It is common wisdom among successful traders that you should know when to exit a trade before you open a trade. This is actually the easy part. The difficult question is when you enter the market again after you exited a trade.

Good and Bad Trades

Good trades are trades that are following a profitable trading system. Bad trades are trades that are done on the fly, based on emotions. Good or bad trades have nothing to do with how profitable that single trade was. Good or bad trades are all about trading long-term in a systematic, profitable way.

At Stock Trend Investing, we believe that also you, even when you are not a finance or investment expert, can make money, grow your savings and protect your wealth in the financial markets.

We believe you can do this through perseverance, knowing your tolerance for risk, and one hour of your time per month.

We believe it makes the world a better place when you, in this way, can achieve more financial freedom for yourself and your family, will endure less financial stress and are free to spend your time on what you really enjoy doing.

About half of our Stock Trend Investing members invest just in the U.S. markets. The other half invest internationally. You need to know a few things extra when you want to invest your savings in international markets compared to when you invest domestically only. At Stock Trend Investing, we want to help in you in getting the required understanding and insight.

When the Japanese Nikkei gained 7.2% during January and the NASDAQ gained 4.1%, you are mistaken when you think that the Nikkei would have made you more money. Yes, you are reading this right. In this case 7.2% is not more but less than 4.1%. I will explain.

To be able to see how 7.2% can be less than 4.1%, you have to take into account the currency that the stock market index is nominated in. The value of the NASDAQ is measured in U.S. Dollars. The value of the Japanese Nikkei index is measured in Japanese Yen.

Thus during January, the NASDAQ gained 4.1% measured in U.S. Dollars. And the Nikkei gained 7.2% measured in Japanese Yen.

To see the latest updated charts for almost every stock market index in the world; Yahoo Finance is a great resource.

When viewing the charts, you can select the time frame that you want to focus on. The links below show the price development for the indices during the last 5 years.

U.S.

Dow Jones