Wednesday, 5 September 2018

7 Forex Trading Tips and Tricks (Become a Better Trader Overnight)

7 Forex Trading Tips and Tricks (Become a Better Trader Overnight)

Hey hey what's up my friend so in this article I want to share with you seven of my best trading tips right that will improve your trading results so keep watching okay so the first forex trading tip that I have for you is number one enter your treats near market structure so let me share with you how not to do it right so firstly right often traders will look at a chat right so let's say for example the rate 1 here is your stop loss the green one is your entry point and blue one is your so-called tick profit level so traders they would see this chat and they say oh man price is you know coming down lower and lower let me know hop on what before I know I miss the move so they go long in the green area right half their stop-loss at the red level no which is a distance away from the highs and then they target at the nearest swing low right that is a very common thing that you know traders would do but when you look at it from a risk to reward perspective right you can see there you're in fact risking this much you're risking this much to make this much right I would say risking up a dollar to make like 40 cents right so really right if you want to improve your risk to reward right you want to trade near market structure which is this example that I want to share with you this one over here is much better because if you look at it now right your stop loss level is at the same level your tick profit level is at the same level over here as well the only difference is now you're entering at a much favorable trade location you're entering a market structure in this case near resistance right you won't necessarily go short right because you might want to wait for a reversal candlestick pattern like a shooting star a bearish engulfing pattern before you kosher so perhaps the price may come up higher and then get smacked down lower and close lower so from here you can see that no from a risk to reward standpoint let's say you know it closes lower you enter somewhere here your stop-loss is still at this level all right let me just remove some line trail let's see what happens now is that you know you're not going to use a sell limit order you let the price go up and then come down and close the lower somewhere you so your entry now be somewhere here and your stop-loss is now here now this is your risk and your reward is now from your entry point to your target profit so now you can see that you are risking a dollar to maybe make a dollar fifty or even two dollars alright your risk to reward has been improved just because you are trading near market structures so that is what I mean by number one right you wanna trade near market structure to improve your risk to reward on your tree alright so that's the first tip I have for you the second tip is this right is that you wanna trade breakups with build up so what is built up right let me explain for those of you who have been following me for a while now you already a pro at this so a build up simply means write a tight consolidation where the range of the candles gets smaller and smaller so you can see that over here this blue box this is what we call a build-up over here this over here is a sign of strength cause if you think about this right price and resistance it usually would have selling pressure right traders looking to short resistance like for example in the previous example right I said that no traders might want to consider shorting a resistance in your market structure now what happens is if after you know ten candles 1520 candles the price is still hovering at resistance what does it tell you well it tells you that the selling pressure it's unable to push price lower that's because there are traders are willing to buy and this higher prices that is why the price can go down right so this is a sign of strength because you know the price is still hovering a resistance right buyers are willing to buy these higher prices willing to buy in front of resistance because they have the expectation that the price will break out all right so this is a sign of strength whenever you see the price make forming a build up okay a build up over here just prior to the breakout this is a sign of strength at a market is likely to break up higher another variation of this right is what we call higher loss into resistance this is a sign of strength as well notice you see higher lows higher lows higher lows higher lows into resistance the concept is somewhat similar to the build up but this time around is telling you that buyers are willing to buy at this higher prices that is why you see higher lows into resistance right so this is also another sign of strength right and this is the tip for you the fourth tip that I want to share with you is what I call the first pullback so often right the price it can break up and if it breaks down right you might have missed the move right if you didn't catch the break up but don't worry because more often than not right the price will give you a chance to re-enter to catch the trend so in this case you can use the first pullback technique that I'm about to share with you so you can see that over here the price it did break out okay so those of you who missed the move don't worry because over here the market offered you are an opportunity to get long right by forming somewhat of a a bull flag pattern so what it can do is to treat the first pullback the price does break above this swing high you can look to get long right and possibly have your stop-loss you know just a distance away from this low maybe somewhere over here right a buffer away from this swing low so this is what I mean by the first pullback so don't worry you know if you miss the breakout rates right there's always opportunity I mean there's a good chance that you can get opportunity to hop on bought and catch the train alright so that's the fourth tip for you the first pullback the fifth thing that I want to share with you is to set your stop loss right away from market structure because often what traders do is that say let's say the market is in a range okay they go long right price hits up higher they go long over here where do they put a stop loss they put a stop loss just below this level of support and what happens well the market could just as well to not come down lower trigger your stop-loss ending continue higher so this is why right you don't want to put your stop-loss just below support or just above resistance it's like asking the market you know come my stop-loss so I take my money it's free just stuff it down your truth you don't want that so what you want to do is to set your stop loss right a distance away from market structure so how do you do that very simple you can see over here at this example the market here is someone in a range all right traders can see that you know it uh it is at an area of support right price tested once twice thrice right then it you know four times okay so we can see that now this candle over here this low has pretty much taken out this lows over here this lows over here this loss and this loss over here so this one candle has pretty much wiped up all the stop-loss right the cluster of stop-loss below this area so this is why I say you know you wanna set your stop loss right a distance away from market structure how do you do this is very simple you firstly you can use just your eyeball just eyeball the chat and see okay let me just give it some distance from you know from here to here I'll set my stop-loss somewhere here right that's what you can do alternatively you can use an indicator like the average true range right what it does instead it measures the volatility of the market pull out this indicator you'll give you a value call it X right so what it pick is the value of x right you can click what is this low right and then minus it by X so if the the value lets is the market price level at support is hundred dollars and let's say X is ten dollars right you put your support at ninety bucks pretty simple right so that is how you actually protect yourself right from getting stopped hunted all right so this is the fifth tip that I want to share with you set your stops away from market structure the sixth tip that I wanna share with you is a entry