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It is a fact of life that press releases influence the current price of a stock. People react emotionally and buy stocks on good press releases, and sell stocks on bad ones, regardless of the validity of the press release. If you can get the news first, you can be in a favorable position to take advantage and gain financially. This article describes how to obtain online stock press releases when they are first announced.
One way to be the first to obtain online press releases on stocks would be to constantly watch one or more of the financial News web pages for a press release via Business Wire. Yahoo provides a popular and reliable financial news web page (http://biz.yahoo.com/bw). But manually watching web pages requires your full time attention. Unless you are some rich tycoon who sits by a Palm Springs swimming pool reading the financial news web pages as they update, this is probably not going to work for you. Like most people you probably have other things to do, such as working for a living.
A better way to accomplish the task of monitoring the financial news web pages would be to have someone or something else do it for you, and then notify you. For instance, you can use web page watching software on your computer or you can subscribe to a web page watching service on the Internet.
Running software on your computer to monitor a financial news web page, such as Yahoo’s, is easy to do and gives you complete control over when and what you want to watch for. It can also give you faster notification on press release discoveries. There are many programs available on the web to do this. Easy Web Page Watcher by Patrick DiRienzo (http://www.patdirienzo.com) is an easy-to-use low cost program ($15) that does a very good job of monitoring Yahoo and other financial news web pages. To use the program simply enter the financial news web pages that you wish to monitor and the name of your stocks. When the name of your stock appears on the web page in a press release, your computer when notify you with an audible alarm and by email. You can also watch for keyword phrases such as “contract awarded” or “stock buyback” that would appear in any stock press release. If you have full time broadband Internet access such as cable or DSL you can leave the program running all day and night. The program runs in the background with no disturbance to your other computer tasks. You can set up the program to send you email alerts at work or anywhere else.
If you do not have full time Internet access, but have email, the next best method of obtaining press releases automatically is to subscribe to a web page watching service. Again there are many services that do this. WatchThatPage (http://www.watchthatpage.com) is a free web page watching service that will alert you by email when keywords you specify such as the names of your stocks appear in press releases on financial news pages you specify. The disadvantage is that you do not receive an instant audible alarm when the press release is first noticed on the financial news web page. You have to wait for the service to send you email before you hear about the press release.
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About The Author Bill Peifer holds a degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering and has written several computer technology related articles. Every morning the trader sits down at his computer to begin the day, and the dilemma faced is always the same - finding a stock or two or three to make a buck on for that day. This really shouldn’t be that hard, but for some traders it is. Let’s see if we can break it down and maybe make it a little easier. First let’s start with a few basics about your work habits. The markets open at 9:30 EST, right? WRONG! Trading these days starts at 7 A.M.! That’s the very early morning action. Then you have what some traders call the official pre-market trading that starts at 8 A.M. following that is the official market opening at 9:30 A.M. EST. This means that if you have been sleeping in, you could be missing some very interesting early morning trades. However, a word of caution here - pre marketing trading also has a higher element of risk attached to it because of a lack of liquidity. Okay, so now that I have gotten you out of bed, you can start scanning the pages of Wall-Street Journal, Independent Business Daily and… WRONG again! Oh sure, you may find a trade or two in one of these publications, but in all too many cases that news is going be too old to trade. In addition, the news in those publications, or the reaction by the stock, is going to show up in other places. The first thing you may want to do in the morning is check the after hours action from the day before. This information can be found a number of places. I use the NASDAQ home page under the Extended Hours Trading link found on the left side of the page. This will give you a list of the stocks that were most active in after hours for the day before. In most cases these stocks are moving on news released after the close. These links as well as others can be found at www.TraderAide.com. While you are on the NASDAQ page make sure you take note of the Pre-Market Most Active list. This is going to be another great source of potential stocks for you to consider. An additional source on the NASDAQ page is the NASDAQ-100 Pre-Market Heat Map. This is especially useful right at the beginning and for the first hour of so after the beginning of the 5 A.M. premarket trading action. In both cases, after-hours movers and pre-market movers, the action is usually news related. An excellent source of this news is MarketWatch. You can find it in a hundred other locations on the net, but I find the MarketWatch site easy to use and even more important, easier to search. It is also less likely to be full of non-trading” news that you really don’t need to trade. A few of the things you want to be looking for include events on stocks that take place nearly every day, such as: analyst up/downgrades; earnings reports’ and FDA actions which could include approval, disapprovals or merely making