Financial Tools
Exchange-Traded Fund Strategy
Financial advisors and investors use a variety of algorithmic trading strategies to reap returns for their clients. Different strategies are used depending on the goals of the client and what the financial advisor wants to achieve. Some of these strategies produce long-term results while others provide short-term results. However, all…
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Factor-Based Investing Algorithmic Trading Strategy
Algorithmic trading strategies are used by financial advisors, investors, and traders to quickly execute orders when stocks reach a certain price. Computers are programmed with specific metrics and alert the trader when those metrics are detected. While there are a variety of algorithmic trading strategies used, they all share particular…
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The Mean Reversion Strategy
Using computer programs to trade quickly based on specific criteria, algorithmic trading helps financial advisors and investors execute orders fast when a particular stock reaches a desired price or drops below a specific price. The criteria can be based on a variety of aspects including stock prices or certain market…
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Momentum Investing 101
Algorithmic trading, simply put, uses computers that are programmed to take specific steps in response to the market data it is receiving. There are many algorithmic trading strategies that are used for a variety of reasons by financial advisors and investors who are looking for portfolio returns while taking risk…
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Which Market Trends You Need to Be Concerned With
The finance industry is a challenging one to keep up with. When you’re working with the money of your clients, one thing is for sure — you need to stay on top of every little change. Even though providing financial guidance to your clients is your job, it can be…
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Reasons to Open Your Own Financial Advisory Practice
Working in the financial advisory industry is incredibly rewarding. Though there are plenty of opportunities to join a financial advisory firm, there are endless advantages to starting your own practice. In today’s blog, the team at Alpha Droid is going to cover a few of the benefits that you’ll be…
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Ways Traders Can Improve Trading Discipline
Discipline. It is something every trader wishes to improve, heck, maybe it even made it on the ‘New Year’s Resolutions for Trading’ list. Undoubtedly, discipline is one of the most essential trait traders need to increase their chances of success. A lack of discipline is one of the leading cause…
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Mitigating Risk With Position Sizing Trading
Whether you are dealing with trading systems and trading strategies, market analysis, or the holy grail of market indicators, the amount of information surrounding futures and forex trading available to traders is impassable. However, there is one topic that is often overlooked by traders that could potentially result in better…
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The Reason Why Traders Earn Below-Average Returns
According to a 2017 study conducted by Dalbar Inc., a company that studies the behavior of traders and investors and evaluates investor market returns, data consistently show that the average investor earns returns that are below-average. The S&P 500 Index averaged 9.85 percent a year, for twenty years, which ended…
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How to Gain A Competitive Edge Over Major Indexes in Stock Trading
Trading stocks can be a very competitive endeavor to get into. Large corporations, hedge funds, and other professional financial managers have long held a distinct advantage over the average trader by utilizing proprietary complex financial analysis algorithms coupled with mainframe computers and streaming market data to achieve investment results that…
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