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Stock Trading Software: How Does It Help You

Owning very good stock trading software can be very handy for making faster and easier transactions in the stock exchange. It is a great way to analyze the market with the use of an computerized solution that is capable of examining important indexes as well as giving you a preview of which shares you should consider trading.

Stock trading software is basically a computer program (sometimes its an internet service) that sits on your computer integrated with a brokerage account allowing you a certain degree of access to the stocks of any exchange in the world. The program may have the ability to analyze movements within international markets too.

Traders often use this kind of software to perform both buying and selling in the stock exchange. It  offers investors various benefits that can help them in successfully engaging in the stock market. Here are some of the ways that the software helps you:

Time Saving

One of the major benefits in using stock trading software is that it saves you a lot of time. After all, time is a very essential factor in stock trading for you to be able to make the best deals in the most timely manner.

Through the use of trading software, you can forego having to spend a long time trying to interpret data for your stocks through printed reports or online stock pages. Through a single click of the mouse, the software can download the necessary information and will process all the data for you so you can make your decisions faster.

Objective Guidance

Another great benefit for using trading software is that it can give you great trading guidance, especially if you are a beginner. Because the program is not based on emotions when presenting its selections to you, a more objective and truthful judgment on which stocks will be best to invest in can be delivered. And so, there is a better chance that you will be guided to making a better and unbiased decision.

More Control

Using stock trading software also gives you more access and control over your own accounts. Instead of relying only on brokers to negotiate deals for you, you are now empowered to handle a lot of the work yourself, and you can even check on how your investments are doing in the market at anytime. This way, you can monitor your stocks more effectively.

Broadening Of Your Portfolio

Finally, the use of trading software can also allow you to make international trades easier and this may broaden your portfolio. Because the program is based on information technology and a vast online network, it would be easier for you to make global transactions without having to leave your own home. This can pave way to broaden your stock portfolio and even make it more secure.

Indeed, the use of trading software is a great way to maximize what modern technology has to offer and incorporate it into your profit making. By saving you a lot of time, giving you more objective advice, empowering you to have more control and broadening your portfolio, these programs have proven very useful for anyone interested in trading stocks.

And so, if you are interested in making your stock transactions faster and easier, or if you are merely new to the market and want very good assistance in your decision making, then you can invest in a good stock trading software package.

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What Are US Stock Market Conditions Today?

Daily Stock Market Conditions

This is the start of a new series of daily posts that will be available to Most Excellent Investor members at all levels.

By nature these posts will be very brief pointing to the best opportunities that our stock research will reveal.

Questions that our analytics can answer short-term:

What Affect Do Today's Market Conditions Have On Trading?
Where Are The Best Opportunities?
Which Industries Are Under Valued?
Which Sectors Are Under Valued?
Which Stocks In The Under Valued Sectors / Industries Give The Best Opportunity For Profits?

 

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How Do You Use A Stock Trading Watch List?

How To Use A Watch List

Stock trading watch lists are just what the name suggests, a list of stocks to keep an eye on. An investor is watching either the price or the volume action for a particular stock, or a particular group of stocks, in a list.

The Most Excellent Investor website is based on stock research for taking long positions - buying stocks and selling them. So the watch lists on this site are geared toward establishing long positions. (Note: in this context the word long does not indicate a length of time, but instead indicates the practice of buying shares of stocks first, then selling them; as opposed to shorting/selling shares first then buying to cover later.)

What Are You Watching For?

You are watching for stocks to approach some pivot point that will indicate that they are ready to make a move in price up or down. If you are looking to establish a long position - buy a stock first then sell it after the price rises - then you are watching for signs indicating the stock price is ready to make a move up. If you are looking to short a stock - sell shares you don't own at a high price then buy shares to cover your short when the stock price later drops - then you are watching for signs indicating the stock price is ready to make a move down.

Remember, Most Excellent Investor watch lists have a long bias, and are designed for investors with short-term long positions in mind (buy shares then sell the shares at a higher price).

What To Do When What You Watched For Happens?

Once a stock reaches the pivot point you anticipated then it is time to act - buy and take your position in a trade, or sell and take profits from your long position already held.

The research behind MostExcellentInvestor.com's watch lists are based on well known indicators (such as MACD - moving average convergence divergence, OBV - on balance volume, EMA - exponential moving average, and others) plus our proprietary algorithms.

Our hourly watch lists give the approximate timing of the minute you can expect a stock to make a move up. If it seems you missed a move on a particular stock it's best to let it go; no worries because there is another stock that hour that will make a move. Just check our watch list for that hour, or the next.

