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Why Does the Stock Market Exist?
By Michael Tibbits, YouCanTrade Content Specialist To help companies raise capital The main reason the stock market exists is to help companies raise capital as an alternative to borrowing funds. If we break it down, there are two ways a [...]
Six Habits Every Trader Should Practice
By Michael Tibbits, YouCanTrade Content Specialist Whether you are a new trader or an experienced trader, having a set of good habits can help you be the best trader you can be. Below are the six habits I think every [...]
The Market/Stock Crash Trade
By Mike Tibbits, YouCanTrade Content Specialist The Selloff Whenever the market or a specific stock crashes, I get excited because that means I can take advantage of the temporary drop in stock prices and start buying shares of stock to [...]
Trading in a Small Account
By Mike Tibbits, YouCanTrade Content Specialist If you are trading in a small account, chances are you are going to have some unique challenges compared to those trading in a larger account. Size matters! The size of your account matters, [...]
Legging In and Out of Vertical Spreads
By: Michael Tibbits, YouCanTrade Trading vertical spreads allows one to trade directionally with generally limited risk and limited reward. Vertical spreads are built by buying one type of option, such as a call or put, and selling that same kind [...]
Subjective vs Objective
By: Becky Hayman, Traddictiv Coach We’ve all heard traders who say they have a hunch about a particular stock or a certain trade “looks good” or “feels right.” It’s as if there is a kind of intuition about the [...]
Three Possible Reasons Why the Markets Keep Going Up
By Neil Szczepanski, Tradeology: The Fifth Insight As we are all aware the markets have been on a tare lately. The Nasdaq has regained much of its losses from the start of the pandemic. This has left many wondering [...]
Buying Stocks at a Discount by Selling Put Options
By: Michael Tibbits, Instructional Designer The recent drops in the stock market resulting from the Coronavirus have created buying opportunities for long term investors. If you are considering purchasing stocks, read on to see how you can use put options [...]
Getting to Know Your Equities Account
Rules every stock or options trader should know about their account before placing their first trade It’s important to know the differences between cash accounts and margin accounts. Both are equities accounts where you can trade stock or stock options, [...]
What You Need to Know About Covid-19 and Options/Stock Trading
I recently returned from New York for the NYC Traders Expo and Covid-19 (Coronavirus) was on the mind of all there. As I looked around, I saw people wearing masks, people hoarding hand sanitizer and saw one person wrapped in [...]