All Entries in the "Stock Trading" Category
Market Makers
Market Makers
A market maker is a broker or a dealer firm that agrees to hold a given number of shares in a particular stock thereby allowing for trading to occur. Market makers compete with each other for sales of a stock to the customer. They do this by quoting sell (ask) prices for a guarenteed [...]
Level II Quotes demystified
Okay, so what is level II you ask? Level II’s provide the stock trader with a lot of very useful information about the stock’s current trading. It shows at a glance all of the open orders for buys (the bid column on the left, in the level II screenshot below) and open order for sells [...]
How to read stock quotes
I was recently ask by someone about were to get see the prices of the various stocks out there. I find places like Yahoo finance and Bloomberg great places to start for someone new to learning about the markets. Below I have explained some of the jargon that goes on when looking up quotes on [...]
Stock Order Types
Recently I have been posting articles about some basic topics regarding trading. Since there seems to be a positive response I will try to post something weekly to help resolve some of the most common questions that come up when trading.
Stock Market Order Types
When trading stocks it is best to know all of the options [...]
