The K.I.S.S. acronym is most commonly described as Keep It Simple, Stupid. It is quite applicable to successful investing. Here’s Sal’s take in his own words… “I have been trading and investing for nearly 40 years. I

Sentiment, also called market sentiment, is a measure of how people THINK about the stock market, certain Commodity Futures, or even the housing market. Market sentiment is often used as an inverse or contrarian indicator, meaning if

Most people get what we are about to share wrong, yet we consider it the most important thing in trading: Don’t needlessly lose money. Of course, there will be individual trade losses. That is normal. There has

Let us begin this lesson with a classic poem… COME, fill the South Sea goblet full. The gods shall of our stock take care. Europa pleased accepts the Bull, And Jove with joy puts off the Bear.

Options are a leveraged asset class. Leverage means that you must only put down a small percentage of money to purchase the underlying asset. Some people think of this as rent vs. buy. Both a renter and

Futures- also known as commodities- started trading around the mid-1800s in the United States. If you were a farmer in the middle of the 19th century, you would be growing your corn or wheat or another crop.

One of the best investing vehicles is exchange-traded funds, more commonly known as ETFs. They are similar to mutual funds with several important advantages. Much like mutual funds, they offer the great advantage of built-in diversification, which

From Sal’s history “Back when my oldest daughter was in 4th grade, she had a "bring a parent to school” event to talk about what they did for a living. Other Dads had the careers you would

If we look at the top 10 richest people in the United States, all of them got their wealth from investing in the stock market: Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Warren Buffett to name a few. The

We all know what markets are, or do we? What is a stock market? What is a futures market? What is an options market? Do we really know? Consider this… A market brings together buyers and sellers