Steffen Ruefer | tradingXplained

Why I switched to Micro-Caps

For those of you who actively follow the markets, you will remember this year’s turmoil. End of January saw a strong correction of the U.S. markets, a 12% drop on the major indexes. It might not sound like much, but with a 20.5% gain over 2017, it meant to give...

Some Notes on Risk Taking

I thought I will share my thoughts on how to reduce risk in the stock markets. To make it easier to read I created a slide presentation. Just click on the image below and it will open in a new browser tab. In a nutshell, I cover 3 topics: What risk management is all...

TRIP Possible Reversal

Did you ever use TripAdvisor? It’s been around for a while an seems to work well. In case you are not familiar with it: it’s a website where you can book hotels and holiday trips while comparing prices. How about its stock price? Their stock price has come...

How to buy the Dip

If you followed the markets over the last couple of days (and I trust you did) then you saw what’s happening: Most markets have lost about 8% of their last heights. 2 months of gains have been erased within only 2 days. Now that sounds bad! There is nothing too...

New Blockchain ETF Launched

Blockchain, especially related to Bitcoin and alternative cryptocurrencies, has been the hype of 2017. Many people have asked me: “Should I buy Bitcoin now?”. My usual answer ranged from “hell no!” to a more polite “it’s a bubble...