We often hear about the adage buy the rumor, sell the news when it comes to trading. Some traders say that is a profitable trading practice to buy stocks or assets on basis of rumors and sell them once the news about the asset breaks out. While this may be true, it's actually a bit complicated than it sounds and there are a lot of criteria and requirements to consider for a … [Read more...] about Buy the Rumor, Sell the News: Why Is It an Effective Trading Strategy?
Trading in a Bear Market on eToro
Despite bear markets being a natural period of a market cycle, it may be hard to anticipate such market downturns and equally challenging to adapt your trading strategies to it. There is no universal perfect solution to this problem but there are several general approaches that can be considered. What is a Bear market? Bear market in general refers to the condition where … [Read more...] about Trading in a Bear Market on eToro
Top 5 Candlestick Patterns for Long-Term Trades on eToro
In the forex and stock market industry, prices will always fluctuate in a consolidation or follow-through trending phase. In the event of strong trend periods, prices can progress from one level to another without much disturbance or interruption. A consolidation period, on the other hand, doesn’t present many opportunities for price movement or fluctuation thus offering fewer … [Read more...] about Top 5 Candlestick Patterns for Long-Term Trades on eToro
A Step-by-step approach to eToro portfolio planning
Many investors are looking for a long-term investment opportunities that would be optimal to their required returns and of acceptable risk levels. Selecting suitable assets, implementing an investment strategy and constructing an optimal portfolio however may be a difficult task. Certainly, every investor has their own tailored approach to this process but there are some … [Read more...] about A Step-by-step approach to eToro portfolio planning
How to re-balance your eToro portfolio?
It may be easy to think that a long-term investment into a portfolio of assets is a one time 'do and forget' activity that doesn't require additional efforts of monitoring or re-evaluating. Leaving your investments unattended however is a very dangerous approach that might lead to exposing yourself to too much risk and not achieving the desired performance results. This could … [Read more...] about How to re-balance your eToro portfolio?