comments on application. I also suggest you watch Bloomberg TV early in the morning, before the 5 A.M. premarket trading begins. I prefer Bloomberg to CNBC at this time in the morning because of their presentation of the futures and the news streamer on the bottom of the screen. Once the pre market opens I suggest you change over to CNBC simply because they have, what appears to be, a much larger audience. On CNBC the stocks reported on or mentioned are often sent up or down, offering excellent trading opportunities in many cases. Once the markets opens, almost all real-time quote systems have an element built into them that will give you at least the top ten most active on the three main exchanges, both gainers and losers. Also, they may have a more advanced “screener” of some sort. With RealTick by Townsend Analytics, Ltd, it’s called Hottrend Realtime Radar. You can leave this running throughout the day. Stocks that show unusual volume compared to their historic volume patterns will show up automatically on the Radar. It is available for both NASDAQ and NYSE traded stocks. Check with your supplier to see if this feature, or something like it, is offered. Last but not least, you want to be checking your Dow Jones news feed for the latest breaking news starting at about 6:30 A.M., New York time. Sorry “West Coasters, but as the bank robber said when asked why he robbed banks, “Because that is where the money is”. Happy trading! No permission is needed to reproduce an unedited copy of this article as long the About The Author tag is left in tact and hot links included. Questions and comments can be sent to Floyd at floyd@TraderAide.com. About the AuthorFloyd Snyder has been trading and investing in the stock market for three decades. He was on the forefront of the day trading craze that swept the nation back in the late 1990’s, both as a trader and as the moderator of one of the Internet’s largest real time trading rooms, http://Daytraders.com. He is the owner of http://www.TraderAide.com and Strictly Business Magazine at http://www.sbmag.org Quickly bookmark Current Stock Prices at:
Even traders want to be trendy when they buy stocks. Many traders make trades because of public opinion, not because the trade itself makes sense. When a particular stock seems popular, they rush in so they don`t feel they`ve missed an opportunity. As a result they end up buying at a price point where the trade can`t possibly work out. You should always avoid the emotion of the ?hot? stock. Here`s an example of what not to do when you buy stocks: Let`s say you`ve been following a particular stock which is in a ?hot? sector, and it just announced a stock split. The stock is now at $18, and you calculate it could get to $25 or more by the time of the split. The market is currently bullish, and it looks like a great trade. The problem is that the stock has been rising for the past four days. It started at $12, but you didn`t notice it until it hit $18, and it`s still rising. The stock split is a month away, and you know it`s likely to fall in price somewhat between now and the split. Still, everyone is talking about this stock. What if it continues to rise and becomes the next blockbuster? You become afraid that if you don`t make a trade you`ll miss a great opportunity. (And besides, you want to be able to tell people that you hold a position in this stock, because it makes you seem smart.) So you buy 1,000 shares at $18.50. During the next two weeks, the stock goes to $19, then levels off, loses momentum, and drifts down to $17. Then a couple of leading NASDAQ companies give earnings warnings, the market drops, and the stock slides to $15, triggering the stop you`d set at $16 on half your holdings. The stock trades in that range for a week, and then begins to rise slightly going into the split. Your plan is to sell a day or two after the split. The stock rises a little beyond $20.50 by the second day after the split, and then the volume dries up and you sell it for a $2 profit. But since you stopped out of half your shares at $16, you lost $2.50 per share on that half, with a net loss of $.50 on 500 shares. What went wrong? What went wrong was that you didn`t let the stock come to you. Instead, you chased it as its price rose, knowing perfectly well that, following the stock split trend, it would probably pull back before running up again. It was more likely to pull back than it was to continue on an uninterrupted run to $25, and you knew that if you bought at $18 or higher you were probably paying too much. You ignored what you knew was more likely in favor of what might happen. You should have given the stock a chance to come to you, at a price you felt was reasonable. If the stock had pulled a surprise and never gotten down to where you thought it would, that would be okay. There were many other stocks to trade, and some of them would have come down to your price. You didn`t have to own this particular stock. What was the right way to play this particular scenario? When the market is bullish, it`s very likely for a stock to rise when a split is announced, drift down after a few days` rally, and then begin to rise again a week or so before the split. If that`s the trend and there`s no solid reason to think the stock will rise immediately, wait a few days for the stock to drift down and stabilize before buying it. If you had done so in this case, you could have bought it at $16.50 and then sold it for $20.50 for a $4.00 profit on the entire 1,000 shares. If you had a solid reason to think the stock might continue to rally, you could have bought half the total number of shares you wanted at a price that might have turned out to be too high, and waited for a lower price to buy the other half. If it had turned out to be too high, it would only have reduced your profit. (No stock goes up or down in a straight line. Wait for a pullback before buying.) There is a good way and a bad way to buy stocks or trade a ?hot? stock. The good way requires discipline and careful market evaluation. The bad way is to trade from your feelings. As you can see from this example, it`s always more profitable to trade the good way.
