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TickerPosts guides and articles tagged guide. Plain-English, calm, and written for everyday investors. 14 posts.

  • Common Stock Market Myths, Fact-Checked

    Some of the most repeated "rules" about stocks are simply wrong, and a few of them are exactly the lines a promoter uses to talk you into a bad trade. A plain-English fact-check of four myths beginners hear most: the 52-week-high trap, the penny-stock "more room to grow" line, the crowd-equals-up assumption, and the "due for a bounce" trap.

    · 3 min read

  • The Complete Guide to Fundamental Stock Research for Beginners

    Researching a stock means understanding the business, reading its own filings, and forming a view you can defend, before you act on anyone else’s opinion. This long-form guide pulls the pieces together: what the company does, the numbers that matter, the primary sources, and the bear case, with links to focused guides on each step.

    · 3 min read

  • The Complete Guide to Using Stock Discussion Forums Safely

    Stock forums are a great place to find ideas and a bad place to take orders. This long-form guide pulls together how to get the upside of a discussion community, the warning signs of promotion and spam, and the habits that keep a forum useful instead of expensive, with links to focused guides on each piece.

    · 4 min read

  • The Complete Guide to Spotting Stock Fraud and Pump Schemes

    Stock promotion and pump-and-dump schemes follow a recognisable pattern. This long-form guide pulls together how the schemes work, the stocks they target, where the promotion shows up, the warning signs to watch for, and how to check any tip before you act, with links to focused guides on each piece.

    · 4 min read

  • What Does Unusual Volume Mean?

    A stock trading on many times its normal volume is telling you that something changed. It does not tell you what, or whether the move will last. A plain-English guide to reading an unusual-volume spike: what counts as unusual, the difference between scheduled and unscheduled spikes, and the manipulation angle worth keeping in mind.

    · 3 min read

  • How to Use Stock Forums Without Getting Burned

    Stock forums are a good place to find ideas and a bad place to take orders. A practical guide to getting the upside of a discussion community, the company news and the bear cases you would not have found alone, without absorbing the hype, the herd behaviour, and the noise that comes with it.

    · 3 min read

  • How to Read Stock Volume

    Volume is the number of shares that changed hands in a given period. It does not tell you which way a stock is going, but it tells you how seriously to take the move. A plain-English guide to what volume measures, what unusual volume can signal, and how to read price and volume together.

    · 8 min read

  • How to Read an Earnings Report

    When a public company reports earnings, three things show up on the same day: a press release, a conference call, and an updated quarterly filing. A plain-English guide to where to find each one for free, which numbers actually move the stock, and the questions worth asking before taking a beat or a miss at face value.

    · 10 min read

  • How to Read SEC Filings Without Getting Lost

    A plain-English tour of the four SEC filings beginners hit most often when researching a stock: the 10-K, the 10-Q, the 8-K, and Form 4. What each one contains, where to read it for free, and which sections actually matter.

    · 9 min read

  • How to Research a Stock Before You Buy

    A short, plain-English framework for sizing up a stock before you put money behind it. Where to find the primary sources, which numbers actually matter, and how to write down a bear case before clicking buy.

    · 7 min read

  • What Is a Pump-and-Dump?

    A pump-and-dump is a coordinated scheme to inflate a stock price with hype, then sell into the buying it created. A plain-English explanation of how the playbook works, who runs it, and how to recognize one from the outside.

    · 6 min read

  • How to Spot Red Flags Before You Follow a Stock Tip

    Some stock tips on social media come from thoughtful investors. Others come from coordinated promoters. A short checklist for telling the difference before you put money behind someone else's idea.

    · 5 min read

  • Understanding Market Movers: Gainers, Losers, and Volume

    The market highlights on the TickerPosts homepage surface the stocks making the biggest moves. Here is what each category tells you.

    · 1 min read

  • Getting the Most Out of Your Watchlist

    Your watchlist is your personal dashboard for staying on top of the tickers that matter to you. Here is how to make the most of it.

    · 1 min read

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