Trading Techniques | BON 2007
Defining The Bull And The Bear by Chuck Dukas
Defining The Bull And The Bear by Chuck Dukas “Bullish” and “bearish” are terms frequently used to describe the price behavior of financial instruments. What exactly do they mean? All price action can be categorized into six phases of trends that describe the cycle of markets. You can apply this insight to any financial instrument on any time frame. Although the principles will be illustrated with daily bars, you can utilize the concepts on intraday data, daily, weekly, or any time frames on commodities, stocks, or indexes or in fact any financial instrument subject to market forces. To be able to precisely categorize all price activity into the six phases enhances your ability to assess the quality of the price structure of the instrument you are examining. You can take this one step further by categorizing price with specific moving averages enabling you to statistically analyze price structure. In addition, this allows you to compare the quality of different instruments using specific criteria, enhance objectivity, and reduce subjectivity. Finally, but perhaps most important, it is a guide on how money can be deployed in the markets; the core principles of trend analysis can be used in constructing trading systems or in adjusting capital exposure in an instrument according to its phase.
by Chuck Dukas
Technical Analysis of STOCKS & COMMODITIES
The Traders’ Magazine since 1982
has had over 1,226,237 subscribers from 174 different countries.
37,000 Page Traders’ Archive for $89.99
To continue reading, sign-up for trial access to Traders.com and the S&C Archive — 37,000 pages of trading ideas!
After verifying your email address, you will have limited access to the S&C Archive, as well as access to a Digital Edition of S&C, and access to Traders.com Advantage and Working Money for 30 days.
Not a subscriber to Technical Analysis of
STOCKS & COMMODITIES magazine?
Click
here to subscribe, or request
a trial subscription.
Log-in now to view articles from the S&C Archive.
Your Subscriber ID is located at the top of your magazine label, highlighted here in red.
Your last name can be found on the second line, highlighted here in blue.
*If you have a company name on the label, that can also be used. It will appear below your name on the label.
If you do not have a Subscriber ID on your label, you can find it on your statement or renewal form.
For help locating your Subscriber ID number, please call us at 1-800-832-4642 or send an email to Survey@Traders.com. If sending an email, please include your name and mailing address.