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Personal Finance………..?

admin — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:42:52 +0000

1. Match the following words to its correct definition.
A. General and progressive increase in prices
B. Investment in which you are loaning money for a certain time period to the issuer
C. Individual retirement account in which a person can set aside after-tax income up to a specified amount each year, earnings are tax-free, and tax free withdrawals may be made after age 59 1/2
D. Distributions of profit a company pays you because you own stock in that corporation
E. Supplemental retirement system in the United States
F. Individual Retirement Account
G. The amount of money you make on an investment in relation to the amount of time your money is invested stated as an annual percentage
H. Quick and easy way to estimate how long it will take for you to double your money
I. Type of tax-qualified deferred compensation plan in which an employee can elect to have the employer contribute a portion of his or her cash wages to the plan on a pretax basis
J. Retirement plan for certain employees of public schools, employees of certain tax-exempt organizations and certain ministers
K. An exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers
L. The age at which someone stops working permanently
M. Asset purchased for profit
N. An arrangement to provide income to people when they are no longer earning income
O. Collection of financial securities (stocks, bonds, cash) that is managed by a company or a person on behalf of many investors

Rule of 72
Dividend
Mutual Fund
Bond
Stock Market
Rate of Return
Inflation
Pension
Retirement
Social Security
IRA
Roth IRA
401K
403b
Investment2.

How do mutual funds reduce risk?
A) They invest in stocks
B) They provide investment diversification
C) They use an investment manager
D) None of the above

3. Your grandpa is 62 and asks you if he is eligible to collect Social Security. What do you tell him?
A) He could collect his full payment now.
B) He could have started collecting at age 59 1/2.
C) He can receive reduced payments now.
D) None of the above.

4. Which type of account is usually used when employees can have a matching contribution from their employer?
A) Roth IRA
B) Traditional IRA
C) 401k
D) 403b

5. In the future, you and your friends plan to receive Social Security after you retire. At what age can you currently plan to receive full benefits?
A) 59 1/2
B) 62
C) 65
D) 67

6. Which type of individual retirement account should you choose if you want your contributions to be tax deductible?
A) Roth IRA
B) Traditional IRA
C) 401k
D) 403b

7. When you reinvest dividends,
A) you will receive them by check
B) you will receive them by direct deposit
C) the dividends are deposited into a Certificate of Deposit
D) the dividends are used to buy more shares of stock

8. Bonds are known as
A) fixed income investments
B) equities
C) dividends
D) no load mutual funds

9. When you purchase stock in a corporation
A) you are loaning money to the corporation
B) you are technically becoming a part owner of that corporation
C) you do NOT earn the right to vote on the direction of the company
D) you have to own the stock for at least one year before you are allowed to sell it.

10. Which of the following is the oldest measure of the U.S. stock market and the most widely used indicator of stock market activity?
A) The NASDAQ
B) The S&P 500
C) The Dow Jones Industrial Average
D) The Russell 2000

11. The total value of the securities a mutual fund owns divided by the number of shares outstanding is known as the mutual fund’s
A) Face Value
B) Net Asset Value
C) Market Value
D) Yield

12. Mutual Funds called "load" funds charge a high flat fee whyou purchase the fund or sell the fund.
A) True
B) False

13. TD Ameritrade is an example of a full-service brokerage company.
A) True
B) False

14. Treasury bonds are considered to be more risky than owning stocks.
A) True
B) False

15. A Roth IRA is beneficial because your withdrawls are tax-free.
A) True
B) False

16. IRA stands for Important Retirement Assets
A) True
B) False

Trading indicators are best used along with money management and good risk control, using trading indicators alone will not enable you to be a successful trader, even if you learn everything about futures trading indicators the market is just too random and unless risk is controlled, over time your account will slowly get wiped out, regardless how good a “trader” you think you are.

This question was about futures trading indicators and there have been some pretty good answers that should help in your trading, and especially in relation to futures trading indicators, the answer has been posted in the categories listed below:

Option trading question.?

admin — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 03:07:20 +0000

Hello, I understand that first of all we need to know how the future price of the Underlying security is going to be bullish or bearish or neutral…..Then after finding out the trend we have to select the strategies…..I am really having trouble here in really correct trend…..

