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The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham is a must read. You will be introduced to a number of trading strategies after reading this one along with proper guidance regarding when and in what should one invest.

Yes of course! You can make use of historical data for this. Check out the Intrinio website. For a certain period of time it’s free, however, they might ask you for some pay as a per package payment plan or something.

Most likely, I will go with Python. Leaving apart the technicalities, it is a very simple and useful language. One thing that I really appreciated about scripting languages is that they require less of coding as compared to other novel programming languages. Python also has its influence in the...

It is suggested to have our facts clear regarding btc before coming up with any assumptions!

Trading, this year, has been a roller coaster ride. The pandemic hit hard on us and since staying home was the only option...vigorous trading is mostly what I have been doing the whole year.

What about the margin call? Did you check with your broker once? If your position or account got closed without one, it’s a red flag. Losing trades is very common and nearly every other trader has faced this problem once or may be more, but the broker usually instructs him to either add in more...

It varies depending on the margin percentage by the broker. There are brokers that would require high margins to hold the positions especially during the weekends. They say it’s because of the liquidity risk. So say if the regular margin is 1%, it would increase to 2% on the weekends.

If it didn’t work for you doesn’t mean it won’t for anyone. It might be useful for some.

I have been using Fidelity for the last few months. I find it a nice broker offering a great trading platform.

It took me years to learn trading and become profitable. I think everyone would have taken some years to be there.

I also like podcasts quite a lot. They are full of information. The best ones I have ever listened to are The Investor's Podcast and Stacking Benjamins.

I suggest closing your trade before 5 PM EST/4 PM CST so as to avoid losses to some extent.

No day is the same as the previous day if we talk about any of the markets. This is what helps us in planning our strategies accordingly so that we can make profits from these market movements.

It’s an interesting article. I am sure that it will help traders be careful with the decisions they make in the coming time.