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Download"Stopping" A System by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...""Stopping"" A System by John Sweeney Once you get hold of an idea, it's often tough to get rid of it, especially if it shows no promise whatever. It tugs at the back of the mind--what was it about the original insight? What was valid? What was bogus? I
$HSI Is In A Panic
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After an extensive panic selling, the Hang Seng has formed another bearish reversal pattern of an evening doji star in the last three weeks.
$HWI Entering A Major Downtrend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The computer hardware index has formed symmetrical triangles on charts of two different time frames. The breakout may pull the index into a major downtrend.
$XAU Is Undergoing A Relief Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Gold & Silver Index has witnessed a robust corrective phase.
$XTC Has A Long Way Ahead
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The North American Telecommunication Index is in a completely bullish mood.
.DXY Ready For A Swing Up?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Contrary to what many hard-money devotees may believe, the US dollar may not be all washed up after all.
10 Challenges Facing A Market Rebound
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can technical traders safely ignore these 10 fundamental obstacles?
10-Year Treasury Notes Work Toward A Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Positive divergences suggest that the downside in 10-year yields may be increasingly limited.
12 Steps Toward A Winning Trading Plan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One step at a time: That's all it takes to build a trading plan you can profit with.
12 Steps Toward A Winning Trading Plan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One step at a time: That's all it takes to build a trading plan you can profit with.
2001: A Stock Odyssey
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking back on a year no one, in or out of the stock market, will ever forget. Plus: what bonds can tell you about stocks.
2022 Off To A Rough Start
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Right out of the gate, the going got tough for stocks this year. But where do they go from here?
3M Sports A Shooting Star
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...3M formed a shooting star at resistance, and the upside looks limited for this Dow Jones 30 component.
A "GOLD"en Hope
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Yes, gold is on the way up, and I believe that it will break above $400 sometime in the future, and yes, it will be a very volatile ride up.
A "Watch" For Cardiome Pharma Corporation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Putting it all together, I've written a case study of Cardiome Pharma Corp. (COM-T) using a number of my previously explained stock strategies and come up with a "watch me" rating for this stock.
A .370 Batting Average?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some traders are more comfortable with a system that wins 70% of the time rather than one that only wins 35% to 40% of the time. But what if winning less frequently actually resulted in substantially higher profits?
A 1-2-3 Bounce In Gold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A cycle swing sets up a short-term low in unhedged gold mining stocks. The 1-2-3 trend reversal helps traders and speculators take advantage of it.
A 1-2-3 Trend Reversal In The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The v-shaped post-Katrina rally ends not with a bang, but with a trendline break.
A 10-Year Overview Of Market Sentiment by Joe Duarte, M.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A 10-Year Overview Of Market Sentiment by Joe Duarte, M.D. Crowd psychology plays a role in the development of market tops and bottoms. In theory, a bottom forms when the majority of investors are extremely pessimistic, and a top occurs when the investo
A 100 Year Look At The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Has the Dow crested a 100 year wave?
A 2B Bottom In Airlines
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Falling oil stocks contribute to a sense of "bottom" in plummeting airline stocks.
A 2B Bottom In December Gold?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As gold slides toward a cyclically bullish period, is this reversal pattern signaling the all-clear?
A 2B Bottom Test In The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the long-sought-after bottom in the DJIA finally at hand?
A 2B Bounce In Johnson & Johnson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Corrections following surge peaks in the MACD histogram are worth watching.
A 2B Test Of Bottom In The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The same formula that noted a bottom in March hints at another one in June.
A 2B Top In The Euro?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Failure to follow through above the December 2006 highs provides an opportunity for correction or reversal in the EUR/USD.
A 2B Top In The Industrials?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You can't catch a reversal much faster than you can by correctly anticipating a bull trap.
A 2B Top Or Continuation?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On March 5, 2013, the DJIA registered a new all-time high. But before we celebrate, let's determine if it's sustainable and what the trading opportunities are if it is not sustainable.
A 2B Top Threatens S&P Reversal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Failure to follow through to the upside after the August 4th breakout was an ominous sign for S&P bulls.
A 30-Minute Breakout For Pfizer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Pfizer broke channel resistance with good volume on the 30-minute chart, enough to reverse the short-term downtrend.
A 30-Year Lookback
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We share some perspective on where this industry has taken us over the past three decades.
A BIG (Lots) Followup
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Big Lots has broken down technically over the last few months and appears to be heading down. How much further will it go?
A BIG Symmetrical Triangle In Gold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This 30-year gold chart has some interesting implications revolving around the largest symmetrical triangle I have ever tried to analyze.
A BNI Breakdown
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Burlington Northern Santa Fe recently broke channel support, signaling a continuation of a downtrend that started this summer.
A Band-Aid For Thoratec?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Thoratec's share price dropped from a high of $25.39 on January 31 to a low of $18.52 by February 3. Why?
A Banking Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Banking Index broke to new highs this week to affirm the current uptrend and project further strength.
A Bear Flag For ManPower
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A weak rally over the last few weeks for a bear flag for ManPower and weak volume flows point to a downside break.
A Bear Trap For The Russell 2000
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Russell 2000 broke support on Monday but quickly sprang back to lay the foundations of a bear trap.
A Bear Trap For The Swiss Franc
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Swiss franc appeared to break support in November, but a robust recovery and a gap puts the ball back in the bullish court.
A Bearish Candlestick Reversal For Intel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Intel rallied to a key retracement area and then formed a bearish candlestick reversal pattern. This points to resistance and possibly even a reversal of the current uptrend.
A Bearish Flag For Google
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Google found support near its 200-day moving average, but a bearish flag looms, and traders should watch key support closely.
A Bearish Trading Range For The Nasdaq 100?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Nasdaq 100 shares have bounced off the $34.00 level several times the past year but the current consolidation pattern may point to a break of support here.
A Bearish Triangle For CAT
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Caterpillar formed a triangle consolidation after a sharp decline. This pattern looks like it could be a rest before a continuation lower.
A Bearish Wedge For IBM
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A filled gap and bearish wedge look ominous for Big Blue. A breakdown from here would target further weakness toward the next support level.
A Better Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How can a trend be better? Here's a unique approach to viewing trends so you can gain the most from them.
A Big Bad Banking Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A head & shoulders top appears to be a bearish work in progress over the Banking Index.
A Big Bang By Cisco
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cisco breached a major resistance after a gap up followed by a bullish reversal candlestick pattern.
A Big Bearish Engulfing For Big Lots
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Big Lots broke out to a new high at the end of May, but a massive bearish engulfing pattern triggered a bull trap, and the forecast is for further downside.
A Big Breakout For Cisco
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Cisco Kid is back with breakouts on both the daily and weekly charts. Volume reinforces these breakouts, and higher prices are in the offing.
A Big Breakout For Labranche
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After basing for eight months, Labranche & Co. broke through resistance on big volume to signal the start of a big uptrend.
A Big Double Top For FTSE
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The FTSE has gone nowhere for over a year and a big double top is taking shape. Waning momentum suggests that this pattern will soon be confirmed.
A Big Double Top In Long Term Rates
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The 30-year Treasury bond yield is testing support from a large double top, and further weakness would increase the chances of a Fed pause.
A Big Outside Reversal For Southern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Southern Co. forged a huge outside reversal with big volume. This solidifies support and opens the door to further gains.
A Big Short On Big Lots
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a strong upward move over the last few months, is BIG in a position to short?
A Big Support Break For GDX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After forming a massive head & shoulders pattern, the Gold Miners ETF broke support to confirm the reversal and establish a long-term downtrend.
A Big Test For Microsoft
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Microsoft bounced recently, but a resistance test is at hand and the stock formed a potentially bearish wedge over the last few weeks.
A Big Test Looms For The Naz
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The NASDAQ came crashing down on Tuesday, February 27, but support is at hand and the November–December 2006 lows hold the key to a medium-term reversal.
A Big Triangle For A Big Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a big advance in 2005, Google consolidated in 2006 with a big triangle, and the subsequent break will decide this bellwether's fate.
A Big Triangle For A Big Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a big advance in 2005, Google consolidated in 2006 with a big triangle, and the subsequent break will decide this bellwether's fate.
A Blow-Off Top For American Express
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A high-volume surge and bearish candlestick reversal point to a blow-off top for American Express.
A Blueprint For Your Trading by Vadym Graifer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:1 (72-75, 84): A Blueprint For Your Trading by Vadym Graifer The active management of a trading account should be treated as a business and requires a complete trading plan. Here's how to build one. A trading plan is often de
A Bollinger Band Contraction For RIMM
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Research In Motion consolidated over the last two months, and this type of volatility contraction often precedes a directional move.
A Bollinger Breakout For Goodrich
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Goodrich did not partake in the summer rally, but looked poised to make up for lost time with a nice breakout.
A Bond and its Head and Shoulders Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the 30-year bond the most bullish buy around?
A Bottom And A Bounce In Bonds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Do divergences mean that the bond market's long nightmare has finally ended?
A Bottom And A Bounce In Bonds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Do divergences mean that the bond market's long nightmare has finally ended?
A Bottom For Meridian Resources?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A bottom reversal has occurred, but what is its magnitude?
A Bottom in Grains?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A diamond bottom in corn and a developing head and shoulders bottom in wheat suggest near-term higher prices for grains.
A Break Of Key Support For Reliant Energy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A recent break of support could lead to further weakness for Reliant Energy.
A Break Of Trendline Support For Magnum Hunter Resources?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Magnum Hunter Resources looks to have breached last July's uptrend line but a further pullback could represent a good buying opportunity.
A Breakaway Gap For Abercrombie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A breakaway gap and an ultimate divergence spell trouble for Abercrombie & Fitch.
A Breakdown For Brinker
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After breaking channel support with a gap, Brinker International is now challenging head & shoulders support, and a break here would extend the long-term downtrend.
A Breakdown For The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After failing at a key resistance point, the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke a key support level to reverse an uptrend that started in mid-March.
A Breakdown In The Nikkei
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After meeting stiff resistance from its March high, the Nikkei gapped down and broke support to reverse a 12-month uptrend. At the very least, we can expect a retracement of this big rally.
A Breakout Attempt For The CRB
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The CRB Index broke daily chart resistance but failed at weekly resistance, and the large trading range remains.
A Breakout For Biogen Idec
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Biogen Idec has been moving higher with good volume since late June, and a recent triangle breakout opens the door to even higher prices.
A Breakout For COCO
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After consolidating for a few months, Corinthian Colleges is breaking resistance, and signs of accumulation point to further gains.
A Breakout For Constellation Brands
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After breaking triangle resistance with a big surge, Constellation Brands is on the verge of breaking another resistance level to confirm an inverse head & shoulders pattern.
A Breakout For Honeywell International
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A trading range breakout could spell higher prices for Honeywell.
A Breakout For Lockheed Martin
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Lockheed Martin reversed a multimonth decline with a breakout over the last few weeks, and renewed relative strength points to higher prices.
A Breakout For MMC
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Marsh & McLennan bucked the market trend with a breakout over the last two weeks, and good relative strength points to further gains in the weeks ahead.
A Breakout For The Dow Diamonds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a consolidation above broken resistance, the Dow diamonds broke out on good volume and appear to be headed higher.
A Breakout For eBay
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Relative strength and a resistance breakout on good volume point to higher prices for eBay.
A Breakout In Coffee
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...I like my coffee the way I like my breakouts: "Strong as the devil and sweet as love."
A Breakout for Alcoa?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The daily chart of Alcoa shows a much brighter future in the near-term.
A Breakout, And Now A Test For The Dow Diamonds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The flag breakout for the Dow diamonds remains the dominant signal, and the current pullback has reached its make-or-break point.
A Breakout, And Now A Test For The Dow Diamonds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The flag breakout for the Dow diamonds remains the dominant signal, and the current pullback has reached its make-or-break point.
A Breakup From The Bottom For Intel?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The semiconductor group got hit pretty hard in July and August, but a bullish breakout in shares of Intel Corp. now seems to imply that a rally may have begun.
A Bristol-Myers Squibb New RMO Buy Signal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A new RMO swing buy signal in Bristol-Myers stock has occurred in the wake of an important test of key support.
A Broker–Dealer Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Amex Broker–Dealer Index broke triangle resistance and is leading the market. The breakout is clearly bullish, but will it hold?
A Bull Market in Gold?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The spring of 2002 should feature a battle between a year-old bull and a six-year old bear.
A Bull Trap For Xilinx
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Xilinx bulls had a lot going last week, but a failed breakout and gap down set a classic bull trap.
A Bullish Continuation Pattern For GILD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gilead Sciences is challenging resistance from a bullish continuation pattern, and a breakout would signal a continuation of the prior surge.
A Bullish Flag For The US Dollar Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Dollar Index has declined the last few weeks, but the pattern looks similar to that seen in July-August 2005, and support is at hand.
A Bullish Flag Formation for EnCana Corp.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...EnCana Corp. has been consolidating in the $30.00 to $32.00 range since hitting a new 52-week high last December. The bullish flag formation indicates an eventual break to the upside.
A Bullish Flag in Commodities
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The rally in commodities looks to continue after a brief consolidation in mid-September.
A Bullish Pattern For ExxonMobil
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a stellar run in 2004, ExxonMobil began a long consolidation period that traced out a bullish ascending triangle.
A Bullish Pattern For Large-Cap Growth
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The July surge in IVW completed the right shoulder of a bullish continuation pattern, and volume patterns are pointing to a breakout.
A Burst Of Joy (Global, That Is)
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Joy Global is a worldwide mining machinery and services company. And the stock price is breaking out.
A Buy For Apple
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How high can the price of Apple stock go? That is the big question.
A Buy For Micron Technologies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On July 11, 2014 Micron Technologies (MU) announced the introduction of a new component.
A Buy In May?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The maxim is "Sell in May and go away." Here is one stock that is suggesting the opposite.
A Buy Signal For Cache Inc.?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Receiving a buy signal for Cache Inc. -- is this a sign of recovery?
A Buying Opportunity For Marathon Oil
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Overly pessimistic market sentiment could indicate an upcoming bottom reversal for Marathon Oil.
A CCI Breakout For Pan American
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After consolidating the last few weeks, Pan American Silver broke through resistance with a gap and a surge in momentum.
A CHRISTMAS STORY by Ron Jaenisch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A CHRISTMAS STORY by Ron Jaenisch Jaenisch, a student of Professor Allen Andrews, reviews some of the Andrews Median Line and pivot point techniques in a whimsical story about trading Santa's account. It was September 15, 1984 and time was getting sho
A Caffiene Jolt With Green Mountain Coffee
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Considering buying shares in Keurig Green Mountain Coffee? The monthly chart suggests this isn't a good time to buy but the weekly and daily chart suggest that it is a good time to buy. Which chart do you follow?
A Call To Verizon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...So... is the stock a buy?
A Canadian Share To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With so many advisors calling for a major correction in the US stock market, a look at Canadian stocks is a possibly the way to go.
A Candlestick Hammer Arises On BAC
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A candlestick hammer is a sign of a trend reversal. What's it say about Bank of America?
A Candlestick Strategy With Soldiers And Crows
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders want to get in earlier and have more frequent trading opportunities. Here are two patterns that can point you in that direction
A Capital-Based Approach
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...So far in this series of investing primers, we covered investing for safety and investing for income. As we move on to investing with the goal of achieving capital gains, we look at the basic theory behind stock investing
A Change in Market Direction
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market is now making its eighth change in direction in 23 months. It is heading down for a short while, and this will be the time to take your long positions.
A Channel Breakout For Verisign
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Verisign is breaking out on the daily chart and this breakout bodes well for an even bigger resistance break on the weekly chart.
A Channel-Based Forex Trading Strategy Guide
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is a trading strategy you can consider adopting for forex trading or other markets, in addition to some smart guidelines for using this or any other trading strategy. This trading strategy requires only two color-differentiated channels on a chart,
A Cheapie In CanWest Petroleum Corp.?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With oil and gas prices this high, this is definitely a share to watch.
A Cheapie In Icron
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Icron Technologies Corp.'s patented ExtremeUSB technology extends the range of USB in wired environments and enables wireless USB to be used over any RF technology.
A Checklist For Successful Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Keeping a checklist can help you keep a handle on your trading day as well as your bottom line. Learn how you can boost your trading success and daily productivity with a checklist. Here is one to get you started
A Closer Look At "A Developing Depression. . .Not A Boom"
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The above article appeared in the March 2004 issue of "Technical Analysis of STOCKS & COMMODITIES," by Robert R. Prechter and Peter Kendall.
A Closer Look At "A Developing Depression. . .Not A Boom"
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The above article appeared in the March 2004 issue of "Technical Analysis of STOCKS & COMMODITIES," by Robert R. Prechter and Peter Kendall.
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
A Cocoa Pop? Positive Divergence And Seasonal Trends
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A positive divergence in the MACDH anticipates the seasonal "September rally" in cocoa futures.
A Collapse Or A Bubble?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Or the opportunity of a lifetime?
A Collapse Or A Bubble?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Or the opportunity of a lifetime?
A Color-Based System For Short-Term Trading?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using the Sp d r S&P 500 exchange traded fund as an example, here's how you can apply a simple swing trading system that utilizes the colors of volume bars.
A Company To Look At
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...WD-40 Company currently markets its products in 188 countries worldwide and recorded sales of $368.5 million in fiscal year 2013.
A Completed Head & Shoulders
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a head & shoulders formation has completed its retracement, do you buy the stock?
A Confluence Of Price And Time
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...By using two different methods of technical analysis, it is possible to arrive at a confluence of price and time that defines not only a price target but a date at which the price target is expected to be reached.
A Confluence Of Support For IWM
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The big trend is up and a confluence of support indicators suggests that the mild correction may be nearing an end.
