System Trading Blog Archive: May, 2007

May 26: The Stock Market: The Basics of Stock Trading
Learning the basic principles of the stock market can be a daunting task when not given the tools in order to properly learn about the stock market. Once you know about the vast amount of tools avail...
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MetaStock Stochastic Oscillator Function
MetaStock Stochastic Oscillator Function The Stochastic Oscillator is another popular oscillator that is widely used. The premise behind its calculation is that when a security is rising, it tend...
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May 24: The Stock Market Crash of 1987
The stock market crash of 1987 is the largest crash in recent United States History. Although there was a minor crash at the turn of the 21st century, it was nothing in comparison to the end of the 1...
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MetaStock On Balance Volume Function
MetaStock On Balance Volume Function On Balance volume is an alternative way of studying the volume of a security. It depicts volume as a running total and thereby tracks the amount of volume flo...
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MetaStock Directional Movement Function and How It Works With the Momentum Indicator
MetaStock Directional Movement Function and How It Works With the Momentum Indicator The momentum indicator is a leading indicator that measures a securities rate-of-change. In other words, it si...
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May 20: The Stock Market: A Historical Perspective
Perhaps one of the most commonly known investments, and most successful for that matter, in which people participate on a regular basis is stock trading. Stock trading empowers people to meet the fin...
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MetaStock Highest Since Bars Ago Function
MetaStock Highest Since Bars Ago Function The Highest Since Bars Ago function is a variation on the Highest Since function. The difference being that instead of returning the highest value of the...
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May 17: The Potential for a New Stock Market Crash
There are many signs pointing to an impending long term bear market (a period of decline in the value of stocks). The first and most important indicator is the outrageous use of credit that has creat...
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May 15: The Implementation of Stock Trading Orders
Once you, the investor, has made the decision to invest via the stock market, there are several options in which you can participate in order to ensure that you do not suffer any great losses. These ...
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The Spread Is Less Expensive Than A Straddle Option And This Is Why
The Spread Is Less Expensive Than A Straddle Option And This Is Why Besides arranging for the purchase and sale of new options on order, some option-dealers carry an inventory of option contracts...
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