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• A Closer Look At Divergences by Clive Roffey, Ph.D.

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...A Closer Look At Divergences by Clive Roffey, Ph.D. In 1972, the investor and well-known goldbug James Dines produced a 600-page treatise called How The Average Investor Can Use Technical Analysis For Stock Profits. I regard this book, unfortunately now out of print, as comparable in the value of its contribution to technical analysis to the classic Technical Analysis Of Stock Trends by Robert Edwards and John Magee. If you can lay your hands on Dines's work, you should. The first major section, on the application of group and crowd psychology to stock market movement, is especially valuable....

AUTHOR: Clive Roffey, Ph.D.DATE: JUL 2002SUBJECT: Charting

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• Do Momentum Indicators Follow Trends? by Clive Roffey, Ph.D.

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Do Momentum Indicators Follow Trends? by Clive Roffey, Ph.D. Do momentum indicators follow trends, or are they independent of them? The stochastic oscillator, relative strength index (RSI), rate of change (ROC), and moving average convergence/ divergence (MACD) are some of the most commonly used indicators. It's not surprising to find traders lumping them all together into the generic category of "momentum indicatorsY´." Although each indicator is recognized as having its own distinctive characteristics, it is often assumed, misleadingly, that they can be interpreted in a similar fashion. F...

AUTHOR: Clive Roffey, Ph.D.DATE: APR 2002SUBJECT: Indicators