A Confluence of Uncertainty and Volatility
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US$ is falling like a stone. The Gold price is going through the roof. Alan Greenspan appears on CNBC and tells everyone in a language few can understand, that the US economy will be fine. The Dow, S&P500 and Nasdaq move sideways...
A Conservative Bet On Oil By Buying Russia
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While OPEC economies are almost entirely dependent upon oil, Russia offers a way to profit from high oil prices with a margin of safety offered by a more diversified economy.
A Cooling Off For Fiery Financials
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Soaring financial stocks take a badly needed break.
A Count For NASDAQ
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US stock market is being influenced by Europe and by the Republicans preparing for a Presidential election.
A Covered-Call Play For MRK?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After breaking free from a long-running trading range, shares of Merck and Co. have gone on to make a new high.
A Crude Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Positive divergences in the MACD histogram anticipated the late January bounce in crude oil prices.
A Crude Pause
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A pause in the crude oil bounce as oil stocks test historic highs.
A Cryptocurrency Scalping Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is a short-term and easy trend-following trading strategy for you to consider and to test for yourself. It uses a 5-minute chart for execution and a 1-hour chart for short-term trend identification
A Cup Of Security With Vasco Data
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A cup is in the making.
A Cup With A Dividend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When times are tough, look to buy a stock that pays a dividend.
A Cup With A Dividend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When times are tough, look to buy a stock that pays a dividend.
A Cup With Handle Breakout For Fairchild
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fairchild Semiconductor is showing good relative strength, and a recent breakout points to higher prices in the coming weeks.
A Cup With Handle Consolidation In Networking Stocks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does an October-December consolidation in the Amex Networking Index suggest more upside once a January pullback runs its course?
A Cup With Handle For Treasury Notes
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A classic chart pattern suggests bullish times for bonds.
A Cup With Handle In Hogs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are hogs headed higher? This cup with handle patterns seems to suggest so.
A Cup With Handle In Transports
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As crude oil breaks down, the consolidation in the Dow Jones transports hints at a move higher.
A Cup-With-Handle For Intel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Intel formed a bullish continuation pattern over the last two to three months, and a breakout would signal a continuation of the long-term uptrend.
A Cycle Peak And An Intraday Setup
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After rising more than 105% since the October 2008 lows, USEC may now be offering an intraday short setup.
A Cyclical Formation On FTI Consulting
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When you stand on the beach and watch the waves splash at your feet, you are watching a cycle caused by the gravity of the moon.
A DJIA Long-Term Momentum Indicator by Jay Kaeppel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A DJIA Long-Term Momentum Indicator by Jay Kaeppel Picking the tops and bottoms of the market has always been the dream of traders. Is it necessary, though? Here are the results of using a long-term momentum indicator based on the Dow Jones Industrial A
A Daily Chart Of The S&P 100 Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On April 22nd I presented an article "Gann, Elliott and the Dow Revisited." In it I argued that for the long-term, the trend is bearish, but for the short-term it could be bullish. Here is a chart of the S&P 100 Index that looks bullish for
A Dark Cloud Cover Over The Health Care ETF
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The health care exchange traded fund has recently had an explosive move higher as the politicians battle it out over health care. Even though there is no bipartisan support for the health care bill, there has been bipartisan support among investors to ru
A Daytrading Primer For CTSH
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trendlines, pivot points, rectangles, fakeouts, and EMAs. The daytrading jungle might seem a bit less intimidating once you grasp a few important intraday trading concepts.
A Dead Cross For Apple
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While the NASDAQ popped over the last five days, Apple remained stuck in a trading range near support and shows no signs of strength.
A Dead Cross For Bank Of America
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A breakdown in late February and a dead cross in late March are enough to turn medium-term bearish on Bank of America. This bodes ill for the biggest sector in the S&P 500.
A Demise In The Dow?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."Canadian bonds typically follow the US market, and this week was no exception as the price of both rose," Canada's National Post said on Friday, June 3. ...
A Descending Triangle For Capital One
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After breaking down in September, Capital One Financial formed a descending triangle over the last five weeks, and a continuation lower is likely.
A Descending Triangle For QQQQ
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...QQQQ formed a descending triangle over the last few days, and a support break would signal a continuation of the bigger downtrend.
A Developing Bottom For Ford Motor Co.?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Analysts and investors have been betting against Ford Motor Co. in recent months but don't let the negative sentiment fool you.
A Developing Bottom For Frontier Oil?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Frontier Oil's five-month downtrend could be coming to an end, making the stock an attractive buy in the near-term.
A Developing Bottom For Wachovia Corp.?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bullish divergences and pessimistic market sentiment both point to a forthcoming reversal.
A Developing Bottom for Marvel Enterprises
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Marvel Enterprises has experienced a steep decline in recent weeks but this may be coming to an end.
A Developing Depression
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS.... . . Not a new boom.
A Developing Head & Shoulders Formation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a head & shoulders pattern looks as though it is forming, do you sell the share or wait for the pattern to finalize before selling?
A Diamond For WestJet Airlines?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Investing in an airline is always risky. As the price of oil rises, so do their costs.
A Diamond In The Yen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A diamond pattern that developed in yen futures suggests higher prices for the Japanese currency in the near term.
A Different But Feasible Elliott Count for the Nasdaq
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As I have written before, Elliott wave analysis is far more obvious after an event than before an event. Forecasts using wave analysis to predict future movement in the market are always interspersed with the words "if this happens," then "
A Dilemma For Dell
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Dell may be toying with a head and shoulders top but for now it has gained the upper hand.
A Directional Pattern To Ride The Wave
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is a price pattern you can use with a trading strategy to filter trades and ride a price wave. We'll explain the logic and show step-by-step how to do it
A Dollar Divergence
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the US Dollar Index poised for a bounce? The RSI formed its second positive divergence in four months and is on the verge of a momentum breakout.
A Double Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A double bottom usually represents a buying opportunity. Are we seeing one now?
A Double Bottom For Hovnanian?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Hovnanian has a huge double-bottom pattern working over the last seven months and a high-volume surge off support points to a big resistance test ahead.
A Double Bottom For LUV
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Southwest Airlines formed a double bottom over the last few months, and further strength could forge the breakout needed to confirm this pattern.
A Double Bottom For Unisys
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Unisys successfully tested support from its October 2005 low, and a large double bottom is taking shape.
A Double Bottom Pattern For Market Vectors Nuclear Energy ETF
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a 62% plunge since the May high, the Market Vectors Nuclear Energy ETF appears to have formed a double bottom on its daily chart.
A Double Bottom Rally For Pioneer Natural Resources
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After putting in a double bottom last month, Pioneer Natural Resources has continued to rally. What's the outlook in the longer term?
A Double Bottom To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a share rises off a double bottom it is worth a watch.
A Double Bottom in Utilities
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Time for another thirty points in the Dow Jones Utilities Average?
A Double Head And Shoulders For Bombardier?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bombardier, Inc. is a manufacturer of business jets, regional aircraft, rail transportation equipment and motorized recreational products. In Canada it is considered a blue chip company, but since 911 it has fallen on hard times as the purchase of aircra
A Double Low Chart Pattern On eBay
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After testing support, eBay's stock is now consolidating.
A Double Pattern Breakout For Spinnaker Exploration
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A triangle breakout and pitchfork strength both indicate a resumption of November's uptrend.
A Double Top For DR Horton
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This home-builder stock is testing support from its October 2005 lows, and a break below this level would confirm a double-top formation.
A Double Top For Dollarama
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The share price of a double top is characterized by two peaks.
A Double Top For The Dow Transports
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow transports met resistance around 5000 twice in the last three months, and a rather large double top is brewing.
A Double Top For XLU?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The utility SPDR failed at resistance, and a break below the February low would confirm a double top.
A Double Top In October Hogs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The payoff was swift for bears circling around the double top in lean hog futures.
A Double Top In Telecom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The North American Telecom Index is challenging its prior high, but a big negative divergence in the moving average convergence/divergence means traders should also be on guard for a double top.
A Double Top Looms Over Crude Oil
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The continuous contract on crude oil is now showing signs of weakness after failing to rise above the peak made in mid-June. The seasonality cycle of crude oil usually causes prices to rise in the summer months. Could crude oil prices have already peaked
A Double Top for Siebel Systems
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The short-term future for Siebel Systems Incorporated looks weak.
A Double-Dip Recession?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...All economists have two hands. What are the chances of one of those hands being wrong regarding a double-dip recession?
A Dow Divergence
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved to a new low recently, but a key momentum oscillator sported a positive divergence. What will it take to trigger a signal?
A Dow Theory Confirmation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recent highs in both the Dow transports and the Dow industrials confirm the primary uptrends and a bull signal according to Dow theory.
A Drill Hole Of Hope
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gold is down from its recent high, and those supposedly in the know say that gold is down at the moment because "all commodities" are down, but...
A Drop Before A Pop For Comcast CL A?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Comcast CL A may be ready to turn lower, but only for a brief retest of support before turning higher.
A Drop Before A Pop For Comcast CL A?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Comcast CL A may be ready to turn lower, but only for a brief retest of support before turning higher.
A Drop Before A Pop For Comcast CL A?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Comcast CL A may be ready to turn lower, but only for a brief retest of support before turning higher.
A Duration Proxy For Stock Portfolios by George R. Arrington, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Duration, used in fixed-income portfolios to measure risk associated with changes in interest rates, is applied here to measure the risk of a stock portfolio. The duration statistic has proved to be a valuable risk indicator for fixed-income portfolios
A Failed Gap For Activision
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Activision has been trending higher for months, but the stock failed to hold its mid-January gap and the trend is looking tired.
A Failed Inverse Head & Shoulders
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On July 14, I wrote an article titled "American Axel & Manufacturing Inverse H&S In The Making."
A False Breakout For Centex Corporation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After breaking below its symmetrical triangle formation, the stock price for Centex Corporation (CTX) looks to be headed towards its intermediate-term trendline.
A Father-Daughter Team: Bill Williams & Justine Williams-Lara by J. "Jay" Norris
A Feasible Wave Count For The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...I have always believed that the Dow is tracing a B-wave upwards simply because of the time scale, where the trend from January 2000 downtrend ending in October 2002 was wave A of an ABC downtrend with the high in January 2000 being a fifth wave top.
A Few Good Setups In The Oil Patch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are four stocks in the oil services industry that you will want to keep an eye on in the near term.
A Few Shares To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This past week has been an interesting week, both in the political agenda and in the share market of the USA.
A Few Shares To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market keeps going up and up and up, in spite of the negativity suggested by many top experts.
A Fibonacci Fan Warning
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fibonacci fans can be powerful tools to identify potential resistance points, and one looms on the DJ30.
A Five-Step Market Portfolio
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a simple five-step investment process that can help you participate in the market without paying those exorbitant mutual fund or manager fees and limiting downside risk.
A Five-Wave Look At The Spring/Summer Rally of 2003
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An Elliott wave interpretation of the current bull market suggests a correction before higher prices.
A Flag For Darden Restaurants
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are certain patterns that have always been a good bet. Flags are one of them.
A Flag For GLD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A flag and pennant pattern formation is a true consolidation pattern and a very reliable indicator.
A Flexible Strategy For Volatile Markets by John Manley
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Flexible Strategy For Volatile Markets by John Manley Profit from option spreads on the S&P 500 by applying the same tactic as you would playing chess. Here's how. Good chess players are always focusing on a couple of moves in advance of the current
A Forecast For Herbalife
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is Herbalife a Ponzi scheme that should be sold? Bill Ackman seems to think so. What do the charts say?
A Formal Education In Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is it possible to get a degree in trading? Here are some opportunities to pursue degrees or certificates in finance or trading-related disciplines. We'll also look at some university facilities geared toward instruction in trading.
A Forthcoming Reversal For Nabors Industries?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bullish divergences and a confluence of support could lead to a reversal at slightly lower prices.
A Fourth Wave Correction?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bears once again look to overplay their hand during a summer correction.
A Fragile Dollar Uptrend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Dollar Index recently created an upward sloping linear regression channel.
A Fresh Look At Short-Term Patterns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You may be familiar with some of the most popular short-term patterns, but do you know which work best? These test results may help you find out
A Full Cuppa JOE
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SpikeTrade.com is a group of 20 professional and semiprofessional traders involved in a weekly competition. Each member submits his or her pick along with the entry, target, and stop. The picks are submitted in private, and then all is revealed on Sunday
A Fundamental Lesson For The Technically Minded
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For decades, there have been two major schools of thought when it comes to stocks. First came the fundamentalists who believe that stock prices are a product of revenues and earnings. Then came the technicians who believe that all they need to know is co
A Fundamental Lesson For The Technically Minded
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For decades, there have been two major schools of thought when it comes to stocks. First came the fundamental analysts, who believe that stock prices are a product of revenues and earnings. Then came the technicians, who believe that all they need to kno
A Future Cup & Handle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Patterns can be reliable, so keeping your eyes open for a probable pattern is always necessary.
A Gamble For The Future
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The price of the cheapest 3D printer dropped from $18,000 to $400 within 10 years.
A Gamble On Energy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Summer holidays are approaching, and the price of gas has started rising. Is it time to buy energy shares?
A Gann Look At The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Financial events of the past few weeks have suggested that the US economy is headed for a recession. What do Gann charts have to say about it?
A Gann Study of A Bull Move In Wheat by Richard Diaz
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Gann Study of A Bull Move In Wheat by Richard Diaz Gann's methods have been studied for years and applied by many to trading stocks and commodities. Here, Richard Diaz of Refco, Inc., provides us with his Gann analysis of a bull market in wheat. Whe
A Gann Study of A Bull Move In Wheat by Richard Diaz
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Gann Study of A Bull Move In Wheat by Richard Diaz Gann's methods have been studied for years and applied by many to trading stocks and commodities. Here, Richard Diaz of Refco, Inc., provides us with his Gann analysis of a bull market in wheat. Whe
A Gap Waiting To Be Filled
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When you see a gap occur on a price chart, it is likely that the gap will be filled at some point.
A Gem In The Junk Pile
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SpikeTrade.com is a group of 20 professional and semiprofessional traders involved in a weekly competition. Each member submits his or her pick along with the entry, target, and stop. The picks are submitted in solitude, and then all are revealed on Sund
A Generational Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's possible that the Dow Jones Industrial Average set a top in 2000 that won't be broken anytime soon.
A Genetic Algorithm System For Predicting The OEX by Deniz Yuret and Michael de la Maza
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Genetic Algorithm System For Predicting The OEX by Deniz Yuret and Michael de la Maza Since artificial intelligence made its debut within the pages of Stocks & Commodities, various and sundry methods by which neural networks can be used in designing t
A Giant Rally Of Allegiant Travel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Allegiant Travel has been traveling north for the past few weeks.
A Gold Momentum Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Given that the S&P 500 has had a good run from 2009 to present, its volatility is expected to increase. Here's an investing strategy to allow you to diversify over simply holding the market, and how you can backtest it
A Golden Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will a diamond pattern in June gold anticipate a reversal of fortune for partisans of the yellow metal?
A Golden Sandwich
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The TSX Gold Index reflects the current uncertainty of where gold is headed next. It's caught in an "EMA sandwich."
A Golden Zigzag?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A gap up gets filled and gold looks to move lower.
A Guide To Choosing Mutual Funds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking for a mutual fund? Set your goals, do the research, pick a winner!
A Guide To Forex Arbitrage
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What should traders understand about arbitrage as it pertains to the forex market?
A Guide To Pyramiding by Nauzer J. Balsara
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Guide To Pyramiding by Nauzer J. Balsara Pyramiding, the process of adding to the number of contracts during the life of a trade, needs to be distinguished from the strategy of increasing or decreasing the trading size contingent on the outcome of a c
A Harami And Divergence For Apple
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Apple has formed a potentially bearish harami, and traders should watch the relative strength index to confirm this pattern.
A Harami At Resistance For AMZN
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Amazon bounced back after a double-top support break in January, but a harami at resistance could spell the end of this bounce.
A Harami For Air Products
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After bouncing back to broken support, Air Products formed a bearish harami that could signal the end of the bounce.
A Harami For MDY
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 400 Midcap ETF formed a harami at long-term support, and traders should watch for confirmation of this bullish candlestick reversal pattern.
A Harmonious Relationship: HMY and XAU
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Harmony Gold Mining, one of the better-performing gold stocks in the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index, may have fairly low-risk trade setups going for both long- and short-term traders.
A Head & Shoulders Bottom In Triple H?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Has the long, year-to-date nightmare in Internet stocks finally passed?
A Head & Shoulders For AIG
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...AIG formed a nice head & shoulders over the last few months, and a break below neckline support would confirm the bearish reversal pattern.
A Head & Shoulders For Fossil
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fossil formed a head & shoulders pattern and confirmation would project sharply lower prices.
A Head & Shoulders For Goldman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Goldman Sachs formed a large head & shoulders pattern over the last four months, and a neckline support break would have long-term bearish implications.
A Head & Shoulders Negative For The DJIA?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The pattern is there, a very obvious head & shoulder pattern.
A Head & Shoulders Top Awaits Confirmation On The Russell 2000
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A head & shoulders top on the Russell 2000 could be hinting that a major top is setting up in the market.
A Head & Shoulders Top In Housing Stocks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The homebuilding boom bumps up against a classic reversal pattern.
A Head & Shoulders Top In Oil Service?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Car bombs in Iraq, nuclear profileration in Iran, airstrikes in Lebanon ... so why aren't these oil stocks smiling?
A Head & Shoulders Top In REITs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Has the great REIT rally finally run out of upside?
A Head & Shoulders Top In Retail?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An autumn consolidation in the retail HOLDRS hints at the possibility of a move lower for retail stocks.
A Head (And Shoulders) Of Cattle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A nearly five-month topping pattern in December live cattle futures looks set to resolve itself in a breakdown.
