Trading
Learn how to develop and implement a trading plan that consists of analyzing the markets, filtering for potential opportunities, assessing risks, executing trades, and evaluating results.
Using Implied Volatility Percentages and Rankings
Learn how implied volatility (IV) percentages and percentile rankings can help identify when changes in options pricing are normal or unusual.
STAX Generational Trends: Millennials Turn Bullish
The Schwab Trading Activity Index™ tracks client activity to gauge sentiment. Younger generations closed the sentiment gap in May, becoming more bullish as indexes hit highs.
What Investors Should Know About Stock Splits
Learn how stock splits work, why companies use them, how they affect investors, and why markets sometimes react strongly to these mostly cosmetic corporate actions.
4 Reasons to Try Paper Trading
Paper trading isn't only for beginners. Here are four reasons you might benefit from a simulated trading experience.
Short Selling: The Risks and Rewards
Make sure you understand the risks of short selling before taking the plunge.
What's Free Cash Flow and Why It Matters
Though investors often focus on revenue and earnings, a company's free cash flow has longer-term implications that can tell investors more about the health of a business.
Inflation Monitor: Warsh Dismisses 'Rough Swag'
Kevin Warsh, the presumptive incoming chair of the Federal Reserve, states his preferred inflation gauges over the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index.
What Is the P/E Ratio? Why Investors Use It
The price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio compares a company's stock price to its earnings per share. Learn how to use this valuation tool, and why it's best paired with other metrics.
STAX Generational Trends: Gen Z Goes Conservative
Younger investors took a more conservative approach in March amid the Iran war, according to the Schwab Trading Activity Index™. Gen X and Baby Boomers were largely unfazed.