Stock Market Order Types: How They’re Manipulated

Stock Market Order Types: How They’re Manipulated

What are stock market order types? Why are they so easily manipulated? On the stock market, the most common order types are market orders, limit orders, and stop-loss orders. In Flash Boys, Michael Lewis says that because of the illegal practice of high-frequency trading, investors have found new and complicated ways to create order types for their own financial gain. Learn the basics of stock market order types and how they’re being used in illegal ways.

What Is Portfolio Allocation? Definition and Guide

What Is Portfolio Allocation? Definition and Guide

What is portfolio allocation? Do you need a basic guide to learn how to allocate your assets? To allocate your assets means to build a portfolio of investments that you’ve spread out into different categories. You split your assets into these categories based on how important they are to you and how much money you want to make. Let’s look at how Tony Robbins describes portfolio allocation in his book Money: Master the Game, along with how to divide your money sensibly.

How to Push Yourself to Be the Best You Can Be

How to Push Yourself to Be the Best You Can Be

Are you feeling unmotivated in life? How can you push yourself so you can achieve anything you want? According to motivational speaker and trainer Tim Grover in his book Relentless, success comes from constant pressure on yourself. Pressuring yourself the right way can help you become a better leader and look at success in a different light. Let’s look at how to push yourself in the most productive and accomplished way possible.

Front-Running Stocks: How Does It Work?

Front-Running Stocks: How Does It Work?

How does front-running stocks work? Why is the practice of front-running prohibited in the financial market? If you’re front-running stocks, you’re technically manipulating the market into giving you private or insider information. In Flash Boys, Michael Lewis goes into depth on the concept to educate readers on why it’s a dishonorable way of trading stocks. Here’s Lewis’s easy-to-understand breakdown of front-running stocks, including three versions of the practice that high-frequency (HF) firms and investors use.

3 Steps to Making Commitments & Keeping Them

3 Steps to Making Commitments & Keeping Them

What are you committed to? Do you need help sticking to your commitments? Tony Robbins provides three steps to making commitments in the context of personal finances. However, you can apply these principles to anything. His steps involve focus, whole-heartedness, and serendipity. Keep reading to learn why making commitments plays an important role not only in your finances but in your overall success in life.

How to Control Emotions and Feelings—Yours & Others

How to Control Emotions and Feelings—Yours & Others

Do you want to know how to control your emotions and feelings? Did you also know you can also intimidate your competition by doing this as well? If strong enough, emotions and feelings can negatively impact your self-esteem and motivation. However, if you use your emotions for good, you can hype yourself up while taking out the competition. Here’s Tim Grover’s advice on how to control your emotions and feelings, along with your competition’s, from his book Relentless.

3 Arbitrage Examples in High-Frequency Trading

3 Arbitrage Examples in High-Frequency Trading

What is arbitrage? What are some arbitrage examples that are most often used in high-frequency trading (HFT)? According to Michael Lewis, the author of Flash Boys, there are three different forms of arbitrage that firms use if they participate in HFT: slow-market, dark pool, and rebate. These arbitrage examples help investigators understand how HFT works in large corporations. Continue reading for a better understanding of arbitrage with examples to illustrate the concept.

What Is Prop Trading? How It Deceives Customers

What Is Prop Trading? How It Deceives Customers

What is prop trading? How do firms and banks use prop trading to trade against their customers? Proprietary trading (also known as “prop trading”) is used by banks or financial firms to trade for themselves, not their customers. However, doing so means that they’re competing against their own customers, and they have more power to win. Continue to learn what is prop trading and how it works as a scheme.

How to Get Focused: Control These 3 Emotions

How to Get Focused: Control These 3 Emotions

Are you having trouble staying focused? How are your emotions affecting your ability to stay attentive? Your emotions control almost every aspect of your life, including how well you stay focused. In his book Relentless, legendary celebrity trainer Tim Grover says that to get focused on your goals, you have to use three emotions to your advantage—anger, calmness, and happiness. To learn how to get focused on your life, career, or anything else important to you, keep reading.