A Head And Shoulders Bottom In Natural Gas
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Countertrend bounce or new bull market, natural gas is poised to move higher.
A Head And Shoulders Consolidation And Reversal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A head and shoulders pattern can be both of the consolidation and the reversal variety. American Medical Systems Holdings Inc. has one of each in its daily and weekly chart, with both suggesting the same outcome. Volume is a critical factor in determin
A Head And Shoulders Top For May Crude Oil?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...May crude oil has been hitting new highs in recent months but the head and shoulders breakdown could indicate a correction in the near-term.
A Head And Shoulders Top In IGT
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A reversal pattern develops after two months of gains in the gaming stock.
A Head And Shoulders Top On The NASDAQ A/D Line?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The A/D line is an effective gauge in determining the overall strength of the stock market. It is by far the most commonly used measure of market breadth.
A Head and Shoulders Bottom in Beans
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the CRB Index going parabolic, May soybeans look to break out from a five-month bottom.
A Head and Shoulders Kiwi
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a May breakout and rally, a top has developed in the New Zealand dollar in June and July.
A Head and Shoulders Top in Crude
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The summer ascending triangle breakout runs into a head and shoulders top.
A Head and Shoulders Top in Hogs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a bull market run from under 61 in October to over 68 in March, a head and shoulders top looks ready to take June hogs back down.
A High Tight Flag For LNC
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a sharp advance with big volume, Lincoln National formed a high and tight flag that acts as a consolidation before a continuation higher.
A High-Volume Breakout For Xilinx
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Xilinx broke through ascending triangle resistance with a gap on good volume to signal a continuation of the January surge.
A High-Yield Dividend Play For Energy Bulls
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The energy sector is still struggling to find a solid base to build upon after falling for the better part of five months. Here's a setup on an ultra-high yield stock in the oil & gas pipeline industry group.
A Holiday Breakout For Krispy Kreme
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a big surge through resistance Krispy Kreme settled down to form a triangle, and the recent breakout points to further strength.
A Hybrid System For Market Timing by Mark B. Fishman and Dean S. Barr
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Hybrid System For Market Timing by Mark B. Fishman and Dean S. Barr Hybrid technologies are perhaps the most-investigated topic in artificial intelligence today and here's how to apply the subject to trading. In two recent articles in STOCKS & COMMO
A King-Sized Wave Count For Crude
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Has crude oil entered a pain-free zone for black gold bulls?
A LOOK AT GENERAL ELECTRIC.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Finding a stock to buy and hold is not that easy at the moment.
A Labored Breakout For Veritas Software
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ascending triangles have a bullish bias but this one is somewhat unusual due to recent violent swings.
A Lesson In Gann
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Years of studying the works of W.D.Gann have led me to apply his strategies in ways that may be slightly different to anything found in current books on the great trader. Here is one example of how I use a Gann fan to determine a buy/sell strategy.
A Lift In Lumber
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Positive divergences and a stochastic pop lead lumber higher in May.
A Linear Regression Analysis Of Tekelec
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Before taking a position in any security, it is important to first look at its technical condition. In this analysis I use linear regression as the analysis tool to determine the overall trend of this technology company.
A Linear Regression Analysis Of The DJIA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Linear regression analysis is used here to show that the Dow Jones Industrial Average is most likely in the very early stage of rolling over to the downside.
A Long In AGYS
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There's never a shortage of systems firing buy or sell signals in MetaStock. Here's a look at one of the more promising systems in the program.
A Long Trade In A Declining Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even as the market averages move into bear market territory, long trades can be found using technical trading strategies.
A Long Trade In A Declining Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even as the market averages move into bear market territory, long trades can be found using technical trading strategies.
A Long-Term Analysis Of The DJIA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are the events of the week ended July 27 the start of a major correction in the Dow Jones Industrial Average? A look at the chart presents conflicting evidence.
A Long-Term Look At The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A monthly view of the 2002–06 bull market in stocks suggests that the higher we go, the weaker we get.
A Long-Term Symmetrical Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Energy Select Sector SPDR has formed a symmetrical triangle on the monthly time frame chart.
A Long-Term Trend Reversal for Transocean Inc.?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Transocean Inc. (RIG) has been in a two-and-half-year downtrend but pitchfork analysis indicates that a reversal has now occurred.
A Look At ARK ETFs: Are They Ready For A Resurgence?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...ARK ETFs got crushed from their 2021 peak. Are they ready for a resurgence, or is more bad news ahead for this well-known family of ETFs? We'll examine some potentially deciding factors
A Look At ARK ETFs: Are They Ready For A Resurgence?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...ARK ETFs got crushed from their 2021 peak. Are they ready for a resurgence, or is more bad news ahead for this well-known family of ETFs? We'll examine some potentially deciding factors
A Look At Alcoa, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a stock keeps rising, when do you know to take profits?
A Look At Altria
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Altria Group pushed the tobacco industry higher last week making it today's featured tobacco winner.
A Look At Amazon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Jeff Bezos has announced that Amazon is getting into healthcare. He is deciding to help homeless people and low-income communities with donations and not-for-profit schools.
A Look At Amazon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a share price goes up and up and up, is there an end? Is it worth a buy?
A Look At Apple And Facebook
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Two companies that have performed extremely well are Apple and Facebook. What does the future trend look like for them?
A Look At Ballard Power
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a share price rises to "king of the heap" and then crashes, is there a time of recovery?
A Look At Boeing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The share price of Boeing rose nearly 10% to a record high on Wednesday, July 26.
A Look At Canadian Marijuana Stocks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Marijuana is no longer the underground drug that can only be bought on street corners from criminals. It has become a viable industry.
A Look At Canadian Property
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trus (CAPREIT) is a share that should be looked at. With Warren Buffett stating that we would do better investing in property, this is a share worth looking at.
A Look At Community Health Systems
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With Obamacare somewhere in the future, should you start buying any stock involved in healthcare?
A Look At Denbury Resources
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A recent downturn in prices could create an attractive buying opportunity for long-term investors.
A Look At Easyhome Ltd.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a stock continues to rise, it means a correction must be on the cards. But that's not to say that a short-term trade is not possible.
A Look At Eli Lilly
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Pharmaceutical companies have been worth looking at since the Affordable Health Care Act was introduced.
A Look At Four Stocks To Buy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."Buyers beware, the bear market has begun," says a well-known and respected currency and commodities analyst.
A Look At General Electric
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On April 10, 2015 General Electric Co. announced that it planned to create a simpler more valuable industrial company by selling most of GE Capital Assets over the next 24 months.
A Look At General Motors
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Warren Buffett buys shares in a company when he has trust in the CEO and management.
A Look At Gilead Sciences, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When Jim Cramer on "CNBC Squawk on the Street" says that he likes a stock, is it worth looking at?
A Look At Gold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In 1985 I was told by a fundamental gold analyst that there is more gold out of the ground than in the ground throughout the world. What does this mean for gold investments?
A Look At Hewlett Packard
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Hewlett Packard is splitting into two companies, HP, Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Enterprises.
A Look At Intel Corporation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The price of Intel Corp. rose from 88 cents in October 1990 to a high of $75.81 by August 2000. Then came the crash.
A Look At Johnson And Johnson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The share, Johnson and Johnson, is rated as one of top recommendations.
A Look At Leap, The Wireless Provider
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Leap is a wireless communications provider that offers wireless services under the Cricket brand. Leap's Cricket service offerings provide customers with unlimited access to wireless voice and data services for a flat rate without requiring a fixed-
A Look At LinkedIn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a reputable company's share price collapses, do you buy the share?
A Look At Mastercard and Visa
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The talk is that credit cards as we know them will move to the cellphone.
A Look At Microsoft
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Microsoft shares have been one of the best performing stocks since 2013. What's in store for the future?
A Look At Microsoft
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Microsoft has been at the top, fallen from that position and is now looking at the top again. Is it a buy?
A Look At Microsoft
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On April 4th, 1975, Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque to develop a wide range of products for computers.
A Look At Momentum
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's good to know when to enter or exit a transaction. Momentum indicators can give a trader some clues.
A Look At National Retail Properties
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With a recovering US economy, property prices and rentals paid should start increasing.
A Look At NeoPharm Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...NeoPharm is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the research, development, and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of various cancers. Should we keep an eye on it?
A Look At Nike
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On Friday, June 30, Nike shares rose strongly after reporting financial results for its fourth quarter.
A Look At Nividia Corp.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking for a technical analysis indicator that gives good returns can be a pain. Here is one that is a definite winner.
A Look At Qualcomm
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the world markets focussed on the problems in Greece, looking for a stock to trade can be a challenge.
A Look At Regional Banking
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Having a look at regional banks for a possible buy.
A Look At Relative Strength In The ETF World
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Keeping tabs on which industry groups and sectors are hot -- and those that are not -- is a sound way to build a solid foundation for your trading and investing decisions.
A Look At Retracements
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...No one can immediately recognize when retracements are beginning or how long they will last, but some methods have been developed that attempt to help traders and analysts arrive at estimations.
A Look At S&P 500 Using Gann
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Analyzing the S&P 500 using a Gann square.
A Look At Silver
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Silver is the poor man's gold. As the price of gold dropped, the price of silver fell even faster. Is it time to start buying silver?
A Look At Tesla
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Tesla's Model 3 has already racked up 232,000 pre-orders.
A Look At The DOW's Newest Member
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On June 29, 2018, General Electric (GE) got dropped from the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DOW). It was replaced by Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), a multinational holding company with several distinctive brands offering prescription and non-prescription
A Look At The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow has come down 500 points from last February. What's the current outlook?
A Look At The Dow Monthly Chart
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will the Dow's recent low hold or will it go to 6400?
A Look At The Equal Weight NASDAQ 100
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The NASDAQ 100 Equal Weight Index looks stronger than its weighted brother, and both are poised to break out.
A Look At The Indexes
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The charts of the three indexes are suggesting a correction. How much of a correction? Let's find out.
A Look At The Money Flow Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The money flow index is a long-standing popular indicator that helps you see whether money is moving into or out of securities in the context of volume. Find out how it's calculated and how it's used
A Look At The Presidential Cycle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...President Donald Trump has served his first year in office. What does the year ahead hold for him?
A Look At The Russell 2000
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Russell 2000 index measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe.
A Look At The Stochastic Oscillator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Yes, there are so many indicators out there today to analyze a stock technically, that finding the best one is like pulling teeth.
A Look At United Continental Holdings
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Finding a share to consider buying is not an easy process.
A Look At United States Steel Corp.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a company makes a positive dividend announcement despite a recent share collapse, is the share worth looking at?
A Look At Viacom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the daily chart and weekly chart suggest a buy, does it mean you should buy?
A Look At Volume-Weighted Moving Averages
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are various moving average techniques, but volume isn't usually a part of its analysis. Except for this one method.
A Look At Walt Disney Co.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We are always on the lookout for a share that shows promise.
A Look At Wells Fargo
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With so many analysts calling for a decline in the stock market, looking for safe investments has become a must. Wells Fargo could be a share to buy and hold.
A Look At Yahoo!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Yahoo! was the web search ruler, then Google took over. What is the future like for Yahoo!?
A Look at LOOK's Complex Chart Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...LookSmart (LOOK) is a search engine that is one of the few Internet companies that are showing a profit. Their price has moved up strongly from $0.79 in October to above $3.00 today. Is it worth buying?
A Look at Spiders Using the Red/Green Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SPIDERS (SPY) or SPDRs are the first index shares created by Amex and introduced in 1993. They are Standard & Poor's Depository Receipts and as such, reflect the movement of the S&P Index. They trade just like common stock under the symbol
A Low-Risk, High-Potential Return Option Strategy by Jean-Olivier Fraisse, C.F.A.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Low-Risk, High-Potential Return Option Strategy by Jean-Olivier Fraisse, C.F.A. Can call options be used as a substitute for purchasing stocks? Covered calls -- selling a call on stock being held -- is one low-risk strategy, but profits can be limited o
A Ludicrous Non-Confirmation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the Nasdaq's move to new highs a sign of weakness for stocks?
A Ludicrous Non-Confirmation - The Sequel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the Dow Jones Industrial Average move to new highs a sign of weakness for stocks?
A Lulu Of A Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Companies listed on the market can go bankrupt. Many are then delisted, but what do you do when they are not?
A Lulu Of A Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Christmas is around the corner. What do you buy someone who has everything?
A Lulu Of A Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Companies listed on the market can go bankrupt. Many are then delisted, but what do you do when they are not?
A Lulu Of A Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Christmas is around the corner. What do you buy someone who has everything?
A Lulu Of An IPO
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is this a company loved by its customers, or is it well managed?
A Major Breakdown For The DAX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The German DAX Index held out longer than most, but finally succumbed to the bear with a breakdown and major trend reversal.
A Major Confluence Of Support For Crude Oil
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Light sweet crude is approaching a key support zone, which could act as a significant reversal point for prices.
A Major Low Soon For Altria And The .NYA?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the broad US market in a free fall, or are there some indications that a major low may be approaching?
A Major Support Test For The Nikkei
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Nikkei is trying to firm near its March lows, but momentum has yet to turn up and traders should watch for a signal line crossover in the MACD.
A Market Bottom Pattern for S&P Futures by Tushar S. Chande
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Market Bottom Pattern for S&P Futures by Tushar S. Chande The S&P futures market is dominated by anti-trend traders. It's a fact: It's a tough market to trade using trend-following approaches. But if you can't beat 'em, why not join 'em? The trading
A Market Crash
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock market is in a major correction. What now?
A Market Maker's Perspective by Don Bright
A Marriage In Artificial Intelligence by D.M. Wong, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:4 (38-41): A Marriage In Artificial Intelligence by D.M. Wong, Ph.D. Can you really make better decisions with more information? Perhaps artificial intelligence has the answer. Find out how you can develop skills to gain contr
A Massive Base For Eli Lilly
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After forming a large base over the last two and a half years, Eli Lilly & Co. surged to resistance on expanding volume. A breakout would be long-term bullish.
A Master Systems And Pattern Tester by Leslie N. Masonson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Master Systems And Pattern Tester by Leslie N. Masonson Chris Manning has spent thousands of hours poring over published systems, models, and charting patterns. Now he is a widely recognized systems expert who regularly appears on the CNBC and the Blo
A Material World
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While the Materials SPDR (XLB) is challenging its 2004 highs, the world's leading aluminum company, Alcoa (AA), is consolidating well below its 2004 high. Is this a buying opportunity for Alcoa or a selling opportunity for XLB?
A Mathematical Game Plan by Gene Carey
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...MONEY MANAGEMENT A Mathematical Game Plan by Gene Carey Here's how the elements of a successful trading plan - profits, losses, commissions and slippage - can be used to quantify performance goals. I t's a given: Operating with a game plan is a nec
A Megaphone Top For Anadarko Petroleum?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Anadarko Petroleum's broadening triangle formation indicates a potential forthcoming top in the stock price.
A Method Of Statistical Analysis For The Dollar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Long-term statistical analysis shows the downward trend of the dollar weakening but may continue to move lower at a slower rate.
A Mini Diamond For The DIA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After leading the market higher, the Dow Diamonds formed a mini-diamond consolidation, and the subsequent break will provide the next signal.
A MiniGuide to Fourier Spectrum Analysis by ANTHONY WARREN, PH.D./STAFF WRITER
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A MiniGuide to Fourier Spectrum Analysis by ANTHONY WARREN, PH.D./STAFF WRITER The basic idea behind Fourier Analysis of time series is to decompose the data into a sum of sinusoids of varying cycle length, each cycle being a fraction of a common or fun
A Momentum Analysis Of The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Price looks like it could continue to chug along, inching its way upward. A look at momentum suggests otherwise.
A Momentum Breakout For Carbo Ceramics
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Carbo Ceramics remains range-bound on the weekly chart, but a high-volume breakout on the daily chart points to higher prices and a breakout on the weekly chart.
A Momentum Upturn For Arthrocare
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Arthrocare shows signs of strength with improving momentum and good upside volume on its recent breakout.
A Month Till A Major Turn For Russell 2000?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite bullish monthly and quarterly price cycles in the Russell 2000 index, the weekly cycles are beginning to exert a minor corrective influence.
A Month Till A Major Turn For Russell 2000?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite bullish monthly and quarterly price cycles in the Russell 2000 index, the weekly cycles are beginning to exert a minor corrective influence.
A Monthly Look At The S&P 500 Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's a good habit to occasionally stand back and take in the longer term picture of the market place.
A More Precise Cumulative Volume Indicator?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Introducing a new volume indicator to measure volume momentum
A Morning Star Reversal For Fossil
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fossil forged a morning star reversal at support, but follow-through is needed to complete a breakout and target further gains.
A Morning Star Wakes Up The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A classic Japanese candlestick pattern reveals a bottom in the hourly Dow industrials.
A Morphing Pattern For Continental Airlines
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Continental Airlines broke head & shoulders support in late February, but the decline is morphing into a falling wedge, and a break back above the neckline would be bullish.
A Moving Average Sandwich For Dow Chemical
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Dow Chemical is stuck in a support zone bound by two moving averages, and the direction of the break when it happens will have long-term implications.
A Moving Average Squeeze For Lowe's
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Lowe's is caught between two moving averages, and the squeeze play is on to see which one will be broken.
A Mutual Fund Switch System by Nelson Freeburg
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Mutual Fund Switch System by Nelson Freeburg Testing indicators to confirm viability is always important, and here, two indicators that stand up to historical testing are presented and then used to develop a simple mutual fund switch system. Many su
A Mutual Fund Trading Method by Norman J. Brown
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Mutual Fund Trading Method by Norman J. Brown Get better profits and reduce your risks by using the one-rank method to select mutual funds to trade. There are many techniques and tools you can use to define turning points that generate trading signal
A Nasdaq Chart
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sometimes the simplest of charts can offer a world of knowledge.
