Every strategic portfolio needs a solid base. The strength of your base will determine just how successful your portfolio is going to be. One of the easiest ways to build a solid base is to use exchange-traded funds (ETFs). For those of you who don’t have the time or the inclination to analyze a lot … Continued

For many investors, jumping into options trading can be a daunting prospect, but this course will show you that anyone can be an options trader. This course will help you understand how to sell covered calls on the stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) you already hold in your portfolio.

Once you have established a strong foundation for your portfolio, you can start to put it to work for you with dividend payments. It’s nice to see your portfolio growing, but if you are like many investors, it’s also important to see your portfolio spinning off a solid monthly cash flow.

Individual equities, because they don’t provide instant diversification, typically have more upside potential than ETFs. Of course, that increased potential comes with increased risk as well, but if you’re looking for growth, individual equities may be the best option for your base.

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This is the long puts course.

Perhaps the only thing more exciting than watching paper profits accumulate on trades in your portfolio is realizing those profits by exiting your winning trades…so long as you don’t take your profits off the table too soon. It’s time to learn how the pros let their winners run.

The ability to anticipate breakouts is as close as you can get to being able to see the future in the financial markets, and this is exactly what you can do with price patterns. Price patterns have an uncanny ability to alert you to and prepare you for potential breakouts, enabling you to take advantage … Continued

“How far is this trade going to go?” This is the question traders ask themselves every day about every trade they are in. They want to know because it helps them answer the question, “How long should I stay in this trade?” If you’re tired of “guessing” how far a trade might go, you’ve come … Continued

Sometimes the mark of a truly successful trader is not determined by how much she wins when she is right but how much she loses when she’s wrong. Now, don’t get us wrong. There’s nothing wrong with making strong profits, but if you turn around and give all those profits right back on your losses, … Continued