ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Price reactions within a trend by Bill McLaren I have, in the past decade, taught trading techniques to many students. Recently, most of my students have entered the markets after purchasing a personal computer and a technical analysis software package. These tools can be quite helpful but they are not the Holy Grail. A majority of my students' losses are related to one major weakness: little understanding of basic price movement. Understanding price movement is the foundation of profitable trading and all else must be built on that foundation. Very simplistically, both stock and commodity m...