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Best Online Stock Trading Brokers for 2018 If you’re looking for a way to build more wealth in 2018, getting started with one of the best online brokerage accounts is a solid first step. Doing so will allow you to invest outside your traditional retirement accounts and on your own terms. The best part is, the best online brokerage firms charge little or no fees and offer excellent resources that can help you learn more about investing along the way. Of course, not all brokerage firms are created equal, and that’s why we took the time to break down each of their details and rank the top options on an array of factors. If you’re looking for a new way to invest this year and are ready to strike out on your own, the following online brokerage accounts should be at the top of your list.What Matters When You Trade Stocks on Your Own? Managing your own money can be a stressful endeavor. To minimize this, and to minimize information overload that tends to come from watching the markets 24/7, there are a few must-haves to look for in an online broker. Clean interface. When I trade, I want to be able to easily find my order entry ticket. I don’t want it buried under a number of drop downs. This interface should have intuitive access to see your balance, available cash, positions with real time P/L and all be easily navigated. Quick access to basic charting. A chart tells me where the stock has been recently. I don’t trade minute to minute anymore, so I don’t need complex tools like stochastics or retracement lines. All that’s important is that I have a basic chart on a yearly, monthly, weekly, daily and intra day time period. I use a chart to see current price relative to those time periods, mainly to avoid purchasing at a bad price. Low fees. One of the biggest roadblocks to building wealth is fees incurred to invest your hard-earned dollars. Because the fees charged by different brokerage firms vary so dramatically, it’s crucial to seek out options that charge low fees (or no fees) for account management and trades. There are over 50 online brokerages where you can open an account. Beyond the my three rules above, best online brokerage accounts aren’t just for trading stocks. Sure, many of them started as online stock trading accounts, but now they’re full-fledged trading, saving, investing, retirement planning, and banking machines. This industry is more complex than the average person thinks. You shouldn’t just pick any online broker and sign up for an account. The best online broker for one person is often completely different for the next person. Use this resource as a guide to your decision process. Figure out what features are best for you, and make your selection. What Makes a Great Online Broker? I analyzed a number of elements to come to my decision on which brokers are the best. Later in this post, I provide full details on how I selected the best online brokerages. When you take all the features, resources, trading platforms, and technology into account (while also considering every type of trader), the full-service brokers, like E*TRADE and TD Ameritrade are the best for the largest number of people. For those simply looking to make cheap trades, I would recommend going with Optionshouse. If you’re a very advanced trader, high-volume trader, or a professional who manages money, I recommend going with Interactive Brokers. However, I didn’t include Interactive Brokers on my list because they’re best for a very small group of traders and the platform is very complex. Top Qualities of Standout Online Trading Platforms Quality trading tools and technology Multiple trading platforms for all levels of traders Excellent mobile trading features Solid navigation that displays the relevant information where you want it Quality educational resources and research for trader development There’s more to selecting an online broker than price. You have to consider the resources you’re getting for the cost you pay per trade. For example, my colleague, who is also an ex-trader, likes to use a combination of stock and options trade in his longer-term trading. He recently switched over to Fidelity because he really liked the cash management features, but was very disappointed by complex order entry, sub-par options execution and frustrating navigation. He’s currently making the switch to one of the brokers I profile here.
Best Online Stock Trading Brokers for 2018 If you’re looking for a way to build more wealth in 2018, getting started with one of the best online brokerage accounts is a solid first step. Doing so will allow you to invest outside your traditional retirement accounts and on your own terms. The best part is, the best online brokerage firms charge little or no fees and offer excellent resources that can help you learn more about investing along the way. Of course, not all brokerage firms are created equal, and that’s why we took the time to break down each of their details and rank the top options on an array of factors. If you’re looking for a new way to invest this year and are ready to strike out on your own, the following online brokerage accounts should be at the top of your list.What Matters When You Trade Stocks on Your Own? Managing your own money can be a stressful endeavor. To minimize this, and to minimize information overload that tends to come from watching the markets 24/7, there are a few must-haves to look for in an online broker. Clean interface. When I trade, I want to be able to easily find my order entry ticket. I don’t want it buried under a number of drop downs. This interface should have intuitive access to see your balance, available cash, positions with real time P/L and all be easily navigated. Quick access to basic charting. A chart tells me where the stock has been recently. I don’t trade minute to minute anymore, so I don’t need complex tools like stochastics or retracement lines. All that’s important is that I have a basic chart on a yearly, monthly, weekly, daily and intra day time period. I use a chart to see current price relative to those time periods, mainly to avoid purchasing at a bad price. Low fees. One of the biggest roadblocks to building wealth is fees incurred to invest your hard-earned dollars. Because the fees charged by different brokerage firms vary so dramatically, it’s crucial to seek out options that charge low fees (or no fees) for account management and trades. There are over 50 online brokerages where you can open an account. Beyond the my three rules above, best online brokerage accounts aren’t just for trading stocks. Sure, many of them started as online stock trading accounts, but now they’re full-fledged trading, saving, investing, retirement planning, and banking machines. This industry is more complex than the average person thinks. You shouldn’t just pick any online broker and sign up for an account. The best online broker for one person is often completely different for the next person. Use this resource as a guide to your decision process. Figure out what features are best for you, and make your selection. What Makes a Great Online Broker? I analyzed a number of elements to come to my decision on which brokers are the best. Later in this post, I provide full details on how I selected the best online brokerages. When you take all the features, resources, trading platforms, and technology into account (while also considering every type of trader), the full-service brokers, like E*TRADE and TD Ameritrade are the best for the largest number of people. For those simply looking to make cheap trades, I would recommend going with Optionshouse. If you’re a very advanced trader, high-volume trader, or a professional who manages money, I recommend going with Interactive Brokers. However, I didn’t include Interactive Brokers on my list because they’re best for a very small group of traders and the platform is very complex. Top Qualities of Standout Online Trading Platforms Quality trading tools and technology Multiple trading platforms for all levels of traders Excellent mobile trading features Solid navigation that displays the relevant information where you want it Quality educational resources and research for trader development There’s more to selecting an online broker than price. You have to consider the resources you’re getting for the cost you pay per trade. For example, my colleague, who is also an ex-trader, likes to use a combination of stock and options trade in his longer-term trading. He recently switched over to Fidelity because he really liked the cash management features, but was very disappointed by complex order entry, sub-par options execution and frustrating navigation. He’s currently making the switch to one of the brokers I profile here.