If you are successful option trader How do you come to conclusion that you are going to bet the price of security is bullish or bearish or neutral?What Kind of analysis you do?Do you use put/call ratio like something as a Indicator for confirming the trend?Please share your ideas How to Jump to conclusion to bet that product’s price will be bullish or bearish or neutral?Please explain to me in simplae and clear way……I do not have trouble in selecting the strategy after find the trend ie, bullish or bearish or neutral……I need some experienced Option trader’s confirmation for the basement of selecting the trend?

Thank you.

Option trading question.?

admin — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 05:47:41 +0000

PLEASE SUMMARIZE!!! hw help?

admin — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 05:47:44 +0000

Please summarize this is 2 paragraphs!! im having difficulty and its late in america. 1:30 a.m. and i have school 2morrow!! HELP!
ASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Pending home sales in July rose 5.2% from downwardly revised June levels, the National Association of Realtors reported Thursday, though the indicator shows the market for existing homes is still depressed after the expiration of a key tax benefit.

As the availability of a home buyer tax credit worth as much as ,000 expired at the end of April, the pending home sales index plunged 29.9% in May and another 2.8% in June. The NAR had initially reported a 2.6% drop for June.

The July index came in better than the 1% monthly drop that economists had forecast, though sales in July were nonetheless 19.1% below those during the same month in 2009.

The data reflects contracts and not closings, which normally occur with a lag time of one or two months. The NAR index is based on a large national sample, typically representing about 20% of transactions for existing-home sales.

The May plunge in pending home sales hinted at the 27.2% plunge in existing-home sales reported in July.

"Home sales will remain soft in the months ahead, but improved affordability conditions should help with a recovery," said Lawerence Yun, chief economist for the trade group.

"For those who bought at or near the peak several years ago, particularly in markets experiencing big bubbles, it may take over a decade to fully recover lost equity."

Though the pending-home-sales index isn’t always a reliable indicator of future existing home sales, the report is consistent with a rebound from July’s record low of 3.83 million to around 4.4 million in August, according to Paul Dales, U.S. economist at Capital Economics.

"That would be a spectacular 15% month-on-month jump, but it would not even reverse the falls seen after the expiry of the tax credit and would leave sales at levels not sustained since 1997."

About half of all households have less than 20% equity in their home, meaning they won’t be able to get another mortgage, he said. Pointing to the 4.43% 30-year mortgage rate, he said even the housing bargain of a lifetime is not enough to bring the market back to life.

Steve Goldstein is MarketWatch’s Washington bureau chief. oh well i guess ill jux do my own hw…

Whats going on when I get periodic white exhaust smoke from my '04 Volvo S80 w/turbo?

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:30:34 +0000

I purchased a 2004 Volvo S80 with a turbo charged engine and approximately 90k miles. Last fall it started emitting white smoke when it was at operating temperature and idling. At acceleration it would blow large amounts of the white smoke through 2nd and 3rd gears then clear up. I asked our Volvo mechanic about it and he advised it was normal. He explained that fuel tends to build up in the turbo when idling and the white smoke was that excess fuel burning off. I expressed my concern and wanted to trade the car in on a model with less miles. He told me that the car, at that point with approx. 100k miles, was just getting broke in. He told me, and I quote him exactly, " …you have to drive it like your mad at it".

About 3 weeks ago I stopped to check the mail before parking the car and while at idle RPM, a squealing noise with a knock behind it started and gradually got faster then suddenly stopped with no adverse reaction to the engine performance. I suspected it coming from the AC/heater blower fan as that seemed the general location from where it came. As a precaution I checked the engine oil and the level was good. Our oil change schedule was every 5k miles and that was due so I planned on making that appointment in the very near future.

