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• Trendlines by Melanie F. Bowman and Thom Hartle

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Trendlines by Melanie F. Bowman and Thom Hartle Trendlines are those lines drawn on charts to assist the technician in analyzing a market. A trendline drawn below rising prices is known as a demand, or oversold, line, while a trendline drawn above declining prices is known as a supply, or overbought, line. The direction of the trend is indicated by the ascending trendline or the declining trendline. A penetration of the trendline by price is clear evidence of a change in the trend. In addition, trendlines also give an analyst the added benefits of gauging whether a trend is accelerating or on...

AUTHOR: Melanie F. Bowman and Thom HartleDATE: FEB 1991

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• Dow Theory by Melanie F. Bowman and Thom Hartle

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Dow Theory by Melanie F. Bowman and Thom Hartle For a man who had the perfect opportunity to widely publicize his theory of stock market trends but never used it, Charles H. Dow nevertheless left a definitive legacy--the Dow theory is at the root of technical analysis and continues to influence trend analysis after nearly a century. Dow was a newspaper reporter and a member of the New York Stock Exchange in the 1880s before he established the Dow Jones financial news service and The Wall Street Journal. Ironically, most of what we know about his theory comes from the editor's closest colleagu...

AUTHOR: Melanie F. Bowman and Thom HartleDATE: SEP 1990

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• Reversal Patterns by Melanie F. Bowman and Thom Hartle

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Reversal Patterns by Melanie F. Bowman and Thom Hartle Market prices, as one well-worn adage points out, are trapped in a two-dimensional world with little directional leeway. They are either climbing up, dropping down or moving sideways. And, the fact is, there is no refuting this simplistic truth. Prices distill the complex interplay of supply and demand, the collective fear and bravado of sellers and buyers, and lay it out as up, down or sideways. The art of chart analysis lies in deducing whether a particular motion signifies that buyers' demand or sellers' supply is predominating. Pri...

AUTHOR: Melanie F. Bowman and Thom HartleDATE: OCT 1990

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• Consolidation Patterns by Melanie F. Bowman and Thom Hartle

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Consolidation Patterns by Melanie F. Bowman and Thom Hartle Every price trend, be it stock or commodity, takes a breather from time to time. It is a period of indecision when the pressures of buyers and sellers balance each other out. This stalemate most often sets in after prices have jetted upward or plummetted to the bottom of the chart. It is a sign that prices have moved too rapidly and the momentum has been completely absorbed by the prevailing supply or demand. This change from a trending (advancing or declining) to a consolidating market will usualy be accompanied by a visible increa...

AUTHOR: Melanie F. Bowman and Thom HartleDATE: NOV 1990