Stock trading websites

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Reviewed here are a number of stock trading websites which I have found useful. Stock trading websites can be used by the trader to monitor their positions, screen databases to identify potential trades, view stock charts, monitor stock quotes and to enter and exit trades.

Stock trading websites

StockCharts.com
Stockcharts is a good educational site with it's chart school and also has a great chart drawing package. I save the chart setting to my favorites list and then the chart settings I want are always there. You can save a number of different settings if you want. I am a paid member of this site and have chosen to come in at the Extra level. I also purchase real time data for about $10 per month. There is a basic level which is free for traders who just want to check out the site. As far as stock trading websites, StockCharts has a decent search engine that is relatively easy to code and allows me to scan for stocks at any time of the day. It's Candleglance allows me to view a lot of small charts at the same time. The chart of RIVN is shown below without indicators and with the bars coloured to align to the Elder Impulse system.

TradingView.com

Tradingview is another member site which I belong to. I typically just use the charts on this site as I find coding it quite a bit more challenging compared to StockCharts. For me, the main advantage is getting access to indicators which StockCharts does not have. The yearly cost of the basic level at TradingView is just over $130. The chart below of RIVN features the Expansion Contraction Indicator, the Bayesian Trend Indicator as well as the Multi Kernal Regression which StockCharts does not have.

Interactivebrokers.com
Interactive Brokers is a brokerage firm offering online stock trading for as low as $1/100 shares. They offer an inexpensive way to buy and sell stocks and they are increasing the amount of online education they provide.

Stockscores.com
StockScores allows non paying members to search stocks using a few basic search criteria and has a good educational section. Stockscores has an easy to use gallery viewer, which lets you examine 10 stocks at a time once you have built up a watch list. It features basic and java-based charts. It is also one of the few chart services which will give you the number of trades which occurs in a stock during the trading day.

MarketWatch
Offers news and commentary on market action, personal finance section, portfolio management, newsletters and research, stock quotes, stock screeners and other information for traders.

Big Charts
Provides access to professional-level research tools such as interactive charts, quotes, industry analysis and intraday stock screeners, as well as market news and commentary.

An extremely important area in trading is trader psychology. To learn more about this area there are two websites which I have found that feature interviews from two top trading coaches Mark Douglas (now deceased) and Adrienne Toghraie. To trade well, first you need to identify your edge, then understand what type of money management you need to trade your edge and then you need to take the trades when your signals tell you to. All aspects of trading involve psychology and while most people do not want to go into this area, when you want to become a profitable trader it is one that you will need to get educated in.

Trader Psychology

An extremely important area in trading is trader psychology. To learn more about this area there are two websites which I have found that feature interviews from two top trading coaches Mark Douglas (now deceased) and Adrienne Toghraie. To trade well, first you need to identify your edge, then understand what type of money management you need to trade your edge and then you need to take the trades when your signals tell you to. All aspects of trading involve psychology and while most people do not want to go into this area, when you want to become a profitable trader it is one that you will need to get educated in.

Websites for Stock Market Scannin

You will likely find, as I do, that you need to frequent a number of sites to get all of the information you want. While you can get most of the data from one or two key suppliers, I find the format for some information is just not what I want. Therefore, I favour a few sites yet have others which I use occasionally.

StockFetcher.com
Stockfetcher is a relatively inexpensive website that allows you to do end of day stock scans or screen for stocks using technical analysis. It has many built in searches but also allows users to build their own pattern recognition searches. You can find almost any technical set up you want provided you can read their manual and write simple programs like "close is above the EMA(10)". You can try Stockfetcher for free but the stock scans will not be current.

Yahoo Finance

This site offers a great way to keep track of your portfolio. Once you enter the stocks you want to follow, you can view a chart of all of the stocks and any current news articles all on one web page. It is fast and the trading data is about 20 minutes behind the market. Yahoo Finance offers free delayed stock quotes, portfolio management, stock charts, financial and business news, market summaries, message boards and other information for traders.

Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities

Review stock related online content each month in their magazine. They cover a wide range of topics that are of interest to traders. For a complete review of their magazine look at Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities.

Associations

Canadian Association for Technical Analysis

Formed in 2021, the Canadian Association for Technical Analysis (CATA) is a premium educational resource catering to non-professional Technical Analysts which offers both monthly and annual membership plans.

CATA offers valuable learning opportunities through frequent meetings with prominent presenters. When you cannot attend a meeting or want to re-watch a session, members have access to historical meeting videos.

Members can also take advantage of informal learning and networking through the forums, where you can ask questions of peers, or offer your own insights.

American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) Computerized Investing magazine

From their home page, you can go to a section where they have their guide to top online pages. They try and identify the best overall site as well as sites to use for data, screening, charting, technical analysis and many other topics that traders would find interesting. While this AAII is more geared to fundamental analysis there are some sites that are considered technical in nature.

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