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DownloadSilver Breaks Out As Yields Dip
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Is THIS the start of another major rally for silver after a lengthy consolidation?...
S&P Tests Key Level As Investors Weigh Conflicting Macro Factors
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...I wrote this article following the close of play on September 24, after noticing a potentially bullish signal on the S&P 500 as well as some other key global indices, indicating that the recent sell-off may be about to come to an end....
Will Gold's Breakout Hold This Time?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Gold has been consolidating its sharp gains over the past couple of months. But is the bullish trend about to resume?...
Crude Oil Takes Shot In The Arm
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Monday, November 9, was another big risk-on day for financial markets. For the first time since the pandemic, there was hope and light at the end of the tunnel that coronavirus restrictions that have been imposed across the world could soon be a thing of the past....
Trading Head & Shoulders Formations
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...All chartists should be familiar with this chart pattern. Here are a few pointers on ways to get long and short and where alternative exits may be...
Silver's Remarkable Recovery Suggests More Gains Likely
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Silver has enjoyed a remarkable recovery after its vicious falls during the height of the coronavirus pandemic when demand concerns saw the metal slump to below $12 from around $18, before supply worries saw prices stage an equally sharp rally. Where do we go from here?...
Gold Rally Cools Amid Impressive Resilience Of Stock Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Gold goes in consolidation mode after recent sharp gains as investors await direction from stock markets and central banks, with the coronavirus lockdown measures easing a little in a few places....
The Ins & Outs Of Moving Averages Part 1
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...They are ubiquitous on price charts and an integral part of technical analysis. Do you know everything you should about using them?...
Gold: Pressure Building For Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Gold has been stuck in a sideways range recently, but the pressure is building, and it could be about to pop higher soon....
Natural Gas: Tentative Reversal Signs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Natural gas prices have not been able to recover as strongly as some of the other commodities post lockdown. In fact, prices remain near their historic lows after a small recovery, due to concerns over excessive supply and weak demand. However, while the downward trend remains intact, natural gas has created tentative bullish technical signals which suggest at least a medium-term low may have been created....
Dr Copper: Economic Health Improving Amid US-China Trade Optimism
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Risk-sensitive copper has rallied along with stocks over the past couple of weeks amid receding Middle East tensions and on growing optimism that the US and China will soon end their damaging trade war....
Gold Rush: NEM Breaks Out
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...After gold's big breakout in the summer and the recent bullish consolidation, I have been drawn to gold miners, and one that has caught my attention now is called Newmont Goldcorp Corp (NEM), which has broken out....
Barrick Gold Shining Brightly
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Following the company's earnings results, Barrick Gold ended the week with a bang as it broke out of a recent consolidation zone and threatened to break further away in the weeks ahead....
Silver Lining For Metals On Coronavirus Outbreak As Yields Decline
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Silver looks ready to break higher again after its recent consolidation inside a falling wedge pattern....
Canadian Solar Among Clean Energy Stocks To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...It is worth keeping a close eye on stocks in the renewable energy sector as the race towards cleaner energy intensifies....
S&P Enters Key Resistance Zone After Strongest Rebound In History
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Investors have been piling into equities despite the global economy being in a standstill. The rebound has been remarkable. The big question is what's going to happen next: a continuation higher (to a new all-time high) or another leg lower?...
Stay Home, Watch Netflix
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...During this coronavirus pandemic, the single most important action you can take is to stay at home. Not only are you saving lives, but also helping to support services like Netflix....
Crude oil tests $20
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The price of crude oil has collapsed over the past few weeks and the selling resumed after a brief respite. You don't need to be an economist to know why oil has been falling. It is very simple: there has been a massive imbalance in global demand and supply dynamics...
The Ins & Outs Of Moving Averages Part 2
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...They are ubiquitous on price charts and an integral part of technical analysis. Do you know everything you should about using them? Here in part 2, we go a little deeper into the topic of moving averages...
Tweet This: TWTR Is Bull Flagging
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The chart of Twitter is showing a potential bullish continuation pattern ahead of the company's quarterly earnings results....
Apple Poised For Sharp Move As Investors Weigh Conflicting Macro Forces
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Apple is set to break out from a technically important area, but in which direction?...
Trading The Failure Of Technical Patterns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Yes, you can potentially trade patterns profitably even when they fail. Here's how to spot and take advantage of these types of opportunities...
IWM: Could US Small Caps Join The Large Cap Rally?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The iShares Russell 2000 (IWM), which is an exchange traded fund (ETF) seeking to track the investment results of an index composed of small-cap US equities, looks poised for a bullish breakout. But will it be successful?...
Trading The Failure Of Candle Patterns: Shooting Star
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...What should you do when a candle pattern does not behave as expected? Here's a closer look at the shooting star....
