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Alan R. Northam
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2015SUBJECT: Cycles
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2015SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: OCT 2014SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUN 2014SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: DEC 2014
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: DEC 2014SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: APR 2014SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2013SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2013SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2013SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2013SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2013SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2013SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2013SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2013SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2013SUBJECT: Dow Theory
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: APR 2013SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: APR 2013SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAY 2012SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAY 2012SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2012SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2012SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2012SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2012SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2012SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2012SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2012SUBJECT: Statistics
Long-Term Look At The DJIA For August 2012
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The long-term trend of the stock market does not change very often, but it is advantageous to take a look at the market at least once a month to know what the long-term trend is doing. This analysis will use statistical analysis to determine the present condition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2012SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: OCT 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: OCT 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: OCT 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: OCT 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: OCT 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: OCT 2011
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: OCT 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: OCT 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: OCT 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2011SUBJECT: Psychology
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2011SUBJECT: Aroon
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2011SUBJECT: Technical Indicators
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2011SUBJECT: Technical Indicators
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAY 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAY 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAY 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAY 2011
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAY 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
Energy Sector To Continue Higher Near Term
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Statistical analysis of the energy market sector shows that over the near term, this market should continue to move higher. However, a market correction or even a long-term downtrend reversal looms on the horizon....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAY 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2011
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2011SUBJECT: Lin. RegTrend
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2011SUBJECT: Lin. RegTrend
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUN 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUN 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUN 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUN 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUN 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUN 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUL 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUL 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUL 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2011SUBJECT: Lin. RegTrend
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2011SUBJECT: Lin. RegTrend
A Statistical Look At Google
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Statistical analysis is an excellent method of confirming a traditional analysis of a market or security as it uses a completely different set of measurement tools, thus avoiding multicolinearity. Here I use statistical analysis to show the current long-term, intermediate-term, and short-term trends of Google....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2011SUBJECT: Lin. RegTrend
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2011SUBJECT: Lin. RegTrend
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2011SUBJECT: Lin. RegTrend
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2011SUBJECT: Lin. RegTrend
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2011SUBJECT: Lin. RegTrend
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2011SUBJECT: Lin. RegTrend
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2011SUBJECT: Trading Systems
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2011SUBJECT: Lin. RegTrend
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2011SUBJECT: Lin. RegTrend
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2011SUBJECT: Lin. RegTrend
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2011SUBJECT: Lin. RegTrend
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2011SUBJECT: Lin. RegTrend
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2011SUBJECT: Lin. RegTrend
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: DEC 2011SUBJECT: Bull/Bear Market
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: DEC 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: APR 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: APR 2011
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: APR 2011
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: APR 2011
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: APR 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: APR 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: APR 2011SUBJECT: Statistics
Apple Is Ready To Turn Lower
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Apple looks to be in a topping process. By looking at price patterns, price momentum, and volume, we can come to a clear understanding about the technical condition of this security....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2010
Amazon In Topping Process
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...When we look at the price chart of AMZN, we might conclude that price is either forming a head & shoulders pattern, a double top, or that it just might continue to move to a new higher high. However, when we look below the surface of the price chart, we can see what is really going on....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2010