When Do You Get Out?

Once your anticipated price movement has taken place then you should close your position and move to the next trade that you have been watching out for.

If you entered into a long position by buying shares of a stock then when you've made the profit you anticipated then it is time to sell. For short-term trades usually a 2% - 2.5% gain is all that you can expect. But since you have the potential to do this multiple times a day the ROI is great for many small gains.

Bottom Line: Take advantage of our Free 7 Day Trial, which will usually give you 5 trading days no matter which day you sign-up.  Use the first day or two to "paper trade" our watch lists - don't actually make trades but see what would have happened had you made them.  You will see how valuable our watch lists are without taking any risks. If you find them valuable then start trading for real.  If you don't find them valuable you can cancel your membership before 7 days and not be charged.  Click here to give us a try!

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Most Excellent Investor Stock Research In The News

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Besides being newsworthy we are trust worthy. We meticulously analyze the effectiveness of our watch lists by using them. When an algorithm turns less effective the reason why is researched and tweaked and adjusted.

The stock market is fluid and a company's earnings are not the only factor that determines market sentiment for its stock.   For instance some companies that beat earnings still drop in price, and some companies with no earnings rise in price. Vigilance is needed to make sure that signals and indicators that once worked are continuing to work by giving the same consistent signals in anticipation of a rising or falling price.

Most Excellent Investor is committed to maintaining and improving the analytics behind the production of our watch lists. Thus ensuring that Most Excellent Investor member stock trading is indeed upgraded by use of this site.

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Training – Under Valued Stocks

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This watch list only shows the stocks that are under valued. To see how the values in each column of the watch list may be used to identify stocks most likely to make a higher price move read the descriptions for each column below.

Sort by any column by clicking on its header, toggle between Ascending and Descending by clicking on  the header again.

Column Descriptions

Symbol = ticker symbol for this stock. Double-click to highlight the symbol for copy/paste into your trading platform.

Close = previous closing price for this stock. For under valued stocks an opening price that is higher than the previous closing price may be a good sign that the stock is ready to make a rebound.

Gain% = gain percentage attained at the previous close.

Vol(00s) (Desc) = volume in hundreds.

VolPctCh (Desc) = Volume percent change. Stocks with a high percent of change can be a good indicator of stocks with increasing interest from investors, so they may make a sharp move up. (Works well in conjunction with 'Industry Sector Rank' (Asc), 'Day Hi Volatility%' (Desc), 'Stock Current Earnings Factor Undervaluation' (Asc)).

Industry = The industry that the company is in.

Sector = The sector that the company is in.

Industry Sector Rank (Asc) = The rank of the stock's industry and sector. Under valued stocks in a higher ranked sector (lower number in the Rank column) have a good chance for a quick recovery. Click on the column header to sort stocks by this column, click again to reverse the sort order.

Day High Volatility% (Desc) = average volatility from the open price to the day high price.

Stock Current Earnings Factor Ratio Undervaluation = under valued in comparison to the stock's bench mark.

Currently Calculated Earnings Factor = proprietary calculation based on PE ratio over time and each stock's previous closing price.

Earnings Factor To Bench Mark Price = factor value when it was calculated to the bench mark price for each stock.

Earnings Factor Bench Mark Remainder vs. Mkt = stock's current earnings factor compared to the average for all the stocks in the market. A positive value here indicates that this stock is performing by this percentage better than average stocks in the market. A negative value indicates that this stock is performing  by this percentage worse than average stocks in the market.

Earnings Factor Bench Mark Remainder vs. Industry = stock's current earnings factor compared to the average for the stocks in its Industry. A positive value here indicates that this stock is performing by this percentage better than average stocks in it's industry. A negative value indicates that this stock is performing  by this percentage worse than average stocks in it's industry.

Earnings Factor Bench Mark Remainder vs. Sector = stock's current earnings factor compared to the average for the stocks in its sector. A positive value here indicates that this stock is performing by this percentage better than average stocks in it's sector. A negative value indicates that this stock is performing  by this percentage worse than average stocks in it's sector.

CALCED EPS DIFF =  Earnings Per Share difference from previous calculation.

Possible Strategy

Find stocks that are under valued relative to the overall market (negative Earnings Factor Bench Mark Remainder vs. Mkt and Earnings Factor Bench Mark Remainder vs. Industry), but has a strong performance versus its own sector (positive Earnings Factor Bench Mark Remainder vs. Sector).