technique right to profit from traders who long break up and then B go trap here's how it works so this is what I call the Falls break setup so you can see it over here area of resistance resistance market broke out of resistance on this candle you can imagine right it actually at one point in time this candle was looking bullish something like this okay sorry let me just redraw this looking bullish something like this the market has not closed yet any halfway right troll a day right the sellers to control push price lower and finally right it closed like this it closed like this so this is why you got this candle over here this can over here it's pretty much this can no over here so at one point in time I was actually looking very bullish my buyers are in control traders pile on the breakout let's go along rise going to the moon and then suddenly reverse and closed lower over here so you can see that the psychology of the markets now what's happened is that breakout traders who are long and now track right because they buy the breakout in a market does 180 degree reefer so they are now trapped and if you think about this right where did the breakout traders put your stop-loss chances are they put estamos maybe below this low here or even here for those of them who are really really conservative so what you can expect is that if the market right the price were to continue lower it's gonna hit this stop others these sell stop orders which is the stop-loss orders of the breakout traders and you would induce a further selling pressure so this is why you can expect the market to continue lower it's not guaranteed right but it's a good chance that you will continue nor after this a false brick price pattern so we can use this our false break right as an entry trigger to you know get on bought trends you know time your poo bags and stuff like that it's very useful and tree technique to use and that is a psychology behind the false brick setup and the last tip that I want to share with you is this right use limit order for a better reason to reward on your traits so let me share with you an example so you can see over here alright this is a chart of euro yen for our time frame how do I know that because it's it's over here okay so this is a very typical setup that traders would treat prices at a area of support right coming through an area of support right now this step you test at once twice you can pretty much muck up your your support level who's gonna be quite obvious and then this bullish reversal candle is so bullish right it's suddenly just the you know massive reversal and close near this highs over here so now if you follow the techniques I'll just share with you you do want to set your stop-loss just below the level of support right you want to set it some buffer way so let's say you put it somewhere here now if this is going to be your stop-loss let's call it s L and this is gonna be your entry you can see that your risk your potential risk on this tree is very large okay you can see that this is the distance of your stop-loss very very large right and if you don't want to trade it and I can understand it because you know if you have a larger stop-loss you have to reduce your position size to you know still have to have a proper risk management right you might not wanna take one to take the trade because the stop-loss is very large so what you can do is to use a limit order to have a title stop-loss and in turn right you can increase your position size on this trait so an example is let me just change this color let's say you decide to use a limb in order and you put it say a limit order somewhere here like you know a Fibonacci level like maybe justic from this swing low to swing high and you identify the 50% level mark just that is where you will enter the treat your new entry is now over here right let's see just is just one of the technique that you use now you what you'll notice that your stop-loss right this distance of it has been reduced right now is this is the distance of your stop-loss alright and from a risk to reward standpoint you have improved on it right instead of you know by near the high it's what you can do is use a limit order get a better price level thereby you know improving your risk to reward on the tree now the downside to this approach is that sometimes the market may not come to the level that you're looking at my especially if you set it at a very low level there's a low probability of it actually coming to that level and you may not get fill and you might miss the move so this is kind of like a balance between where you think the market could possibly go to right and then having a better risk to reward on the trade right and and pretty much you know trying to get overall better return on it right so if you ask me right where do you usually set a limit order a rough guideline is is this right if you want to put it near the market structure where the previous market structure is so in this case so you can see that over here this was the previous market structure this area of support there's a good chance the market could retest it you can set it at this level all right so this to be honest is obviously cherry-pick right so sometimes what you will see is that the this level of support may not be so low it may be somewhere over here let's say somewhere over here okay so I would pretty much put a buy limit order at this support level okay let's imagine it is now this black line has you know move up higher to somewhere this level right I would put a buy limit order at this support level or just before it right and see if I can get feel and get a better price point compared to buy near the highest all right so this is another tip right to you slim in order to improve your risk to reward on your traits okay so just a quick recap right number one you want to enter your treats near market structure because you know overall you get a better risk to reward right number one is because a stop loss is title and we never title stop-loss you can increase your position size and still risk the same 1% of a capital right compared to having a wider stop-loss right you have to decrease your position size to risk that same 1% of your capital number two you want to treat breakouts with built up number three higher lows into resistance is a sign of string number for the for the first pullback right it offers you a chance to catch the trend so often if the market does break up try sometimes it may not retest back previous resistance than support for example what you look for is a trend continuation trait like maybe you know a bullish flag pattern pattern right to create a breakout of the is to get a boat and catch the trend that's the first boob at number five you want to set your stop loss right away from market structure because as I've said earlier you said your stop-loss just below the low he's gonna get triggered very easily so give it some buffer you know can set it 180 are below the lows right for your stop-loss the false bricktini is a chance for you to actually profit from breakup treat traders right so if the price breaks above like sea resistance any reverse and closed lower you know that traders who longer breakouts and now trip and you can actually take advantage of it by going shot by going against yeah their treat direction right and lastly right you can use limit orders to improve your risk to reward on your trade okay so with that said if you've enjoyed right this this video and you want to learn more I would suggest you put onto my website over here trading with Rainer calm right over here I share pretty much trading strategies and techniques right to help you profit in the financial markets right and scroll down little I recommend downloading these two training guides one is called the ultimate trend-following guide right well share with you how you can actually write massive trends in the financial markets and the other one is more of a price action trading how to better time your entries and your exits okay so going to my website download these two books right click this blue button and I'll send it to your email address for free right and that's it right if you've enjoyed this video right leave a thumbs up button yeah right subscribe to my channel and if any questions for me let me know below and I'll do my best to help well that's it I'll talk to you soon