A Near-Term Bounce Due For HES?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Down by more than 38% since late February 2012, shares of Hess Corp. may be approaching an area of Fibonacci support.
A Neural Network System For Reliable Trading Signals by Marlowe D. Cassetti
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Neural Network System For Reliable Trading Signals by Marlowe D. Cassetti For those of you who have complained that you have to be a rocket scientist to understand what we run in Stocks & Commodities, here's a rocket scientist to explain it to you.
A New 52-Week High For BBT
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bank stocks have simply not been performing, but there are the exceptions.
A New Advance-Decline Line by Daniel E. Downing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A New Advance-Decline Line by Daniel E. Downing Here's a trading tool that uses a unique version of the daily advance-decline line of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). This version helps in our short- and long-term trading of index options and stock i
A New Buy Near A New High With NVLS
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Novellus have risen nearly 88% since October 4, 2011, and with a new long buy signal waiting to be triggered, the stock may see $50 sooner rather than later.
A New Buy Near A New High With NVLS
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Novellus have risen nearly 88% since October 4, 2011, and with a new long buy signal waiting to be triggered, the stock may see $50 sooner rather than later.
A New Exit Strategy by Adam White
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A New Exit Strategy by Adam White Most traders search for entry signals for trading systems and use a reversal of the entry signal for exits. Sounds simple enough, right? But what about developing exit strategies separate from your entry method? Here, t
A New Gauge For Sentiment And Breadth Data
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is a new tool you can use to help get better readings on the market. This method is based on the relative difference of squares (RDoS). Discover its advantages
A New Market Index by Dan Downing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A New Market Index by Dan Downing Technicians are always looking for leading indices and indicators. We continually search for tools that will give us some advanced warning of the direction of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) or the Options Excha
A New Method For Picking Stocks Using P/E Multiples
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using screening criteria that incorporates stock valuation variables can prove to be an asset to a technical analyst. Here's an intuitive and simple technique you can incorporate into your stock selection process
A New Setup For Novellus, But Will It Follow Through?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Novellus broke sharply higher late in the week. Will this new long trade setup trigger soon?
A New Short Signal For LLY
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Weak stocks in weak industry groups can offer good short-sale opportunities, but you need a well-grounded plan of action in order to identify opportunities and implement a sound trading strategy.
A New Slant On Head And Shoulders by Charles E. Miller
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A New Slant On Head And Shoulders by Charles E. Miller Here's a detrending technique that will help you visualize slanted head and shoulder top patterns more clearly. When the good old reliable head and shoulders (H&S) pattern emerges simultaneously in
A New Trend For Target
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After trading range-bound for three months, Target broke through resistance to signal the start of a new trending phase.
A New Utility Average Stock Market System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A New Utility Average Stock Market System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. This month, Meyers uses a daily indicator based on the Dow Jones Utility Average as a market timing system for the Standard & Poor's 500 index. In the August 1995 STOCKS & COMMODITIES,
A Nice Breakout For Boeing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A high-volume breakout and a new all-time high should keep the Boeing bulls happy in the coming months.
A Nice Breakout For Merck
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With a breakout to new highs, Merck continues to outperform its peers in the S&P 500 and health-care sector.
A Nondirectional Trading Strategy For Cryptocurrencies Part 2
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...is a trading strategy you can use whether the cryptocurrency being traded is falling or rising. Here in the second part of a two-part series, the focus is altcoins
A Nondirectional Trading Strategy For Cryptocurrencies, Part 1
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Crypto markets can move faster and more predictably than other markets, so these markets are attractive to traders. Here is a trading strategy you can use whether the cryptocurrency being traded is falling or rising. Here in part 1, the focus is bitcoin
A Nonparametric Performance Measure by Guy Brys and Luc Van Hof
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Nonparametric Performance Measure by Guy Brys and Luc Van Hof Many an indicator generates buy/sell signals, but how effective are they? We can measure the quality of such signals by embedding them into a fairly simple trading system. We will apply tw
A One Rank Screening Technique For Mutual Funds by Norman J. Brown
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:1 (39-45): A One Rank Screening Technique For Mutual Funds by Norman J. Brown Here's a momentum-following method using three technical analysis tools to help switch your mutual funds. In my earlier articles describing a "One
A PNRA Buying Opportunity
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Most consumers are avoiding big-ticket items these days but are still willing to buy a good meal, and Panera is more than willing to provide that.
A Painful Head and Shoulder is Lurking for Merck & Company
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A head and shoulders pattern with diminishing volume signals a shorting opportunity.
A Pair Of Flags For Newmont
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Newmont Mining has falling flags working on two time frames, and a breakout on the daily chart would have long-term implications.
A Pair Of SOX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In recent days, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) has enjoyed a mild corrective bounce from its long-term support zone.
A Pan American Silver Corp. 2B Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A hammer candlestick puts the finishing touches on a picture-perfect 2B bottom in early October.
A Parade Of Bearish Candlesticks Confirm Resistance For Qualcomm
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Qualcomm is pushing against resistance for the fourth time in three months, with bearish candlesticks forming on each test.
A Pattern Completion For The Weekly Dow Chart
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the DJIA plunged 2,000 points in four weeks, it fulfilled a topping pattern.
A Peak In Wheat? Negative Divergences Suggest A Turn In Early October
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a year and a half of soaring wheat prices, is the MACD histogram hinting at reversal?
A Peak In Wheat? Negative Divergences Suggest A Turn In Early October
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a year and a half of soaring wheat prices, is the MACD histogram hinting at reversal?
A Peek Into The Future
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We all know there is no crystal ball for the markets. But if you could get a signal in advance of other signals that are used by traders, that might be the next best thing. Here, we introduce a new filter that could help signal cyclic turning points
A Pennant For Alcoa
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Alcoa formed a pennant at support, and the subsequent break holds the key to the next directional move.
A Perfect Count For Aruba
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It is very satisfying when a stock follows a perfect Elliott wave count.
A Perfect Triangle for SERENA Software
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock price for SERENA Software broke below its triangle formation recently. A quick look at volume can help you judge the strength of the triangle formation.
A Personal Neural Net Trading System by James Stakelum
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Personal Neural Net Trading System by James Stakelum What goes through the mind of someone developing a neural network trading system? What are the steps involved in putting together something that mimics the mystery of the human mind? Here are some c
A Pitchfork Breakout For Best Buy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Best Buy looks like a good buy after a break above the upper trendline of a falling pitchfork.
A Pivot Point Trading Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Pivot points project where price may change course. They can be calculated with simple arithmetic. Here is a basic trading strategy based on pivot points to use in the crypto or other trending markets
A Portrait of General Electric as a 2B Test of Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A favorite technique for spotting potential market tops and bottoms appears as shares of General Electric test their June highs.
A Portrait of General Electric as a 2B Test of Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A favorite technique for spotting potential market tops and bottoms appears as shares of General Electric test their June highs.
A Possible Bull Count For The Dow?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On June 7, in the article "A Demise In The Dow," I offered an Elliott wave count showing how the Dow could fall in a bear market. After hearing Alan Greenspan's recent remarks, I present to you a count for a bull market.
A Possible Buy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the release of the Blackberry in the US on March 22, 2013 many investors are looking at other Canadian technology companies. Aastra Technologies (AAH-T) is a company worth looking at.
A Possible Buying Opportunity For Meridian Resource
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Meridian Resource Corp. is starting to pull back after running up nearly 900 percent over the last eight months. With key support coming into play below the $4.00 level, speculative investors should look to buy on a further pullback.
A Possible Future Buy For Cisco Systems?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It can be advantageous to combine various trading strategies. I often use the "Double Bottom" strategy to identify a possible stock set up, and then combine it with the JM trading band strategy to get confirming entry and exit points.
A Possible Swing Trading Method For Pfizer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Pfizer, Inc., have been surging higher since mid-November 2012. Can the stock break above its previous high of 26.09 sometime between now and late January 2013?
A Potential Bottom Reversal For Anadarko Petroleum?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Anadarko Petroleum has seen a sharp sell-off in its stock price the last several weeks but there are signs of a potential bottom being put in.
A Potential Cup With Handle Pattern For Brigham Exploration?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Brigham Exploration looks to be forming a cup with handle pattern but there are factors to consider when trying to confirm this.
A Potential Double Bottom In Bananas
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Chiquita Brands surged off support over the last few weeks, and a double bottom could be taking shape.
A Potential Downside Target For The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 Index looks to be headed lower in the near-term but when will the bleeding stop?
A Potentially Bullish Flag For Millennium
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a big November 2005 surge, Millennium is consolidating below resistance and a breakout would reverse the long-term downtrend.
A Potentially Bullish Setup for Kerr-McGee Corp.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Kerr-McGee's recent pullback may create a good buying opportunity, as bullish technicals and extremely pessimistic market sentiment could propel the stock longer-term.
A Price- and Volume-Based System by Alex Saitta
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...TRADING TECHNIQUES A Price- And Volume-Based System Traders often use moving averages of just price to signal trends. Here's a moving average system that uses price and volume for trading signals. by Alex Saitta N ot a month goes by that a trading m
A Problem With Sentiment
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While we like to believe the crowd is always wrong, they are only wrong at extremes in the market, and these can usually only be identified in hindsight.
A Profitable Observation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In analyzing the stock market, should you look at daily or weekly charts?
A Quick Look At Approaching Cryptocurrencies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are candlestick patterns and basic technical analysis principles useful for trading cryptos? We take a look
A Quick Look at CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A look at CF's chart will show that it topped on June 17, 2015, reaching a high of 68.10 in a buying climax marked by unusually high volume. This marked the start of its sustained and protracted downtrend. By January 20, 2016, with the stock trading
A Quick Read of Fabrinet
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The chart of Fabrinet (FN) has not been an easy read. After reaching a high of 46.50 on October 5, 2016, it began to move lower, making a series of lower highs and lower lows, but a breakout to a new high of 47.50 on February 13, 2017, causes us to recon
A Rally In The Russell?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The little guys of the stock market show their muscle with a positive divergence and bullish follow-through in mid-January.
A Range-Bound Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Markets move in trends and markets move in trading ranges. Looking at any chart makes it plain to see that a trader can make money during trends, but we shouldn't rule out the possibility of making successful trades during trading ranges. Here's how one
A Rationale For Managed Futures by Charles R. Lightner
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Rationale For Managed Futures by Charles R. Lightner Although the futures markets are widely misunderstood even among knowledgeable investors, they serve a critical purpose in our economy; through the managed futures industry, they provide an importa
A Record Rise
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The DJIA marked the week of October 10 as the worst in its 112-year history. Friday, October 10, also marked its largest swing in history with 1,019 points. In contrast, the DJIA has now started this week by breaking a record to the upside. On October 1
A Rectangle & Fan Lines Show Alcoa Running Out of Steam
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Over the past two years most publicly traded companies have seen their equity price drop substantially. On the other hand Alcoa (AA) has survived and even thrived in hard times.
A Rectangle In The Broad Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Value Line Index is understudied but one of the broadest measures of the stock market. Right now, it seems to be breaking out of a rectangle.
A Rectangle Top For Apollo
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Apollo Group broke rectangle support with high volume, and the long-term outlook is now bearish.
A Regression-Based Oscillator by Patrick E. Lafferty
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Regression-Based Oscillator by Patrick E. Lafferty Editor's note: Mr. Lafferty originally submitted this article as an entry to the June Traders' Challenge contest. We decided to run it as a separate article because the idea that Mr. Lafferty presente
A Reliable Set Of Technical Indicators
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With so many indicators to choose from, it often becomes difficult to identify a few that work well together. Here is one trader's set of favorite indicators
A Retrospective: 40 Years
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This issue marks 40 years that Technical Analysis of STOCKS & COMMODITIES magazine has been published. Over the decades, we've presented interviews with hundreds of analysts, technicians, traders, and educators. All of those interviews add up to a lot of
A Retrospective: Interviews
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here in this 2023 Bonus Issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities magazine, we wanted to take a look back at some of the wisdoms and meaningful insights offered by those we've interviewed recently for this magazine. Over our four decades of pub
A Retrospective: Interviews
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this 2024 Bonus Issue of Technical Analysis of STOCKS & COMMODITIES magazine, we wanted to take a look back at some of the wisdoms and insights offered by those we've interviewed for this magazine, going back to the very early days of this magazine. O
A Retrospective: Interviews
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We wanted to take a look back at some of the wisdoms and insights offered by those we've interviewed for this magazine. Here, we chose to quote the authors who won this year's ReadersÕ Choice Award in the category of Favorite S&C Article from 2024.
A Reversal Day for United Foods?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Call it a buying climax or top reversal day, but whatever term you use to identify this move, it has 'sell' written all over it.
A Reversal In Housing Stocks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The measured move in the housing index takes a hit as interest rates spike higher.
A Reversal in Juice?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a 10-month bear market, orange juice futures are rallying from late spring lows.
A Reverse Head And Shoulders Formation For The Oil Services Index?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Another potentially bullish pattern for the Oil Services Index could lead to a resumption of the long-term uptrend.
A Reverse Head-And-Shoulders Pattern For Brigham Exploration?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Given support at slightly lower levels and a potentially bullish consolidation pattern, investors should continue to hold these shares.
A Reversed MACD Long Entry Signal For ORLY
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One of the better-performing NASDAQ 100 stocks during the 2007-09 bear market, a specific mechanical trading system has fired a long entry signal on O'Reilly Automotive.
A Rising Wedge For The SOX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Semiconductor Index bounced with the rest of the market over the past few weeks, but the move looks like a bearish wedge.
A Rising Wedge Formed By Semiconductor Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A long-term bearish reversal pattern is formed by the Semiconductor Index on a daily as well as a weekly time frame. Will the pattern undergo a successful bearish breakout?
A Road Trip With Options Supertraders
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a way to trade options that allows you to spend less time managing the trade and more time to go on road trips
A Rule-Based Approach to Trading by Jeffrey Owen Katz, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Rule-Based Approach to Trading by Jeffrey Owen Katz, Ph.D. Last month, Katz presented his experience developing a trading system using a neural network?based approach. This month, he delves into a rule-based approach to trading. Previously, I showed
A Safe 10% Dividend?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Markets overreact at times and create buying opportunities for the astute trader.
A Seasonal Strategy With Leveraged ETFs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Halloween indicator, also known as ""Sell in May and go away,"" is a well-known seasonal strategy that investors apply to the financial markets. But it comes with its share of risk. Here is how you can use this seasonal strategy with a twist using le
A Seasonal System For Soybean Futures by Markos Katsanos
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Seasonal System For Soybean Futures by Markos Katsanos Here's a system that exploits historical seasonal patterns to trade soybean futures. Some markets are affected by certain fundamental factors that are seasonal in nature. These tend to recur at
A Seismic Spike For The VIX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market has had a sinister selloff as investors have become dispirited and depressed. Each time a rally occurs, their hopes of a recovery are quickly dashed as more panicked investors sell into the rally. But the volatility index could be sending us a
A Selling Climax For MMC
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A high-volume selling day at support could signal a bottom for Marsh & McLennan.
A Sentiment Indicator For Trading The Euro
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The traditional put/call ratio is used as a contrarian indicator. Here, we add a twist to enhance the ratio and use it as a coinciding indicator
A Session With Alex Elder by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Session With Alex Elder by Thom Hartle Alexander Elder, director of the Financial Trading Seminars, is no newcomer to technical analysis nor to trading. Technical Editor John Sweeney and Editor Thom Hartle interviewed Elder on July 18 of last year in
A Shake Or Break For The S&P 500?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A fracture of the lower channel line on the daily S&P 500 may be nothing more than an attempt to shake out weak longs -- or does this trend break signal more downside to come?
A Share For The Watch List
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the present uncertainty in the stock market, looking for a stock to invest in for the long term is a must.
A Share To Buy and Hold?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Finding a share to buy and hold forever is not easy. However, the Canadian stock market does offer a few.
A Share To Keep An Eye On
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the present craziness in the stock market, having a list of shares to keep an eye on for a future buy is a must.
A Share To Keep An Eye On
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the chart of a share rises strongly over a number of years, it becomes a share one should own for the long term.
A Share To Keep An Eye On
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Every now and again, a share captures your attention as an indicator triggers a buy or a sell.
A Share To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the stock market falls, is it wise to look for shares that are suggesting a bottom as a possible future buy?
A Share Worth Watching
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Buying a share and holding forever can be an advantage, but do watch out for a correction.
A Sharp Selloff Into Major Support For NOV?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of National Oilwell Varco have been performing poorly compared to its oil services group peers, but a tradable multicycle low may soon be at hand.
A Shining Star On The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A morning star candlestick is shining brightly on the S&P 500, which might be a "shining star" for the market.
A Shooting Star Could Spell Trouble For Altera
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Altera has held up pretty well over the last few weeks, but a shooting star and signs of distribution indicate that the stock is not as strong as it may seem.
A Shooting Star For Bank Of America
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The primary momentum indicator should always be price. To measure true momentum in price, many technical traders turn to candlesticks to help predict market direction for both long- and short-term periods.
A Short Guide To Exchange-Traded Funds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Exchange-traded funds are an interesting alternative for many investors.
A Short Setup When Giants Trip
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders have an edge in the market, and if they know how to use two indicators to short stocks during a downward move, they can make explosive profits.
A Short-Term 2B Bottom In Oil Service
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Failure to follow through to the downside provides an opportunity for a bounce in OIH.
A Short-Term Bear Rally For Newmont Mining?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Newmont Mining has rebounded off of this month's lows but will likely make one final move to the downside before the short-term downtrend reverses.
A Short-Term Buy Setup On Chevron
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A combination of setups provides guidance for a short-term trade.
