What happens after you have a list of stocks you want to trade? In this newsletter we will highlight the application of watchlists to cover a pool of potential stocks as well as talk about simple moving averages and growth averages. This "pool" of stocks will be the stocks that comprise the DJIA (Excel file of DJIA stocks (October 15th, 2005) and samples from that list will be used to highlight percent changes, simple moving averages and growth averages.

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Become Disciplined Trader

The number one problem for most traders, and reason they cannot get ahead, is that they simply cannot muster the discipline to get out of a trade when they should.

No matter how often I say it, I cannot persuade others to get out in time.

Part of the problem is human nature, and part of the problem is erroneous hype from most sources that traders encounter when first entering this business.

If there is any one key to my own success as a trader, it was that I learned the lesson of "getting out on time" early in my career.

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How to Interpret and Profit from Financial Statements

Financial statements are a useful tool for judging the health of a company, and for comparing it to its competitors. They show what the company owes and owns, the profits or loses it has made over a given period, and how their position has changed since their last statement. Generally if you can tell which direction a company is heading in, you can also forecast future stock prices with some accuracy.

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Upside/Downside is a type of volume measurement used in the analysis of markets. Measures of Upside/Downside separate the volumes for rising markets from those in falling markets. There are two common measures for Upside/Downside: The Upside/Downside Ratio, and Upside/Downside Volume Line Index. See Report.

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Technical analysis is the art of drawing a crooked line from an unproved assumption to a foregone conclusion.

A new investor had just come in to see a famous stockbroker. "Can you tell me how much you charge?" said the investor. "Of course," the stockbroker replied, "I charge $500 to answer three questions!" "Well that's a bit steep, isn't it?" "Yes it is," said the stockbroker, "And what's your third question?"

Q. Why couldn't the Daytraders agree where they meet to get together?
A. They all wanted to keep their Options open until the last minute.