Tuesday, 4 September 2018

What is Margin Trading? | Fidelity

What is Margin Trading? | Fidelity

What is margin trading how does it work and what are some of the benefits and risks over the next few minutes? we'll take away some of the mystery of margin trading and help you decide whether it's a strategy that can help you achieve your investment goals Margin trading is a form of borrowing that lets you leverage securities you already own to purchase additional securities protect your account from overdraft or access a convenient line of credit Margin, trading is not designed for any specific type of customer it may be right for any investor looking for additional leverage in their investment Here's an example of how it works Assume you want to buy 1,000 shares of QRS stock at $10 per share but only have $5,000 in vegetable cash available with a margin account you can use your $5,000 in cash and borrow the other 5,000 on margin to make your purchase Without margin with what's called a cash account you would need the full ten thousand dollars in cash to make this stock purchase Now let's see how a margin loan could impact your investment return assume the QRS stock rises in value from $10,000 to $11,000 and you sell it you would pay back the $5,000 margin loan and realize a profit of $1,000 that's a 20% return on your $5,000 investment without a margin loan you would have invested $10,000 in cash and realized only a 10 percent return While leverage is a powerful tool when the price of the security moves in your favor It is also important to recognize the downside of the stock price false Let's look at the flip side of the same example assume the market value of the QRS stock you purchased with margin for $10,000 falls to $9,000 your equity, which is the value of your position minus the loan balance of $5,000 would fall to $4,000 that's a 20% loss from a 10 percent decrease in market value Just like any loan you will also incur interest charges that begin accruing on the date your trade settles The rate you pay depends on your outstanding margin balance known as the margin debit balance The rate is typically calculated using a tiered schedule meaning the higher your debit balance the lower the rate.

You are charged You should also know that margin loans have no set repayment schedule as long as you maintain the required level of equity in your account Let's shift focus to this equity requirement along with some other important requirements for margin accounts In order to buy securities on margin you must also deposit enough cash or eligible securities to meet the initial margin requirement for your purchase Typically this is fifty percent which is a requirement set by the Federal Reserve Board Once you've started buying stock on margin you're required to maintain a certain level of equity in your margin account This requirement varies based on the type of security for example a stock generally has a maintenance requirement of twenty five percent and is set by the New York Stock Exchange and FINRA a Brokerage firm may impose a higher requirement due to factors including But not limited to holding a significant portion of your account and a single security, which is known as a concentrated position The security you are investing in must be eligible for margin in the first place and not all securities are eligible for Example while most stocks and fixed income securities such as Treasuries are eligible CDs and money markets are not you can find out whether security is eligible as well as the specific margin requirements for each type of security at fidelity comm margin Now we'll put this information together and see how it all works Let's say you have $50,000 in cash and wish to purchase XYZ stock, which has a 50% initial margin requirement You can purchase up to $100,000 worth of that stock using your margin buying power after the $100,000 stock purchase is made and assuming the stock has a 30% margin requirement You would have what's called an initial house surplus more equity.

Than is required of $20,000 How surplus is affected at a rate of 70% So your position could sustain a loss in value of twenty eight? Thousand five hundred and seventy one dollars and forty three cents before going into what's referred to as a margin call a margin Call occurs when the margin equity falls below the required amount due to either changes in the market value or because you purchased additional Securities on margin this means you will need to increase the equity in your account by adding cash liquidating securities or through market appreciation if Your equity does not rise to the minimum required amount by the due date of the margin call the brokerage firm can sell Securities you own to increase the equity in your account you Will find more details on the different types of margin calls, and how each one should be handled at Fidelity comm margin as well Here's the bottom line Margin accounts provide a great opportunity for you to leverage your investments to help increase your return The information we covered will help you understand and weigh the benefits and risks of trading in a margin account Now that we've answered some of your questions visit the fidelity Learning Center to learn more

Get Quality Backlinks for Your Site


To learn how to get backlinks is one of the oldest and most effective SEO tactics. It’s also one of the most productive ways to grow organic search traffic.

But you have to be cautious with how to build quality backlinks.

Links have been a major part of how Google and other search engines determine how trustworthy a website is from the beginning.

They viewed each link as a sort of recommendation, so the more links a website had pointing to it, the more credibility it would hold, and the higher it would rank in search results.

Unfortunately, some site owners and SEOs attempted to “game” this process by acquiring links through questionable tactics.

Since then, many of Google’s updates have largely been about getting ahead of these suspicious link-building efforts.

We’re now at a point where only very “white hat,” or ethical, link building methods still reliably work.

It’s basically impossible to beg, borrow, steal, or buy quality backlinks in a way that will boost rankings. For site owners that used to rely on shady link-building tactics, this is bad news.

But if you’re willing to put in the time it takes to earn valid links, it’s still entirely possible to boost your credibility (and rankings).

That’s why in this post, I’ll explain six smart ways to earn legitimate, high-quality backlinks that will help show Google and other search engines that your site is worthy of high rankings.

Why does backlink quality matter for SEO?
Links have always been an important factor in how search engines like Google rank websites in their results, and that still holds true today.

Search engines essentially view each link to your site as a vote of confidence in the quality of your content.

After all, if another site is willing to cite you as a source or direct their users away from their own site in favor of one of your pages, you must be offering something of value.

So the more links you have pointing to your site, the more trustworthy your site will appear.

Unfortunately, Google hasn’t released specifics on how it measures credibility, or how reputable it considers your site. But there are plenty of tools that can give you an idea of how trustworthy your site appears.

Many of these tools center on domain authority. This metric is based on a site’s link data, age, popularity, size, and trust-related indicators, and is scored on a scale from one to 100.

Essentially, the higher your domain authority, the easier it will be for your site to earn high rankings in search results.

You can get an idea of your site’s authority using Website Authority Checker.

Enter your URL, complete the required CAPTCHA step, and click “Perform check.”

Then, you’ll see your site’s domain authority score, as well as the number of total external links pointing to it.

As you work to earn links to your site, you can periodically check in on this metric and see how your efforts are impacting your authority.

And as you increase your domain authority, you can be confident that you’re boosting your site’s ability to rank in search results.

Just take a look at this graph from Backlinko illustrating how high authority correlates with high rankings.

