Open Interest is the total number of contracts that are open and have not been settled. Open Interest accounts for both futures and options contracts and can allow a trader to see where most of the activity and/or liquidity is for any given instrument. It is important to understand how open interest can affect the […]

Early Monday, March 25, Cyprus agreed into a deal with the European Union, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund to close its second largest bank and impose the losses to its uninsured depositors for a return of 10 billion euro or $13 billion. Cyprus follows Greece, Ireland, and Portugal to receive a […]

Range Bound Trading is a technical analysis that predicts the short term highs and lows of a stock. It helps traders and investors to plan when to buy or sell the stock. Range Bound Trading closely monitors the stock range as any change can affect the price. How To Buy Or Sell Using Range Bound […]

Option Straddle, or simply Straddle, is a popular investment strategy that allows the investor to profit from an option position by how to underlying’s price will move rather than the direction of the price. Regardless whether the price is moving up or down, the price must move significantly in order for an investor to profit, […]

TRIX or Triple Exponential Average is a momentum indicator and oscillator developed by Jack Hutson in the 1980s. It measures the rate of change of a triple exponentially smoothed moving average. It is a popular tool for eliminating short-term market trends to filter the overall market direction. It is indicated on a chart as an […]

What Are Bollinger Bands®? Bollinger Bands® was invented by John Bollinger in the 1980s but it was only trademarked in 2011. It is a technical analysis tool that measures volatility of stocks through analyzing the relative high and low prices of stocks. It uses two standard deviations from a simple moving average as a band […]

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) purchases and roasts whole bean coffees. Starbucks also sells various fresh food items such as pastries, breakfast, lunch sandwiches, oatmeal, salads, juices, tea, and bottled water. Starbucks licenses its trademarks through channels, such as licensed stores, grocery and national foodservice accounts. Starbucks has three reportable operating segments: United States (US), International, […]

For the latest news on your stock picks, connect with us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Sign up here for our exclusive investment round-up delivered directly to your email! We make investing easy! Textron Inc. (TXT) operates in the aircraft, defense, industrial, and finance businesses worldwide. Its Cessna segment manufactures business jets, single engine utility turboprops, single engine […]

For the latest news on your stock picks, connect with us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Sign up here for our exclusive investment round-up delivered directly to your email! We make investing easy! Walmart Inc. (WMT) is in the business of operations of retail stores across various countries of the world. The major business segments of the company […]

For the latest news on your stock picks, connect with us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Sign up here for our exclusive investment round-up delivered directly to your email! We make investing easy! CSX Corporation (CSX), together with its subsidiaries, provides rail-based transportation services. It offers traditional rail service and the transport of intermodal containers and trailers. The company […]