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The Active Trading Blog, written by the Lightspeed News Team, touches on all aspects of active trading.  Topics ranging from investment and trading strategies, technical analysis, market recaps and analysis, as well as how it all relates back to the active trader are discussed.

8/31/2010
Lightspeed Announces 2nd Annual Weekly Gridiron Game - Traders come in all shapes, sizes, education levels and natural skills. The market is truly the great equalizer of all people. It doesn't care who or what you are – it requires a burning fire to be able to endure its ups and downs. It is this fire that ... more.
8/24/2010
Understanding Level II Quotes for Short Term Trade Strategies - If there were such a thing as a foolproof method of making a killing in the stock market, you probably wouldn't be reading this article and I probably wouldn't be writing it—we'd each be off cruising the Caribbean in our private yachts. While that may ... more.
8/03/2010
Do the Fundamentals Support the Technicals? - The daily charts are painting a dire picture for the U.S. equity markets. Several prominent technical analysts are going as far as drawing dramatic correlations between the current market action and the patterns that preceded the Great Depression. Even th... more.
7/27/2010
High Frequency Trading Improves Execution Quality and Reduces Volatility - Despite the claims of questionable practices and accusations by many that high frequency traders cause market volatility, a recently released report by Woodbine Associates finds that high frequency trading has actually had the opposite effect, reducing tr... more.
7/19/2010
The Stock Market 2010: Is The Worst Over? - “For the loser now will be later to win, for the times, they, they are a-changing.” These pivotal lyrics by the popular 1960s singer/songwriter Bob Dylan describe the current state of the U.S. equity markets to a tee. Let’s review the... more.
7/13/2010
A Technical Look at the DJIA - The Dow Jones Industrial Average, or DOW, as it is more commonly called, is the world's most watched stock index. Consisting of thirty major companies, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is often considered a proxy for the entire United States economy. ... more.
 
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