Cup and Handle
Cup and Handle is a price pattern that can be observed in every time frame. After a downtrend price takes on some sideways and retraces to the previous peak forming a soft U-shape, a cup. Left and...
VIX index was created by Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) in order to provide a measure of stock markets expected volatility in 30-day period. It is also known as the fear index or fear gauge. It is calculated using...
Security and Exchange Commission
In the aftermath of the Great 1929 stock market crash, the US government passed the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which created the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) with the...
The Relative Strength Index was developed by J. Welles Wilder Jr. and introduced in his book, New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems in 1978. He described and interpreted the indicator and later the work of Brown and Cardwell developed...
Risk reversal is an options trading strategy used to hedge risk. The strategy protects against adverse movements but at the same time limits potential profit. A trader buys one option and other write depending on a position in underlying....
Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) is the leading indicator of the economic growth and directions of economic trends. It is derived from the survey of private businesses in specific sectors. The index is published monthly and observed by various market...
A market order represents the most basic type of trade order and implies buying or selling a security at the current price. Securities are bought at the ASK price and sold at the BID price. If the trader needs...
After World War II as part of the framework of the Marshall Plan to rebuild Western Europe the Organization for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC) was established in 1948. Headquartered in the Chateau de la Muette in Paris, it aimed...
Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) indexes are one of the most globally followed benchmarks of the stock markets. They include more than 80 countries from developed, emerging and frontier markets, covering 99% of investable opportunities. Indexes are weighted by...
Together with Standard & Poor’s and Fitch, Moody’s comprises the Big Three credit rating agencies. Moody’s Corporation is a financial service holding company of Moody’s Investment Service and Moody’s Analytics. It was founded by John Moody in 1909 in...
