|  DEC 1994

Back To Basics In Trading Stocks by Gregory J. Kuhn

Back To Basics In Trading Stocks by Gregory J. Kuhn Identifying the once or twice a year that the market is ready to embark on a very profitable move is the ultimate quest of anyone trading stocks. But in this day and age of artificial intelligence, with neural networks and fuzzy logic, using something as low-tech as the basic technical tools to find such opportunities may seem, well, backward. Gaining insight into the market's future direction doesn't have to be that complex. While many investors in late spring and early summer 1994 were perplexed over inflation worries, higher interest rates and a falling dollar, the market was telling us these concerns were overblown. Indeed, it was telling us that a robust summer rally was about to unfold. Here's how combining sentiment with some basic technical analysis, such as breadth and price/volume analysis along with some common sense and strict adherence to a trading methodology, allowed me to identify an important market bottom and then trade it successfully from the long side.

by Gregory J. Kuhn