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2010SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
QQQQ Analysis Avoids Multicolinearity
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Multicolinearity is the use of several indicators all presenting the same information. The danger of multicolinearity is an analysis of a security or market based upon limited information. Here, several indicators are carefully chosen to avoid multicolinearity, resulting in an examination based upon a broad array of information....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2010SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: OCT 2010SUBJECT: Dow Theory
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: OCT 2010SUBJECT: Momentum
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: OCT 2010SUBJECT: Head & Shoulders
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2010SUBJECT: Linear Reg Channel
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2010SUBJECT: Linear Reg Channel
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2010SUBJECT: Linear Reg Channel
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2010SUBJECT: Linear Reg Channel
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2010SUBJECT: Dow Theory
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAY 2010SUBJECT: Andrews Pitch-Fork
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAY 2010SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
Lower Prices Ahead For Gold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Gold has been working its way higher since early February. However, a negative divergence has developed over the last month, forecasting that this market could see lower prices ahead....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAY 2010SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
Reading The Bar, Identifying The Countertrend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The main trend of a market determines its long-term trend. However, long-term trends are regularly interrupted by countertrends otherwise known as market corrections. By reading the bar of the next smaller time frame, you can determine if the market is trending or countertrending....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2010SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2010SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2010SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
Secular Bear Market Remains Intact
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The rally off the February 2010 low has now pushed so far that traders and even market analysts are now starting to consider that a new bull market is underway. According to the Elliott wave theory, however, the market has one more down leg to go that will carry the market to a new lower low before a bull market can emerge....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2010SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
Crossroads For The Qs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Sometimes in our analysis of the stock market, or an individual stock, we come to a crossroads, a split in the direction of the trend where it is possible for price to take one of two differing paths. The QQQQs are at such a crossroad. It is possible that the QQQQs could continue to trade higher from current price levels but it is also possible for the Qs to turn back down....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2010SUBJECT: Resistance Line
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2010SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUN 2010SUBJECT: Momentum
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUN 2010SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUN 2010SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUN 2010SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
TWM Hits Price Target
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...After hitting the median line of the Andrews pitchfork and forming a closing price reversal bar but not hitting an expected price target, the trader may consider the move over. However, by proper analysis of the market in question, it can be shown whether a high probability still exists for that market to still hit its price target....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUN 2010SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUL 2010SUBJECT: Momentum
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUL 2010SUBJECT: Momentum
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUL 2010SUBJECT: Momentum
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUL 2010SUBJECT: Momentum
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUL 2010SUBJECT: Head & Shoulders
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2010SUBJECT: Andrews Pitch-Fork
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2010SUBJECT: Andrews Pitch-Fork
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2010SUBJECT: Andrews Pitch-Fork
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2010SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
Dollar, Up Or Down?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The dollar has been in a downward trend since last March. However, in early November 2009, the dollar broke out above its downward sloping trendline. Once a trendline is broken the question becomes, "Has the market under study reversed its trend?" To answer this question, it is important to pay attention to what the market does following the breakout....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2010SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
As FedEx Goes...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...There's a saying. Have you heard of it? "As FedEx goes, so goes the rest of the market." FedEx is in the transportation business, moving manufactured goods to distribution centers and to retail outlets, among other things. The movement of goods from one point to another indicates a demand by consumers for these goods. As long as goods are being moved, there also exists a demand to manufacture goods. The manufacturing of goods, the transportation of goods, and consumer retail spending is good for the economy and the stock market....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2010SUBJECT: Andrews Pitch-Fork
The Gold Miner And The Pitchfork
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...One of the useful aspects of the Andrews pitchfork is that it can be drawn from any series of three alternating high and low pivot points. With each pitchfork drawn, a story about the trend is told. With each of the pitchforks drawn as seen here, the story of the Gold Miners ETF is unraveled....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2010SUBJECT: Andrews Pitch-Fork
Hagopian's Rule
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Alan Hall Andrews was made famous by his invention of the Andrews pitchfork. However, there were many other technical analysis tools that he developed and used in his own trading. One tool that worked so well that he added it to his own arsenal of technical analysis tools was the Hagopian rule....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2010SUBJECT: Andrews Pitch-Fork