Model-Model Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK)

Model-Model Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK)


Kalau ditelusuri sejarah lahirnya penelitian tindakan (action research), maka nama seorang psikolog sosial Kurt Lewin  tidaklah sanggup dipisahkan. Ia ialah orang yang pertama kali membuatkan model penelitian tindakan. Sementara penelitian tindakan kelas (PTK) ialah salah satu terapan penelitian tindakan dalam praktik di dunia pendidikan. Munculnya penelitian tindakan kelas ini mengatakan objek dan subjek penelitian yang berbeda saja dalam action research. Perlu diketahui bahwa penelitian tindakan (action research) dilakukan di aneka macam bidang. Tidak hanya untuk dunia pendidikan (di kelas, dalam proses pembelajaran di sekolah), tetapi juga untuk bidang-bidang lain. Kembali menyebut Kurt Lewin, bahwasanya penelitian yang mula-mula dilakukannya itu bukanlah penelitian tindakan kelas (PTK) tetapi penelitian tindakan untuk memperbaiki pembangunan terpadu berkaitan dengan perumahan warga negara Amerika pasca Perang Dunia II di tahun 1946.

Sampai dikala ini penelitian tindakan kelas (classroom-based action research) terus berkembang dan berevolusi. Muncul aneka macam model-model penelitian tindakan kelas untuk menciptakan penelitian tindakan menjadi lebih baik dan terarah.

Lalu bagaimana dengan salah satu bentuk terapan penelitian tindakan (action research) yang dilakukan di sekolah atau kelas-kelas (atau dengan kata lain Penelitian Tindakan Kelas)? Sampai dikala ini berkembang pula aneka macam model untuk pelaksanaan penelitian tindakan kelas dan penelitian tindakan sekolah.

Model PTK Menurut Stephen Kemmis dan Robin McTaggart

Model penelitian tindakan kelas berdasarkan Kemmis dan McTaggart ialah model PTK yang paling banyak dipakai oleh praktisi pendidikan di Indonesia (guru dan kepala sekolah). Kalau diamati secara seksama, maka alur model penelitian tindakan kelas berdasarkan Kemmis dan McTaggart tampak sangat sederhana. Dalam model PTK berdasarkan Kemmis dan McTaggart ini ditunjukkan secara tegas 4 tahap siklus PTK yang terdiri dari plan →→ act → observe → reflect kemudian kembali lagi ke plan → act → observe → reflect. Bentuk skema pelaksanaan siklus-siklusnya menyerupai spiral.

 Kalau ditelusuri sejarah lahirnya penelitian tindakan  Model-Model Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK)
Model PTK berdasarkan Kemmis dan McTaggart


Stephen Kemmis mendefinisikan ptk sebagai sebuah bentuk inkuiri yang dilakukan secara reflektif oleh orang-orang atau partisipan yang terlibat di dalam penelitian pada suatu problem sosial (termasuk pendidikan) dengan maksud untuk meningkatkan kualitas pendidikan secara rasional dan sanggup dipertanggungjawabkan.