Day Trading Stock Pick >> Online Trading Education … How to Pick Profitable Stocks from Home .- BY http://www.SmartDayTrading.com Profitable day traders and investors recognize that knowing how to pick and trade stocks with momentum is among the fastest and most effective ways to harvest BIG piles of cash in the stock market. The problem is that if you don’t know which stocks to look for and how to approach them while limiting your risk, you won’t even get close to making some profits. You don’t necessarily have to trade momentum hot stocks all the time. But you can learn how to take advantage of them when you encounter the best opportunities. If you want to learn how to trade and pick hot momentum stocks in a simple yet effective way every week, just log on to http://www.SmartDayTrading.com right now and discover what youve been missing. Take a Look at The Valuable Strategies and Bonuses that You can access today: + $ Trading Psychology. Realistic mindset of experienced momentum traders. The ones who make more money look at every opportunity in certain ways. + $ Short Selling Opportunities. Focus on these strategic scenarios and short stocks like a pro over and over without getting confused. The other side of the golden coin: Shorting to profit when the stock goes down. + $ How to pick momentum stocks every day in an easy and fast way. Pure gold over and over. + $ What kind of stocks to look for and how to classify the opportunities for greater trading profits. Come and get a truckload of $$$$$ from now on. + $ Profitable momentum trading without technical analysis. + $ What kind of stocks and “opportunities” to avoid and why. Save thousands in losses from trades gone bad in the future. + $ The “little details” you should look for before you consider a momentum daytrade. + $ Things to consider when trading low float momentum stocks + $ Buying micro cap and small cap stocks with momentum. + $ Trading NASDAQ stocks or OTCBB - OTC stocks ? + $ Getting ready for the trading breakout. Position your self for success. + $ Will my market rally last more than 5 minutes or less? What to do + $ It’s all about the stock rally. The rest is just a bunch of elegant B.S. Learn to focus on what matters. + $ How to lock in profits on the way up + $ Should I hold overnight trading positions for a possible gap up ? + $ What to do if the stock rally stops moving. Cash in your pocket ! + $ Level 2 trading ( L 2 ) strategies for momentum stocks. + $ Time frames for trading stocks with momentum, Pros and Cons + $ Premarket stock trading strategies and tips. + $ Trading momentum stock opportunities during market hours. $$$$ + $ Trading at the open or waiting till the dust settles to make your move. It depends. This can make a big difference in your results. + $ Stocktrading during lunch hour ? + $ After hours trading tactics and tips. Super value, yours included ! + $ Become an expert of your hotstock watch list. + $ You don’t need to watch the stock market all day. Profitable stock traders have a better way. + $ Stock trading is not a job. Save money and don’t make it another rat race. + $ Watching charts and stocktrading all day ? Overtrading is not the way to go. Learn why ! + $ Testing the high probability trading plan + $ Stress free day trading tips and strategies for beginners and experienced stock traders. Your time is here! + $ Real examples of recent on-line trading opportunities. Learn in a practical way. + $ Powerful stock market resources and tools for day trading with our strategy. Discover momentum stocks in a snap and choose only the best every day. No waisting time. Its all about results ! Just picture your self waking up EVERY morning fresh and confident knowing you can identify, validate and take advantage of great momentum trading opportunities that are capable of generating you very profitable results. For more information visit us today at Smart Day Trading http://www.SmartDayTrading.com
About the AuthorSmart Day Trading helps beginner traders and investors choose hot stock trading opportunities in a practical way every day at http://www.SmartDayTrading.com