Mini-Median Line Pitchfork Identifies Trend Reversal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...In addition to developing the pitchfork formation, Alan Hall Andrews also developed a lesser-known pitchfork known as the mini-median line pitchfork. The mini-median line was Andrews' favorite, as it generated timely buy and sell signals in addition to being indispensable whenever a trend reversal was expected. Here's how Andrews used the mini-median line to identify the area in which a trend reversal could occur....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2010SUBJECT: Andrews Pitch-Fork
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2010SUBJECT: Andrews Pitch-Fork
Significant Pivot Points Determine Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Alan Hall Andrews became famous for the Andrews pitchfork, but he also developed many other trading techniques. One such technique is his unique way of using pivot points. This article discusses how Andrews would have identified and used significant pivot points to determine when the upward trend of the Standard & Poor's 500 should reverse to the downside....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2010SUBJECT: Pivot Point
Using The Andrews Trendline Technique
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Alan Andrews became famous for the Andrews pitchfork, but he also developed many other trading techniques. One such technique is his unique way of using trendlines. This article uses Andrews' trendline technique to determine the future direction of the Gold Miners exchange traded fund (ETF)....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2010SUBJECT: Trend-Channel
IAI Leads Stock Market Lower
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The Broker/Dealer Index has a longstanding reputation as a stock market leader. In good times, the index leads the stock market higher, while in bad times it leads the stock market lower. These appear to be bad times....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2010SUBJECT: Rel. Str Comparative
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2010SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
SMH In Downtrend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...SMH has now reversed from an uptrend to a downtrend. By using the Andrews pitchfork, the price level at which a new lower high price will form can be determined as well as the slope of the new downward trend. In addition, by using the pitchfork it can be determined when price starts to accelerate to the downside....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2010SUBJECT: Andrews Pitch-Fork
Entering The Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...There are three steps a trader must make in entering a trade. The first is to identify the trend, the second is to determine when to place a trade, and the final step is to determine the risk involved....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2010SUBJECT: Strategies
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2010SUBJECT: Andrews Pitch-Fork
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2010SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2010SUBJECT: Trend-Channel
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2010SUBJECT: Reversal
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: DEC 2010SUBJECT: Linear Reg Channel
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: DEC 2010SUBJECT: Linear Reg Channel
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: DEC 2010SUBJECT: Lin. RegTrend
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: DEC 2010SUBJECT: Linear Reg Channel
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: DEC 2010
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: DEC 2010SUBJECT: Linear Reg Channel
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2010SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
Volume Helps Identify Gold Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Volume is not always included in the analysis of a security or market index, but when it is, it provides valuable insight into the analysis that can affect the outcome. In the analysis of GLD, volume sheds a whole new light on the direction of gold....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2010SUBJECT: Volume
Adding Volume To The Analysis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The whole purpose of technical analysis is to use past price and volume data to determine the future direction of a security or market. An analysis that does not include volume, however, is not a complete technical analysis. When volume is considered along with price, a whole new analysis is often the result....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2010SUBJECT: Volume
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2010SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
IWM In Uptrend But Critical
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The long-term and intermediate-term trends are critical to the health of a bull or bear market. Currently, IWM remains in a bull market, but its health is critical. These two lifelines need to stay healthy to keep the bull market alive for IWM....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2010SUBJECT: Momentum
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: APR 2010SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: APR 2010SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
Gold Nears Peak
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Gold bugs are getting excited about buying gold once again since the precious metal is so close to making a new high, but caution is the order of the day. According to the Elliott wave theory, gold is about to go down and not up....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2009SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
DJIA Close In On Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The Dow Jones Industrial Average has now hit the 10,000 market again. Now, will the market continue higher or will it reverse and move lower? The Elliott wave theory is calling for a market top....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: OCT 2009SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
A Stock Market On The Verge Of Collapse
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...There are four basic analytical tools an analyst uses to measure the health of an individual stock or the stock market as a whole. One is price patterns, one is momentum, another is volume, and the final one is breadth. By using these four tools we can note whether the stock market is on the verge of collapse....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2009SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2009SUBJECT: Head & Shoulders
NASDAQ Rally Is Over
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The NASDAQ has broken down below its upsloping trendline, signaling that the upward rally off the March low has come to an end and a new trend has begun. Is this new rally a trading range, a more shallow upward rally, or a major trend reversal?...
