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• The Market Facilitation Index Update: 1/89 to 3/90 by Charles F. Wright

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The Market Facilitation Index Update: 1/89 to 3/90 by Charles F. Wright I have noticed through the years that when a technique is disclosed in the popular press you can count on it to stop working for some time after the disclosure. You can speculate as to why, but the most logical reason is that many individuals are testing it or trading it. With so many people looking at the system, it is not surprising that it does not work. This may be the market's way of weeding out the inexperienced and the part-timers. Most novice traders test a new technique in the immediate period after its disclosu...

AUTHOR: Charles F. WrightDATE: NOV 1990

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• Absolute Tick Volume by Charles F. Wright

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Absolute Tick Volume by Charles F. Wright Volume is one of the major tools used in technical analysis. The volume of a particular day or intraday bar is used as a gauge for activity during the time period. Trading judgments are based on traders' interpretation of that volume number. Conventional volume analysis centers around two points: First, higher volume is beneficial to the trend -- higher volume confirms the move while lower volume makes the move suspect, and second, the importance of the bar volume lies in its relation to the volume of the previous bar. Since almost all technical analys...

AUTHOR: Charles F. WrightDATE: JUL 1990