Short selling improves markets

… The market seeks a price that willing buyers and willing sellers agree on. Discovering or finding a price that balances buyers, sellers and volume triggers each transaction.
Basic supply and demand forces move prices up and down until buyers and sellers agree on a satisfactory or acceptable price for a given quantity. If one side …

Aggressive trading chases profit

… Most traders close or sell their positions in less than a year.
Traders want these 5 risers:

market rising

price rising

share volume rising

order volume rising

number of buyers rising

Serious trading action happens when all five market characteristics rise together. At those times traders make their biggest plays.
Like basic trading, more aggressive …

Option risks, dangers and opportunities!

… order number and depth on both sides. You do not want to be drawn into a losing trade by chasing a position that you can not possibly leave at a profit.
Numerous pro services are available online. For a price they are willing to help you. They will give you a very different story …

Exotic ETFs blow-up portfolios

… Investment Markets Risks, Lesson 4. Exotic ETFs can blow up portfolios, discusses basic investment choices. This post covers the broad range of other ETF products beyond the basic ones covered in our last two discussions. Links to all parts of the White Top Investor course, Investment Choices are at the end of this post.
Basic …

Speculation failures improve investing

… become lessons that you profit from!
Failures improve stock markets
In dynamic ever changing stock markets, investing continually evolves while recording many success, some failures and a number of struggling listings. By clearing out failures, investors move on to other opportunities and markets gain strength by leaving the weak behind. That cleansing effect of capitalism …