The average domain authority of the first few results from this study is a bit confusing, as the sites ranking in the first position had, on average, a lower domain authority than the sites ranking in the second position for any given search query.

Even so, it’s clear that the sites ranking in the top half of the first page had a higher average domain authority than those ranking in the bottom half.

It’s important to keep the focus on quality as you build links to your site.

This can be challenging in the face of evidence showing that the total number of unique referring domains also correlates with high rankings.

You might think that the more links, the better.

And that’s true!

But only if your links are coming from trustworthy sites.

That’s because link quality is much more important than quanti­ty wh­en it comes to earning credibility with search engines.

A handful of rightfully-earned links from authoritative sites will have a much more positive impact on your rankings than dozens of purchased links from spammy sites.

And it’s not just that links from low-quality sites won’t help your visibility in search results — they can actually harm your chances of ranking well.

In 2012, Google started penalizing site owners who were using link schemes to manipulate its algorithm. This included buying or selling links, excessive link exchanges, large-scale “article marketing” campaigns, and using automated programs to create links.

The search engine started issuing manual penalties, which are instances in which a human reviewer determines that a site is violating Google’s quality guidelines.

These penalties can still be issued today, but Google’s algorithm has also become more sophisticated in detecting unethical link practices.

This started with the release of their first “Penguin” update, which was designed to automatically identify link spam and manipulative link building practices.

Before this update, the total number of links pointing to a site played a much larger role in that site’s ability to rank well.

But after it was released, and as it continues to be updated, Google has become better at ensuring that natural, authoritative, and relevant links are given more weight.

And on the flip side, these algorithm updates are designed to make sure that sites with manipulative and spammy links aren’t rewarded for their actions.

So as you build links to your site, make sure that you’re doing so in a way that doesn’t involve violating Google’s Webmaster Guidelines.

Don’t pay for links, participate in link schemes, or attempt to game the system in any other way.

As search engine algorithms continue to develop and become more advanced, these tactics are more likely to harm your rankings than to improve them.

And even if Google’s algorithm doesn’t pick up on your attempts immediately, you could still be hit with a manual penalty in the future.

So even if they boost your rankings in the short term, these methods simply aren’t worth your time.

Instead, focus on building natural and getting quality backlinks that provide value to users.

How to Get Backlinks for SEO in 2018 (The Best Link Building Techniques)
As you may have guessed, establishing a solid number of this type of link is a bit more challenging than paying a few other site owners to cite one of your pages.

But with the following six strategies, it’s entirely possible to build a backlink profile that will help you improve your rankings and have a lasting, positive impact on your search visibility.

Read all the best link building techniques and find out how to get high quality backlinks to your website:

1. Guest posts
“Guest posting” is the practice of contributing free content to another website or blog in exchange for a link back to your own site.

These links can either be placed in the author bio section or used to cite information within the body of the post.

This has long been a popular link building method since it’s a win-win for both sites: One gets free content to share with their audience, while the other earns a high-quality link.

Or at least that’s how it’s supposed to work.

Unfortunately, some site owners have taken advantage of this tactic by using poorly-written, unhelpful content to earn links to their site.

They hire article writers with little to no experience in the topics they’re writing about, then pitch these low-quality articles to a variety of sites, whether the content is relevant to their audience or not.

As a result, Google has issued warnings about guest posts.

This discouraged lots of site owners from wanting to use this link building strategy — and understandably so.

But high-quality, relevant guest posts are different from the mass-produced, low-value posts that were a staple of many SEO strategies a few years ago.

When done right, with a focus on providing helpful, high-quality content, guest posts can still be an effective link building tool.

So, how can you use this tactic correctly?

The first step is to identify appropriate sites to which you can contribute.

The seemingly obvious choices here are well-known industry publications. If there are any within your niche that accept article submissions, that’s a good starting point.

But traditional editorial sites are by no means your only option — or even your best option.

And one of the easiest ways to uncover those other options is by scoping out your competitors’ guest posts.

If a site was willing to publish a post from a business similar to yours, there’s a strong chance they’ll be open to accepting a contribution from you, too.

And uncovering those sites is easier than it might sound.

To demonstrate this process, I’ll use Neil Patel. Since he’s been contributing guest posts to various sites for years, we’ll have plenty of search results to work with.

First, you’ll want to use advanced search operators to narrow in on the type of pages you’re looking for.

In this example, we want to find all of the places Neil’s name has been published along with the phrase “guest post,” since most sites use this phrase to let their readers know when a post was contributed from an outside source.

We’ll also want to exclude results from his own website and company websites.

To find pages that match this description, we can search for his name and “guest post” in quotation marks, then the domains we want to exclude preceded by a minus sign, like this:

“Neil Patel” + “guest post” -neilpatel.com -quicksprout.com -kissmetrics.com

In this case, the HubSpot and Forbes results are the only ones that are actually guest posts by Neil Patel. The others simply mention him in pieces about guest posting.

This is an issue that’s fairly unique to guest contributors within the digital marketing industry.

Still, the solution is another search operator that can be helpful to anyone researching their competitors’ guest posts.

In addition to the operators we used to get this first set of results, we can search specifically for pages that name Neil Patel as the author — so we won’t get anything that’s about or just mentions him.

We can do this by searching for his name in quotation marks and using the search parameter “inurl:author.”

The results of this search are more in line with what we’re looking for, and more helpful for identifying possible guest post opportunities.

If you were a direct competitor of Neil Patel’s, any of the sites in the screenshot above could be valid guest post targets.

You can also use Ahrefs’ Content Explorer tool to identify content written by a certain author, too.

Just enter the author’s name as a search term using this format:

Author:“Author’s Name”

Make sure there’s no space between the colon and the first quotation mark, and click “Explore.”

This is much better than the results we got from Google.

Not only are we seeing more of what we’re looking for, but we have sharing and backlink data right there in the sidebar.

This provides a list of all of the sites that have been willing to publish content from a specific author, along with metrics that let you evaluate those sites at a glance.