Mothers Day, coming home, after pulling a mountain the squealing noise with the knock came back suddenly and gradually quickened in pace. I immediately turned of all AC/fan and it was still there so I knew it wasn’t the problem. I checked the gages and temp was perfect, no oil light, and check engine light was on as it had been due to what we were told from a persistent blown bulb indicator. On a downhill grade at this time I shifted into neutral ruling out any transmission issues. While in neutral I feathered the gas and the noise increased or decreased with the engine RPM. I knew then I had to get the car somewhere and shut it down. Less than 2 miles from the house I attempted to limp home. Before I got there the engine was loosing power and the car lost all momentum from power loss and the noise suddenly stopped after an audible pop. The car lost all power and stalled with temp still showing good and no oil light but check engine light was blinking.

I had the car towed to the Volvo shop we bought it from and on Monday was informed the engine had thrown a rod due to low engine oil. When I stopped in to see for myself the car had not been moved. I asked how they knew it had thrown a rod and it was explained that when they started the engine they could hear it. I am now being advised the best course of action is to buy a used engine with 60k miles and have it installed. What is your take on this situation?

Can the ETF or stock Index be used as a leading indicator for intraday stock trading?

Is it a good time to buy Churchill Downs stock right NOW?

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:28:44 +0000

Bit of a horse racing/investing question. The reason why I ask is that it was recently reported that the Breeders’ Cup board announced it is "exploring the possibility of using a single host site for all future Breeders’ Cup events."

DRF Editor in Chief Steve Crist, by process of elimination came to the conculsion that if this does come to fruition, Churchill Downs would be the highly probable venue: http://cristblog.drf.com/crist/

The theory makes much sense seeing that Churchill is not on either coastline. Now Churchill is a publicly traded company, and I would think that the Breeders Cup if held there each year, as well as Breeders Cup memoribilia sales would greatly increase Churchill’s year over year bottom line financially.

Wall Street is usually quick to pick up on these things, but yet the idea (if it happens) hasn’t been reflected in the stock price that I can see, which could either be an indicator it’s not going to happen or that many on Wall Street and in finance are "asleep at the wheel" on this one.

What do you all involved with horse racing think?

http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:CHDN&hl=en&sa=X&oi=suggest_finance&ct=title&aq=4&oq=chdn&aqi=g1g-s3b1

Should Mike D'Antoni be given more credit?

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:52:46 +0000

I mean yes he needs to incorporate more defense to his coaching arsenal and needs to play more than an 8 man rotation, but he is a great coach regardless and his record/success speak for themselves. He has seen 2 Conference Finals, made a 20+ win team in the Suns and Knicks into 2 high octane offensive juggernauts, and made the Suns play the most exciting brand of basketball for a couple of seasons.

He made a young Knicks team play hard rather than give up something the team under Isiah did a lot they lacked passion and now the franchise has something to look forward to in a season they thankfully overachieved.

Look at it this way last year w. all the trades Kerr made to worsen the Suns for the future. With the talent the Suns possessed under the leadership of D’Antoni they managed to win 55 wins, which with all the struggling due to trades and roster changes was only 2 games beneath the Lakers for the Pacific division crown.

As, soon as Mike D left so did his system and that made their franchise player Nash disgruntled – which made the team worsen and miss the playoffs winning 46 games.

That is a 9 game digression in a years period. While, in NY he took a team where Walsh made drastic trades that would benefit the team as opposed to hurt them, like Kerr’s trades in the long run and the result under Mike D’s system and his leadership the Knicks won 32 games, which was a 9 game improvement from the 23 wins won by the franchise a year ago.

That is the ultimate +/- indicator and just imagine the Knicks because they are finally under the cap and headed under the right direction if they can reel in Chris Bosh and Michael Redd or any All-star tandem. Then Mike D can do a lot of damage w. that for David Lee, Wilson Chandler, Chris Duhon, and Danilo Gallinari will be complimented by a talented vet in Al Harrington for a full year next year and 2 possible All-stars in 2010. That can rival the talent Mike D had in PHX.

Will this finally change the minds of the Global warming zealots?

admin — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 07:56:24 +0000

Peer-Reviewed Study Rocks Climate Debate! ‘Nature not man responsible for recent global warming…little or none of late 20th century warming and cooling can be attributed to humans’

Nature not man responsible for recent global warming

Three Australasian researchers have shown that natural forces are the dominant influence on climate, in a study just published in the highly-regarded Journal of Geophysical Research. According to this study little or none of the late 20th century global warming and cooling can be attributed to human activity.

