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Stock Education Quiz, 10 Questions that Test the Basics

Blain Reinkensmeyer — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:48:30 +0000

How well is your basic understanding of the stock market? Stocktradingtogo.com is all about investment education and this quiz will offer a unique way for new investors to test themselves on simple stock related questions.

The questions are very quick so please give them a shot by writing down your responses on a piece of paper. Tomorrow I will post up the answers for all to view. (Note: Answers now available)

1. What is the ticker symbol of Apple?

2. What company does Warren Buffett own?

3. True or False, 75% of stocks follow the overall market trend.

4. What is the nickname / proper name used to describe currency trading?

5. Who is the CEO of Microsoft?

6. What is the name of the current Federal Reserve Chairman?

7. If each share is $100, how many shares could I buy with $1,000,000 dollars?

8. True or False, Options Trading is the most volatile form of investing.

9. Name one form of a retirement account.

10. Fill in the blanks with either “Down” or “Up”. A bull believes that the market is going to go _____ while a bear believes the market is going to go _____.

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(This post was contributed to Darren’s Killer Titles group writing project).

Test Your Knowledge, Volume Interpretation

Blain Reinkensmeyer — Fri, 11 May 2007 05:36:37 +0000

Every investor should have a strong understanding of volume and its role in the stock market. Every stock gives key buy and sell signals which can be found by simply knowing how to interpret volume on stock charts. This quiz will test the basics.

Last week I spoke and wrote on understanding stock charts, and had a quiz on the topic, so this week I can’t leave everyone out in the cold right? So, here are some questions for you to test your skills on. Write down your answers or recall them in your mind (whichever works better for you), and I will give the correct answers out over the weekend. (Answers now available).

Extra Help – Posts to possibly review before taking this quiz include Volume Interpretation with Stock Charts, Volume and its Meaning, Understanding Accumulation Days, and Distribution Days Explained.

Note: As usual questions will get tougher and require a deeper understanding of the posts above the further you go.

1. With a stock, volume is simply the number of _______ traded in a given day.

2. In a Accumulation day, a stock ends the day _______ (up or down), whereas in a Distribution day, a stock ends the day ________ (up or down).

3. Interpreting volume is a form fundamental or technical analysis?

4. To be considered a heavy volume day, volume must be greater than what?

5. Stock ABC on Monday traded a total of 150,000 shares and ended the day up, then on Tuesday the stock traded a total of 180,000 shares and ended the day down. The 60 day average daily volume is 200,000 shares. What is Tuesday considered?

A. accumulation day
B. distribution day
C. heavy accumulation day
D. heavy distribution day
E. none of the above

6. Stock XYZ on Thursday traded a total of 220,000 shares and
ended the day down, then on Friday the stock traded a total of 250,000
shares and ended the day down again. The 60 day average daily volume is
200,000 shares. What is Friday considered?

A. accumulation day
B. distribution day
C. heavy accumulation day
D. heavy distribution day
E. none of the above

7. Stock JFK on Wednesday traded a total of 250,000 shares and
ended the day down, then on Thursday the stock traded a total of 190,000
shares and ended the day up. The 60 day average daily volume is
200,000 shares. What is Thursday considered?

A. accumulation day
B. distribution day
C. heavy accumulation day
D. heavy distribution day
E. none of the above

8. Utilize the chart below to answer the following question: What type of volume day is #1 considered (refer back above for options)?

9. Utilize the chart below to answer the following question: What type of volume day is #2 considered (refer back above for options)?

10. Two of the vowels in this word have been swapped, but which ones? (hint: the actual word is an adjective relating to plants of the milkweed family)

“esclapiadaceous”

If you can get all of these right you should be proud of yourself. If you get all of them right and #10 wrong, then you should still be excited anyway because let’s face it, I don’t know about you but I sure wasn’t a spelling B champion…

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Stock Chart Education, Test Your Knowledge

Blain Reinkensmeyer — Tue, 01 May 2007 23:05:14 +0000

After going through the basics of interpreting and understanding stock charts earlier new investors can now take a stab at completing a quiz covering the material. These 10 questions will test the basics of technical analysis.

Friday we will post up the answers for you to utilize at your convenience! (UPDATE: View Quiz Answers)

So Stock Trading To Go Readers, below are the chart and questions to answer:

What is Google’s “ticker”?
What price did Google close at today?
Is this a weekly, monthly, or daily chart of Google?
Was today an up or down day overall for Google?
What was the intraday high today?
Is Google trading above or below its 200 day moving average?
The average daily volume line is based off of the last ___ days of trading.
Today’s volume was ______ (below or above) the average?
March 1st was an ____ day (up or down) overall?
(Tough One!) The last “heavy” volume day was an accumulation or a distribution day?

If you need help, first read this post on stock chart basics or refer to the stock education archives.

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