The recent Pivot Points article has generated a bit of interest amongst the visitors here, so today I decided to program an Online Pivot Point Calculator that is free for everyone to use.

The Pivot Point Calculator is very simple to use.

To start, you need to retrieve the OHLC (Open, High, Low, Close) prices of the financial instruments last day of trading.

Then type these prices into the relevant boxes on the Pivot Point Calculator, and then simply hit the Calculate Pivot Points button.

You will then be given the Pivot Point and support and resistance values.

Click Online Pivot Point Calculator to start using the calculator now.

Also, remember to take a look at the recent Pivot Points article if you want to refresh your memory.

You can also sign up for our newsletter to be notified of any modifications … I’d eventually like the Pivot Point Calculator to automatically retrieve the previous days prices for any stock symbol that you type into a text box. But that’s for another day.

Update : We now also have an Online Compound Interest Calculator that is free to use to. You can check it out here.

UPDATE : You can now download the free Pivot Point Calculator Software here.

I first heard about Pivot Points when I used to day trade the Forex Market.

In fact, the nature of Pivot Points would probably dictate that they would only be of any real use to the day trader as they are dependant upon the previous days prices and are therefore good for only 1 day of trading.

Pivot Points work by indicating points of support and resistance for the price of a financial instrument that is being traded.

When the price reaches a pivot point, it will either bounce back from it (indicating support or resistance) or continue beyond it.

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The Institutional Forex System website states that 95% of Forex traders lose money to the institutions.

That’s good news if you are an institution (i.e. a Bank or Corporation) – But if you are an individual trader, then 19 in 20 of you will be handing over your cash to these institutions.

Enter the Institutional Forex System – a method of trading that claims to show you 3 trades every month to earn 10-30% with over 90% accuracy!

DC Bonta, a professional currency trader with over 10 years experience, is the author of the Institutional Forex System.

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I’m not sure if what I’m about to say is entirely true, but from what I have read, Trend Trading is one of the most popular and long lived trading system around.

I really like Trend Trading and use it as the basis of my trading system. It has always seemed to make sense to me – A kind of ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t try to fix it’ approach to calculating the future price of something.

However, I also understand that it is not the only trading system that words, but I have success with and so do many others. I am also a Technical Trader, and Trend Trading probably lends itself more to the technically inclined.

What follows is a brief introduction to the world of Trading the Trend. Let’s take a look at what it is, how it works and who uses it. (Read More…)

If you are looking for some training material to get started in trading then you should take a look at Surefire Trading.

The Surefire Trading products are written by Mark McRae, and experienced trader, lecturer and author.

If you visit the Surefire Trading Website, you will see that there are several books for sale at a reasonable cost that can be immediately downloaded.

Each book deals with a different aspect of trading, or a different financial market, each with their own differences that require a different set of skills and research.

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This article is a brief introduction to Day Trading.

A basic definition of Day Trading is the buying and selling of financial instruments within a single day. This means that any positions that are opened in a market are closed by the end of the trading day.

The profit or loss (but hopefully profit!) for the day is then calculated from the balance of trades.

Many people would have become familiar with the term Day Trading from the era of the dot com boom – mainly because this was the time when technology became available to give the general public easy and cheaper access to the financial markets.

However, the truth is that day traders have been around for as long as there have been financial markets. (Read More…)

SocialPicks.com is a new website that has surfaced on the internet that aims to provide a platform for sharing ideas about investing in the financial markets.

It has features that enable users to:

1. Share investment ideas from friends, and see who else follow their advice.

2. Recommend stocks, and let your track records speak for themselves.

3. Collaborate on market research, and keep updated with relevant market info.

4. Track performance of analysts and get the picture of how well professional experts really perform!

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Momentum Trading is a trading strategy that is used to focus on stocks or other trading instruments that are showing a strong move in a particular direction – usually on high volume.

When momentum trading is executed properly with a tried and tested trading plan and proper risk control, it displays a trading method that is ofter referred to as High Probability Trading.

When analysing stocks for momentum trading, a trader measures the amount by which a security’s price has changed over a given time span.

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If you have been thinking of getting started in futures trading, then you might want to consider E-mini Futures Trading.

The reason that E-mini futures trading can be a really good choice for the trader who is starting out in futures trading is that the trading lots for the futures contracts are considerably smaller, so lend themselves to the trader who does not want to risk as much trading capital.

As any trader who wishes to embark into the leveraged world of the futures pit should know, there is a considerable amount of extra risk compared to stock trading because of the leverage that is allowed when buying and selling contracts.

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One of the best ways to buy and sell stocks is by Online Stock Market Trading.

Why? Because it gives you more choices as to where you get you Stock Market information and which Stock Brokers you can use to carry out you stock market trading decisions.

It doing you stock market trading online is generally easier and less time consuming.

However, during the last decade or so that online stock trading has increased in popularity there comes an increase in different aspects of doing your investing via the internet that you need to be aware of.

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