A Short-Term Buy Signal For The DJIA by John Toombs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Short-Term Buy Signal For The DJIA by John Toombs Buying the first retreat in prices following a strong move up in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is often profitable. Three questions are involved in doing so, however. What constitutes a ""str
A Short-Term View Of Gold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A number of Fibonacci levels are nearby that may affect the price of gold.
A Sign Of Spring
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The sage of Omaha reports to his shareholders.
A Simple Approach To Gap Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Anyone who has looked at a price chart knows that gaps occur. But all gaps aren't the same. Here's a look at the characteristics of four and how you can trade them
A Simple Forex Trend-Following Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A strategy need not be complicated. The strategy given here is for swing trades in the forex market
A Simple Hedge Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the market turns bearish, either close out your portfolio or hedge it in the options or futures market. These strategies are normally for players who know what they are doing, are experienced and have been able to open an options or futures account
A Simple Option Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading options has always been a mystery to many, but with all the new weeklys and binary options that are hitting the market, they are now a strategy that should be looked at.
A Simple Pattern Forecasts A Reversal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Learn how a simple, yet effective price pattern can help you forecast likely turning points in the markets you follow.
A Simple Pattern Forecasts A Reversal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Learn how a simple, yet effective price pattern can help you forecast likely turning points in the markets you follow.
A Simple Positive Expectancy Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Do you want your trading results to improve? Incorporating positive expectancy into your trading strategy may just be the ticket
A Simple Range-Trading System by Xavier Maria Raj
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:12 (50-52): A Simple Range-Trading System by Xavier Maria Raj Creating a trading system is always a good idea, and keeping it simple is even better. Here's a look at one strategy that could make all the difference. It is alwa
A Simple Rotation Strategy With Sector ETFs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is a portfolio rebalancing technique that's simple enough for an individual trader to perform on a monthly basis
A Simple Short-Term Entry Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Legendary trader Marty Schwarz swore by the 10-day EMA. Here's an application of his "red light/green light" approach on an intraday basis.
A Simple Trend Filter For Trend-Followers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some moving averages do a better job than others when it comes to determining various degrees of trend. Here's a look at how to combine two simple technical tactics in order to stay on the right side of a given market.
A Simple Way To Trade Seasonality
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You can locate patterns to perform seasonal trades--although they won't necessarily be where you expect. Here's a way to uncover consistent patterns you can use to trade, not just on futures but also on some seasonal stocks
A Simple Way To Use Money Flow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Money flow for XTO Energy has been negative recently but the trend may be ready to reverse.
A Smoothed RSI Inverse Fisher Transform by Sylvain Vervoort
A Spark For Natural Gas?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Natural gas and related issues may be poised for an upswing. Here's a technical look at a few related issues.
A Spreadsheet For A Trend-Following Approach
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a template for a spreadsheet that anyone can use to set up a simple trend-following system
A Spreadsheet For A Trend-Following Approach
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a template for a spreadsheet that anyone can use to set up a simple trend-following system
A Spreadsheet For Price Ratio Projection Analysis by Robert Miner
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Spreadsheet For Price Ratio Projection Analysis by Robert Miner Traders who follow Gann and Elliott wave analysis use ratios of past price movement as guidelines for possible turning points in the future. Here, Robert Miner of Gann/Elliott Educators g
A Spreadsheet For Time Ratio Analysis by Robert Miner
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Spreadsheet For Time Ratio Analysis by Robert Miner Traders using ratio of time cycle analysis will find this spreadsheet version of determining target dates of possible cycle highs or lows helpful. The author discusses the use of projected target dat
A Spring And Summer Not To Remember
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...No one can deny that the first year of the millennium has turned out to be less than spectacular for the markets. But is it typical? First, Staff Writer David Penn looks at the first half and its lack of memorable activity, and speculates what kind of
A Squeeze Play For Safeway
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Safeway moved into a tight trading range, and contracting Bollinger Bands point to a breakout sooner rather than later.
A Statistical Analysis Of Qs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this analysis I use statistical analysis to determine the overall trend of NASDAQ 100.
A Statistical Analysis Of Vertex Pharmaceuticals
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Before taking a position in this security it is important that I first look at its technical condition. In this analysis I use linear regression as the analysis tool to determine the overall trend of this pharmaceutical company and when to time my trade.
A Statistical Look At Google
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Statistical analysis is an excellent method of confirming a traditional analysis of a market or security as it uses a completely different set of measurement tools, thus avoiding multicolinearity. Here I use statistical analysis to show the current long-
A Statistical Look At The QQQQ
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Statistical analysis is used to show the short-term trend of the technology market sector.
A Statistical Look At Transportation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Statistical analysis is used to show the long-term, intermediate-term, and short-term trends of the transportation market sector.
A Stochastic Breakout In December Coffee: Better Late On The Break Than Never
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A BOSO play in the stochastic helps traders climb on board a fast-moving market post-breakout.
A Stock For Your Watchlist
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It is evident from the chart of Qualcomm, Inc. [QCOM] that after going through a sharp decline, the stock is in a consolidation range. This suggests that the stock is fluctuating between its support and resistance levels as displayed on the chart.
A Stock Looking For A Correction
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a stock rises, and rises and continues to rise, surely there must be a correction?
A Stock Looking For A Correction
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a stock rises, and rises and continues to rise, surely there must be a correction?
A Stock Market On The Verge Of Collapse
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are four basic analytical tools an analyst uses to measure the health of an individual stock or the stock market as a whole. One is price patterns, one is momentum, another is volume, and the final one is breadth. By using these four tools we can n
A Stock To Keep An Eye On
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shopify empowers entrepreneurs from all over the world.
A Strategy For Crypto Trading Based On Machine Learning
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a trading strategy that relies on the Hull butterfly oscillator and an AI algorithmic indicator to forecast price movements and together generate buy and sell signals for cryptocurrency trading
A Strategy For Investing In Exchange Traded Funds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Because exchange traded funds are traded rather than redeemed, they are more tax efficient than mutual funds. Here is a strategy you can play with to invest in them.
A Strategy For The Nasdaq 100 Using Options Sentiment
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can the put/call ratio be used to time entries and exits in the stock market? We take a look
A Strategy For Trading Seasonal And Non-Seasonal Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If you can see a seasonal or non-seasonal pattern, you may be able to profit from it. Here is an example of how to find and exploit patterns
A Strong Dow Resistance Level
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."It must be the Yankees, why else is the Dow down?" says Jim Cramer on CNBC.
A Support Test For THQI
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THQ Inc. is testing support from its prior low, and traders should be on guard for a bounce and a potential double bottom.
A Sure Thing In Forex?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Seasonal trading strategies have long been used to identify trades in stocks and commodities. They work in foreign exchange markets also.
A Surge For CNET
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...CNET gapped up at the end of January, and last week's flag breakout could foreshadow long-term trend change.
A Sweet Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the price of crude oil lifting sugar prices higher?
A System For Trading Cisco
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On August 6, 2003 Cisco Systems Inc. reported a jump in quarterly net income but failed to top Wall Street expectations.Could charts have predicted this?
A System For Trading Fidelity Select Funds by Jay Kaeppel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A System For Trading Fidelity Select Funds by Jay Kaeppel The key techniques for trading stocks, options, and futures can also be applied successfully to mutual funds. Here's a systematic approach to mutual fund trading. Several keys to investment and
A THIRD Take on March Sugar's Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A failed 2B test of top and a severe trendline break suggested sugar was headed lower. But somebody forgot to tell sugar.
A Tale Of Two Investors
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here are two investors with two very different ways of looking at how and why they invest the way they do.
A Tale Of Two Channels
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What's this? "2004 rally dead in the water"?! Somebody forgot to tell the trend channels.
A Tale Of Two Equity Curves
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When developing and testing various trading systems, learn to identify the most desirable kinds of equity curves.
A Tale Of Two Flags
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A large falling flag on the weekly chart and flat flag on the daily chart point to further upside for the Information Technology SPDR (XLK).
A Tale Of Two Indicators by Andrew Tomlinson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:10 (22-27): A Tale Of Two Indicators by Andrew Tomlinson What do you do when two apparently similar indicators give opposite signals? On July 6, 2004, I was feeling pretty pleased with myself. The stock market was falling and
A Tale Of Two Macro Market Valuation Indicators
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks have continued to rally despite the calls for a correction from pundits. But how much more room have they got to run?
A Tale Of Two Options
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Finding it hard to make accurate directional calls in such a volatile market? Why not just consider selling short-term options that are beyond strong resistance barriers instead?
A Tale of Two Stock Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How to trade a stock market moving in two directions at the same time.
A Target For Gold?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gold has become a hedge against the drop in the US dollar. But how high will gold rise -- how far will the dollar fall?
A Taste For Twos
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A second wave rally began in mid-August. How far are we from the end of that move and the beginning of a third?
A Taste Of The Big MACD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Indicators like the moving average convergence/divergence help you confirm signals and decrease risk when buying and selling securities. Invented by Gerald Appel in the 1970s, the MACD has become a staple in the world of technical analysis. Here's h
A Technical Description Of Market Data For Traders
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What is the nature of market data? What wisdoms can be gained from studying it? Here is a brief summary of research into the nature of market data, from someone who has spent decades researching it, testing it, and trading it. Included is a technique to
A Technical Method For Rating Stocks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is it possible to create a stock rating system using multiple indicators or other technical criteria? If so, how does it compare with analyst ratings
A Temporary Top In Disney?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Once again, negative divergences and failed follow-through after a new high hint at lower prices for shares of Disney.
A Theory Of $20 Oil Or Lower
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For a lasting economic turnaround, many hope for cheaper oil prices to act as a catalyst. Here is a plausible chart view to sustain the above notion.
A Thirst For Hansen Natural
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the market bottoms, it is always good to buy, but what?
A Tick Indicator Overview
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The tick is a valuable tool, especially when utilized in a very short time frame, as it is quite effective at measuring market breadth. It is popular among daytraders and scalpers, as it can help assess the strength of market moves.
A Top In Telecom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the telecom index surges into a secondary trend channel, negative stochastic divergences emerge.
A Top in Transports?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How the Dow Transports handle a nearby resistance level might tell investors all they need to know about the resilience of this bear market rally.
A Trade For Harmony Gold Mines
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In fiscal year 2008, Harmony produced 1.55 million ounces of gold, making it one of the world's largest gold mining companies. How do the shares look?
A Trade in Foreign Currencies by D.W. Davies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Trade in Foreign Currencies by D.W. Davies Here's a recent trade in foreign currencies what was used, the reasoning behind it and the outcome. Take a look. Without a universal truth to define the beginning and end of trends, most successful traders
A Trader Catches A Bottom Reversal On The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Catching tops and bottoms is difficult but can be rewarding/punishing depending on the outcome.
A Trader Catches A Bottom Reversal On The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Catching tops and bottoms is difficult but can be rewarding/punishing depending on the outcome.
A Trader's Weapons Of Value & Growth
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For a trader, price and strategy are key components for successful trading when properly combined with both the value model and growth model approach to higher gains.
A Trading Method For The Long Haul
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You can apply this model to any time frame on any equity. The best part is that it's so simple that anyone can implement it.
A Trading Method For The Long Haul
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of UGI Corp. appear to be on track to making a major multicycle low in the near future.
A Trading Range For Archer Daniels Midland Co.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Archer Daniels Midland Co. has been stuck in a 5-month trading range but converging trendlines could foretell an important move soon.
A Trading Range For ExxonMobil
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A bullish consolidation pattern could lead to much higher prices for ExxonMobil, but traders should wait for confirmation before going long.
A Trading Range For Tesoro Petroleum
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A bullish consolidation pattern could lead to much higher prices for Tesoro Petroleum stock.
A Trading Range For TransGlobe Energy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...TransGlobe Energy's failed triangle breakout last month has created additional buying opportunities for the stock.
A Trading System To Build On
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There is no holy grail trading system, but there are real-world mechanical methods that can make decent money over time. Here's a look at one system that shows a great deal of promise.
A Trend Change For Crude Oil?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite signs of weakness, crude oil prices have rallied recently. Has the short-term downtrend reversed?
A Trend Channel Trade by Thomas Bulkowski
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Trend Channel Trade by Thomas Bulkowski Here's a trade that combines fundamentals, trend channels, pattern recognition and volume. Selecting a stock to trade means more than just throwing darts. For my own trading, I use statistically positioned tren
A Trend Is A Trend Until It Isn't
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The trendline is the fulcrum of power, and the longer it lingers on a chart, the stronger it becomes. The current intermediate downtrend has proved to be a stumbling block to the bulls time and again over the last couple of months, but a reversal pattern
A Trend Is A Trend Until It Isn't
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The trendline is the fulcrum of power, and the longer it lingers on a chart, the stronger it becomes. The current intermediate downtrend has proved to be a stumbling block to the bulls time and again over the last couple of months, but a reversal pattern
A Triangle Descends
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A descending right-angle triangle will exhibit a horizontal lower boundary and a downsloping upper boundary. But what's that mean?
A Triangle In The Making
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Symmetrical triangles can be a shakeout or an end run.
A Triangle On The U.S. Dollar Index Futures: Will It Flatter Or Deceive?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The U.S. Dollar is perhaps the instrument most directly affecteted by an actual hike or indications of a hike in U.S. interest rates. The U.S. Dollar Index Futures chart is showing that traders expect a hike in interest rates soon.
A Triple Bearish Play Hits The Nasdaq
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After running in place for two months, the Nasdaq has started breaking down with momentum and money flow confirming.
A Triple Top For The Dow?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow appears to have made a triple top. Does this lead to a collapse, or....?
A Troubled Steel Company Attempts A Turnaround
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This beleagured Canadian company has a one year trading range of $4.85 - $0.93 and now tries to breakout of a trading range.
A Troubled Steel Company Attempts A Turnaround
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This beleagured Canadian company has a one year trading range of $4.85 - $0.93 and now tries to breakout of a trading range.
A True Odyssey
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is a tale of one trader's quest for knowledge about the oil market as he sought to ride with the bulls and reap the profits
A Tug of War For BHP Billiton
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock is consolidating between support and resistance, so which way will prices break?
A Twist On The Arms Index by Harley D. Wilbur
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Twist On The Arms Index by Harley D. Wilbur The Arms index, which was originally known as TRIN (for trading index), utilizes up and down volume and advancing and declining issues for calculation. The indicator, which aims to identify possible turning
A Unified Theory Of The Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It sounds ambitious, but it's based on a simple premise
A Unified Theory Of The Markets: RSI And Dynamic Clip Levels
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As a follow-up to our recent article that presented a market model called the UTM, here we dive deeper into some of the details that are used as inputs to the model. This market model provides a perspective on the strength of the buying/selling forces an
A Unified Theory Of The Markets: Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The unified theory of the markets (UTM) model presented previously detects upcoming weakness and strength in the market. Here, we introduce a companion model focused on trend to help determine current trend strength and direction
A View Of 2004 From The Inside
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It was another great year for corporate insiders to cash in their company's stock, and they did so in a big way. It is important that the trader understand how insider signals work and under what conditions they generate the best results. Here&apo
A Visual Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many technical indicators can be used to detect trends. Active traders need information about a trend on multiple time-frame charts at a glance. Here's a bar color-coded visual trend indicator that combines the use of ADX and CCI and gives you instant mu
A Volatility Trade In Gold by David S. Landry
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Volatility Trade In Gold by David S. Landry, CTA Large moves often follow low-volatility environments. Here's one method of combining volatility indicators and pattern recognition along with trend-following methods to capture a breakout in the 1997 go
A Warning About Divergencies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders often use momentum indicators like the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) to spot negative and positive divergences with price. This article will discuss why divergences do not always work.
A Warning On American Express
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...American Express stands at a critical Fibonacci retracement level, but will it hold?
A Weak Stock Among The Strong
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even though the S&P 500 reached a new historic high, there are stocks that show weakness. When that happens you can try this option selling strategy.
A Weekly S&P Trading System by Adam White
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V13:06: (233-237): A Weekly S&P Trading System by Adam White Here's a trading system based on a price pattern and which uses the Standard & Poor's 500 index as a test case. Should a stock market investor buy and hold, or should he or she attempt to t
A Whiff Of Deflation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are falling silver prices anticipating a deflationary shock?
A Wild Six Months for Crude Oil
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even though crude oil prices have been up and down this year, predicting the various cycles has been easier than you might think.
A Working Wave Count For The Greenback
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The correction in the US dollar since November 2005 looks to be more than halfway completed.
A Working Wave Count For The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A late June bottom sets the stage for the last move higher in the bull market that began in March.