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2009SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
Falling Wedge Approaches Target
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The NASDAQ has broken out of a falling wedge pattern, signaling a trend reversal from down to up and moved higher for almost two months. Will the market continue higher from here, or will a market correction set in? The falling wedge provides the answer......
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAY 2009SUBJECT: Wedge Formations
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2009SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2009SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUN 2009SUBJECT: Rel. Str Comparative
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUN 2009SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
S&P 500 Breaks Series Of Peaks And Troughs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The S&P 500 has now broken its series of lower peaks and lower troughs, signaling the end of the bear market downtrend that began in October 2007. However, it is still unknown as to whether a new bull market upward trend is in progress....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUN 2009SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUN 2009SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2009SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
Is The Stock Market Bottom Here?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...News reporters, economists, and stock market forecasters view the current low in the stock market as the stock market bottom. There are many ways to measure to find out if it is. Here is one way....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2009SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2009SUBJECT: Strategies
Dow Theory Says Market Correction Is Over
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The corrective rally for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is now over and a new downward trend is being established. However, this new downward trend remains unconfirmed but will be, once the Dow theory has been satisfied....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2009SUBJECT: Dow Theory
Is The Dollar And Gold Decoupling?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Normally, the US dollar and gold move in opposite directions. However, in recent days they moved in the same direction. Is this a sign that the dollar and gold are decoupling, or is this just an anomaly?...
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2009SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
QQQQ Trade Setup
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...In defining when a trade should be taken, the trader looks for a valid trade setup, a high-probability area to enter the trade known as a trigger, and a high-reward area known as a target. The PowerShares QQQ Trust has provided such an opportunity....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JAN 2009SUBJECT: Strategies
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2009SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2009SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2009SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2009SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
DJIA Resumes Downward Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The corrective rally off the late November low came to an end in mid-January 2009, and on February 2, 2009, the DJIA officially resumed its downward trend....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2009SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2009SUBJECT: Rel. Str Comparative
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2009SUBJECT: Dow Theory
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2009SUBJECT: Rel. Str Comparative
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2009SUBJECT: Rel. Str Comparative
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2009
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2009SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2009SUBJECT: Rel. Str Comparative
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2009SUBJECT: Flags and Pennants
Falling Wedge Signals NASDAQ Reversal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The NASDAQ has been in a downward trend since October 2007, but now, this market has broken out of a falling wedge pattern. This breakout is signaling a reversal in trend from down to up....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: APR 2009SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
Apple Hits 17-Month Low
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Apple, Inc., has now made a 17-month low and is ready for a bounce. Once this market corrective bounce is complete, the stock should head for a price target of $67.60 to $50.70 per share....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
QQQQ Breaks Key Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The QQQQ has now broken below key support drawn off the mid-March price low, confirming that crash wave (3) of 3 is now under way. The target price for the completion of the crash wave is calculated to be $28.03. However, once the crash wave is complete, this market will still make a lower low before a major bottom is in place....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
Bear Market Isn't Over Yet
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Depending upon how the Fibonacci retracement tool is used, there is a range of possible support areas that could turn the S&P 500 back upward. However, what we need to be looking for is a trend reversal pattern....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2008SUBJECT: Fibonacci
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
QQQQ Crash Coming?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...QQQQ has now entered into wave (3) of 3, the crash wave, just in time for the worst two months of the year for the stock market. Expect QQQQ to sell off rapidly from here on out....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: SEP 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
Oil Hits Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...In a previous article entitled "Is The Oil Uptrend Over?" published on 07/23/08, I wrote that oil could fall to as low as $53 per barrel. Today, I am reporting that oil has fallen to a low of $50.44 and a low in oil could be in place....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: OCT 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: OCT 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: OCT 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: OCT 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: OCT 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: OCT 2008SUBJECT: Head & Shoulders
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: OCT 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
