Geometric Formations
History
Famous Quotes
Nicknames & Slangs
Boom & Bust
100
See chart #1
What is head & shoulders
100
Originally created in 1861, it is the oldest stock exchange in Canada.
What is the Toronto Stock Exchange
100
"The game taught me the game. And it didn't spare the rod while teaching"
Who is Jesse Livermore
100
This is currency pair is also known as the "kiwi"
What is NZD/USD
100
In the "flash crash" of 2010, this major stock exchange had its biggest intraday point drop up to that point.
What is The Dow Jones Industrial Average
200
See chart #2
What is a wedge or a rising/ascending wedge
200
It is the only company that was part of the original Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1896 that remains on the current list.
What is General Electric
200
"Losers average losers"
Who is Paul Tudor Jones
200
This famous trader was known as "The Boy Plunger"
Who is Jesse Livermore
200
This Canadian gold mining company was involved in a major fraud case in 1997 when it falsely reported a discovery of an enormous gold deposit in Indonesia. This led to its stock to crash from a peak of $286 to eventual bankruptcy.
What is Bre-X
300
See chart #3
What is a butterfly
300
This president ended the U.S. dollar convertibility to gold, also known as the Bretton Woods system, in 1972
Who is Richard Nixon
300
"Win or lose, everyone gets what they want out of the market."
Who is Ed Seykota
300
His biography was made into the 2013 "Wolf of Wall Street" starring Leonardo DiCaprio
Who is Jordan Belfort
300
This trader turned author/philosopher, famous for the book "The Black Swan", is now an advisor for Universa hedge fund which used his fat tails theory to net a $1 billion payday last month when the market dropped more than 1,000 points intraday.
Who is Nassim Taleb
400
See chart #4
What is a cup and handle
400
The first commodity exchange was created in 17th century Japan in order to facilitate this particular product
What is rice
400
"I used fundamentals for 9 years and got rich as a technician."
Who is Marty Schwartz
400
This unit measure used in trading is often referred to as a "stick"
What is a full point (or dollar)
400
This bank, once the world's second oldest merchant bank, collapsed in 1995 after suffering huge losses conducted by Nick Leeson, an employee trading futures contracts
What is Barings Bank
500
Though sounding rather gruesome, this formation describes a small, brief recovery in price before a severe plunge.
What is the dead cat bounce
500
In the 2010 film, "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps", he played the only main character who was not in the original Wall Street film from 1987.
Who is Shia LaBeouf
500
"I just wait until there is money lying in the corner, and all I have to do is go over there and pick it up."
Who is Jim Rogers
500
Despite its frequent appearance, especially in commodities trading, "Banging the close" is an illegal practice.
What is a practice in which traders place large volume of orders just before the close of an exchange, in an attempt to influence the the closing price of the day
500
The son of a mailman & a receptionist. The current CEO of Goldman Sach's once served concessions in Yankee stadium.
Who is Lloyd Blankfein
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