Stock Guides

Use any of the stock guides below to improve your investing game. We do our own stock market research on everything from stock prices to stock-related services. Our goal is to give you unbiased, actionable guides that help you make informed investing decisions.

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How to Buy Stocks - For Beginners

This guide will help those beginners who have never bought stocks. As you'll see, getting started is not overly complicated.

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Bid vs Ask - A Simple Example

The bid and ask are two key elements that determine the current price of any given stock or option. This example should help make it easier to conceptualize how they work.

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Gap Down Meaning

This article will explain what the term "gap down" means in the context of the stock market.

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Gap Risk Meaning

This article will explain what the term "gap risk" means in the context of the stock market.

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Gap Up Meaning

This article will explain what the term "gap up" means in the context of the stock market.

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How the ATR Indicator Works

This guide will explain how the ATR indicator works and give examples of how traders use it.

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How to Buy Stocks Premarket

If you want to set up orders to buy stocks during premarket hours before the stock market opens, this article will show you the simple steps to do that.

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Position Sizing in Stock and Options Trading

When it comes to buying and selling stock and options, position sizing can play a major role in how much your account grows or shrinks. This article describes different position sizing approaches.

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What Are Drawdowns?

Drawdown is a term that is sometimes used in stock market trading. This guide will explain what it is and given an example of how it works.

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What is a Backtest?

Backtesting is a type of research that is used to study historical stock market trends. This article explains how it works and why we think backtesting is so valuable.

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What is Paper Trading?

A lot of brokerages offer a paper trading feature. It's a good way to practice trading or investing. This article explains how it works.

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Best Stock Picking Services

Stock picking services do the research and legwork needed to determine which stocks they feel have good odds of performing well...

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GTC Meaning in the Stock Market

When buying or selling securities in the stock market, GTC is a term that is found in trading platforms. This guide explained what it means and how to making decisions about it.

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Limitations of Using Backtests

When it comes to doing stock market research, backtests can offer a lot of insights. But they also have limitations, and this article explains them.

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Our Statistical Process for Stock Market Research

We provide stock picks and options picks here at Stock Market Guides. This article explains the statistical process we use to do our research for making those picks.

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