

The relative strength indicator is one of the most commonly used technical analysis tools available. Unfortunately it is also one of the most misused. The RSI was a tool developed by famed market technician Welles Wilder during the 1970’s as a way to determine whether a market was overbought or oversold. The formula is rather [...]

What is a Vertical Spread?

How To Earn Money In The Stock Markets

These days everybody wants to know how to make the money back that they lost in the stock market. Clearly the answer isn’t to trust a financial adviser because they are likely the person who lost your money to begin with. Seventy-percent of mutual funds under perform the S&P 500 and over the last two [...]

Option Credit Spreads – Frequently Asked Questions

It has been well said that one of the most profitable skills you can ever learn is the art of trading. But when it comes to trading the stock market, there are many different strategies available to us. Some are very volatile, short term and high risk, while others are much more flexible, less stressful [...]

Options Trading Strategies – Treat Implied Volatility of Calls Separate From the IV of Puts

The Implied Volatility (IV) of Calls needs separate treatment from the IV of Puts. Also, for specific options trading strategies treat the IV of both Puts and Calls as a combined bundle.Each option at each strike implies its own individual percentage value of the underlying product’s future volatility. This makes it unique from any other [...]