Find stocks with high positive VolPctCh, low number in Industry Sector Rank, high value in Day Hi Volatility%, low or even negative Stock Current Earnings Factor Undervaluation.

For more background see the article "Why Undervalued Stocks Can Be Your Friend and How to Find Them", on this website.

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Training – Promising Stocks (From Beginning Hour) To (Ending Hour)

This report shows the best prospects for picking winning stocks for the trading hour indicated in the title of the page.The scroll bar at the bottom of the page can be used to display additional columns that appear further to the right of the initial display.

Columns In The Watch List

Symbol = ticker symbol for each stock. Double-click to high light the symbol for copy/paste into your trading platform.

Approx. Trade Time = trading minute for each stock. A stock with an earlier 'Trade Time' may give a longer span of time for the stock's price to rise. But stocks with a later 'Trade Time' give time for an initial dip in price to take place before entering a trade position.

Avg Of High = average high price for this stock for this minute on an average trading day. When monitoring the stock market in real time, this price can be used in combination with the prices in the 'Avg Open On The Low End' and 'Avg Of Close On The High End' to find a range indicating the likely direction of the stock's price from this point forward.

Avg Open To High Gain% = average price movement from the open at the Approx. Trade Time to the average high price for the day.

Avg Open To Close Gain% = average price movement from the open at the Approx. Trade Time to the average close price.

Rank Dollar Volume = how this stock ranks in dollar volume versus other stocks for this minute  on an average trading day. Dollar volume is the total value of money invested in 'trade(s)' for a stock over a period of time (a minute, an hour, a day). Dollar volume is a good way to equalize the interest shown in a particular stock in comparison to another, since a cheaper stock with higher volume can be seen to have similar interest from the market as a stock with a more expensive price but with less volume.

Rank Of Best Buy Minute = how this minute ranks for this stock  on an average trading day. This rank takes into account what the price of a stock will do after this particular 'Trade Time'.  Stocks with a price that rises after the  'Trade Time' shown on this line for this stock are ranked higher than stocks with prices that either don't rise as much or that fall after this 'Trade Time'.

GoFwd Gain% = part of this stock's trading model - this stock's typical amount of percent change in price from this trading minute going forward in the trading day.

Rank GoFwd Gain% = part of this stock's trading model - where this stock's amount of change in price ranks from this trading minute going forward in the trading day.

GoFwd High Gain% = part of this stock's trading model - this stock's typical max amount of percent change in price from this trading minute going forward in the trading day.

Rank GoFwd High Gain% This Minute = part of this stock's trading model - where this stock's amount of price change ranks from this trading minute going forward in the trading day.

Sector Rank = the rank of this stock's sector.

Prev Close = this stock's closing price on the previous trading day.

Prev Gain% = this stock's amount of price change on the previous trading day.

Surge Gain% = the highest gain% for this stock within the last 3 days. If the surge percentage is very high then the price movement for this stock could be well outside of its typical trading range which could be a consideration in evaluating its price moves for the current trading day.

Date of Surge Gain% = the date of the detected surge gain%.

52WK LO = this stock's lowest price in the last 52 weeks.

52WK HI = this stock's highest price in the last 52 weeks.

52WK PRC RANGE = the over all price movement for this stock in the last 52 weeks.

VOLUME SURGE% = the highest volume percentage change difference for this stock within the last 3 days. If the volume surge percentage is very high then the volume movement for this stock could be well outside of its typical range which could be a consideration in evaluating its price moves up or down for the current trading day.

RANKOF VOLUME SURGE% = where this stock's volume surge ranks among all stocks for this trading day.

DATE OF VOLUME SURGE% = date that the current volume surge percentage took place.

% Off 52wk Hi = percentage of gain this stock's previous closing price was below its 52 week high.

% Off 52wk Lo = percentage of gain this stock's previous closing price was above its 52 week low.

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Training – Promising Stocks That Trade This Time Of Day

This is a page of links to hourly watch lists that have a ranking of stocks trading in each of the hours shown on the various watch list pages. Each hourly list is complete when the trading day begins so even the link that shows the latest trading hour of the day can be used to devise a trading strategy for the day.

As the day progresses the stocks listed for each hour come into their own as to potential opportunity for profit; and sometimes a stock can be highly ranked on multiple watch lists (for multiple hours).The stocks listed for each hour of these metrics would usually only be for potential short-term trading strategies.

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Training – Early Day Trade Opportunities

This report shows the best prospects for picking winning stocks for the trade time indicated in the early hours of the stock market trading day, 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Eastern.  Breaking news can have a negative or positive effect on these early prices so caution should be shown in taking any position this early in the trading day. The scroll bar at the bottom of the page can be used to display additional columns that appear further to the right of the initial display.

