Posted on 08 March 2011
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A great number of day trended markets are available like options, futures, stock markets, and currencies. Majority of people only know about stock markets, but only small number of people know about other traded markets that are working for day traders. Some of these markets of day trading are far more popular than typical stock exchange.
Popular Day Trading Markets
From many day traded markets, few most popular are listed below.
- Future markets that are based on stock indexes (Nasdaq, DAX)
- Future markets that are based on commodities (wheat, gold, oil)
- Future markets that are based on currencies (like British Pound, Euro, Swiss Franc)
- Currencies (Euro to British Pound, Euro to US Dollar)
- Options on the futures
Important note: above list does not contain any stock market because the United States Securities and Exchange Commission has limited the US stock market from day trading. If you want to check the details of these restrictions then you can read it on internet on the official website of the US SEC or the US stock exchange.
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Posted on 08 December 2009
Tags: investors, latest trade price, Securities and Exchange Commission, short sale, Stock Exchange, stock market, Stock Trading, Tick tests, trading curb, uptick situation, zero uptick
Tick tests was the name given to a method that was once employed in order to determine when circumstances were right for the execution of a short sale. To a great extent, this type of testing method was focused mainly on the use within those markets that were based in the United States. During the decade of the 1930’s the tick test approach was first developed and employed , but is now considered obsolete.
Two conditions under which tick test provides for a short sale
Essentially, there were two conditions under which tick test provides for a short sale.
First Condition
First was that, the sale could take place in an uptick situation. That is, a short sale would be allowed when the current price of a given stock was higher than the last trading prices for the same stock.
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