The research, by Chris de Freitas, a climate scientist at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, John McLean (Melbourne) and Bob Carter (James Cook University), finds that the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a key indicator of global atmospheric temperatures seven months later. As an additional influence, intermittent volcanic activity injects cooling aerosols into the atmosphere and produces significant cooling.

"The surge in global temperatures since 1977 can be attributed to a 1976 climate shift in the Pacific Ocean that made warming El Niño conditions more likely than they were over the previous 30 years and cooling La Niña conditions less likely" says corresponding author de Freitas.

"We have shown that internal global climate-system variability accounts for at least 80% of the observed global climate variation over the past half-century. It may even be more if the period of influence of major volcanoes can be more clearly identified and the corresponding data excluded from the analysis.”

Climate researchers have long been aware that ENSO events influence global temperature, for example causing a high temperature spike in 1998 and a subsequent fall as conditions moved to La Niña. It is also well known that volcanic activity has a cooling influence, and as is well documented by the effects of the 1991 Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption.

The new paper draws these two strands of climate control together and shows, by demonstrating a strong relationship between the Southern Oscillation and lower-atmospheric temperature, that ENSO has been a major temperature influence since continuous measurement of lower-atmospheric temperature first began in 1958.

According to the three researchers, ENSO-related warming during El Niño conditions is caused by a stronger Hadley Cell circulation moving warm tropical air into the mid-latitudes. During La Niña conditions the Pacific Ocean is cooler and the Walker circulation, west to east in the upper atmosphere along the equator, dominates.

"When climate models failed to retrospectively produce the temperatures since 1950 the modellers added some estimated influences of carbon dioxide to make up the shortfall," says McLean.

"The IPCC acknowledges in its 4th Assessment Report that ENSO conditions cannot be predicted more than about 12 months ahead, so the output of climate models that could not predict ENSO conditions were being compared to temperatures during a period that was dominated by those influences. It’s no wonder that model outputs have been so inaccurate, and it is clear that future modelling must incorporate the ENSO effect if it is to be meaningful."

Bob Carter, one of four scientists who has recently questioned the justification for the proposed Australian emissions trading scheme, says that this paper has significant consequences for public climate policy.

"The close relationship between ENSO and global temperature, as described in the paper, leaves little room for any warming driven by human carbon dioxide emissions. The available data indicate that future global temperatures will continue to change primarily in response to ENSO cycling, volcanic activity and solar changes.”

“Our paper confirms what many scientists already know: which is that no scientific justification exists for emissions regulation, and that, irrespective of the severity of the cuts proposed, ETS (emission trading scheme) will exert no measurable effect on future climate.”

–

McLean, J. D., C. R. de Freitas, and R. M. Carter (2009), Influence of the Southern Oscillation on tropospheric temperature, Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, D14104, doi:10.1029/2008JD011637.

This figure from the McLean et al (2009) research shows that mean monthly global temperature (MSU GTTA) corresponds in general terms with the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) of seven months earlier. The SOI is a rough indicator of general atmospheric circulation and thus global climate change. The possible influence of the Rabaul volcanic eruption is shown.

Excerpted Abstract of the Paper appearing in the Journal of Geophysical Research:

Time series for the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) and global tropospheric temperature anomalies (GTTA) are compared for the 1958?2008 period. GTTA are represented by data from satellite microwave sensing units (MSU) for the period 1980–2008 and from radiosondes (RATPAC) for 1958–2008. Aft

Where did humans first appear?

admin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:22:37 +0000

A) South America
B) Africa
C) Asia
D) Europe
E) Australia

22. What was the most radical anatomical change in human evolution?
A) brain enlargement
B) standing erect
C) development of language
D) loss of body hair
E) development of culture