Retail Sector Leads Economy Lower
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Retail sales account for two-thirds of the economy. By looking at the retail sector of the stock market we can look into the future and see that the economic plan that Congress has been working on so hard to pass is not a quick fix, and the economy still has further to fall before a recovery is realized....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: OCT 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2008SUBJECT: Flags and Pennants
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2008SUBJECT: Trend-Channel
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: NOV 2008SUBJECT: Support & Resistance
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAY 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAY 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
Setups, Triggers, And Risk To Reward Ratios
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...A trader should not just jump into a stock position but should first define a valid trade setup, define his risk to reward ratio, and set the trigger price. GOOGLE (GOOG) is used here to explain how to properly enter a stock position to increase the probability of a successful trade....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAY 2008SUBJECT: Strategies
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAY 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAY 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAY 2008SUBJECT: Support & Resistance
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAY 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAY 2008SUBJECT: MACD
Moving Averages Define Market Trends
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Moving averages are a simple way of defining the short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term market trends. The timing of these trends also help traders in determining how long these trends should last....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAY 2008SUBJECT: Moving Averages
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2008SUBJECT: Fibonacci
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2008SUBJECT: Dow Theory
QQQQ Set To Fall
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...According to Elliott wave theory, a stock or market trends in a certain direction in five waves with symmetrical triangle patterns forming as wave 4. Once wave 4 is complete, the stock or market continues in the direction of the trend to complete the final wave, a fifth wave....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: MAR 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUN 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUN 2008SUBJECT: Trend-Channel
Financials Select SPDR Double Bottom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...By casual observation, XLF looks like it is forming a double bottom, but don't be taken in. XLF has found some short-term support, but the main trend is still down, and here's why....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUN 2008SUBJECT: Double Bottoms
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUN 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUN 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUN 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUN 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
Big Blue Hits Major Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...IBM made a market peak in 1999, a price minimum in 2002, and has been in a recovery rally since. Now, however, IBM has run back up to its market price peak set in 1999 and may not be able to break out above it....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUL 2008SUBJECT: Trend-Channel
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUL 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
Is The Oil Uptrend Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...USO has been in an uptrend since 1999, but it now looks like the upward trend is over and a sizable correction in oil is at hand, one that could drop the price of oil to as low as $53 per barrel....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUL 2008SUBJECT: Trend-Channel
Is Gold A Safe Haven For Your Money?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...With the stock market now officially entering into a bear market, traders are looking to gold as a safe haven for their money. However, gold may not be the safe haven that traders think it is....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUL 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUL 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: JUL 2008SUBJECT: Triangles
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2008SUBJECT: Triangles
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: FEB 2008SUBJECT: Technical Analysis
Gold Turning Down
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Gold made a bull market top in March 2008. Since then, GLD has been consolidating its gain from its 1999 runup, forming a double ABC zigzag corrective wave pattern. The target price for the completion of this wave pattern is calculated at $65....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: DEC 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: DEC 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2008SUBJECT: Support & Resistance
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2008SUBJECT: Triangles
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2008SUBJECT: Double Tops
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2008SUBJECT: Fibonacci
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2008SUBJECT: Double Bottoms
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2008SUBJECT: Head & Shoulders
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: AUG 2008SUBJECT: Trend-Channel
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: APR 2008SUBJECT: Moving Averages
Google Heads South
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Google has now completed its bear market correction and is headed back in the direction of its major trend, which is down. Through the use of Elliott wave theory, we can determine the next price target and the next market correction....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: APR 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
Homebuilders Recovering?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...According to an analysis using moving averages to determine the future direction, XHB is now in an established intermediate-term uptrend. However, based upon an analysis using Elliott wave rules and guidelines, this uptrend is nothing more than a retracement....
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: APR 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: APR 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave
AUTHOR: Alan R. NorthamDATE: APR 2008SUBJECT: Elliott Wave