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August 26, 2008Definition Of Stock ExchangeSo, you have the money to invest, but you dont know whether to buy Stocks or try something new, like FOREX for example. Stocks Before we describe what are the benefits of FOREX, lets remember what are Stocks. Stocks have been a popular investment for hundreds of years. Companies issue stocks to raise capital for expansion and new projects, and each share of the stock represents a partial ownership in the company. Basically speaking, when you buy stocks you invest in the company and in the market it is working in. Hence, when the company does well and makes a profit, the value of the stocks rise and you can sell your shares for a profit or hold on to the stock for even more gain in the future. Sometimes companies will issue dividends part of the profits that are distributed to share holders, another way for you to make a profit. Stocks are traded on Stock exchanges. Most stocks are bought and sold through brokers (agents) who charge a commission or fee for this service. American stock exchanges include the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (NASDAQ). Most stocks are only listed on one exchange, although large companies may have listings on several exchanges. Stocks were traditionally seen as long-term investments. So-called ‘blue chip’ stocks - those having proven value over many years - may form the backbone of an investment portfolio. Short-term traders (Day traders) exist, but it is a relatively new phenomenon made possible with the advent of Internet trading. Day traders attempt to take advantage of large daily fluctuations in the market by buying and selling many times in one trading period. It is relatively risky and broker commissions charged on each transaction reduce any profits realized. Stocks may sometimes be bought on Margin, meaning that the investor borrows money to buy the stocks. Margin rates are usually around 50% - the investor can borrow as much as half the value of the stock. FOREX The Foreign Exchange Market (FOREX) is quite different from the stock exchange. In contrast to the stock exchange, the FOREX is primarily a short-term market. Most traders enter and exit deals within a 24-hour period sometimes within a few minutes. Many FOREX trades can be made in one day without building up a large brokerage fee because FOREX trades are commission free; hence, you keep all of your profit. Brokers earn money by setting a spread the difference between asking and selling prices. FOREX is the largest financial market in the world. It is handles transactions worth $1.5 trillion every day ($1,500,000,000,000). By comparison, all the American stock exchanges combined handle daily transactions worth about $100 billion ($100,000,000,000), 15 times smaller than FOREX. It is not located in any one location, but in the virtual space of the Internet. Trading markets are located world-wide and because of difference in time-zones trades can be made 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. Trading begins in Sydney, Australia on Monday morning (Sunday afternoon New York time) and continues non-stop until Friday afternoon New York time. The huge volume of FOREX and its around the clock availability, means that it is one of the most liquid markets in the world. There is always a buyer and seller for any type of currency because the world economy relies on the movement of goods from country to country. Stock exchanges have more limited trading hours. While it is possible to trade on exchanges worldwide, each exchange is independent and operates for just 7 hours a day. There is no way to buy or sell a certain stock that is only traded on one stock exchange when that exchange is closed. FOREX has even more advantages compares to Stocks: It is more predictable than stocks, it follows well established trends, it allows high leverage typically 100:1 instead of 2:1 on the stock market; and it doesn’t require a large investment mini accounts as small as $250 can get you started in FOREX. The big question is what is Best for you? Are you looking for a Day-Trading constant activity, with its advantages, or a long-term investment. Know the answer and you know the nature of your next investment. More FOREX articles can be found at http://forex.beyogi.com - The Foreign Exchange Market Explained. About the author: Trading low priced Micro cap and penny stocks is a “High Risk High Reward” style of trading. I have found that one of the most profitable ways to trade these stocks is by finding the bottoms. If you are correct and find the bottom, the stock has nowhere to go but up. If you are wrong and miss the bottom, no one wants to “catch a falling knife”. Over the years I have developed very successful strategies to find bottoming stocks, I have taken these strategies and created bottompicks. When searching for bottoming stocks, the first key is to understand what caused the stock to drop in the first place. The second key is to find out if there is any reason this stock should go back up in price. This can only be done with a complete understanding of technical analysis and the “due diligence” of fundamental analysis. When a stock is bottoming, it has dropped to a new recent low. This could be as dramatic as the lowest price in years or something as simple as a 50% pullback from recent highs. At this point the stock may begin to stabilize (trade sideways). This could mean that the stock is now poised to rise again in price, but it could also be preparing for