The following are resources that I actively use or have used in my own trading. There are many, many other good sites and services out there, but I’m most comfortable listing those that I know from the inside.
www.decisionpoint.com
Probably the best site for technical analysis data on the Web. Many, many charts of indicators, indexes, sectors, interest rates, etc. on different time frames. There are some unique charts here, including advance-decline stats specific to the SP 500 and ND 100 and proprietary indicators such as the PMO, a momentum measure not unlike the DSI found on the Trading Psych Weblog. It’s a very good way to scan charts of multiple individual stocks quickly.
www.moneycentral.com
This is the MSN Money site, which is a very popular financial portal. Excellent columns on trading and investing, data and research tools and individual companies. There is also a wealth of information on personal finance.
www.lowrysreports.com
This service is delivered either daily or weekly by PDF and summarizes market action with a number of proprietary indicators, including “buying power” and “selling pressure”. The service follows an unweighted measure of stock market performance and offers timing signals for the market. Very solid work.
www.quote.com
Quote.com is the premier financial portal that provides streaming quotes, charts , news and data, including stocks, commodities, futures, Forex, options,
www.barchart.com
If you dig around this site, you’ll find a number of unique features. In addition to data and charting, the site compiles statistics on the number of stocks that meet various technical analysis criteria (e.g., how many stocks are above their X period moving average). A very interesting feature follows the performance of various indicators for any stock you want to follow. The site summarizes buy and sell signals for the past two years and the profit/loss over that time. Nice watchlist board lets you follow multiple stocks easily in real time.
www.google.com
Everyone knows Google for its search engine, but its news service is first-rate, with many links to international news sources and rapid updating of stories. It’s a search engine for news, and you can find just about anything about anything newsworthy on the site.
www.dailyspeculations.com
This is the site for the Speculators, Victor Niederhoffer and Laurel Kenner. A potpourri of market insights are regularly posted to the site, as well as occasional market predictions. If you liked the book Practical Speculation (reviewed in the articles section of my site), you’ll like this site.
www.deutsche-bourse.com
What’s happening in Europe before the US markets open? This site follows the large cap DAX stocks, but also the small and midcap German stocks, as well as tech issues. Regularly updated intraday charts of those indexes as well as the Eurostoxx 50 make it easy to see what the trends look like. I have found that the German markets often lead the American SP market (both Globex and regular sessions) and that trending moves in the DAX that are confirmed by the mid and small cap markets are particularly worth paying attention to.
www.briefing.com
I find this site particularly helpful for staying on top of economic reports that are due and consensus estimates for those reports. The stock ticker feature follows the market at intervals during the day and is a quick and dirty way of staying on top of the market if you don’t have time to be following real-time charts. Interesting company and industry news and perspective as well.
www.traderslibrary.com
Quite a collection of trading-related books for sale, often at attractively discounted prices. TL has also sponsored conferences/seminars and publishes their own books.
www.activetradermag.com
Active Trader Magazine has a number of worthwhile articles for traders, many of which have been well-researched and thought-out. Editor Mark Etzkorn has done a fine job of offering content for both experienced and neophyte traders, without unduly watering down the publication.
www.sfomag.com
Stock Futures Options Magazine (SFO Magazine) is a publication I have written for on numerous occasions. The editor, Gail Osten, tackles her work with integrity and consistently lines up articles that cover a broad range of topics, from industry developments to trading techniques.
www.traders.com
Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities is a well-known magazine that covers trading techniques, interviews with market movers, and reviews of trading products. It has been a consistent source of interesting ideas over the years. I find the reviews and articles informative and refreshingly free of hype.
www.futurestruth.com
Excellent site and publication for traders interested in mechanical systems. They track system performance in real time and publish worthwhile articles on system development and trading. John Hill strikes me as someone with integrity in this industry, and he has been helpful to many system developers.
www.finviz.com
The stock screener for investors and traders, financial visualizations are easy to read.
