THE JANUARY EFFECT Today I'm examining a trading strategy called the "January Effect". This trading strategy is aptly named because it's designed to be traded only in the month of January. I've run the numbers and now it's time to reveal if this trading strategy is a money maker or a money burner. Wall Street has maintained that stocks rise in January. As such, going long [...]

IBD Leaderboard Review In this review I examine IBD's Leaderboard subscription service. A subscription service where IBD does the time consuming research for you, then presents you with a list of stocks near their buy points. While subscribing to proven services such as Leaderboard is the fastest way for anyone to make gains in the market when they first start, in thi [...]

Avoid Dumb Investing Mistakes It doesn't matter which social media site you are on, there is always people openly making this dumb investing mistake. I experienced this myself. Picking winning stocks is not easy. It takes much research and knowledge, both require a lot of time. So when someone goes out of their way to help you become rich, even if they spent no res [...]

4 TIPS TO REDUCE TRADING RISK The stock market is risky, so how do you reduce trading risk while keeping up big returns? In this post I've put together my four top tips to reduce trading risk, but first, you must undeerstand what is acceptable risk. Treat trading and investing as a numbers game. Win more trades than you lose. Your average gain per winner is bigger [...]