Speculating in markets is a difficult challenge that can test your emotions more than you can imagine; there is a reason for this.

It's been a rough ride for a lot of investors. Some investors are waiting (patiently) for some of their losers to turn around. Some traders are buying at new, cheaper prices.

This article will explain the concept of LEAPS (Long-term Equity AnticiPation Securities) which is often puzzling to novice option traders.

With the SPX closing flat yesterday, I thought it would be interesting to identify other phenomena outside of the big indexes.

There is a dilemma that traders who make their trading decisions off of the news have been facing on a regular basis recently.

Most investors have been told to diversify their portfolio. They think if they buy companies that are in different industries that they will be covered if there is some adversity in the markets.

Novice gaps are the ultimate picture of novice greed in the market.

In a follow-up to Position Sizing by Using Max Loss: Part I, I will give you another example of a trade in which Position Sizing was done based on the Max Loss of a trade.

Last week I had an interesting conversation with a couple of students. The interesting part was that it was the same conversation I've had with dozens of traders from around the world – be it in class, an airport, or even listening to a cab driver tell me about his trading!

I have been teaching our flagship seven day Professional Trader class in my hometown of London and today, we have been focusing on the most effective way to screen for equities to swing and position trade.

When facing trading, either intraday or even for longer term positions, one of the challenges we face is what stocks to trade.

The key to profiting in any market is to have a simple strategy that has you buying low and selling high. The Forex markets, however, are a set of markets that allow traders, on occasion, to buy high and sell higher.