Over the past two years, I have been introduced to a number of tools and resources in the financial market that have helped my day trading business grow to where it is today. Without these tools, I wouldn’t imagine how I can manage to reach my current stage. I will add to it as I learn more. I recommend you bookmarking it for your reference so that you can come back to it anytime in the future.

Please note that some of the links below are affiliate links to products that will earn me a commission. These are all things that I have experience with that I am recommending because they are helpful and are companies that I trust, not because of the commissions that I may earn from you using these products.

Market Review and Forecast:

Briefing: Briefing.com is the first company to use the power of Internet to provide live market coverage, commentary and analysis. Briefing’s content serves millions of readers in 86 countries. Its “Briefing Investor” service is free to subscribe.

Yahoo Finance:  At Yahoo Finance, you can get free stock quotes, up to date news headlines and articles on companies, the economy, markets, industries, and much more.

Charting Software:

eSignal: eSignal is well known in the active trader community. It provides global, real-time market data and professional-level decision support to individual investors and active traders worldwide.

Market Club: Market Club is a members-only website that gives you exclusive access to the very best trading tools and financial data. Its trading software can be used to trade any market. You can download streaming charts, scan stocks with customized criteria, and set alerts for stocks with trending potential. It is very effective software for both short-term and long term trading. They have a 30 day risk free trial for you to experience their software and services.

Telechart: I am a huge fan of Worden’s charting software, and have been using it for 2 years. Worden’s basic charting package is called Telechart Gold. It is $29/month or $200/year and offers 20 minutes delayed data, which is ideal for swing trading based on the daily charts. It also comes with a host of canned features such as Sectors, Component Watchlists, Sorting, and much more. More on this in my “Trading Software” category later.

ADVFN: ADVFN is the world leading web site for FREE real-time on line stock quotes and stock charts. It provides FREE streaming prices from NASDAQ, NYSE, Dow Jones, Canada (TSX, etc.) and many more indices from around the world.

Emotion Control and Meditation

BrainEV: The Brain Evolution system offers six brain wave entrainment programs using multiple audio brainwave entrainment technologies in one mind enhancing brain management system. Their energetic mind enhancing audio programs use 3P DEAP technology to integrate binaural audio techniques, isochronic frequencies, and precisely engineered 3D digital audio effects designed to assist in relaxation, meditation, stress relief, self-help, concentration, learning and more.

Online Brokerage

is rated #1 in customer service and offers low commission for active traders. It does not have minimum account balance requirement. It also provides several award-winning suites of research and trading tools in addition to its innovative Trader Network. Its encryption technology makes customer’s transaction safe and with SIPC protection plus additional third-party insurance customer’s investments are well protected.

Data Backup:

Mozy Online Backup: Mozy is the industry-leading solution for online backup, remote backup and data backup. Mozy uses an existing internet connection in a house or business to securely and safely transmit files to Mozy’s secure servers. The files are heavily encrypted before transmission to avoid exposing sensitive data to hackers, and are secured even more thoroughly once stored on Mozy’s server to prevent loss due to hacking. It is very affordable–costing $4.95 per month per computer for unlimited backups.