another move lower. With micro caps and penny stocks it is always easy to find stocks that look like they’re at their bottoms. It seems that every night we are analyzing a hundred different stocks that have recently broken their downtrend. If you are unsure of how to find stocks in up trends or downtrends, try a stock screener. Once you think you’ve found a stock that is technically ready to begin that profitable trend to new highs, it is now time to do your homework. Fundamentally there are many things to look for. There are so many that I can only give you a brief overview. You will want to read the filings and news to understand the companies share structure, current operation, and if there are any future events that may cause the stock to rise. Some of the more important items you will be searching for in the filings are operating shares, authorized shares, float and warrants. When you have found a stock that is bottoming with a solid share structure and is due to release great news, such as a new product or strong earnings. This is probably a good time to buy. Prepare to hold on, stocks in this market have been known to rise thousands of percentage points in a short amount of time. About the AuthorAbout the author: Keith Guyette M.Ed, J.D. is a professional trader as well as the owner and head stock analyst for www.bottompicks.com. Mr. Guyette is also the moderator at one of the largest stock bulletin boards on the web.
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Stock Market Course >> How to Buy and Sell Stocks … Career on Wall Street BY.- http://www.SharpTrades.com The stock market can present you with a lot of hot stocks every day. Many of them are new technology stocks that come from the nanotech, biotech, voip, healthcare, homeland defense or internet sectors. Most of them may seem promising, but the truth is that a good number of these trading & investing opportunities can be risky. That’s why it’s very important to know how to choose the best especially if you plan to take advantage of them on a daily basis. When you know how to pick and approach the best hot stock trading opportuntites, you are able to generate a consistent and respectable amount of money in a very short period of time. You don’t necessarily have to trade momentum hot stocks all the time. But you can learn how to take advantage of them when you encounter the best opportunities for going long or for shorting them to make money when they are poised to fall down. If you want to learn how to trade and pick hot momentum stocks in a simple yet effective way every week, just log on to http://www.SharpTrades.com right now and discover what youve been missing. Take a Look at The Valuable Strategies and Bonuses that You can access today: + $ Trading Psychology. Realistic mindset of experienced momentum traders. The ones who make more money look at every opportunity in certain ways. + $ Short Selling Opportunities. Focus on these strategic scenarios and short stocks like a pro over and over without getting confused. The other side of the golden coin: Shorting to profit when the stock goes down. + $ How to pick momentum stocks every day in an easy and fast way. Pure gold over and over. + $ What kind of stocks to look for and how to classify the opportunities for greater trading profits. Come and get a truckload of $$$$$ from now on. + $ Profitable momentum trading without technical analysis. + $ What kind of stocks and “opportunities” to avoid and why. Save thousands in losses from trades gone bad in the future. + $ The “little details” you should look for before you consider a momentum daytrade. + $ Things to consider when trading low float momentum stocks + $ Buying micro cap and small cap stocks with momentum. + $ Trading NASDAQ stocks or OTCBB - OTC stocks ? + $ Getting ready for the trading breakout. Position your self for success. + $ Will my market rally last more than 5 minutes or less? What to do + $ It’s all about the stock rally. The rest is just a bunch of elegant B.S. Learn to focus on what matters. + $ How to lock in profits on the way up + $ Should I hold overnight trading positions for a possible gap up ? + $ What to do if the stock rally stops moving. Cash in your pocket ! + $ Level 2 trading ( L 2 ) strategies for momentum stocks. + $ Time frames for trading stocks with momentum, Pros and Cons + $ Premarket stock trading strategies and tips. + $ Trading momentum stock opportunities during market hours. $$$$ + $ Trading at the open or waiting till the dust settles to make your move. It depends. This can make a big difference in your results. + $ Stocktrading during lunch hour ? + $ After hours trading tactics and tips. Super value, yours included ! + $ Become an expert of your hotstock watch list. + $ You don’t need to watch the stock market all day. Profitable stock