Chris Gallant, CFA, is a senior manager of interest rate risk for ATB Financial with 10 years of experience in the financial markets. Chip Stapleton is a Series 7 and Series 66 license holder, CFA ...

Stella Osoba is the Senior Editor of trading and investing at Investopedia. She co-founded and chaired Women in Technical Analysis. She has 15+ years of experience as a financial writer and technical ...

Day trading might sound like a fun way to make a living, but it’s a hard game for new traders to break into. Not only do day traders need high-tech stock scanners to locate stocks with potential, but ...

Many people interested in trading stocks wonder if there are any rules about when to buy or sell stocks. While some vague timing guidelines do exist, the best time to buy or sell a stock really ...

Brendan Byrnes is the Managing Director at Motley Fool Money, where he leads business strategy and editorial operations. Since joining The Motley Fool in 2011, he has written hundreds of articles, ...

Interactive Brokers attracts active traders with low per-share pricing, an advanced trading platform, a large selection of tradable securities — including foreign stocks — and ridiculously low margin ...

Vanguard's low-cost model and large fund selection make the broker a good choice for long-term investors, but the firm lacks the kind of robust trading platform active traders require. Many or all of ...