Writer Guidelines

This page will review important points to keep in mind when producing articles for TraderEducation.com.

General Content Guidelines

We're looking for engaging and comprehensive content that educates our site visitors. All content must be trading related, educational, and timely.

1) Topics Related to trading or market analysis
We are open to evaluating any subject matter that relates to trading.

2) Be educational
Please try to maintain balance and objectivity. Commentaries are welcome, but we ask that you also incorporate educational wisdom in your pieces. It always helps when claims are supported by facts. We will not accept product reviews or promotional pieces.

 

Production Process

1) Send us an outline
Send us a pitch that briefly describes the proposed article in 2-3 sentences, as well as the most important points in bullet form. Please take a few minutes and search through the site to avoid overlap with any existing articles. If you are looking for topic ideas we'd be glad to point you in the right direction.

2) We approve outline
When an outline is approved, we will set a deadline. Outline approval does not guarantee payment or publication. If the article falls short of what we envisioned, then we'd like to come back to you for clarifications and/or additions.

3) Editorial Review
After receiving your first draft of the article we'll review it for financial and grammatical accuracy. We may contact you at this phase with any questions, clarifications, or requests for changes. Please keep in mind that the minimum length for an article is 1000 words, with the maximum being around 2500 words.

5) Publication
Once the article has been approved it'll be slated for release within the next few weeks. Please submit your invoice when editors inform you that the article is complete.

Other Important Points

Sources
If you are quoting any individuals, companies, organizations, other publications or web sites, please provide the source's name, where it was published, or quoted, and date of publication. If it's an online source, provide the link.

Objectivity and Opinion
All traders have their opinions and biases. The editorial staff will not pass judgment on a particular issue. We simply wish to present the facts to our readers in a compelling, balanced and objective manner. Our readers will form their own views.

Images/Graphics
Graphics should be no more than 400 pixels wide and sent as separate attachments and labeled in the order in which they should appear. Please provide .gif and/or .jpeg files.  Use recent chart examples--that is, the most recent 12 months, and preferably, the last two or three months (the more recent, the better). Old examples undermine credibility.

Summaries

The summary should be nothing more than a re-cap or a reiteration of the article's main ideas with different wording. It portrays the points in the article you want the reader to remember most.