Technical trading uses historical data patterns to forecast stock trends. Learn about techniques like momentum and trend ...

After-hours trading refers to the buying and selling of stocks after the close of the U.S. stock exchanges at 4 p.m. through 8 p.m. U.S. Eastern time.

Day trading is the practice of making several trades of a security within a single day. Day traders hope to use market volatility to make money on small gains by trading stocks. While there's ...

Insider trading is the selling or purchase of stocks and other securities based on non-public, material insider information. People found guilty of Illegal insider trading can receive up to 20 years ...

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Like many of today’s 50 million retail traders, years ago I started off with a small $15,000 account all on my own, with no formal trading experience, and no one to guide me. Back then I was an ...

Due to significant geopolitical uncertainty, this could be a very opportune time to trade currencies. However, as the promise of forex trading grows, so, too, does the volume of scams designed to ...

Ninety former House members signed a letter calling on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to pass legislation prohibiting members of Congress and their ...

Day trading is the inverse of the slow and steady approach of buy-and-hold investing. With day trading, you buy and sell investments quickly — in less than a day, hence the name — in the hopes of ...