traders have a better way. + $ Stock trading is not a job. Save money and don’t make it another rat race. + $ Watching charts and stocktrading all day ? Overtrading is not the way to go. Learn why ! + $ Testing the high probability trading plan + $ Stress free day trading tips and strategies for beginners and experienced stock traders. Your time is here! + $ Real examples of recent on-line trading opportunities. Learn in a practical way. + $ Powerful stock market resources and tools for day trading with our strategy. Discover momentum stocks in a snap and choose only the best every day. No waisting time. Its all about results ! Just picture your self waking up EVERY morning fresh and confident knowing you can identify, validate and take advantage of great momentum trading opportunities that are capable of generating you very profitable results. For more information visit us today at Sharp Trades http://www.SharpTrades.com
About the AuthorSharp Trades helps beginner stock traders and investors pick hot stock trading opportunities every day at http://www.SharpTrades.com People usually fear what they do not know. You cannot judge or label something until you get to know it. First impressions are a perfect example. One person may have preconceived notions about somebody who they don?t know much about. Once they get to know that person, they realize that their first impressions were invariably false. The same thing applies with penny stocks. Penny stocks get a bad first impression. They are quickly written off. The purpose of this article is to get past that first impression, to really dig deep and see if these bad impressions are warranted or not. Below are some of the myths that always seem to shadow penny stocks. Myth #1 ?You?ll lose all your money if you trade penny stocks.? This stems from the belief that trading penny stocks is risky. Actually, any form of investing in stocks will always invariably involve risk. The only way you will lose all your money trading penny stocks is if you don?t bother trying to minimize the risk. The key is to look to MINIMIZE that risk! It?s as simple as that. For example, starting your own business incurs high risk. Does that stop people from doing it? No. And you know what? The people who succeed in starting their own business are the ones who minimize the risk. They do that by researching on how to successfully start their own business by reading, talking with people and taking action. The same thing applies to penny stocks. You will not lose all your money by trading penny stocks provided that you minimize your risk by researching, learning, and practicing trading before starting. Myth #2 ?There?s not enough liquidity in penny stocks.? What do people mean by liquidity? Liquidity simply means having enough volume to easily buy and sell your shares. For example, if a penny stock only has two trades, its liquidity is said to be low. There are not enough traders to buy and sell. However, if a stock is experiencing huge amounts of trades, thereby indicating the presence of a large number of traders, its liquidity is said to be high because you can easily buy and sell shares. Looking at an after market report recap of penny stocks will reflect that there is more than enough liquidity in penny stocks. Myth #3 ?It?s easy to make money in penny stocks.? When it comes to penny stocks, the math looks very appealing. Buy shares at a penny and sell them for two cents. There, you just doubled your money. If it were that easy, people would be millionaires. The fact of the matter is that trading penny stocks can be very rewarding. However, that reward goes to those who educate themselves and paper trade (practice trading with fake money to gain experience), in other words, goes to those who are willing to pay the price to learn. That?s precisely the reason why some people are very negative toward penny stocks. They have been attracted to the potential of making money, only to rush in without any sort of training or education and become disillusioned and embittered. Despite all the stereotypes that seem to follow penny stocks, there?s one aspect that everyone agrees on. Penny stocks involve high risk and high reward. There?s no doubt about that. The key to getting that high reward is to learn how to minimize the high risk. It?s as simple as that. It?s as simple as that. About the Author: Jason Brook is the author of The Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide to Day Trading Penny Stocks. His website can be found at http://www.daytradepennystocks.com
Accordingly, the stock markets have punished them. In the recent rally of BSE Sensex, the IT companies are no longer the darlings of the investors. The lack of investor confidence is showing through sagging stock prices. … Read More…
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