Key Reversal Week For Gold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Gold's mid-week reversal (5/15/2019) is a prime example of the topic I discussed earlier this month, namely the failure of technical patterns....
Trading the Failure of Technical Patterns: Double Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...All is not lost when a reversal chart pattern like a double top fails to materialize....
The Importance Of Being Sufficiently Capitalized
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Making money from trading can be very difficult. There are several reasons for this, but one root cause is not starting with enough capital. Here's a way to boost confidence and your account size...
Fibonacci Confluence With Other Tools Provide Better Trading Signals
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Examining Fibonacci levels and confirming technical tools....
Trading The Fakeout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Can you profit from fakeouts? Here's one trader's take on how to identify these patterns and trade them profitably...
Netflix Stuck Between A Rock And A Hard Place
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...More often than not, the refusal of price to do what the technicals suggests leads to significant moves in the opposite direction. So is Netflix's refusal to go down a sign of strength, and thus an early indication of an eventual bullish breakout?...
What Trading Lessons Can We Draw From Facebook?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...What's next for Facebook, and what lessons can we learn after its rebound from the 200-day moving average?...
Facebook Holding 200 MA For Now
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Monday saw shares in Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google drop sharply on the back of reports regulators in the US were preparing to investigate whether these tech giants have misused their market power to harm competition....
How To Avoid Typical Trading Mistakes
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Sometimes knowing what not to do is as important as knowing what to do. To help you overcome any obstacles that may get in the way of your trading success, here are some suggestions to help smooth the way...
What's Next For The Markets?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Thanks to falling yields and de-escalation in US-China trade dispute, the S&P 500 has hit fresh uncharted territories. But with corporate earnings outlook deteriorating, a correction could be on the way soon. For now, dip buyers are in control....
Will Gold Finally Break $1300 Hurdle?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...We are nearing the end of January already, so it might be a good time to wonder what the rest of 2019 will bring for investors. In this report, I will share my thoughts on metal prices....
Stocks Could Face Challenging Year
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...If the two periods of vicious sell-offs late last year are anything to go by, then 2019 should be a year of high volatility....
Fallacy Of Adjusting Stop Loss To Breakeven
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Tightening the stop loss is a key risk management concept, but moving it to breakeven for no technical reason invites subjectivity in your decision-making, potentially preventing yourself from making a profit....
FX Advantages And Alternative Opportunities
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Technical analysis is well suited to forex trading, more so than other financial markets. Here's how you can combine technical setups with intermarket analysis to help unearth potential trading opportunities...
Moving Averages And Opportunity Costs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Deciding on the use of particular moving averages (MA) depend on several factors, but there is definitely a trade-off between choosing a short-term over a longer-term MA, and vice versa....
One For Silver Bulls: PAAS Breaks Out
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The chart of Pan American Silver Corporation (PAAS) was painting a rosy picture as the stock cleared a key resistance level after the formation of a bullish continuation pattern....
Will EM Catch Up With US Markets Amid Trade Optimism?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Ongoing US-China trade optimism has not given emerging markets the lift that Wall Street has enjoyed. But could that be about to change?...
Trading The Failure Of Candle Patterns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...As all traders know, chart and candle patterns may or may not follow through in an ideal fashion. But not all is lost when they don't. Sometimes, you can observe quite a lot about market action and market participants even with failed patterns. Here, we shine a light on what you can learn when candle patterns fail...
Stocks Could Face A Challenging Year
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...What does 2019 hold for us? While there's no certain answer to that question until the year ends, we can at least look at some "big picture" indicators to make forecas...
SNAP This: Snapchat Could Be Heading To $20
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Snapchat could be poised for a rally....
Trading With Fibonacci
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Though the mathematician known as "Fibonacci" composed his major work back in the 13th century, his concepts are a popular component of chart reading today. Find out how you could be using Fibonacci tools on your charts and in your trading to help take some of the subjectivity out of your decision-making and to better understand what other traders may be seeing and thinki...
Fibonacci Extension Clues From Past Retracements
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Using the Fibonacci tool on price action that has already unfolded can provide us with clues in terms of what to expect next when price breaks out of a range....
The Fallacy Of Adjusting The Stop-Loss To Breakeven
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Tightening the stop-loss is a key risk management concept, but moving it to breakeven for no technical reason invites subjectivity into your decision-making, potentially preventing yourself from making a profit...
Intermarket Analysis: Alternative Way Of Spotting Opportunities In FX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Looking for divergences between correlating markets can lead to FX trading opportunities....
Trading The False Break Effectively
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...A false breakout - or a fakeout - is when price momentarily moves above a previous high or below a previous low, but then goes back within the existing range. This happens when there isn't enough demand above the old high, or enough supply beneath the prior low to help push price significantly in the direction of the break....
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