23. Read the following scenario to answer the following question(s).

Birds are a widespread group of animals, with approximately 10,000 different species found throughout the world today. Because they are relatively easy to find and so visually appealing, they are better understood than many other groups of animals. They are also valuable biological indicators, with many species living in different habitats during different times of the year and covering long migration routes. According to the World Conservation Union, extinction threatens over 1,200 bird species today and at least 179 are critically endangered. Some of the most endangered species include the Tahiti monarch, with only 10 pairs remaining, and the Bali starling, with only 12 wild individuals left. In Hawaii, the last captive po ouli died in 2005 and the last two known to be alive in the wild have not been seen in many months. Common birds are also disappearing. In North America, red-winged blackbird populations declined by at least 1 percent each year between 1980 and 1999. These examples can serve as a warning. Habitat destruction, degradation, and fragmentation is the most serious problem and affects 86% of threatened birds. Unsustainable forestry and intensifying agriculture exacerbate this problem of habitat loss. All of this shows that conservation of habitats is critical if many of the world s bird species are going to be saved from extinction in the near future.

What is the greatest threat to birds today?
A) pollution
B) poaching
C) cellular phone towers
D) habitat loss
E) the illegal pet trade

24. Which of these animals exhibits segmentation?
A) jelly
B) grasshopper
C) planarian
D) sponge
E) hookworm

25. Which of these primate groups is most closely related to hominids?
A) apes
B) Old World monkeys
C) lorises
D) lemurs
E) New World monkeys

Can you help me with some / any of these economic Indices / Statistics please ? Not All, Any will do?

admin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:53:15 +0000

I would like economic statistics of the indices given below in a tabular form so that I can make charts on them. What I want is links to daily weekly monthly or quarterly data ( absolute numbers, or percentages or increase decrease over earlier periods ) from 2003 ( or even a lesser period ) Even if there is no historical data available I would like some links from where I can get these numbers starting now.

First point – I am Indian, so I am interested in data of India and USA, next all important world indices like Japan, Europe, China, S Korea. Another point – the indices are listed randomly, in no particular order, ignore any indice that does not make sense, – I may have made a mistake

ISM non manufacturing index
Purchase managers Index
Durable Goods orders ( this is a proxy for business inventory )
IMS Manufacturing data
Producer Prices
Retail sales
Factory Orders US
Factory activity
Factory and home sales
sales of new homes
sales of existing homes
Nationwide House Prices
Supply Demand Gap
Japanese Industrial production
Total Vehicle Sales

Consumer confidence index
Current situation index
Futures expectation component index
Employment confidence index
Consumer spending index
Euro Zone Economic sentiment
Supply manufacturing factory index ….

unemployment rate
non farm payroll
citizen unemployment
US workers cut
Eurozone unemployment
Initial Jobless Claims US
Continuing Claims US
Challenger Job Cuts

WORLD INDICES
nasdaq
dow
nikkei
hangseng
shanghai
msci world index
msci india index
msci em index
msci ac pacafic index
Nomura’s Composite leading index

Growth and GDP
Wholesale Price Index
Consumer Price Index
Inflation figure – consolidated
Inflation figure – food
fy09 provisional average inflation
new car sales
industrial production
Index of Industrial Production – Consolidated
Index of Industrial Production – Mining
Index of Industrial Production – manufacturing
Index of Industrial Production – electricity
10 year bond yield
10 years gilt
10 year g sec yield
1 year g sec yield
91 day Treasury Bills
Libor – us uk eur
Mibor
Fiscal stimulus ( % of GDP )
Credit Supply
Federal Funds Rate
Money Supply MS1 MS2 MS3
Government Purchases
RBI / FED Policy Rate
BANK RATE
REPO
Reverse Repo
CRR
SLR
Agricultural Credit
ECB Interest Rates

Corporate Earnings growth
Construction spending
MBA Mortgage Applications
EPFR ( this tracks funds flows )

Indicator of NPL
Net Performing Assets ( NPA )
Sub BPLR loan
Bank purchasing manufacturers index
( the above is a key barometer from 500 cos)
US Fed Rate
ECB rate
Consumer credit

India specific (& USA / International where applicable )
Swap Rates
Dollar and Other Currencies
fiscal deficit
imports & exports – % & absolute & yoy
oil & non oil import bill
net outflow, inflow
Overall / quarter balance of payment Defecit
Fiscal BOP defecit
Current A/c defecit
Merchandise trade def
Trade def numbers
Capital account defecit
total reserves
Foreign current assets
Gold
SDR
Reserves in IMF
External debt
FII, DII inflows
Mutual Funds

Info on ICE Natural Gas Quotes (Streaming)?

admin — Sun, 23 May 2010 05:29:35 +0000

If anyone trades natural gas futures on ICE, could you please tell me what the small "s" in the red or green (buy or sell) indicator squares represents?