Model PTK Menurut Ebbut

Menurut Dave Ebbut, ptk ialah suatu studi yang sistematis dari praktek-praktek pendidikan oleh sekelompok orang atau partisipan melalui tindakan yang mereka praktekkan sendiri dan melalui refleksi yang juga mereka lakukan sendiri terhadap dampak dari tindakan-tindakan yang telah dilakukan. Jadi, di dalam ptk berdasarkan Ebbut, peneliti mencoba gagasan-gagasan gres untuk melihat peningkatan atau perubahan sesuatu, dalam bentuk dampak kasatmata pada suatu situasi.

Lalu model PTK (penelitian tindakan kelas) berdasarkan Ebbut sanggup dijelaskan sebagai berikut. Penelitian tindakan dimulai dari suatu wangsit umum yang kemudian diamati sehingga kemudian disusunlah perencanaan untuk melaksanakan tindakan I. Saat dan sehabis melaksanakan tindakan 1 ini dilakukan monitoring dan pengamatan untuk melihat bagaimana hasil dari tindakan tersebut terhadap pencapaian tujuan penelitian yang diinginkan. Setelah itu, penelitian tindakan akan berlanjut pada pelaksanaan tindakan II, tetapi ada dua kemungkinan untuk tindakan II ini. Pertama, peneliti sanggup merubah keseluruhan planning dan kembali mengulang tindakan I dengan wangsit umum yang benar-benar baru. Atau, Kedua, dengan merebisi planning dan melanjutkan dengan Tindakan II. Untuk lebih jelasnya silakan perhatikan gambar berikut.

 Kalau ditelusuri sejarah lahirnya penelitian tindakan  Model-Model Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK)
Model PTK berdasarkan Ebbut


Memang bila diuraikan dengan kata-kata bagaimana perbedaan setiap model PTK yang diberikan di sini akan justru membuatnya tampak rumit. Oleh alasannya itu, perbedaan setiap model PTK (penelitian tindakan kelas ini) justru lebih mudah dipahami melalui diagram alir yang diberikan. Berikut untuk 2 model PTK lainnya (Model PTK Elliot dan Model PTK berdasarkan McKernan) kami sajikan dalam bentuk diagram semata tanpa memberika klarifikasi berbentuk narasi yang akan tampak berbelit dan mubajir.

Model PTK Menurut Elliot

Model PTK berdasarkan Elliot ini walaupun digambarkan dengan diagram alir atau skema yang berukuran besar dan rinci, akan tetapi model ini bahwasanya justru sangat mudah dipahami. Sebagaimana model-model ptk lainnya, model ptk yang diajukan oleh Elliot ini juga terdiri atas siklus-siklus yang intinya ialah pengulangan siklus sebelumnya.

Siklus PTK yang pertama selalui dimulai dengan identifikasi wangsit awal untuk mencari gagasan dalam upaya perbaikan pelaksanaan pembelajaran bagi guru peneliti.

 Kalau ditelusuri sejarah lahirnya penelitian tindakan  Model-Model Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK)
Model PTK berdasarkan ELLIOT

Model PTK Menurut McKernan

Pada model PTK McKernan, kita sanggup melihat bahwa permulaan siklus I dimulai dari adanya situasi atau problem sehingga diharapkan adanya suatu tindakan perbaikan. Setelah guru peneliti menyadari adanya kebutuhan untuk memperbaiki tindakan ini berdasarkan situasi yang dilihatnya secara nyata, maka mulailah proses perumusan masalah, selanjutnya dilakukan need assessment (asesmen yang ditujukan untuk menemukan apa bahwasanya kebutuhan yang harus dipenuhi semoga situasi yang yang menjadi problem tadi daat dipecahkan). Berdasarkan penelusuran aneka macam literatur dan kepustakaan, atau berbekal pengetahuan yang dimiliki oleh guru peneliti, maka diperoleh suatu hipotesis ide, yang kemudian dikembangkan dalam bentuk planning pembelajaran untuk perbaikan situasi tersebut. Setelah perencanaan dilakukan implementasi perubahan tindakan berdasarkan planning pembelajaran yang telah disusun secara seksama. Jika tindakan sudah dilakukan maka kemudian dilakukan lagi tahapan berikutnya (yang merupakan tahapan terakhir pada siklus I), yaitu mengevaluasi tindakan yang sudah diimplementasikan tadi.


 Kalau ditelusuri sejarah lahirnya penelitian tindakan  Model-Model Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK)
Model PTK berdasarkan McKernan

Jika ternyata situasi dan problem masih belum membaik, atau mulai membaik tetapi belum hingga pada sasaran yang ingin dicapai oleh guru peneliti, maka dilakukanlah siklus II.

Demikian beberapa model penelitian tindakan kelas atau PTK.  Salah satunya model ini sanggup dipilih dalam melaksanakan sebuah PTK. Sekali lagi kami ingatkan walaupun setiap model mempunyai alur yang berbeda, akan tetapi pada hakikatnya sama saja. Pemodelan-pemodelan ini dibentuk untuk membantu para guru peneliti dalam melaksanakan PTK secara lebi mudah dan tergambar secara jelas.
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