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March 22, 2012, 9:43 AM, admin

GMCR – Green Mountain Coffee roasters – is seeing as much as a 7% rise in the price of the stock today due to striking an agreement to sell starbucks coffee for their new brewer. The starbucks branded “vue” packs will introduced in the fall.

ORCL – Oracle – announced positive earnings with a met expectations on revenues and beat expectations on earnings per share. In comparison to prior year quarter, revenue increased and GAAP earnings per share increased greatly.

VVUS – Vivus – has been seeing a major increase in options volume, increasing to 20,000 options contracts per day, up significantly from it’s usual 4,000. The call to put ratio is about 5 to 1 in hopes that the positive FDA news on Qnexa will bring a favorable outcome for their stock.

AAPLl – Apple – saw a momentary pull back yesterday when word hit the street that their new ipad could potentially be running 12 degrees hotter than the previous ipad2. The rumors came as cnbc broke the story and explained that only in rare cases, when customers were aggressively involved in video games, was the device actually heating up to those previous mentioned levels. The stock quickly rebounded and is now trading flat on the session, around 605$ per share.

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March 22, 2012, 9:40 AM, admin

BIDU – Baidu – Bidu having a huge day on the upside, up nearly 4% and trading at 142.85. Baidu is still in the early stages of online advertising boom in China and is expected to benefit from the increased online ad budget allocated by the traditional advertisers.

AAPL – A – a consistent rally to the upside off of its intra-day low of 601.41, and up to as high as 609.65.

GMCR- as per our earlier update, gmcr stands to benefit greatly from a merger with starbucks in the k-cup business. Gmcr closed yesterday around 50.50 however has had a huge move to the upside, up as much as 12% to 57.57.

USO – the united states oil fund etf had a bit of a rally off of news that President Obama will be visiting the keystone pipeline. After denying a permit for the northern section of the pipeline in January, President Obama has re-thought his position and will potentially be approving a project that will boost oil production for the United States.

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March 3, 2011, 3:08 AM, admin

Online TradingWhy do online traders fail? How different is their trading mentality from the successful day traders and online traders?

To put it simply, failed online traders are pessimists. They second guess themselves. Even after they have long made a decision on the stocks they purchase, they question this move. This results to their inability to trade at their best level. By being anxious and fearful to lose, there is a greater chance to lose. They call in these negative energies and chances are, these will come and bring them to their trading downfall.

Failed online traders also give in to stress and strain. He cannot control his emotions and disposition, therefore losing more money. If he does succeed, he does not enjoy this because he expects the worst. He’s used to struggling and losing that profits is something new to him. That could have been his first step out of the financial rut but because failed online traders are negative, they unconsciously trade toward failure yet again.

They don’t have self-control. They’re also immature. They worry about things that aren’t worth worrying and they ignore the crucial aspects of the stock market that they should have concentrated in. Successful day traders know how to prioritize and they know exactly where to target their attention.

But what also sets the failed traders apart from the successful traders is their desire. It’s surprising how traders expect to lose. They tell themselves that they cannot win. Therefore they end up trading in such a way that they can’t win. The secret to stock market trading is to be confident but not too over confident. Traders can also be hopeful but not to the point of delusional. It’s a no-no to think negatively because this will affect the trading disposition of online traders.

This is not to say that losers can never win. They can actually but they cannot determine what they did to experience that win. They’re so used to losing that they just go for their usual trading strategies when they could have changed these in the first place because these weren’t working.

Online stock trader losers must know when to stop if they’re losing. By changing their approach they might even succeed.

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March 2, 2011, 9:15 AM, admin

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It is crucial in the stock market and online trading to not put all the stops in one go. The successful trader knows how to manage money as well as risks. He is aware that in stock trading, the main purpose of the stop-losses is to protect the trader’s profits as well as limit the potential losses at all times. Once the trader masters this, then he might be ready to embark on day trading.
It might be a completely complicated subject when new traders are just learning it. There are different kinds of stops. It also has to be brought to their attention that these stops are not guaranteed. However, the use of stop-loss is a requirement in online trading.
But how can traders determine whether they are using stops or abusing these? This is a million dollar question. There is no clear cut answer to this. It depends on the trading strategies as well as the trading approach of the trader. What works for one may not work for another.
The next question is where to put the stop. It depends on the over-all trade and  also market volatility. If the trend or the trending range is within the movement of the share, then it is best that the stop depends entirely on the amount of leverage and time frame of the trade. It is crucial to recognize these because it is quite volatile. Just ask the failed traders and you will see that they second-guessed themselves thus they lost more.
That being said, there is also no reason to reduce the risk by setting stop-losses to close to entry price for stocks that are highly volatile. Remember that every stock needs room to breathe and if traders set a tight stop-loss for each, then it will likely be triggered within the minutes and then the flow of the prices won’t be to the trader’s benefit.
The best good rule of thumb in stop-loss in the stock market is that you check whether there is double the potential in the trade compared to where day traders expect to put their stop loss.Sometimes this called ratio of the profit compare to loss. When placed properly, these can result more profits for the trader.
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