Gap Trading Strategies

Gap Trading StrategiesGap trading is a simple and disciplined approach to buying and shorting stocks. Essentially one finds stocks that have a price gap from the previous close and watches the first hour of trading to identify the trading range. Rising above that range signals a buy, and falling below it signals a short.

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John Murphy's Key To Success: Simplicity

"My work has gotten better due to simplifying my approach," John J. Murphy, the veteran technical analyst, author and CNBC resident technical analyst, told a group of equities and futures traders attending the Technical Analysis Group (TAG) XVIII trading conference sponsored by Dow Jones Telerate in New Orleans. Murphy said he relies heavily on f

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Zero tolerance for 'monkey chants' in Aus

After 'monkey taunts' hurled on their all rounder Andrew Symonds overshadowed the recent ODI series against India, Cricket Australia has banned any such crowd gesture during the Tests against Sri Lanka. However, the crowd would have the liberty of shouting 'no-ball' when spinner Muttiah Muralitharan bowls. "Monkey chanting would result in autom

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IPO Allotment - Rathi Bars Limited (RBL)

Rathi Bars Limited (RBL)IPO Allotment Status is now available online for Rathi Bars Limited (RBL) (Fixed Price) IPO.Rathi Bars Limited (RBL) IPO was closed

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RIL bags two oil blocks in Iraq

Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) has executed two Production Sharing Contracts with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) covering petroleum exploration activities in the Rovi and Sarta Blocks in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

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The End of History?

Scholars have debated whether the end of the Cold War constituted the end of History. After the Soviet Union passed from the world stage, some suggested that an alluring new world order was upon us. Sovereigns were purportedly ready to put historic conflicts in abeyance as cultures and ideologies coalesced around the principles of liberalism, freed

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Investor's Sin No. 1: Holding on to Losers

A common problem among inexperienced and experienced traders alike is a tendency to hold on to positions for too long. When traders won't let go, they are not only risking the chance of losing their capital, they are also tying up capital that could

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