There are many companies that offer a stock market watch service. In this article we will take a brief look at what you should be looking for when making your choice.
The first thing you will need is up to date market prices. There’s a number of free services that provide delayed prices. Their free prices are only updated at certain intervals, - Every ten or fifteen minutes or even daily. If you are a day trader you shouldn’t use such a service -’ you need live prices. If you are a long term trader, however, using a free service might be perfectly adequate.
Another important service they should provide is general news in the marketplace. If you are a currency trader, you would need to know if the dollar collapses on the Japanese markets early in the morning. If you trade in stocks you need to know what the Asian and European markets did before the US market opens.
A further very useful service is to have regular commentary about market directions by insiders. This is especially useful if you are a new trader who doesn’t yet know how to interpret what happens in the marketplace. This is the best way to learn how to use market movements to your advantage.
All the good companies in the field also have a feature whereby you can be notified by email when stocks you are monitoring reach a certain price, or break through the moving average etc. Unless you have very advanced stock trading software that will fulfil this function for you, this is a highly useful feature.
A final note: If the stock market watch service of your choice has an online community it’s a great asset. Trading can be a lonely profession if you do it from home and being able to discuss the markets with other traders will help you retain perspective.
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