Using Trader’s Pivots?

admin — Sun, 02 May 2010 07:54:22 +0000

Does anyone WHO ACTUALLY TRADES with REAL MONEY (preferably commodities and futures) use floor trader pivots? The pivot is roughly calculated by taking the high, low, and close and dividing it by three right? How are the supports and resistance level calculated from there? Also, what time increments are you watching while in a trade and using this indicator?

Economic question need expert !?

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:54:33 +0000

No End in Sight for Housing Market Decline
Submitted By John L. Walker

The National Association of Realtors’ Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) is one of the broadest gauges of sale activity in the housing sector. Unfortunately, this past week brought more bad news to those hoping the U.S. housing recession may be bottoming out as the PHSI continued its steep decline. The report indicated that signed contracts for purchasing previously owned homes experienced its sharpest drop in nine months, declining 4.7% through the month of May. In comparison to the same period a year ago, activity has fallen 14.6%. The South experienced the biggest contraction (at -7.1%) propelled by the plummeting Miami market, followed by the Midwest (-6.0%), the Northeast (-2.9%), and the West (-1.3).

For the broader housing market, the PHSI metric alone confirms many concerns that conditions will continue to deteriorate. However, when coupled with other indicators, the outlook becomes even bleaker. Yesterday, Wall Street sent another message that the worst is yet to come when the share prices of the nation’s main mortgage companies experienced significant decreases. After declining almost continuously over the past year from a high of .57, Fannie Mae fell another 16% to its lowest level since 1992, settling at .74 a share at the market’s close. Similarly, Freddie Mac tumbled another 18% to its lowest level since 1994, and settled at .91 a share. These declines reflect concerns over a new housing bill that would require the companies to raise billions of dollars of new capital.

Legislation
Legislators are widely expected to approve a housing rescue bill by the end of this month. This sweeping rescue package will overhaul the regulatory structure of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, which are government-chartered enterprises. The bill would force the two companies to come up with hundreds of millions of dollars each year to refinance troubled home loans. However, many still insist this drastic measure is not nearly enough. Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Economy.com, states, “It’s not enough, even in the best of circumstances.” The proposed housing bill would help some home owners, but the Congressional Budget Office estimates it would only be used by 400,000 borrowers. The number of distressed and defaulting borrowers greatly outnumbers the number of borrowers that the bill would help, and therefore it is unlikely the bill would do much to bolster the failing housing market. Analysts are predicting that on top of the already 3,000,000+ borrowers that are currently in distress, a couple of million more borrowers will fall behind and default on their payments in the coming year as home prices fall further and the economy further weakens. The bill may be a step in the right direction, but do not count on it being the “silver bullet” for the housing mess.

Looking Ahead
It is impossible to know whether the housing market has reached the bottom or whether it will continue to decline. Hindsight is 20/20 and generally one knows the bottom has occurred when looking in the rear-view mirror. However, one indicator that is helpful in predicting future prices is in fact futures contracts. In 2006, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange began offering a housing spot market. This enables speculators to either buy or sell property values in a given region. Expected future prices are inherently priced into futures contracts, so this provides some indication as to where home prices may potentially be heading. The April spot prices for Miami were trading at 8.75. The Miami futures contracts for November 2009 are currently trading at 5. This may indicate that there will be a further 20% decline in property values in the Miami area. Using futures contracts as an indicator, one can predict that the housing decline is most likely not anywhere near over yet, especially in previously overbought areas like Miami.