Repeat this process for any other competitors you want to research. Then, it’s time to start pitching.

For each site you want to pitch, do a site search for phrases like “write for us” or “contribute.”

This will help you determine the best way to get in touch about contributing a guest post. But before you submit a pitch, make sure to review any guidelines each site has.

Every established site owner and editor is familiar with this link building strategy, and many of them get dozens of pitches per day. Take the time to follow their pitch requirements, and you’ll be much more successful in your guest posting efforts.

Then, once an editor accepts your pitch, create content that’s genuinely valuable to their audience.

Spammy, low-quality posts won’t help your link building efforts — and many site owners won’t even publish them in the first place.

That being said, it’s in your best interest to look for opportunities to link to your site within the body of your post.

Most blogs and publications will include a link to your site within your author bio. But beyond that, incorporate a link of two within the main text if you can. Google values contextual links more than those in less prominent places and will reward you accordingly.

The best way to incorporate a natural contextual link is to treat the resource you’re linking to on your site exactly as you would if it were ­someon­e else’s.

Place it where it makes sense, and use anchor text that refers to its content, not to your brand. This way, it’s clear that you’re not attempting to deceive readers — because they’ll know exactly what you’re linking to within your post.

2. Public relations
To some digital marketers, “public relations” might sound more like a traditional marketing strategy.

And in a technical sense, it is.

But in the context of link building, the term simply refers to the practice of using the same methods to get backlinks that you might use to get press.

One of the best ways to do this is to get cited as a source in a news article or other online content.

In the past, the only way to do this was to hire a publicist with connections to journalists and prominent publications.

Today, you can eliminate the need for this third-party help by signing up for Help A Reporter, or HARO. This service allows journalists to put out calls for sources within their daily newsletter.

Indicate which areas you have expertise in, and you’ll get a daily list of journalist needs that are related to your skills directly in your inbox on a daily basis. Then, you can reach out to these journalists — and if they’re interested in what you have to say, they’ll cite you as a source.

You might also consider classic PR moves like press releases.

Bloggers and journalists are constantly looking for new information, so whenever your business accomplishes something significant, make the announcement and details easy to find.

Though this doesn’t guarantee press coverage, it means you’re more likely to be linked to in articles related to the subject than companies who don’t make their accomplishments easily accessible online.

Press releases can also be added to directories and databases, making them an even better SEO tool.

But if you choose to use this strategy, remember that where most people get press releases wrong is over-optimization of anchor text.

This is the practice of stuffing keywords into anchor text unnaturally — and it’s one of the factors most likely to trigger a Penguin penalty.

So as you write press releases, only incorporate links where they make sense, and write your anchor text in a way that flows naturally.

It’s also important to note that even when your company gets mentioned as the result of a press release, there’s no guarantee that the people referencing you will give you a link. Sometimes, they’ll simply mention your brand.

When that happens, you’ll want to reach out and ask the author or editor to add a link to your company’s site.

You can stay on top of this by setting alerts for your brand name and any other prominent names within your company.

There are many tools you can use to set these alerts, but one of the easiest is Ahrefs.

Navigate to Alerts > Mentions > Add Alert > Search Query > Daily > Add.

Add the term you want to monitor, along with your email address. Then, whenever a site publishes a new page mentioning your tracked term, you’ll get a notification — so that if they forgot to cite you as a source, you can get in touch as quickly as possible.

You can also use this to track your competitors.

If you’re looking to expand your link building strategy, this is a great way to stay on top of how others in your industry are earning publicity and links.

You’ll essentially be notified each time one of your competitors earns a link — giving you the opportunity to dig into their strategy and possibly replicate their success.

3. Broken link building
Even reputable, well-maintained websites suffer from broken links.

Each link on a site originally links to another page online. But because websites often move their content around, some of those links will eventually “break,” or point to pages that no longer exist.

When a user clicks on a broken link, they’ll arrive on a 404 error page telling them that the content they’re looking for no longer exists.

This not only provides a poor user experience but also makes it difficult for search engines to efficiently crawl and index websites.

Broken link building fixes this — and is a great way to build valuable links.

This strategy involves finding broken links on other websites, identifying the content they originally referred to, then offering the site the chance to replace their broken link with a valid link to relevant content.

That content, of course, will be on your site.

With this strategy, everyone wins. The site owner will have fewer broken links. Their visitors will see more up-to-date, useful content and fewer 404s. And you’ll get a high-quality backlink.

If you approach this strategy correctly, it’s an effective way to get the same results you’d see from a guest post, but with much less effort.

Instead of creating brand new content and giving it away, you use the content you already own to earn a link.

And if you don’t already have content that meets your target site’s needs, it could also be worth your time to create something new.

Unlike a guest post, you’ll have complete ownership over whatever you create. So even after your target site uses it to fix their broken link, other sites can cite it as a resource, too.

So, the worst case scenario?

Even if your target site doesn’t add a link to your new content, you’ll have a new blog post on your site.

But I’m getting ahead of myself. First, you’ll need to start by identifying a site that you’d like a backlink from.

If you already know which sites you’d like to earn links from, check out those sites in Ahrefs and identify the pages on which they have broken links.

You can use Ahrefs Broken Link Checker tool to identify backlinks that aren’t working.

For example, let’s look at Copyblogger, a popular copywriting blog. If we wanted to locate broken links on their site, we’d simply enter their URL into the tool’s search bar.

As you use this tool, remember to focus on the outgoing links section. Otherwise, you’ll be looking at broken backlinks that lead to Copyblogger, not from it.

You’ll also want to make sure that the links you find are dofollow links, as these pass the most value to their targets. Select “Dofollow” from the drop-down under Broken Links, and you’ll only see links that meet the criteria.

Once you identify a broken link that looks like its subject is relevant to your business, click on it to visit the page. You should see a 404 error page on the target site’s domain.