A Wyckoff Approach To Future by Craig F. Schroeder
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Wyckoff Approach To Future by Craig F. Schroeder The Wyckoff approach, which has been a standard for decades, is as valid for futures as it is for stocks, but even students of the technique appear to be unaware of its extended uses. Most technicians k
A Wyckoff Guide for Investors and Speculators by Craig F. Schroeder
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Wyckoff Guide For Investors And Speculators by Craig F. Schroeder The Wyckoff method as it is taught today represents the results of more than 100 years of continuous market study. Those years have brought the development of numerous refinements and a
A better way to smooth data by J.S. Payne, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A better way to smooth data by J.S. Payne, Ph.D. What every trader desires is indicators that give strong signals with no misleading period-to period jitter, or noise. We all know what noise is to a trader, but let's restate it. Noise is something in yo
A case for patterns by Kent Calhoun
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A case for patterns by Kent Calhoun Probabilities are nothing more than mathematical odds of occurrence. The success of any trading system is a direct function of probability, yet how often is a trader aware when the odds shift strongly in his or her fa
A complete computer trading program (part 1) by John F. Ehlers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A complete computer trading program (part 1) by John F. Ehlers This is the first of four articles that give a description and computer listing, enabling you to perform technical analysis with your computer. In the second article I will cover the basics
A complete computer trading program Part 4 by John F. Ehlers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A complete computer trading program Part 4 by John F. Ehlers This is the conclusion of four articles that give a description and listing of an AppletÒ ][ BASIC computer program, enabling you to perform technical analysis on your computer with 48K of mem
A complete computer trading program part 2 by John F. Ehlers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A complete computer trading program part 2 by John F. Ehlers This program works with the standard CompuTrac or CSI (Commodity Systems, Inc.) disk data reading format (Table 1). The fundamental idea of this program is to take a 40-character string record
A complete computer trading program part 3 by John F. Ehlers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A complete computer trading program part 3 by John F. Ehlers This is the third of four articles that give a description and BASIC computer program listing enabling you to perform technical analysis on your Apple ][ computer. In the first two installmen
A helping hand from the Arms Index by James Alphier and Bill Kuhn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A helping hand from the Arms Index by James Alphier and Bill Kuhn It was just about 20 years ago when Richard W. Arms, Jr. published in the pages of Barron's his new index number which combined upside and downside volume with the traditionally watched s
A mechanical trading system by William F. Eng
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A mechanical trading system by William F. Eng As a professional floor trader at the Chicago Board of Figure 1 Trade, I have studied many trading techniques. Some work and some don't. Most trading techniques work with the one missing element that we all
A modification of Wilder's directional movement system by Thomas P. Drinka and Steven L. Kille
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A modification of Wilder's directional movement system by Thomas P. Drinka and Steven L. Kille In his New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems (Copyright 1978) J. Welles Wilder Jr. introduced his directional movement system with the following: ""Direc
A more conservative estimate of risk by Clifford J. Sherry, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A more conservative estimate of risk by Clifford J. Sherry, Ph.D. Risk is, or at least should be, of interest to all investors. One of the traditional measures of risk is the standard deviation of expected returns (that is, the spread of the expected re
A new cycle analysis trading technique by Russell L. Miller
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A new cycle analysis trading technique by Russell L. Miller This article describes a novel cycle-based day trading system that, under testing, turned in nearly a 300% annualized profit on equity. In most cases, trading with cycles involves entering a po
A new indicator for the S&P stock index futures by Daniel E. Downing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A new indicator for the S&P stock index futures by Daniel E. Downing Little is new in the field of technical analysis. Even with a staff of seven analysts, my firm can take credit for developing only three entirely new technical tools for the markets. W
A simple analogue of auto- and cross-correlation by Clifford J. Sherry
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A simple analogue of auto- and cross-correlation by Clifford J. Sherry If you trade commodities or stocks and if you expect to make a profit, you are making the tacit assumption that you can predict the future price of your commodity or stock. Traders
A simple cycle finder by Curtis McKallip Jr.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A simple cycle finder by Curtis McKallip Jr. Cycle signatures are patterns created by cycles. If you're familiar with Fourier analysis and maximum entropy methods of cycle analysis you know they produce a pattern called amplitude spectra which requires
A simple variation of the moving average by Peter Aan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A simple variation of the moving average by Peter Aan General description: The Moving Average Direction System is trend-following; always in the market. Originator: Peter Aan Advantages: Profits from most significant trends; entry technique eliminates
A sojourn through random territory by Henry S. Patricoff
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A sojourn through random territory by Henry S. Patricoff The New York Stock Exchange Advance/Decline (A/D) figures, dice, and roulette have a bit in common on a probability basis. The figures are for these particular 6,500 trials. At some future sampli
A thing of duty by Sara Nuss-Galles
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Duty or passion? In either direction there is poetry in work. By Sara Nuss-Galles; page 273.
A trader's tale: Post-crash profits with fast action by Patrick D. Bosold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A trader's tale: Post-crash profits with fast action by Patrick D. Bosold For most people, commodity trading means getting on an adrenalin high at the start of the trading day, scrutinizing the markets intensely, making bold buy or sell decisions under
AAPL: Recipe For A Reversal?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Apple, Inc. may be overextended, preparing for a pullback.
AAR Corp. Getting Ready For A Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After hitting a 52-week high, AAR Corp. is struggling to surge into a fresh bullish zone.
ABT Anticipating A Move Higher After Support Test
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Unlike most stocks, Abbott Labs only recently made its major low. Is this stock staging a turnaround, or is this latest rally a fakeout?
ACE Heading Into A Hole?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Once an uptrend is officially reversed, wise traders will want to look for advantageous places to trade from the short side.
ADM Just Above A Critical Support Zone
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A variety of indicators and systems are all in agreement that lower prices are very likely for shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the days and weeks ahead.
AEM A Saucer Pattern Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gold stocks have seen a modest rebound over the past two weeks; which ones are showing the most relative strength?
AEM Approaching A Low-Risk Buy Zone?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. enjoyed a bullish second half during 2012 and may again be poised for a tradable rally beginning within the next week or two.
AGII Poised For A Bull Run?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The long-term downtrend of AGII has reversed.
AK Steel Dropping Like A Ton Of Lead
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In a surprising selloff, after gapping lower at the open, AK Steel proceeded to shed another $2 per share before the session was over. Is this a portent of things to come?
AKS At A High
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...AKS moved marginally above its previous high. Check out the stability and certainty in the rally.
ALL Heading For A May Cycle Low?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will shares of Allstate Corp. manage another run higher after its recent consolidation, or is the downward pull of multiple price cycles going to be the determining factor in the stock's near-term direction?
ALTR: Relief Rally In The Midst Of A Larger Downtrend?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Altera fell by as much as 19% during its recent three-week slide; its latest rally looks to be of the bear market variety, with bigger declines ahead.
ANN Hits A Wall
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ann Taylor Stores bounced over the last few weeks, but weak volume and nearby resistance suggest that this bounce will end sooner rather than later.
APC Surging Toward A Multicycle High?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Up by nearly 16% in the last six weeks, shares of Anadarko Petroleum continue to charge higher, seeking its next multicycle high by mid- to late December 2012.
APO: Bucking The Tide In A Sea Of Red
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a fundamentally attractive stock rallies strongly on a day when the broad markets are tumbling, traders and investors should take notice.
AUD/USD: Setting Up For A Rally?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After enduring a month-long decline of more than 8%, the Australian Dollar/US Dollar currency pair may be setting up for a bullish reversal.
AVP: A Change Of Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Avon Products have been in a bear market for more than a year now, but signs of a reversal are appearing.
AVTR: A REIT With Potential
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If the time to buy is when there's blood in the streets, REITs are worth looking for a splash or two.
Abbott Labs Worth A Look
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With President Obama in office for another four years and Obamacare a certainty, investing in health-care stocks and laboratories is an investment to look at.
Aberdene Mines Ltd. Poised For A Topple
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Back in early December 2003, Aberdene Mines Ltd. (ABRM) was selling for less than $.50 per share. In just six months, this stock has rocketed to close on Thursday at $4.24. Now it seems to be topping out, and it could make at least a short-term correct
Actively Managed ETFs And Mutual Funds: Worthwhile, Or A Waste Of Time And Money?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The portion of ETFs that are actively rather than passively managed has risen to 34%, and interest from retail investors is only increasing. But the data shows that active managers have a hard time beating their benchmark, and very few do over 20 years.
Adjusting A Long Call With The Synthetic Straddle by Chris Tyler
Advance-decline divergence as an oscillator by Arthur A. Merrill
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Advance-decline divergence as an oscillator by Arthur A. Merrill Which indicators signaled the crash last October? One that had been shouting a warning was A-D Divergence. This is one of our most venerable indicators. The Advance-Decline Divergence Osci
Advanced Micro Devices: A Pause In The Parabolic Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The price of this high-tech stock is in a consolidation phase in the daily time frame.
Aeropostale, A Shop For The Teens
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The DJIA is officially in a recession but the S&P/TSX Composite index of Canada is not, mainly due to the price of oil and gold. Today's teenagers have yet to find this out. Aeropostale is an example.
After A 3.5% One-Day Decline...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow Jones Industrial Average is generally lower a week later.
After Six Up Weeks In A Row ...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The broad market has been up six weeks in a row. We look at what happens after a run like that and discover it's bearish and bullish.
After The Big Drop, Is Silver A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Silver fell more than 20% last week, and bottom pickers must be wondering if it's due for a bounce. Testing says probably not.
After The Bubble, Cotton Offers A Lesson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While bulls and bears continue to debate the fate of silver, we can look at cotton to see what it looks like after the bubble bursts.
Agilent Showing Signs of a Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Agilent (A - NYSE) is on the move again but this time it looks to be heading upward.
Airline Index Testing a Bottom Hammer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A previous pattern has come into play again as this index tries for another bounce up via the recent bottom hammer.
Airlines Index Forms A Wedge
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The airlines index is moving in a narrow range.
Alcan Aluminium Making A Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock of Alcan, the world's second-largest producer of primary aluminum, may be entering a bullish phase.
Alcoa Setting Up For A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some stocks rally quickly after making a major low, but others -- like Alcoa Aluminum -- just seem to take their sweet time.
Alibaba - A Share To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With all that is happening in the White House today, one share to keep an eye on is Alibaba.
Allergan Inc. (AGN): Another Run At A New High
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Allergan Inc. shares prepare to push higher in a classic AB=CD Fibonacci swing pattern.
Alltel Forms A Big Bad Bearish Engulfing Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A negative divergence and a bearish engulfing at resistance spell reversal for Alltel.
Altera Corporation Looks Weak On A Weekly Basis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Altera's daily chart looks bullish with a possible ascending triangle but the weekly chart shows bearish possibilites.
Altera Corporation Shows a Rising Wedge
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Altera (ALTR) has been in a strong rising trend but is showing signs of weakness.
Amazon - A Harbinger of the Bear?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Amazon has been a high-flyer over the last twelve years but is it now telling us that the worst is over for it and tech stocks?
Amazon - Still A Big Mover But Which Way?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Amazon has, for the most part, been a big mover, but determining where it and the market will go next is the $64 million question.
Amazon.com's Weekly Chart Says It's Still A Jungle Out There
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Amazon.com has had a good run off its lows and the ascending triangle is potentially a bullish formation BUT ...
Amazon.com: A Pause Before Moving Even Higher?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Internet retail industry group has high relative strength versus the S&P 500, and Amazon.com is among the strongest within the group.
Amazon: A Strong Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Amazon.com is weathering the storm of high volatility in the global financial market.
AmeriSourceBergen Corp: A Trading Tutorial
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using a few simple rules can help improve your long-term trend following results.
American Electric - A Stock To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a stock triggers a buy signal on the charts, it is a stock to keep an eye on.
American Tower Worth A Look?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks that may be ready to break above a significant, longstanding swing high are worthy of further evaluation. As you check them out, make sure you also check its long-term money flow.
Ameritrade 1999: A Hot Tip Proved Out
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sometimes, it really does pay to watch the various shows on the financial news channels. Here's a play-by-play of a hot stock tip that actually had technical merits.
An Early Trend Failure For Gold Or A Bounce Setting Up?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders who anticipated the likelihood of a possible double top move towards the troughline test were rewarded.
An Expert Of A System
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this sixth part of a seven-part series, we look at an expert trading system that color-codes candlesticks to simplify entry & exit decisions.
Anadarko Antes Up A Positive Divergence
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Currently overbought, how much more upside can Anadarko Petroleum eke out?
Analysis Of A Winning Trade by Gary Smith
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Analysis Of A Winning Trade by Gary Smith Winning traders tend to have something in common in at least one way, and that is the ability to make rapid trading decisions based on all the factors that affect the market. Here, private trader Gary Smith reco
Analyzing A Stock With Fundamentals
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What do the fundamentals say about stocks?
Analyzing A Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A trend may be interrupted and move sideways for a time before continuing its previous direction.
Analyzing the Market for a Winner
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A strategy to find a winner in the market using price and volume.
Anatomy Of A Breakdown (Part 1)
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...To successfully identify a break down as it begins to happen, it is essential to learn to look for signs of technical weakness on the chart.
Anatomy Of A Breakdown (Part 2)
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are many tools that the technician can use to help identify technical weakness on a price chart. Indicators used correctly can provide invaluable information.
Anatomy Of A Candlestick
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Take a closer look at this strong reversal pattern.
Anatomy Of A Low: Order Flow And Order Book Data Provide Insight
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this article, we examine the order flow and limit order book data in the WTI futures market that provides insight into the development of support for Thursday, March 7, 2019. Market structure and order flow provide insight into the actual transactiona
Anatomy Of A Stock Trade: MTD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The study of price action is often misunderstood and poorly demonstrated. Here, a trade breakdown will dispel some of those myths and untruths.
Anatomy Of A Trade: The One That Got Away
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Have you ever traded with exceptionally bad timing? Here's one to ponder
Anatomy of a Stock Market Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Patterns from four stock market peaks could reveal the near future.
Anatomy of a Trade by JACK K. HUTSON
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Anatomy of a Trade by JACK K. HUTSON All you have to do to be successful is follow the advice you give to others. -- The Scottish Rite Torch. WEEDING OUT THE TRASH During a daily course of market review we produce a number of computer studies to suppl
Andrew Corporation Working On A Double Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The weekly chart shows this stock at a key level with upside implications.
Another Sign Of A Market Top?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On February 15, my Traders.com Advantage article discussed the soaring S&P 500 and a falling VIX, which together with eurodollar futures and some other indicators pointed to a top in US stocks. Here is another reason for concern.
Anticipating A Breakdown In Coach
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A strong medium-term correction in Coach was accompanied by a substantial increase in trading volume. This highly bearish pattern, combined with a long-term triple top, forecasts lower prices for the stock.
Anticipating A Short-Term Correction
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Santa Claus rally has been true to its namesake. Stocks have climbed in the period between Christmas and the New Year. But what happens next?
Apache Corp. Offers a Good Example of a Shakeout Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Apache Corp. (APA) broke a significant top in the $57.00 to $58.00 range last month. The positive relative strength and shakeout pattern indicated a further move to the upside.
Apache Corp. Offers a Good Example of a Shakeout Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Apache Corp. (APA) broke a significant top in the $57.00 to $58.00 range last month. The positive relative strength and shakeout pattern indicated a further move to the upside.
Apple -- A Market Leader At A Critical Level
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Over the past year, shares of Apple doubled. With its stock price sitting right at a trendline, this market leader should be watched for clues on the short-term direction of the market.
Apple -- A Market Leader At A Critical Level
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Over the past year, shares of Apple doubled. With its stock price sitting right at a trendline, this market leader should be watched for clues on the short-term direction of the market.
Apple Has A Long Way Ahead
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Apple Inc. has recovered from its historical correction. The indicators and price charts show more appreciation in the share value.
Apple: A Case For Retracement
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While Apple remains in a long-term downward trend, an intermediate-term statistical analysis shows that Apple may be ready to shed some of its excess losses.
Apple: Intial Stages Of A Sizeable Correction?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a weekly and monthly cycle top at around the same time, expect a tradable correction to soon follow.
Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT) - Poised For A Trend Reversal?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Applied Materials, Inc. [AMAT] has started showing signs of strength. Is it a buy?
Applying MIDAS To Daily And Weekly Charts by A. Coles and D. Hawkins
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Applying MIDAS To Daily And Weekly Charts by A. Coles and D. Hawkins In this second part of this series we go one step further by adding deeper insight into price action. SO far, we have explored what technical analyst Paul Levine called the scientifi
April: A Month Of Renewal For the SPX?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Statistically, April is one of the best-performing months for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). It could serve as a springboard for the market to break higher, and it could also take one stock, Carriage Services, even higher than the 75% return it
Aqua America Close To A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Aqua America, one of the strongest stocks in one of the strongest industry groups, is getting close to a buy setup as it pulls back in a strong uptrend.
Are Bonds A Bubble?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many news stories are saying that bonds are in a bubble, seemingly simply because many investors are buying them. Here's a subjective definition to answer the question.
Are Italy iShares Forming A Bottom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...EWI has been trading in a wide range and is oversold as well after a prolonged fall. The bottom formation could be a sign of an upcoming rally.
Are Office Supplies, The Paper Kind, An Indicator Of A Recovery?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...History has shown that when a stock market enters a recovery phase, more paper is used. The reason is simple; invoices, and writing on those invoices, use ink, pens, pencils and other such office supplies, and when that company uses recycled materials, t
Are The QQQQs Close To Being A Short?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can the chart of the Qs tell us which way the market is going?
Are Utilities Signaling A Higher Stock Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The utilities market sector continues to underperform the Standard & Poor's 500. Does this signal higher prices ahead for the broader stock market?
Are We Finally at a Bottom? SPY Buy Setup
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The DeMark sequential is set up to provide a potential buy signal in the SPY.
Are We Seeing a Bottom Hammer?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Since peaking in the mid-twenties, this stock has been free falling to multi-year lows. Now it is trying to hold its previous low -- a candlestick "bottom hammer" -- but will it stick ?
Are You A Gambler Or A Risk Technician?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There's a world of difference between the two.
Are You A Gambler Or A Risk Technician?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There's a world of difference between the two.
Are You Looking For A Bank To Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You have to be strong to buy when prices are bad.
Are You Looking For A Speculative Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Eastman Kodak, once the king of the photograph, is now in the doldrums -- but is it?
Are You Trading For A Living Or Living For A Trade?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sound trading practices wean much of the excitement out of trading.
Are You Trading For A Living Or Living For A Trade?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sound trading practices wean much of the excitement out of trading.
As Broad Market Peaks, A Possible Short For MOT
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When big-name stocks severely lag the broad market indexes, look for possible short setups as the S&P 500 maxes out on the current upswing.
As Gold Stocks Peak, A Possible Short Play With UXG
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Volume is an oft-overlooked technical tool, one that traders can use to help anticipate turns in any market.