Yet there is a silver lining to this bleak housing mess:
This may be an excellent time to find a bargain for buyers who can take their time in finding a house, such as buyers approaching their retirement years. Buyers with higher elasticity of demand between areas and longer purchasing time horizons can monitor prices and pick up houses when they drop to manageable and attractively priced levels. Home prices are down more than 25% in certain parts of the country, and there remains a glut of houses especially in areas such as Nevada, Arizona and Florida. According to the Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the average price for a home in these retirement areas is down significantly. Retirement communities such as Miami, Phoenix and Las Vegas are down 27%, 25%, and 27%, respectively, compared to a year ago. No one knows when the housing market is going to hit bottom — it likely will not hit rock bottom anytime soon — but if one is approaching retirement years with a sizeable bank account and i

Option trading question?

admin — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:18:32 +0000

1.OPTION VOLUME:

– As a Indicator,wHAT DOES Option Volume says about future price Movements?
– What does High/Low Option volume says?
– When usually High/Low option volume occurs?Can u give some circumsatances at which High/Low Option volume occurs?

2.Volatility:

a. IMPLIED VOLATILITY (IV):

—What does High/Low Implied Volatility (IV) reading says? Does it gives any signals?
—If “Yes” to the above question,Does that IV reading has any correlation with price of stock inorder to Ensure that the

provided signals ( By IV) are not fake.
—At what circumstances Implied Volatility become unusual High/Low?Can you Give some circumstances?
—Does IV provides Buy and sell signal for option trading?Please explain in simple and clearly.
–Does IV provides the direction>?Like is it going to bullish or bearish or sideways?

b. HISTORICAL VOLATILITY (HV) AND IMPLIED VOLATILITY (IV) RELATIONS:

—Is there any rules like HV should be above or below IV ? or any RULES LIKE IV located above HV?
—If “YES” to the above question, what is the signal it provides when HV is located above IV (or)IV located above HV.
–dOES cRossovers of HV and IV provide any signals?

3.LIQUIDITY:

—cAN YOU TELL ME ANY SIMPLE STRATEGY (Other than Volume) to measure the Liquidity of Stock option?
—I hear one friend saying:measuring liquidity from Bid/ask spread…..But his explanation is not making me

understanding….If you really know answer, Please explain to me in simple and clearly….
—does Liquity provides Buy and sell signals? Please explain in simple and clear way.

4.Suggestions:

If you have your own experience of the following for the option trading,please explain to me in simple way.

—Forecasting the direction?Like Bullish or bearish or sideaways?
—Entry and exit signals of option trading

Thank you .

Any one can explain to me woodies CCI indicator?

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:40:17 +0000

(used in Futures trading)

Trading indicators are best used along with money management and good risk control, using trading indicators alone will not enable you to be a successful trader, the market is just too random and unless risk is controlled over time your account will slowly get wiped out, regardless how good a “trader” you think you are.

Futures and Fair Value in the pre-market?

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:16:31 +0000

On CNBC in the morning they show you fair value and futures. I thought that just the futures indicate where the market will open. But then the people on-air, add the two indicators(i think). Why do they add them and how is fair value traded(since it goes up and down like futures)

When the news says Futures are up, for a prediction indicator of probable gains in stock price for a given day

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:53:20 +0000

what are they talking about? Is it aftermarket/premarket trading or options or what?

Is the daily amount of traded stocks a good indicator of a future crash?

admin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:53:59 +0000

Preceding the October 29, 1929, there was an unprecedented amount of stocks trading hands (i.e. 16 million in one day). Does that amount indicate the fear of the traders, and a coming crash? Can we tell a crash coming from the point dropping too? or is the stock market not a teller of these things?

ALSO – where (online) can I find the daily amount of stocks trading hands?

Private Traders: What Trading System do you use?

admin — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 07:55:16 +0000

Please specify, whether your trading system:
1) was bought off the shelf and what is it called;
2) put together yourself using existing indicators & techniques (ie MACD, Moving Averages, Chart Patterns, etc);
3) developed entirely by yourself as a new proprietary system.

What do you use this system to trade (ie futures, stocks or FX)?
Not fishing for the secret all infallible holy grail of trading system (if it even exists).

