Humor me for a moment, what does the following look like? My first thought was that this looks like the Cyclone roller coaster at Coney Island, or one of the other well-known roller coasters around the country. I decided to find a description of roller coasters and came upon this presentation from an engineering class … Continued

This is the second part of “A Better Way” series highlighting advancements made by TradeSmith over the past year to help our readers be more efficient so you can accomplish more and learn more in a shorter timeframe. The first part of the two-part series is available here. Long-time TradeSmith members know that I like … Continued

Long-time members know that I like to use TradeStops to help me follow the markets and determine their conditions. It’s still possible to use TradeStops, but now there’s a better way to follow the markets that gives me even more information than was possible before. Let’s take a look at the old way of doing … Continued

One of the factors that can help or hurt a portfolio’s performance over time is how the individual securities within the portfolio are correlated. Understanding these correlations is not difficult, but let’s start at the beginning. When we discuss the topic of correlation, we’re looking at how stocks trade under different market conditions. Stocks that … Continued

TradeStops members use options to increase their income, enter stocks at a lower price, or just to speculate with limited risk. Many of the newsletters our members subscribe to offer suggestions for covered calls, naked puts, spreads, and other options strategies to accomplish the goals listed above. Even our own Ideas by TradeSmith program now … Continued

In a recent article, TradeSmith focused on the necessity for investors to stay ready during periods of lower market volatility so that during periods of increased volatility, you can focus on executing your investment strategy without the noise and distractions that are exacerbated during volatile markets. What do we mean by staying ready? It means … Continued

Last week, we introduced you to 10 new billionaire investors we’re following. These were the first new additions to the TradeStops Billionaire’s Club in almost two years. In past articles and webinars, we’ve focused on using the billionaires to build portfolios that have the potential to greatly outperform the markets over a long period of … Continued

When TradeStops rolled out the new site changes a couple of weeks ago, one of the upgrades we included was an expanded list of the billionaire investors that we’re now following. This includes the following Billionaires: Andreas Halvorsen Chase Coleman III Dan Loeb Glenn Greenberg Jeffrey Ubben Joseph Edelman Larry Robbins Lee Ainslie Lou Simpson … Continued

Longtime TradeStops members are familiar with the impressive array of tools that are on the site and how to use most of them. Over the last year, we’ve added thousands of new members who might not be as familiar with the TradeStops tools. Every so often, we like to answer questions that members have about … Continued

As investors, we all have slightly different goals with our monies. Some are more focused on capital gains, some are more focused on income, and some manage their portfolios for both. At TradeStops, we can help you set up different ways to view your accounts so that you get the information that is most important … Continued