Originally posted April 9, 2019. Last Updated June 13, 2021 What is Selling in Stages? Astute readers of Get Irked know that we’re a big proponent of Buying in Stages – the concept of not buying all at once, but, instead, adding to a position as its price...
Always Have a Contingency Plan Many stock brokers offer special orders called Contingent Orders which include One Cancels Other (OCO) orders and Trailing Stops (TS). Using these orders can provide investors with powerful tools to buy positions close to their lows...
Originally posted March 11, 2019. Last Updated February 23, 2023. What is an Exchange Traded Fund? An Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) or Index Fund is a portfolio of stocks managed by a firm to achieve certain goals. When buying a share in an ETF, investors are actually...
What does a “Stock Gap” mean?” A stock gapping at its open means that news moved the stock price dramatically from the previous closing price, leaving a blank space or “gap” on the stock’s chart. Gapping – Up or Down When a...
Originally posted February 4, 2019. Last Updated June 29, 2020. The performance of roboadvisers consistently experienced lesser gains on uptrends and greater losses on downtrends over the two years we used them. The above chart shows two key dates: performance for the...
What’s a “Stock Shopping List?” Many professional analysts will tell individual investors to keep a shopping list of stocks they’d like to buy at lower levels. However, what does that look like? We decided to put together a shopping list of the...