Just want a simple answer like:
I trade using point (2) using candlestick patterns and moving averages as trailing stops. Use it to trade FX.

Dont need to know the time period of your moving averages or secret mathematical formulae you’ve programmed into TradeStation or MetaStock.

Trading indicators are best used along with money management and good risk control, using tesnical indicators alone will not enable you to ne a successful trader, the market is just too random

What do they mean by fair value of futures and futures present value? How do they come to those figures?

admin — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:18:18 +0000

I see this on CNBC every day! They seem to indicate that this could indicate that the stock market would rise on a positive number and fall on a negative number! Is this an indicator or pre market trading or overseas trading? How are they making the predictions for the day? What are they basing it on?

Trading indicators are best used along with money management and good risk control, using tesnical indicators alone will not enable you to ne a successful trader, the market is just too random

Private Traders: What Trading System do you use for which Markets?

admin — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 07:54:07 +0000

If you trade futures, stocks, FX: do you use the same Trading System or a different system for different markets.

Also what is/are the Trading System that you use for each market:
1) one you bought off the shelf;
2) put together yourself from existing indicators & techniques (ie MACD, Moving Averages, Chart Patterns, etc);
3) developed entirely by yourself through mathematical programming into a new proprietary system
Not fishing for the secret all infallible holy grail of trading system (if it even exists).

Just want a simple answer like:
I trade using point (2) using candlestick patterns and moving averages as trailing stops. Use it to trade FX.

Dont need to know the time period of your moving averages or secret mathematical formulae you’ve programmed into TradeStation or MetaStock.

Trading indicators are best used along with money management and good risk control, using tesnical indicators alone will not enable you to ne a successful trader, the market is just too random

Anyone have experience trading futures?

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:32:59 +0000

Here’s what I’m thinking of doing:

Pick a future that’s been volatile lately
Buy an option on the future to increase the swing even further
Watch the swings, and if I’m up 25%-30%, close the position.

Would this work? I’m not interested in researching fundamentals or following technical indicators. Of course, I wouldn’t risk more money than I can afford to lose.

Trading indicators are best used along with money management and good risk control, using tesnical indicators alone will not enable you to ne a successful trader, the market is just too random

How do I start my own fund that trades futures and options?

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:33:02 +0000

Early in my investing career I quickly lost 8,000 in every market you can think of. Since then I have learned how to read financial reports, understand the effects of geoploitical situations throughout the world and I have extensively studied technical analysis (patterns, support/resistance, indicators based on oscillations & candlesticks).

I’m a CFP, and have been very successful in the past two years. I have netted a 8637% gain on my personnel investment. I rarely hold an investment more then 20 trading days and quickly drop any investment where I had an incorrect read.

Option trades –
SIRI Dec. 2005 CALLS +16%
RJR Dec. 2005 PUTS -7%
SIRI Jan. 2006 CALLS +38%
MXO Oct. 2005 PUTS +16%
MXO Mar. 2006 CALLS +645%
JCP Jan. 2007 PUTS 13%
SWFT Oct. 2006 PUTS +45%
LCC Oct. 2006 PUTS +73%
EK Jan. 2007 PUTS +144%
PNRA Jan. 2007 PUTS +86%
OMX Nov. 2006 PUTS +40%
OMX Nov. 2006 PUTS +65%
OMX Nov. 2006 CALLS +53%
XMSR Jan. 2007 PUTS +191%
BAB Dec. 2006 PUTS +37%
MTZ Oct. 2006 CALLS +26
Well I have enough capital, I’m sure. But, I want to help others by creating my own fund specifically in options and futures.

Trading indicators are best used along with money management and good risk control, using tesnical indicators alone will not enable you to ne a successful trader, the market is just too random

Can the ETF or stock Index be used as a leading indicator for intraday stock trading?

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:30:12 +0000

I was told that S&P futures can be used as leading indicators when day trading stocks. However, I do not have access to Futures through my broker. As an alternative, can I use the Spy (ETF) or the SPX (S&P Index) as a leading indicator when day trading stocks?

Trading indicators are best used along with money management and good risk control, using tesnical indicators alone will not enable you to ne a successful trader, the market is just too random