About Timothy Sykes Timothy Sykes isn’t the wealthiest investor in the world, but he is one of the most well-known. Sykes turned $12,000 in Bar Mitzvah money into several million dollars by day trading penny stocks during college at Tulane University. By the time he...
About William O’Neil William O’Neil is an extremely successful American investor and one of the first investors to rely on computers for stock research and analysis. O’Neil is now best known for founding the Investor’s Business Daily news and research site, which...
About Jim Cramer Jim Cramer is an investor best known as the host of CNBC’s Mad Money television show, in which he offers stock picks and advice on trending companies. Cramer got involved with stock investing at a young age – by some accounts, as early as elementary...
Pivot points are a system of support and resistance lines that can be calculated based on the previous day’s trading action. Pivot points are commonly used by day traders since they identify potential levels for long or short trades as well as limit and stop orders....
Premarket movers – stocks trading well above or below their previous day’s closing price or with a lot of volume before the market opens – provide a number of exciting opportunities for day traders. Typically, premarket movers are jumping in response to news or...
ConnorsRSI is a technical analysis indicator developed by Connors Research that aims to quantify momentum in prices. Essentially, it improves upon the Relative Strength Index (RSI) originally developed by Welles Wilder by using a short-term reading of RSI, in...
The subject of much debate and discussion in the media and wider trading community, the VIX is a misunderstood index. Referred to as the “fear index” in financial media, the VIX is simply a formula that indicates the implied volatility of the S&P 500 over a 30 day...
The advance/decline ratio is a popular and common metric that traders and financial managers alike use to gauge market sentiment. The ratio simply gives an indication of the number of stocks that gained in value relative to the number of stocks that lost value over a...
About MotiveWave MotiveWave is an all-inclusive desktop charting and stock analysis platform geared towards experienced day traders. The platform includes many tools beyond charts, including a full suite of technical analysis tools, a stock scanner, a trading...
What is Tradespoon? Tradespoon is a relatively new player in the fintech space that uses multivariate modeling and automated technical analysis to predict stocks’ price movements. Unlike other automated analysis software, which simply assists with technical analysis,...