For example, from the screenshot above, I followed the third broken link under “21 Ways to Create Compelling Content When You Don’t Have a Clue.”

The anchor text, “why interviews are great for blog content” gives me a pretty good idea of what the subject will be. The URL, “http://clevermarketer.com/interviews-blog-content.html,” tells me the same story. And it’s a 404.

This means that the post on Copyblogger is likely citing a source that explains why interviews make for great blog content.

Or at least a source that used to cover that topic.

But now, if I follow that link, I see an error page.

If I have content on my site about this topic, this could be an easy win.

All I’d have to do is double check the Copyblogger post to make sure that the content on my site is in line with the point they’re making. Then, I could reach out and offer it as an easy fix for their broken link.

And if I didn’t have any content on the subject, but wanted to go after this opportunity anyway, I could start by checking out what the original target was about. Then, I could craft something that replaces it and surpasses it.

Fortunately, just because the content isn’t there now doesn’t mean we can’t see it. The easiest way to access this information is to use Internet Archive, which will let you search for what was located at a given URL in the past.

Simply enter the URL of the broken link target you want to check out, and you’ll see its history.

Using the same page about interviews and blog posts from above, entering this URL will show the following graph:

It looks like the post went up in 2011 and stopped working in 2013.

Next, we’ll navigate back to 2013 and select one of the crawl dates highlighted in blue on the calendar.

This might take a while to load. But once it does, we can see the original article:

Now, we have everything we need to write a better, more comprehensive, more detailed version of the original. And one that doesn’t deliver an error message.

If I decided to write this content, I could post it on my blog, then contact the website and let them know about their broken link — and my solution.

That might look something like this:

“Hey, you have a broken link! I just wrote a piece of content that would fit with the link. Do you want to change the destination of the link so it links out to my content?”

If they like my content, I earn a new link.

4. Skyscraper content
Skyscraping is the process of finding content in your space that’s already awesome, and then out-awesoming it.

This concept was originally popularized by Brian Dean of Backlinko and is still a great way to come up with valuable content ideas that will earn links to your site.

In fact, after executing this process on an already-popular post about Google’s ranking factors, Dean dramatically improved the page’s backlink profile.

So, how can you achieve similar results for your site?

A simplistic way to do this might be to think, “Hmmm, 101 Ways to Improve Your Email Marketing is doing incredibly well. I’ll do 1,001 Ways and clean up!”

It might work. Or you might create something that’s bigger without being better.

More points, more words, and more pictures don’t always mean more value for the user.

Instead, look at the content you’re skyscraping and ask yourself:

Which questions go unanswered?
Which instructions are hard to follow?
Who isn’t getting served here?

Shoot for quality, even though it’s the toughest thing to quantify, and you’re more likely to come out ahead.

If you have a specific competitor in mind, you can start skyscraping by using Ahrefs’ Site Explorer to look for pieces in your niche that are doing particularly well.

We’ll use Copyblogger again to illustrate how this works.

Enter your target domain and select Site Explorer > Pages > Best by Links.

This report will show the most linked-to pages on the entire domain.

The idea here is that if lots of other sites are willing to link to these pages, they’ll be willing to link to similar pages on your site, too.

But many of the top pages in these reports won’t work.

In the screenshots above, for example, many of the pages directly reference Copyblogger, or they’re generic, or there’s not much to be done with them.

But keep scrolling down, and you’ll see some with potential.

One of these could be a skyscraper candidate: #49, How to Write Interesting Content for a “Boring” Topic.

Next, we can evaluate the page by dropping the URL for that page into Site Explorer and selecting URL:

Then, check out the search data…

… as well as backlink data (including referring domains)…

… and anchor text clouds.

All of this data will give more insight into how valuable each page is to its domain, as well as how other sites are linking to it.

Then, once you’ve identified the page you want to skyscrape and have created content that outdoes the original, go back to Ahrefs and check out the referring domains for the original piece of content.

Here, you’ll see all of the backlinks that link to the page. In this case, those links are from Moz.com, Entrepreneur.com, and SearchEngineJournal.com.

These are the sites you’ll want to reach out to in order to let them know that your content exists and suggest it as a resource for their readers.

5. Compile a resource
Many of the links you build to your site will be to blog posts and other informational pages. These are typically made up entirely of your own original content and are an effective way to build credible links.

But the content you create to earn links doesn’t always have to be 100% original.

Of course, I’m not advocating for plagiarizing or re-publishing other sites’ content.

Instead, you can look for ways to compile research and other information that’s relevant to your industry in a helpful, user-friendly way.

Essentially, your goal here is to create something of value, then give it away for free.

For example, how often do you think people link back to Content Marketing Institute’s B2B Content Marketing 2016 report?

We can take a look using Ahrefs.

As you can see in the screenshot, there are 1,516 unique domains linking to that one piece of content.

And the content essentially a compilation of statistics and survey data.

If you want to replicate this strategy, the key is to create resources that are useful to people in your space. This way, they’ll want to link back to you when they use them in blog posts or other content.

And your resources don’t have to be entirely original research, either. You can start by creating a compendium of information from different places, gathered together, and presented with one group of people’s needs in mind.

You can build resources by using the same methods you’d use to create any other kind of content on your site. Find out what people in your space want to know by looking at the content they’re consuming, identify any information gaps, then look for ways to address those gaps.

6. Find competitors’ backlinks and “steal” them
I mentioned above that if a site links to a competitor, they’ll probably link to you, too.

And while we’ve looked at ways to figure out which sites are linking to specific competitors’ domains, you can also use tools to identify additional sites that are ranking for your target keywords and determine how they’ve achieved their level of authority.

Start by identifying the top ten sites for each keyword you want to rank for. Do a Google search and pick the top ten domains.

For example, let’s say we want to rank for “Halloween email marketing.”

The first thing we’d see after searching for this term is some truly appalling puns.

