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What Are Binary Options?

Binary option refers to an option contract in which the payoff is either some fixed amount of certain asset or nothing at all. There are two types of binary options; cash or nothing binary option, and asset or nothing binary option. In a cash or...

How to Trade Binary Options

Now that we have understood the basics of a binary option, we will focus on how to trade them. Binary options offer substantial returns to traders and therefore they have become increasingly popular. When trading binary options, a trader is basically predicting the price of...

Binary Options Brokers

Choosing a Broker for Trading Binary Options The next important thing when trading binary options is to choose the right option broker. There are many scam binary options trading site on the Internet and it is important to separate the genuine ones from the fakes....

What are options?

An option contract refers to a derivative contract in which the owner of the contract has the right but not an obligation to buy or sell an underlying asset. The underlying asset could be a stock, commodity or currency. The owner of the option contract...

Learn to Trade Stocks Online

Welcome to the Learn to Trade Stocks section! We have designed this section to help you begin learning how to trade, from entering your very first stock trade and signing up with a brokerage. Then, from there we take you through the process of learning how use moving averages, chart...

What are Chart Patterns?

In this chapter, we take a look at certain chart patterns to help you spot the next breakout possibility. All of the chart patterns we highlight are what you will most likely hear the most about in the stock forums you frequent. Chart Patterns :...

Reading Stock Quotes

If you are new to trading stocks then taking a look at a full stock quote can be a bit overwhelming. In this section, we aim to break down the major elements of the stock quote for your reading pleasure. Just below, you will see...

Stock Market Order Types

When trading stocks it is best to know all of the options you have with buying and selling them. While not all order types are supported by all brokerages across all exchanges, if you know them all, you will still be better off. Market Order...

Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD)

The moving average convergence divergence indicator is commonly called the MACD. The MACD is designed to find up trends and down trends in a stock via its moving averages. MACD The MACD indicator is calculated using three attribute of the stock’s price movement. Those 3...

Bollinger Bands

Bollinger Bands ® help you to evaluate a stock’s volatility over time. When plotting Bollinger Bands ® on a chart will see one line above and one line below the price chart of the stock. When a stock is making major price movements or is very volatile its Bollinger...