About Day Trading: Warning - The Markets Are Being Manipulated
| from Adam Milton If you have been trying to make short trades on your favorite stock markets this week, and are wondering why your trades keep getting rejected by the exchange, read on, and all will be revealed. This week's day trading newsletter includes: - the reason why your short trades are being rejected, - a warning about the current market manipulation, - a description and example of the force index indicator, - and the weekly economic calendar with volatility expectations. Careful trading everyone :-) |
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In the Spotlight |
SEC and FSA Prohibit Short Trades Both the US SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) and the UK FSA (Financial Services Authority) have prohibited short trades (trades that are entered by selling) on many financial stocks. The prohibition on short trades takes effect immediately, and continues until at least October 2nd for the US stocks, and until January 2009 for the UK stocks ... find out more about the prohibition of short trades | | The Markets Are Being Manipulated I have already mentioned this briefly in my blog entry about the SEC and FSA prohibiting short trades on certain stock markets, but this is such an important topic, that I want to make sure that traders understand exactly how this affects their trading. All markets move because of market dynamics and the principles of supply and demand. When short trades are prohibited, half of the market dynamics, and half of the supply and demand, have been removed ... find out how the manipulation affects your trading | Force Index The force index is a technical analysis indicator, that calculates the strength of a price change using a combination of the prices and the volume. The force index is displayed as a single line that oscillates above and below zero, and it therefore looks similar to other oscillating indicators such as the Commodity Channel Index. However, the force index is different from most indicators in that it uses the price change, the direction of the price change, and the volume ... read more about the force index | Sponsored Links | | | | Advertisement |