“Sanity check” these results for relevance, duplication, and, well, sanity. Make sure you remove any duds.

In this case, GetResponse, Pure360, and Adestra all make sense. But Tax.ThomsonReuters.com? Probably not.

Then, take those domains over to Ahrefs and drop them into the Link Intersect tool.

Leave “But doesn’t link to” blank and click “Show link opportunities.”

This will show you a list of sites that link to all the domains you entered.

If you get a list like this, with generic stuff that’s not of much use to you, you’ll need to shrink the number of domains a little.

Go back through and remove some of the less likely candidates, then try again.

This time, the results are much more useful.

There are domains like TheEmailGuide.com, CustomerThink.com, and OnlineMarketingandSEO.com here. They would make good backlink targets.

Then, you can look for opportunities to contribute to these sites in the form of guest posts or replacements for broken links.

Alternatively, you can take a more in-depth approach by analyzing the backlinks to the specific URLs that are ranking for each of your target keywords, instead of the domains as a whole.

This approach involves a lot more work, but it’s a highly effective way to get a natural backlink profile that will help you achieve the rankings you want.

Start by collecting URLs, rather than domains, for each keyword.

Keeping with the same “Halloween email marketing” example, we’d pick up the top ten organic results and take them over to Ahrefs.

Then we’d drop them into Site Explorer and select Backlinks.

When I did this, several of the top search results had just one or two backlinks, but GetResponse’s infographic had ten from unique domains.

The next step is to go through the links and figure out how the competitor acquired each link.

Then, you can determine whether their approach is something you can replicate for your own site.

For example, if you determine that one of the links is from a guest post, that might be the way to earn a link from that site.

If they scored the link by adding the site to a directory, that could work, too — as long as it’s specific to your space and the quality is high.

Here’s a checklist of the strategies to get the best backlinks to your website:

1. Guest posts
2. Public relations
3. Broken Link building
4. Skyscraper content
5. Compile a resource
6. Find competitors’ backlinks and “steal” them

Conclusion
Link building remains one of the most effective ways to rank better and drive more traffic that’s also more accurately targeted.

But how to get backlinks in 2018?

As older methods become useless or actively harmful, “white hat” techniques will become all but indistinguishable from content marketing.

This means that the winning edge in search results will go to marketers who know how to implement advanced link building techniques that tie their domain to the right sites.

How do you build high-quality backlinks for your site?

Source: https://www.crazyegg.com/

Guest Posting - September 2018 - List 2

Hi,

SEORapdily provide SEO, SEM, SMM & Guest Posting services on all niche: Economics, Finance, Travel, Education, News, Sports, Games, Technology, Beauty, Fashion, Health, Fitness, etc.

Please check our updated lists for guest post with high DA-PA below.

The price is negotiable.

If you have any question, please feel free to contact us.

We are very happy to work with you.