1. Strategy Hint

Each column in the watchlist can be sorted ascending or descending based on the preferences of each trader using the watchlist. Look below at the description of what each column in the watchlist means and use the description to determine the ranking and values that your strategy calls for.

2. Columns In The Report

Symbol = ticker symbol for each stock. Double-click to high light the symbol for copy/paste into your trading platform.

Approx. Trade Time = trading minute for each stock. A stock with an earlier 'Trade Time' may give a longer span of time for the stock's price to rise. But stocks with a later 'Trade Time' give time for an initial dip in price to take place before entering a trade position.

Avg Of High = average high price for this stock for this minute on an average trading day. When monitoring the stock market in real time, this price can be used in combination with the prices in the 'Avg Open On The Low End' and 'Avg Of Close On The High End' to find a range indicating the likely direction of the stock's price from this point forward. (Note: When this value is higher than Prev Close then this is a good indicator that price will rise for this stock and its Approx. Trade Time).

Avg Open To AvgHigh Gain% = average price movement from the open at the Approx. Trade Time to the average high price for the day.

Avg Open To Close Gain% = average price movement from the open at the Approx. Trade Time to the average close price.

Rank Dollar Volume = how this stock ranks in dollar volume versus other stocks for this minute  on an average trading day. Dollar volume is the total value of money invested in 'trade(s)' for a stock over a period of time (a minute, an hour, a day). Dollar volume is a good way to equalize the interest shown in a particular stock in comparison to another, since a cheaper stock with higher volume can be seen to have similar interest from the market as a stock with a more expensive price but with less volume.

Rank Of Best Buy Minute = how this minute ranks for this stock  on an average trading day. This rank takes into account what the price of a stock will do after this particular 'Trade Time'.  Stocks with a price that rises after the  'Trade Time' shown on this line for this stock are ranked higher than stocks with prices that either don't rise as much or that fall after this 'Trade Time'.

GoFwd Gain% = part of this stock's trading model - this stock's typical amount of percent change in price from this trading minute going forward in the trading day.

Rank GoFwd Gain% = part of this stock's trading model - where this stock's amount of change in price ranks from this trading minute going forward in the trading day.

GoFwd High Gain% = part of this stock's trading model - this stock's typical max amount of percent change in price from this trading minute going forward in the trading day.

Rank GoFwd High Gain% This Minute = part of this stock's trading model - where this stock's amount of price change ranks from this trading minute going forward in the trading day.

Sector Rank = the rank of this stock's sector.

Prev Close = this stock's closing price on the previous trading day. (Note: Beware when this value is already higher than the Avg Of High).

Prev Gain% = this stock's amount of price change on the previous trading day.

Surge Gain% = the highest gain% for this stock within the last 3 days. If the surge percentage is very high then the price movement for this stock could be well outside of its typical trading range which could be a consideration in evaluating its price moves for the current trading day.

Date of Surge Gain% = the date of the detected surge gain%.

52WK LO = this stock's lowest price in the last 52 weeks.

52WK HI = this stock's highest price in the last 52 weeks.

52WK PRC RANGE = the over all price movement for this stock in the last 52 weeks.

VOLUME SURGE% = the highest volume percentage change difference for this stock within the last 3 days. If the volume surge percentage is very high then the volume movement for this stock could be well outside of its typical range which could be a consideration in evaluating its price moves up or down for the current trading day.

RANKOF VOLUME SURGE% = where this stock's volume surge ranks among all stocks for this trading day.

DATE OF VOLUME SURGE% = date that the current volume surge percentage took place.

% Off 52wk Hi = percentage of gain this stock's previous closing price was below its 52 week high.

% Off 52wk Lo = percentage of gain this stock's previous closing price was above its 52 week low.

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Training – Stocks From #nn Sector & Industry

Each page consists of a watch list of stocks from the industry & sector with the rank that is shown in the title of the page. A strong performing stock can be identified by choosing a highly ranked stock from a highly ranked industry and sector.  You can can sort the stocks by any column in the report just by clicking on the column header.

Columns Descriptions

Symbol = the stock symbol for each stock on the page. Double-click to high light the symbol for copy/paste into your trading platform.

Prev Close = the prior day's closing price

Gain% = the prior day's price gain percentage.

Vol(00s) = volume in hundreds from the prior day.

Todays Stock Rank = the price gain percentage ranking from the prior day. This ranking is against the entire market not just the stocks in this industry and sector.