An index in financial markets is a numerical indicator, which reflects the change in the value or performance of a particular group of assets. It is used to measure and track the overall trend and fluctuations in the market..
Indexes can be of various types, such as stock indices, commodity indices, bond indices and others. One of the most famous types of indexes – stock indices, that track the change in the value of a group of shares of companies, selected on the basis of certain criteria.
Indices provide information about market trends, allowing investors and traders to draw conclusions about the state of industries, sectors or markets in general. They can also serve as a basis for creating investment strategies., portfolios and financial products, such as index funds or derivatives.
Indices are often used as a benchmark to compare individual investments or portfolios.. For example, investors can compare the performance of their portfolio with the performance of a particular index, to evaluate your investment strategy.
Some notable world indexes include S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ Composite, FTSE 100, DAX and Nikkei 225. Each of them represents a group of shares of companies, reflecting the state of the relevant market or industry.
Indices are an important tool for analysis and decision making in financial markets. They help investors and traders to get an idea of the current situation in the market and predict its future movement..
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WORK OF THE NYSE SPECIALIST The main functions of the Specialist On the floor of the New York Stock Exchange 1366 specialists. Most of them work for one of 7 dealer companies of NYSE members. Each of them controls the trading process in one, the share allotted to him. Which specialist will be responsible for trading in a particular stock is decided by the NYSE Board of Directors. If a specialist does a good job at his job, it can be enhanced – give a share to a more prestigious company to trade, with a large day trading volume. If the specialist does not cope with his duties, he may be downgraded or even fired. For example, if he violates the trading rules or receives a lot of complaints from clients. Be a specialist, this is quite an expensive pleasure. In order to be eligible to work as a NYSE specialist, you must first pay for “specialist chair“. The price of such a chair reached 4 million dollars.. The main task of the specialist is support “honest and orderly” market trading in your stock. First of all, this means the execution of transactions at the best price that is possible at the moment., support of the minimum Spread on quotes and prevention of too sharp jumps in the stock price. One of the key figures on the stock exchange is the NYSE specialist, it acts as an important link between the buyer and the seller, and also create a safe and fair environment for all transactions between market participants. …
It all depends on the time, which you enter, usually after 11, when liquidity leaves the market a little and there are no more big players on the market before 14.00, then this is really what happens ... the answer is one: you need to trade aggressively with 9.30-11.30 and than, somewhere with 14.30 and all the way….in the interim 11.30-14.30 you just need to look for potential customers (stock), to after 14.30, when the general direction of the market is determined, you were already in the stream… There is no market crisis, the worst for the market – it is the absence of LIQUIDITY AND VOLATILITY, and then, and there are other things on the market now. Before the exchange opens, you can make trades, sometimes for 2-3 hours before opening and after closing, no restrictions. All transactions are carried out on ecn. …Slanted lines work just as well, as well as horizontal, therefore they do not need to be discounted. It's just that horizontal lines work well within the day for identifying levels., but inclined and within the day, and on daily charts for the trend.
There was nothing to do on OPG today, no ideas and signals, so i didn't do anything. Intraday : TIF : Tiffany & Co Sector: Services > Industry: Retail (Specialty) Selling after breaking yesterday's low, with little risk. The stock moves a little inadequately and jerkily, for this on 1 green candle covered half of the position and it rose a little high from the bottom. In general, not a bad trade, sorry for the whole position could not sit out. Potential: 1,5$ ( real 1$) Risks: ~10C Ratio : 1 to 10 Mistakes: all is well :) PBG : The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. Sector: Consumer/Non-Cyclical > Industry: Beverages (Nonalcoholic) The worst trades of the day were here., in the beginning sold in the hope of a miracle, and then bought without much hope for growth. Mistakes : we need to stop shorting shares that opened with a very large GAP, they rarely go down after it.…
Our trading is based on homework, which we do before working day …From there we choose 20-100 shares to trade on a given day, during the day, when our ideas play out, we look at filters, besides, always different… So it is unlikely that someone is bothering anyone here.… Our systems are not automatic, trader – main factor… …Understand one thing – I'm not the best and never said that. I have friends traders, who earn in 10 times more, than me… I don't make myself a super trader and understand, that there are only a few super traders in the industry… I'm just very good, break even, earth trader, who can teach others not to lose or make trading a profession and a permanent income…That's all.
Day trader by pattern (PDT) – it is a normative designation for those traders or investors, who make four or more day trades within five business days using a margin account. The number of daily trades must be more than 6% of the total trading activity of the margin account during this five-day window.
One person won the lottery 50 million and went to an investment fund. The specialist advises: – 10 million invest in bonds, 10 million in “blue chips“, 10 million in risky stocks, 10 million in real estate, and on 10 million buy rockets and fire on the Arabs. – Why?!! – the lucky one is surprised. – I do not know for sure, – specialist answers, – but the Jews do just that. Stock analyst and broker collide at the elevator. Broker (maliciously): – well, even now you will say – up or down? Analyst Response: – We need a clear definition on which floor we are now. In any case, we will not rise above the roof, and don't go below the basement. Although it is possible that, that the elevator gets stuck or the direction of travel changes due to an emergency.
I didn't do anything on OPG. The market was in the red and wanted to sell the Ritz, but before the opening, it came out in plus and it was dangerous to sell. Intraday: HRS : Harris Corporation Sector: Technology > Industry: Communications Equipment There was a normal downward trend. jerked off after 28,50 with a small stop. The previous day she fell well. Potential: 1$ Risks: 8C Ratio : 1 to 11 Mistakes: There was nothing so terrible, просто не пошла.
A trading strategy is a plan of action, which a trader uses to make a profit in the financial markets. In this section, we will discuss the key aspects of the trading strategy on such exchanges, how the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange), NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) and AMEX (American Stock Exchange). In the process of editing 21.10.2010 The essence of my trading strategy is simple, it is trading on the continuation of the trend or reversal of the stock within the day after a significant rise or fall. The main signals for the continuation of the trend: On the daily chart, the stock must rise or pass a key level. Most often, I trade stocks that are on an annual high or have passed some significant level for 100 days. I watch the levels on the day and 15 minute scale, there should be a clear trend
“When one door closes, another one opens; but we so often, for so long and with such regret we look at the closed door, that we do not see those, that open up for us ”. – Alexander Graham Bell Successful investors and traders know the pain of regret. They looked at the closed door, probably repenting, what did not buy Dell in 1993 or that didn't short the NASDAQ in April 2000. Regret – psychological pain, which comes, when you understand, that you made a bad decision, when it was possible to do everything differently. Emotionally savvy investors know, that you shouldn't look at a closed door for too long, to learn from mistakes.