THE MARKET ENGINEER

What is Volatility?  Volatility defined A statistical measure of the dispersion of returns for a given security or market index. Volatility can either be measured by using the standard deviation or variance between returns from that same security or market index. Commonly, the higher the volatility, the riskier the security. INVESTOPEDIA EXPLAINS ‘VOLATILITY’
In other words,… Continue reading TME 027: Volatility

Today we are going to talk about short term trading. Short term trading can mean different things to different people. We are going to talk about short term trading the way we use it. The day trader would be considered a short term trader but that is not what we want to discuss today. We see… Continue reading TME 026: Short Term Trading

Do you have what it takes to be a trader? When we watch sports sometimes someone comes along that defies what normal people can do. When the game is on the line they rise to the occasion. Some say they have a gut of steel. Look at old videos of Joe Montana… Continue reading TME 025: Trading Psychology

Long term investing or long term trading can mean different things to different types of investors or traders. If you are a day trader then a strategy that trades weekly will be long term. Some define long term as holding an asset for an extended period of time. The time could be as little as… Continue reading TME 024: Long Term Investing

What is the Stock Market? The stock market is a market where shares of public companies are issued and traded. The companies are traded either through exchanges or over the counter markets. The stock market is also known as the equity market. Many time people complain about the stock market but the stock market is… Continue reading TME 023: The Stock Market

Price Action Trading What is price? When I was young I came to my granddad and I said look at this baseball card it’s worth $5. He said it is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. The price of something is what someone is willing to pay for it. When you… Continue reading TME 022: Price Action Trading

What Are Futures? Investopedia defines futures as a financial contract obligating the buyer to purchase an asset (or the seller to sell an asset), such as a physical commodity or a financial instrument, at a predetermined future date and price. Futures contracts detail the quality and quantity of the underlying asset; they are standardized to… Continue reading TME 021: Futures Trading

What is Trend Following? Trend following is a trading strategy that tries to profit from trends in the market. A trend follower makes money when they follow the trend of a particular market. Trend Following can be done by big time banks on Wall Street or by online stock trading of an individual. If you… Continue reading TME 020: Trend Following

We hear a lot of people giving their stock picks. Some post their stock picks on the web. Some scream their stock picks on TV. Today we are going to talk about the good and the bad of stock picks.  Stock Membership Sites I was in the woods on a cool March morning. The market… Continue reading TME: 019 Stock Picks

In 2013 Gallup’s American Workplace study 70% of those who participated described themselves as disengaged from their work. So if you are reading this article there is a 70 % chance that you do not like your job. Imagine this. We spend 40 hours per week at work. There are 168 hours in a week… Continue reading TME: 018 Trading For A Living