Guides for self-directed investors
How the orders work, how the Thrift Savings Plan works, and how to place both at the brokerage you already use. Written by the team behind the recommendations — free to read, no account needed.
Start here
What the service is, how to act on a recommendation, and how to judge a provider.
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Getting started
How to act on Stock Actions recommendations — placing buy stops and sell stops outside market hours, and what to do if you are trading after the open.
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The Self-Directed Investor's Guide to Expert-Recommendation Services
A buyer’s guide to what expert-recommendation services are, what they cost, and how they differ from discretionary management.
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Make investing a daily habit
How a short daily routine supports disciplined, long-term investing.
Stocks and order types
The mechanics behind Stock Actions recommendations — the orders they use and why they use them.
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Stock recommendations
Daily stock recommendations from a Registered Investment Advisor, executed at your own brokerage.
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Buy stops and sell stops explained
What a buy stop and a sell stop are, how each one behaves, and why Stock Actions recommendations use them.
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Place tomorrow's trades tonight: the one-triggers-all order type
How a conditional order places an entry and its matching downside protection in a single after-hours submission, at Schwab and Fidelity.
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When do you take profits?
What a take-profit order costs you versus a ratcheting sell stop, and why Stock Actions recommendations do not carry a profit target.
Thrift Savings Plan
For federal employees and service members — the core funds and the Mutual Fund Window.
At your brokerage
Short how-to videos for placing and managing orders where you already invest.
Who is behind the recommendations
The adviser, the firm, and what existing TSP TIPS subscribers should know.
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