Asking The Trillion-Dollar Question: Will There Be A QE3?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...According to economist David Rosenberg, there is an 86% correlation between the size of the Federal Reserve balance sheet (read: stimulus programs) and the S&P 500. Quantitative Easing 2 ends in June. So what then?
Assessing risk on Wall Street by Thomas A. Rorro
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Assessing risk on Wall Street by Thomas A. Rorro We have discussed the Random Walk theory as a philosophy of investing and its technical implications. This final article in the series presents the framework for spreadsheet implementation of the concepts
Assessing risk on Wall Street part 2: Applying the Random Walk by Thomas A. Rorro
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Assessing risk on Wall Street part 2: Applying the Random Walk by Thomas A. Rorro The Random Walk theory lets the investor evaluate the risk of an investment before the investment is made. In the first article in this three-part series, the potential pr
Astec A Profitable Road?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In a rising oil price environment, are our roads becoming too expensive to maintain? What will the substance filling the potholes in the road consist of in the future?
At The Close by John A. Sarkett
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At The Close by John A. Sarkett Here's a turbocharged option strategy. Francisco Antonio Urrutia, a former banker with a penchant for a single index option and risk management, has been generating stupendous returns for the past three years. In this ni
Autos Buckle Up For A Fall
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Auto Parts and Auto Manufacturing indexes are breaking down, and this entails an outsized move for the Auto Parts group.
Autozone At A New High And Climbing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How do you argue with a stock that is making new highs, seemingly week after week? The simple answer is you don't.
Avigen - A Biotechnology Stock Worth Watching
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Has Avigen peaked? The stock gained after an advisory committee of the U.S. National Institute of Health stated it would recommend the initiation of human clinical trials for Avigen's AV201, a gene therapy for advanced Parkinson's disease.
BAND Offers Hope In A Hopeless Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are shifts in how business will be done going forward and this company is in a position to lead.
BCPC, A Reliable Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Balchem Corp. is a steady stock with healthy gains for long-term as well as short-term traders.
BEA Systems Making A Breakout Bid
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...BEA Systems is on the verge of an important breakout after a gap and high-volume surge.
BID On A Bullish Head & Shoulders?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This is a first, certainly for Sotheby's.
BK Final Push To A Cycle High?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a stock's long-term money flow trend is deteriorating, wise traders and investors take notice.
BPZ Hammering Out A Major Low?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the energy sector gradually forms a major low, oil & gas bulls should have little difficulty in locating attractive trade setups.
BVN: Making A Bullish U-Turn?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Comp De Minas Buenaventura took quite a beating over the past two months, but signs of a bullish turnaround are now manifesting.
Backtesting A Mean-Reversion Strategy In Python
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You hear the term "mean reversion" thrown around a lot. What does it really mean and how can you create a mean-reversion strategy you can backtest? Here's a step-by-step gui
Backwardation, Positioning, And Momentum: A Recipe For High-Conviction Trades
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is a long trade setup you can use for trading futures contracts that is based on momentum, COT data, and taking advantage of backwardation situations in futures markets. We'll explain
Ballard Power Systems Back In A Trading Range
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is Ballard Power up for another break past its trading range?
Banking On A Double Bottom For XLF
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The ailing financial sector successfully derailed and shelved the recent market rally off the November lows. The market has become important from the weakening financial sector. XLF has helped lead the assault on the bulls, but now that XLF is testing i
Banking On A Recovery?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An old market adage purports no rally can sustain without leadership of financial and cyclical sectors. During market turns from a bottom and continuation ahead, these leadership sectors must perform or especially outperform the general "market"
Barnes & Noble A Stock To Watch?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The yearly book show in Toronto has been canceled because publishers feel that not enough books are being bought by the public. If that's the case, why is the future bright for this bookseller?
Barrick Makes A Big Break
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Barrick Gold has been outperforming most gold stocks and recently broke to a new 52-week high on good volume.
Basket Trading Using A Directed Acyclic Graph
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When trading a basket of securities, one or two nonconforming stocks will throw your system off track. Here's one way to ensure that the components of your portfolio travel together.
Baxter Int'l Approaches A Potential Price Target
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Baxter International are in the midst of a bullish continuation move at the moment, but this surge higher may be approaching a potential price target.
Becoming A Professional Stock Trader by Don Bright
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Becoming A Professional Stock Trader by Don Bright Are you interested in taking the plunge? Here are some of the things that you should know. It's important to identify the differences between professional trading and retail trading, particularly the n
Becoming A Successful Forex Trader
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You can learn a lot about yourself on the road to making a profit.
Being A Contrarian
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One of the three finalists of the CNBC Million Dollar trading competition was a contrarian.
Berkshire - A Safe Port in a Storm?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks were rocking in 2021. So what changed?
Berkshire - A Safe Port in a Storm?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks were rocking in 2021. So what changed?
Berry Petroleum Caught In A Trading Range
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Berry Petroleum looks to be caught in a trading range but the longer-term trend could indicate an eventual break to the upside.
Best Buy Co. Testing A Double Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the markets bounce, many stocks will try to follow, including Best Buy Co.
Best Buy Making a Break For It
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Best Buy is tracing out an ascending triangle on the daily chart, but the weekly chart suggests that this could just be a reaction rally within a larger downtrend.
Best Buy: The Bid Is A Lonely Hunter
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While some may have longed for a head and shoulders bottom, the July breakdowns in Best Buy add to the saga of retail's woes.
Big Blue Makes A Big Break
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...IBM is leading the market once again with a high-volume breakout.
Biotech ETFs: A Slice Of Medical Science
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are you interested in learning more about using exchange traded funds (ETFs) in your trading? Leslie N. Masonson, an active ETF trader, is president of Cash Management Resources, a financial consulting firm that focuses on ETF strategies. He is the autho
Biovail Makes A Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A resistance breakout on good volume points to higher prices for Biovail.
Birth of a Crude Oil Bull Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Evidence from all four market dimensions imply a bull market has begun for Crude Oil.
Blowing A Trumpet (Formation)
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A trumpet formation is a sign of uncertainty. Is this what is happening to the indexes?
Boeing Co. Tries To Hammer Out A Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Boeing, like many others, fell below its 50-day EMA as the overall markets tunrned south. The hammer signal formed on March 16, hints at a possible bounce here.
Boeing On A Long-Term Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Boeing has been in a strong uptrend for many months. The ascending triangle on the daily charts gives us the target of $74.
Boeing Takes a Dip
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Over the past three months a nicely developed double top has formed for Boeing (BA).
Bollinger Bands & RSI: A Magical Combo
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When combined in uncommon ways, Bollinger Bands and the RSI generate subtle but dependable signals. Here are four ways to combine them to uncover trading opportunities
Bombardier Makes a Strong Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Canada's builder of planes, trains and recreational products has surged past the $5 mark with some conviction but it's a long way back to the old highs of $25.
Bon-Ton: A Beaten-Down Retailer That May Have Bottomed
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Midpriced retailers are likely to do well in the coming months, as their customers get rebate checks under Congress' recently passed stimulus package.
Bonds vs. Stocks: A Historical View by Tim Hayes
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bonds Vs. Stocks: A Historical View by Tom Hayes Relative value is a familiar buzzword when it comes to comparing bonds and stocks. But is it accurate? There are criteria that must be specified for comparisons, as Tim Hayes of Ned Davis Research Inc. po
Boston Pizza Income Fund A Tasty Investment
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When times are tough, traders turns to interest and dividends.
Bottoming Tailbar As A Classic Reversal Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Why the bottoming tailbar is such a powerful reversal signal.
Break Out The Cigars - It's A Flag!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...August was a period of consolidation for the market. Two patterns were in the process of forming, one bullish and one bearish. Score one for the bulls!
Broadcom Signals A Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Having failed brief support at $30, Broadcom dove to $22.50.
Bubblenomics - A Textbook Example?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."For as long as markets have existed, bubbles have formed. And whenever one of those bubbles begins to leak, it typically needs years to deflate, causing enormous economic damage as it does." David Leonhardt, NY Times September 2008.
Bucking For A Bounce?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A rebound from intraday lows sets up the possibility of higher prices in stocks by the Memorial Day weekend.
Bucking For A Breakout?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does the triangular consolidation in the hourly chart of the S&P 500 suggest that a significant move to the upside is likely in the near term?
Buffett Indicator Takes a Pause - Should we be concerned?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A quick look at the market in charts
Build A Better Moving Average
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is it possible to have a moving average that minimizes zigzags and powers through the occasional price spike?
Building A Better Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In the days after the market meltdown, the Standard & Poor's 500 continues to forge a bottom from oversold conditions and positive divergences.
Building A Better Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How Donchian channels can help separate great, don't-look-back breakouts from merely good ones.
Building A Custom Sentiment Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders always welcome trading signals generated by their indicators. Often, these indicators are based on price and volume, but with the surge in social media, it may be worth your while to pay attention to what the general sentiment is to an equity, fu
Building A Profitable Home Construction Portfolio
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After the real estate bubble burst, homebuilding stocks suffered a multiyear drubbing. But the landscape has changed and things are looking up, especially for the industry leaders.
Building A Trading Template by Girogos Siligardos
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Building A Trading Template by Girogos Siligardos A template makes things so much easier for so many things, trading included. What should you build into yours to manage your trading? roper trade management and money management are a must for all types
Building A Trend-Following System
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does filtering trade entries with a volume flow indicator improve the performance of a moving average crossover system when used in a trend-following strategy? Here's a test to find out
Building A Variable-Length Moving Average by George R. Arrington, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Building A Variable-Length Moving Average by George R. Arrington, Ph.D. Of the tools in the technician's arsenal, the moving average is one of the most popular. It is used to eliminate minor fluctuations in prices, filter data noise and identify any und
Building A Workable Trading Model by Seth Weinstein
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:2 (32-35): Building A Workable Trading Model by Seth Weinstein Having trouble designing a successful trading system? Here's how you can develop a robust, non?curve fitted system for trading. Statistical models allow you to re
Building a trading system by Frank Alfonso
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Building a trading system by Frank Alfonso Dramatic world events will continue to produce uncertainty in today's global financial markets, and most trading experts will agree that some form of technical strategy is necessary to reduce this information e
Bullish Belt Holds Bolster A Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A series of bullish candlesticks hints that we may have reached capitulation and that the market could be setting up a double-bottom pattern.
Bullish Percent is a Good Barometer of the Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bullish percent is the percentage of stocks that are on buy signals at any given point in time. By watching for certain patterns, investors can interpret what type of market - bull or bear - we are in before it is too late.
Buy & Sell Pressure And A Faster RSI
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Most of you are familiar with the relative strength index (RSI), but are you taking full advantage of it? Here, we deconstruct the RSI to lead to a more intuitive and symmetrical gauge of buying and selling pressure and a more responsive indicator
Buy Facebook After A Disastrous Start?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is it finally time to buy after a disastrous listing?
Buy Retailers For A Seasonal Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Thanksgiving and Christmas seasonal trades are well known. But this same idea can be applied to sectors, and we find a surprising seasonal strategy for January.
Buy When In A Correction
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When everyone is selling, that is when you should buy. The problem is, what do you buy?
Buying A Put
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, recently wrote a tweet that has triggered a federal lawsuit. What's in store for the stock?
Buying A Stairway To Heaven
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Incredible mania of the US stock market.
Buying For A Risky Yield
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market is due for a correction. The maxim "Sell in May and go away" is on everyone's mind. So what do you buy?
Buying For A Risky Yield, Part 2
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Previously, I wrote suggesting a high-risk purchase of Royal Bank of Scotland Preferred ADRs as a high-yield investment. Here's another preferred share to look at that is also paying a yield of about 15%.
Buying In A Confusingly Awful Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."When in doubt, stay out." So goes the saying, and with markets as confusing as they are now, this is probably the best strategy to take.
Buying Into The Nasdaq On A Dip
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One of the key elements of swing trading and the lowest risk method of trading is buying on a retracement to the main trend. The Nasdaq composite has been correcting for the last few days -- at which levels should you buy back in?
Buying Strength In A Time Of Weakness
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the SPX faltering and weakness setting in? If it is, now may be the time to identify strength to spot tomorrow's new stock leaders.
Buying The Loonie As A Stock Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using ETFs, stock traders can take advantage of currency trends.
CAKE To Plunge A Few Layers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An ascending rally of Cheesecake Factory is showing reversal signs.
CBOE 10-Year Treasury Note Is In A Short-Term Congestion
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Prices are testing the 2004 high.
CBS, A Stock To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The recent head & shoulders pattern of the DJIA appears to have failed. This should not put you off H&S analysis. Here's a stock with an inverse H&S pattern that looks very interesting.
CF Industries At A Three-Year High
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some stocks were hardly even scratched by the July/August swoon in the broad markets.
CHS: Setting Up For A Short?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Chico's Fas Inc. have been struggling to regain lost ground in the wake of its summertime sell-off, but its near-term pathway looks to be back down to test a key support level.
CISCO, Filling A Gap With A Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With a hurricane in the air, the market closed for four days, and with Cisco looking like a promising buy, if and when do you go for growth or a safer investment?
CISCO, Filling A Gap With A Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With a hurricane in the air, the market closed for four days, and with Cisco looking like a promising buy, if and when do you go for growth or a safer investment?
CORNERSTONE OF TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: The Dow Theory by Timothy A. Maguire
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...CORNERSTONE OF TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: The Dow Theory by Timothy A. Maguire ""The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance."" (Samuel Adams, 1771) Historical Perspective Charles
COT Indicator Says Market Still A Buy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As non-priced based indicators go, the Commitment of Traders' positions are as good as some, better than most. The indicator gave a buy signal on the S&P 500 in early October that was confirmed to still be in force by this week's data.
COT Trend Could Spell A Forthcoming Bottom In Crude Oil
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Market sentiment says a rebound in oil prices is likely.
CRY Daily Breakout Within A Major Monthly Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A price channel breakout isn't all than uncommon, but when one occurs in the midst of an ongoing, major monthly based cyclical move, it deserves a close look.
Cabela's Inc. Ready For A Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cabela is a stock to watch. The potential bullish breakout is likely to attract many traders.
Calamos Convertible And High Income A Good Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Calamos Convertible and High Income has an 8.7% annual distribution rate at present prices. Is it worth our attention?
Calculating Momentum A New Way by Darryl W. Maddox
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Calculating Momentum A New Way by Darryl W. Maddox Traditionally, the calculation of market momentum has been a difference calculation. Thus, a momentum indicator for the Dow Jones Industrial Average is calculated by subtracting the closing value on one
Calendar Spreads With Dan Sheridan by John A. Sarkett
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 25:5 (18-26): Calendar Sprerads With Dan Sheridan by John A. Sarkett In the first part of a series based on a seminar on option strategies with Dan Sheridan, we take a look at calendar spreads. Options and seminars go together l
Cameco Offers A Convincing Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cameco Corp., one of the uranium industry's hottest growth stories from 2002 to 2007, has just made a bullish break from a five-week-old basing pattern.
Can A Stochastic Indicator Be A Trading System?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are signals from the ever-popular stochastic oscillator reliable enough to be used in a trading system? This test might help you decide
Can A Stochastic Indicator Be A Trading System?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are signals from the ever-popular stochastic oscillator reliable enough to be used in a trading system? This test might help you decide
Can AAPL Make A New High?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Price cycle analysis correctly anticipated the recent 11% decline in shares of Apple Inc. So what are the cycles in this stock predicting next?
Can CNQ Make A New High?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Canadian Natural Resources made a double top at its highest level last year. Will it make a new high in its current period?
Can Financials Provide Warning Of A Market Top?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In past market tops, the financial sector has turned down first. It happened in the October 1987 meltdown and again at the 2000 top. So how has the financial sector been doing lately?
Can Price Patterns Be Objective Tools? Recognia's Kathryn St. John Tells You by J. Gopalakrishnan a
Can RGNC Become A Strong Bullish Stock?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...RGNC has moved up from the descending triangle. But is this reversal breakout robust enough to climb back up to the bullish levels?
Can RPRX Surge In A Bullish Zone?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Repros Therapeutics has a few resistance levels and gaps to fill.
Can Relative Strength Be Used In Portfolio Management? by J. Lewis, M. Moody, H. Parker, & A. Hyer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:9 (24-29): Can Relative Strength Be Used In Portfolio Management? by J. Lewis, M. Moody, H. Parker, & A. Hyer The concept of relative strength is part of the foundation of technical analysis, but can it be used successfully wh
Can You Spot A Ten-Bagger In Advance?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Analyst Peter Lynch noted the really big money comes from finding the biggest potential winners. Are there real-time tools that could help buy winners before they run higher?
Can you draw a straight line? by Ron Jaenisch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can you draw a straight line? by Ron Jaenisch The stock market has reached record highs and the markets are dominated by large financial institutions with vast computer systems to aid them in their decision making. If the average investor turns to the e
Canadian Nickel Giant, Inco Ltd. At A Crossroads
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The world's second largest nickel producer is at a crucial point in its chart formation.
Canadian Oil & Gas Giant Tries A Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Imperial Oil Ltd.'s daily chart suggests an upleg has begun.
Candlesticks As A Leading Indicator by Gary S. Wagner and Bradley L. Matheny
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Candlesticks As A Leading Indicator by Gary S. Wagner and Bradley L. Matheny Most technical indicators are coincident with the market - that is, the indicators do not forecast market turns but only turn if the market turns. Certain candlestick formation
Canfor Corporation Tries a Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This Canadian forest products company is trying a bounce off trendline support.
CarMax: A Buy After A Mini-Decline?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Buying/selling pullbacks near short-term oversold/overbought extremes can still be a viable trading strategy.
CarMax: A Buy After A Mini-Decline?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Buying/selling pullbacks near short-term oversold/overbought extremes can still be a viable trading strategy.
