Home, Home On The Range by Andrew Tomlinson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:8 (70-73): Home, Home On The Range by Andrew Tomlinson
Price ranges are used in signaling both reversals and breakouts. Looking at how stochastics perform in breakouts sheds light on several key characteristics of the indicator.
One of the trading systems I use is based on changes in momentum. There's nothing particularly high-tech or unique about it, but it means that I've been looking at a
lot of breakouts. And one of the interesting things about breakouts is that they often affect indicators in unexpected ways. They act as a kind of stress test, pushing market m...
AUTHOR: Andrew TomlinsonDATE: AUG 2005SUBJECT: Chart Patterns
A Tale Of Two Indicators by Andrew Tomlinson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:10 (22-27): A Tale Of Two Indicators by Andrew Tomlinson
What do you do when two apparently similar indicators give opposite signals?
On July 6, 2004, I was feeling pretty pleased with myself. The stock market was falling and my short positions were making money for the first time in a couple of months (hey, stay on one side of the market for long enough and you're sure to be right sooner or later). One of my short positions, Micromuse (MUSE), gapped down 20% at the open on a revised outlook.
When I checked the market later in the day (I trade from
home, so the fir...
AUTHOR: Andrew TomlinsonDATE: OCT 2004SUBJECT: Real World