Best regards,

************************

SitenameDAPANicheBacklinksPrice
aucantio.com2735AutomotiveDofollow$20
troop910.com2133AutomotiveDofollow$20
mondeorijders.com2123AutomotiveDofollow$20
piteda.com2336Beauty, HealthDofollow$20
blog.bizbilla.com4340BusinessDofollow$20
novasgroup.com2739BusinessDofollow$20
meteringcentralamerica.com2436BusinessDofollow$20
kaigi.biz 4337Business Dofollow$20
iaig.net2537Business Dofollow$20
resourcesworkforce.com3242Business, EducationDofollow$20
chinameer.com3042Business, FinanceDofollow$20
panamainvest2013.com2941Business, FinanceDofollow$20
ndebted.com2436Business, FinanceDofollow$20
arkansasconsumer.org2738Business, Finance, MarketingDofollow$20
globalprocessservers.com2637Business, Finance, MarketingDofollow$20
ajt-ventures.com3647Business, Finance, Real EstateNofolllow$20
economag.us2737Business, Finance, Real EstateDofollow$20
jegindustries.com2937Business, MarketingDofollow$20
transcendsllc.com2838Business, MarketingDofollow$20
payoo.net2537Business, MarketingDofollow$20
biegeldesigns.com3344DesigningDofollow$20
socialcalcio.com3341Digital MarketingDofollow$20
alunir.com3440EducationDofollow$20
studentsfirstmi.com3142EducationDofollow$20
eraseblackboard.com2637EducationDofollow$20
thecollegepeople.com2537EducationDofollow$20
pgjab.com2336EducationDofollow$20
tondoremi.net2434EntertainmentDofollow$20
yxgaga.com2436EntertainmentDofollow$20
versurimanele.com2735Entertainment, GamesDofollow$20
lonepinefilmhistory.com2436Entertainment, MoviesDofollow$20
moviebegins.com2436Entertainment, MoviesDofollow$20
hkbutterfly.org3240Environment, Energy, Eco FriendlyDofollow$20
boomeon.com2935Family, HealthDofollow$20
gt-hk.com2840FinanceDofollow$20
feic31.com3438Finance, EducationDofollow$20
interlogicbmn.com3238Finance, InsuranceDofollow$20
brandwz.com3139Finance, InsuranceDofollow$20
ace-mkt.com2336Finance, TaxesNofolllow$20
indyarocks.com/blog5934GeneralDofollow$20
storeboard.com4854GeneralDofollow$20
hararonline.com4450GeneralDofollow$20
imfaceplate.com4245GeneralDofollow$20
hararonline.com3949GeneralDofollow$20
deer-digest.com 3747GeneralDofollow$20
voxphilly.com3635GeneralDofollow$20
homerproject.org3637GeneralDofollow$20
dailygram.com3623GeneralDofollow$20
kareldekar.com3646GeneralNofolllow$20
juliansherman.net3445GeneralDofollow$20
shecoaches.org3344GeneralDofollow$20
macuhoweb.org3334GeneralDofollow$20
helpmore.net3337GeneralDofollow$20
blogstoread.com 3141GeneralDofollow$20
cikooo.com3137GeneralDofollow$20
yatmm.com3137GeneralDofollow$20
isaayle.com3136GeneralDofollow$20
globalaccessibilitymap.com3141GeneralDofollow$20
kuwanna.com3042GeneralDofollow$20
annasophiawatts.com3036GeneralDofollow$20
calisia.net 3039GeneralDofollow$20
jdacqsf.com3041GeneralDofollow$20
vrakov.net3041GeneralDofollow$20
hightoken.com2939GeneralDofollow$20
tingtau.com2936GeneralDofollow$20
pdrizmir.org2840GeneralDofollow$20
plazmedia.com2840GeneralDofollow$20
charlie815.com2840GeneralDofollow$20
lcimag.com2838GeneralDofollow$20
mcn2.com2835GeneralDofollow$20
nayouquan.com2839GeneralDofollow$20
xlyrics.net2839GeneralDofollow$20
tornasolbroadcast.com2725GeneralDofollow$20
sluhoff.net2738GeneralDofollow$20
step-en.com2739GeneralDofollow$20
yingwenhua.net2739GeneralDofollow$20
national-cba.com2637GeneralDofollow$20
cafedocbao.com2537GeneralNofolllow$20
mrmag.org2536GeneralDofollow$20
adictivomagazine.net2436GeneralDofollow$20
kourou-tv.com2437GeneralDofollow$20
ashabbs.com2336GeneralDofollow$20
iurrda.com2231GeneralDofollow$20
backlinksseo.in 2234GeneralDofollow$20
vidapaper.com2030GeneralNofolllow$20
mycong.com1927GeneralDofollow$20
niume.com3747GeneralDofollow$40
heatbud.com3244GeneralDofollow$40
abilogic.com5563GeneralDofollow$50
wikinut.com4452GeneralNofollow$50
alux.com4453GeneralDofollow$50
southernstandard.com4150GeneralDofollow$50
onmogul.com4145GeneralDofollow$50
creators.co4142GeneralDofollow$50
theodysseyonline.com6470GeneralDofollow$60
pitchengine.com6162GeneralDofollow$60
qfnu.net3340HealthDofollow$20
narapro.net2739HealthDofollow$20
antiquarisbcn.com3445Health, BeautyDofollow$20
slydeluxe.com2941Home ImprovementDofollow$20
southwestremodelbcs.com2839Home ImprovementDofollow$20
muzo06.com2537Home ImprovementDofollow$20
bubumudur.com2333Home ImprovementDofollow$20
tokensimprov.com 2233Home ImprovementDofollow$20
terasrakenne.com2235Industrial, MechineryDofollow$20
myortak.net2639LegalDofollow$20
moxietoday.com3544LifestyleDofollow$20
djarumcu.com3541LifestyleDofollow$20
cafedocbao.com2336LifestyleNofolllow$20
wechengdu.org2336LifestyleDofollow$20
angelabonanno.com2128Lifestyle & FashionDofollow$20
icfsn.net2634Nutrition, HealthDofollow$20
brand-relationshipmarketing.com2739Online MarketingDofollow$20
blogs.realtown.com5736Real EstateDofollow$40
astronomycommunication.com3243Science, Health, TechDofollow$20
gametocdo.net2638SportsDofollow$20
i-ccs.com2335SportsDofollow$20
freespaceway.com3634TechnologyDofollow$20
justlats.com3243TechnologyDofollow$20
win7best.com3244TechnologyDofollow$20
kasynoweb.net3142TechnologyDofollow$20
wsiwebefectivo.com3138TechnologyDofollow$20
iitp.net3137TechnologyDofollow$20
wwonline.net3141TechnologyDofollow$20
bitlev.com3038TechnologyDofollow$20
benwebmaster.com3041TechnologyDofollow$20
auhnatechnologies.com 2940TechnologyDofollow$20
netprecos.com2828TechnologyDofollow$20
yudasce.com2637TechnologyDofollow$20
scaranodesigns.com2638TechnologyDofollow$20
websitekarate.com2637TechnologyDofollow$20
cosug.net2537TechnologyDofollow$20
iifmwebtraining.com2536TechnologyDofollow$20
quiltingsoftware.net2436TechnologyDofollow$20
kde.cc2334TechnologyDofollow$20
minds.com7176TechnologyDofollow$50
customerthink.com6364TechnologyDo/Nofollow$150
crowdreviews.com6167TechnologyNofollow$150
destinator.net3442Tours & TravelsDofollow$20
endd.org3344Tours & TravelsDofollow$20
goletaagent.com2840Tours & TravelsDofollow$20
tripcrazed.com2837Tours & TravelsDofollow$20
seasonic-europe.com2840Tours & TravelsDofollow$20
urbany.net2738Tours & TravelsDofollow$20
tour-bc.net2638Tours & TravelsDofollow$20
canariasetourism.net2537Tours & TravelsDofollow$20



SEO Rapidly
Email: SEORapidly@gmail.com
Phone number: +1 646-948-9882

What is a Broker?

What is a Broker?

Welcome to the Investors Trading Academy talking glossary of financial terms and events. Our word of the day is “Broker” A broker is a person or firm that conducts transactions on behalf of a client. Some brokers only conduct transactions while others also offer different types of investment advisory services. Brokers derive their profit from commissions on orders given. That is, they usually collect a percentage of the value of each transaction, though some charge flat fees. Clients may give orders in a variety of ways. One may meet with a broker, call on the telephone, or give orders over the Internet. Brokers handle two main types of brokerage accounts: advisory accounts and discretionary accounts.

Brokers are only allowed to conduct transactions on advisory accounts on the specific orders of the account holder, or under very specific instructions. On the other hand, they have much more leeway over discretionary accounts, conducting transactions not prohibited by the account holder in accordance with the holder's investment goals and the prudent man rule. In practice, most brokerage firms are in fact broker-dealer firms. .