Cardero Makes A Major Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cardero Resource Corp., based in Vancouver, BC, may be a relatively small iron ore/precious metals and exploration firm, but its stock has just made a major-league, bullish breakout.
Carpenter Technology Due For A Bounce?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trying to catch a falling knife usually isn't wise, but it's still smart to be prepared for an upside reversal in a stock that has had a normal pullback.
Cascade Bancorp Has A Bullish Engulfing Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...CACB is in an intermediate downtrend. Will a bullish engulfing pattern really offer a reliable buying opportunity?
Celgene, A Multinational Biopharma
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Investing in pharmaceutical companies can be risky, especially when patents are due to expire or more efficient drugs hit the market.
Changing tides in the investment software market by Thomas A. Rorro
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Changing tides in the investment software market by Thomas A. Rorro Remarkably, the investment software industry is on the threshold of a major transition. In the near future, it will no longer be economical to buy investment software. Instead you will
Charles Schwab: Make A Buck With Chuck?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The RMO swing trade system in MetaStock 11 is going long shares of Charles Schwab -- should you also be going long for the ride?
Check Your Options Before You Put On A Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Buying at-the-money puts with favorable vega to theta ratios can make sense, but only in certain circumstances.
CheckPoint Makes A Big Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After turning rather boring in September and most of October, Checkpoint Systems came back to life with a resistance breakout on big volume.
Chevron Corp. : A New 52-Week High
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Chevron Corp. have posted a fresh 52-week high; is there much upside potential remaining before a correction?
Chevron: Nearing A Major Turn?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Chevron Corp. have been trending lower for the past four weeks. Will its 200-day moving average once again act as major support?
ChevronTexaco Corp. is Stuck in a Trading Range
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...ChevronTexaco Corp. has been stuck in a tight trading range the past few weeks. The stock's 50-day moving average, long-term downtrend line and a developing triple top formation are acting as resistance at the top of this trading range.
Chi Squared by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Chi Squared by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. Just how meaningful are statistics? Arthur Merrill explains how to find out. If records show that market behavior exhibited more rises than declines at a certain time in the past, could it have been by chance? Y
China Large Caps Set For A Rebound
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The major selling panic seen in large-cap Chinese stocks since April 2015 is over — for the next few weeks, anyway.
Choosing A Binary Option Provider
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What are binary options and what should you look for-and avoid-in a provider? Here's a rundown
Choosing A Time Bar Length In Intraday Trading by Cynthia Kase
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Choosing A Time Bar Length In Intraday Trading by Cynthia Kase Most intraday technical traders use charts based on hours or fractions of an hour. Most trading days, however, don't divide evenly into hours or conventional time fractions such as 30 or 45
Choosing A Trading Method
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The advantage of technical analysis methods is their objectivity, allowing you to test them and compare their performance. Here's a demonstration
Ciena Signals A Continuation Higher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While the Nasdaqs are trading well above their January 2003 highs, Ciena (CIEN) has struggled most of 2003 and only recently moved above its January 2003 reaction high. The stock forged a 52-week high this month and the recent breakout projects higher pr
Cisco Offers A Low Risk Buying Opportunity
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cisco moved down sharply in the initial part of the recent correction and has been moving sideways since. As the indicators start showing divergence with price, it is likely that the bears are getting exhausted.
Cisco Systems Bottoms Out Into A Basing Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Leaders of a previous bull market often get slaughtered in the subsequent bear market, and that is exactly what happened to technology stocks and to Cisco Systems.
Cisco Systems Retraces To A Buying Opportunity
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This networking leader soared with the markets off October lows only to be stopped by a double top. Now it has made a retracement to a likely key support area.
Citigroup Breaks Down From A Broadening Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Financial stocks are generally the first casualty of rising interest rates. Citigroup's (C) chart has broken down from a broadening top and is likely to see lower levels in the days to come.
Citigroup Breaks a Three Year Trendline
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does Citigroup (C) have enough power to keep on going?
Citigroup Is A Buy Opportunity
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock has been hit by bad news underperforming the sector. Buying supports could be a profitable strategy.
Citigroup: A Trend Is About To Emerge
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Prices have no directionality and low volatility, providing the expectation for a new trend to be born soon.
Classic Reversal: A Double Bottom by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Classic Reversal: A Double Bottom by Thom Hartle The major commercial interests are involved in markets as a business. Large amounts of money are committed to managing the risk that is faced by these companies. Companies on the cash side of markets will
Closing Arms by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Closing Arms by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. The Arms index has been verified, deified, and even modified, certainly within the pages of STOCKS & COMMODITIES. Now the index is examined again, this time by noted veteran technician Arthur Merrill, to find ou
Closing Tick by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Closing Tick by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. Buyers' market or sellers' market? Counting the upticks and downticks can give you a clue, Merrill says. Are buyers reaching for stock? Do they have to bid a price higher than the last price given (an uptick)? O
Coach, A Share To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On October 28, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. (EDT), Coach, Inc. (COH) held a conference call to discuss the company's first quarter results.
CoinBase As A Crypto Play
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the recent surge in Bitcoin prices, there are other stocks out there that may ride the rise in crypto, one such is Coinbase Global, Inc. (COIN).
Coke Gets A Leg Up On Pepsi
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Coca-Cola performed poorly in 2004, but the stock has recovered in 2005 to fill a gap and start outperforming Pepsi.
Combining A/D Indicators And Volume Patterns by V. Kalitowski and A. von Stuermer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:12 (18-27): Combining A/D Indicators And Volume Patterns by V. Kalitowski and A. von Stuermer Here's a novel approach to market timing that can forecast mid-term runs on the S&P 500. There are certain critical advance and dec
Combining DMI and Moving Average For A EUR/USD Trading System by Rombout Keerstens
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Combining DMI and Moving Average For A EUR/USD Trading System by Rombout Keerstens Here is a simple trend-following system where profits are realized in a relatively small number of lucrative trades. IN a world in which we are inundated with informati
Combining Guppy Averages With A Winning Trading System
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Filtering your trading system's output with Guppy moving averages can help keep you on the right side of most major market moves.
Commitments of Traders as a sentiment indicator By Stephen E. Briese
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Commitments of Traders as a sentiment indicator By Stephen E. Briese In the past, conventional market sentiment indicators have been criticized for deficiencies such as the delay involved in reading market letters, weighing their content, estimating the
Commodity Market Ready For A Correction
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Statistical analysis is used to show that the commodity market remains in a long-term uptrend, but that it is ready to correct for its recent gains.
Comparative Risk Transfer Method by Richard A. Harrison
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Comparative Risk Transfer Method by Richard A. Harrison It would be nice to get the higher returns of a speculative investment like a managed futures fund, but they're just too risky."" Is that statement familiar? There is a method that allows an invest
CompuTrac makes technical analysis a SNAP! by Steve Notis
Compuware Corporation At A Critical Point
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The daily chart of Compuware (CPWR) shows an intriguing 6-month ascending triangle. The volume on this triangle is far from perfect; however, it does diminish from left to right.
Confessions of a Speculator: Why Losses Occur by JESSE H. THOMPSON/Technical Analysis staff writer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Confessions of a Speculator: Why Losses Occur by JESSE H. THOMPSON/ Technical Analysis staff writer ""The Markets"", whether envisioned as the stock markets, the futures markets or any of the myriad forms and reflections of price activity, are all somew
Confessions of a technical heretic by Grant Noble
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Confessions of a technical heretic by Grant Noble Recently, I chatted with someone who runs a fairly well-known advisory service. He mentioned that one client tested more than 700 computerized systems and came to the conclusion that some worked well in
ConocoPhillips Becomes A Weak Bull
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Statistical analysis shows that ConocoPhillips has fallen from the category of the "strong bullish" trend and has joined the list of those energy stocks in the "weak bullish" category.
Consensus indicators by Arthur A. Merrill
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Consensus indicators by Arthur A. Merrill There are scores of indicators and, at the same moment, some present an optimistic picture of the future while others are predicting trouble. Which indicator should be watched most carefully? When two indicators
Consider Sector-Rotation ETFs? A Second Look After 5 Years
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sector rotation strategies and enthusiasm are alive and well. And six ETFs have joined the existing four in this tiny market niche. But one fact has not changed: There is approximately a 30 percentage-point difference between the annual performance of th
Consol Energy Intraday Play Based On A Daily Swing Setup
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In the wake of Consol Energy's 84% plunge, the stock of one of the US's largest coal miners is setting up for a low-risk intraday move.
Consolidated Ecoprogress Forming A Cup Without A Handle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the world faces a growing landfill crisis, there is increased public awareness that if life on this planet is to be enjoyed for years to come, we need to conserve and preserve our limited resources.
Consolidated Ecoprogress Forming A Cup Without A Handle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the world faces a growing landfill crisis, there is increased public awareness that if life on this planet is to be enjoyed for years to come, we need to conserve and preserve our limited resources.
Constellation Energy Group And A Low Risk In A Volatile Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the market having lost nearly 10% in recent weeks, safety should be a consideration for all investors.
Constellation Energy Group And A Low Risk In A Volatile Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the market having lost nearly 10% in recent weeks, safety should be a consideration for all investors.
Continental Airlines Prints A Broadening Formation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The airline stock is tagging the upper trendline of a broadening formation, and volatility is increasing.
Correlation As A Cycle Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As traders know, markets have trend modes and cyclic (mean-reversion) modes. Last month, we introduced a new indicator--the trend correlation indicator--for trend trading, based on a straightforward yet novel concept. This month, we follow up with a seco
Correlation As A Trend Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here, we introduce a new indicator: the correlation trend indicator. It could help you to identify the onset of a trend. It could also help you to detect the failure of a trend--thereby giving you an indication that a cyclic mode may be beginning
Costco - A Solid Stock in a Storm?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As we learn every time there is panic in markets, correlation for most, if not all asset classes, goes to one. But there are a few survivors in the fray. Here is one stock.
Costco - A Solid Stock in a Storm?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As we learn every time there is panic in markets, correlation for most, if not all asset classes, goes to one. But there are a few survivors in the fray. Here is one stock.
Could MB Financial Undergo A Pullback?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A bullish flag & pennant pattern failed as MBFI dropped toward its low pivot. If a double bottom is formed, could the stock witness a relief rally?
Could One Stock Provide A Reliable Bubble Meter?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In 1989, one stock provided an accurate warning that something was amiss with the Nikkei 225 index. It did so again in 1999, months before the peak in US stocks. Is the most recent peak a warning that should not be ignored?
Could One Stock Provide A Reliable Bubble Meter?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In 1989, one stock gave an accurate warning that something was amiss with the Nikkei 225 index. It did so again in 1999, months before the peak in US stocks. Is the most recent peak a warning that should not be ignored?
Could Symantec be Ripe for a Fall?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why this technology stock could decline forty percent in one year.
Could Transports Climb A Wall Of Worry?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the news dominated by airlines entering bankruptcy and oil stubbornly clinging to record levels, this may be a good time for contrarians to look at transportation stocks.
Create A Hybrid Indicator by Jim Ritter
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Create A Hybrid Indicator by Jim Ritter Interested in creating an indicator with a little bit of this from one kind of indicator and a little bit of that from another? Well, you're in luck. This may be your solution. Technical indicators are tools, and
Creating A Synthetic Security by Jean-Olivier Fraisse, C.F.A.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Creating A Synthetic Security by Jean-Olivier Fraisse, C.F.A. Experienced investors know their goal is to maximize returns while minimizing risk. The smaller the capital invested for a profit is, the higher the return is. Using synthetic securities may
Customer Option Activity by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Customer Option Activity by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. The Options Clearing Corporation issues a weekly report to subscribers that lists the totals of options bought and sold on all exchanges nationwide. The transactions are segregated by customer, marke
Cycle Analysis: A comparison of the Fourier and Maximum Entropy methods by John F. Ehler
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cycle Analysis: A comparison of the Fourier and Maximum Entropy methods by John F. Ehler The motivation for reducing price history to a mathematical expression is clear. If we can describe the prices mathematically, we have the means to extend the equat
Cycles & Patterns: A Look at Microsoft
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Microsoft has always reported good earnings and met their earnings whisper number, yet, before every earnings announcement, there has always been speculation that 'this time they will miss.' Now that their legal case with the government has be
DAL: A Touch And Go - Higher?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Up by more than 400% between September 2102 and June 2014, shares of Delta Airlines Inc. appear poised for a soft landing prior to another run higher.
DANG: A Prime Long Re-Entry Point?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of E-Commerce China Dangdang Inc. have covered a great deal of ground over the past nine weeks, with a new buying opportunity now appearing.
DELL Waiting For A Buy Trigger
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Having sold off hard during May 2012, shares of Dell may be ready for a short-term bounce up toward resistance.
DFS And A Reversal Of Fortunes?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some market reversal situations inspire more confidence than others, and this just may be one of them.
DK Ready For A Fresh Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A breakout rally of Delek US Holding stock is likely to start another strong bullish trend.
Data Smoothing using a Kalman Filter by Vince Banes
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Data Smoothing using a Kalman Filter by Vince Banes ""The analysis of continuous pricing information works well with this form of filtering"" The concept of optimum estimation was introduced by Dr. R.E. Kalman in 1960. The first major application of hi
Death of a Bull Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How to trade US stocks at the beginning of 2019.
December Coffee: A Case of False Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After spending the past two months trading in a range between 78 and 85, December coffee experienced a brief upside breakout that led to a dramatic reversal and new 52-week lows.
December Crude Oil is Stuck in a Trading Range
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...December crude oil has been stuck in a week-long trading range since selling off late last month. A break out of this trading range will determine whether or not prices continue their downward trend.
Dell Corrects In A Downward Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Strong stocks tend to correct in sideways channels. Divergence in the MACD histogram and the stock price are a signal that the consolidation may be ending and the next move is likely to be a continuation move.
Delta Forms A Bullish Pennant
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Delta Airlines surged in mid-July with a sharp advance on high volume. A pennant formed to signal a rest along the way, and traders should watch for a continuation breakout.
Designing A Money Management Strategy by Ray Overholser,O.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Designing A Money Management Strategy Using Volatility-Based Stops And The Kelly Criterion by Ray Overholser,O.D. Sorting out the criteria for a coherent money management plan is a complex, detailed job. Using a spreadsheet to keep track of the logic h
Designing A Personal Neural Net Trading System by James Stakelum
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Designing A Personal Neural Net Trading System by James Stakelum What goes through the mind of someone designing a neural network trading system? Last month, James Stakelum explained some of the steps involved in putting together a neural network. This
Designing A System To Survive A Bear Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Designing a winning trading system, one that can survive a bear market as well as thrive during a bull market, takes a great deal of planning, testing, and self-examination.
Designing A System To Survive A Bear Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Designing a winning trading system, one that can survive a bear market as well as thrive during a bull market, takes a great deal of planning, testing, and self-examination.
Detecting a dependent process by Clifford J. Sherry Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Detecting a dependent process by Clifford J. Sherry Ph.D. If you know the price of a commodity today, can you predict what the price will be tomorrow? Can you predict whether the price will increase or decrease? Dr. Sherry proposes a statistical method
Developing A Model With Auction Market Theory by Donald L. Jones
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Developing A Model With Auction Market Theory by Donald L. Jones Here's an intraday trading model that uses auction market theory. A tenet of auction market theory is the unpredictability of the markets. An auction market model is built from market kno
Developing A Multilevel Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...HereÕs an automated trading strategy that can be used to trade currency pairs.
Developing A System by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Developing A System by John Sweeney The great thing about many of the new trading support systems is that they facilitate the respectable practice of ""dinking around"": that process of tweaking every crazy idea that strikes one until something producti
Developing A Trading Strategy by Frank McGuff
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Developing A Trading Strategy by Frank McGuff Trading strategies have several required characteristics, ranging from the ability to provide clear, unambiguous signals to the ability to validate each trade against the strategy. Developing and validating
Developing A Trading System by Curtis Arnold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Developing A Trading System by Curtis Arnold Successful trading is built upon using a dependable trading method. What is a good trading method? It is simply a set of rules that cover the important aspects of trading, such as trend identification, entry
Developing A Trading System by Dennis D. Peterson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Developing A Trading System by Dennis D. Peterson If you've ever tried it, you know that developing a trading system is no easy task. But you may find that following a series of steps could help you reduce the learning curve. Here's an example. There a
Developing A Trend-Following Strategy For Futures Based On Price Channels
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Which futures markets work well with using price channels to identify entries and exits? Here's a test to find out using an example trend-following strategy
Developing And Testing A Trading Strategy From The Vault
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A dive into this magazine's vast article archives can provide you with myriad ideas for trading strategies to develop and test. Here's an example of doing just that by returning to the very first issue of this magazine to pull out a trading idea. Will it
Developing Systems With a Rule-Based Approach by Jeffrey Owen Katz
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Developing Systems With a Rule-Based Approach by Jeffrey Owen Katz This month, Katz discusses a trading system he developed using a rule-based approach. Previously, I explored the development of simple rule-based trading systems. Specifically, I looke
Developing a personal trading style The Wyckoff method of trading Part 14 by Jack K. Hutson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Developing a personal trading style The Wyckoff method of trading Part 14 by Jack K. Hutson Trading the stock market with the Wyckoff Method is as much a test of personality and personal perseverance as it is a test of analytic education. Wyckoff was st
Devon Energy Closing In On A Major Low?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Devon Energy appear to be getting close to an important price reversal area, and with numerous technical dynamics aligning in bullish fashion, the anticipated rally in this large-cap energy player's stock could provide plenty of opportunit
Diamonds Are A Trader's Best Friend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The diamond pattern is a classic chart formation yet it is often misunderstood and underestimated. Here's a deep dive into diamonds
Diary Of A Strangle by Charles Steiner
Digene Takes A Nose-Dive
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A double top on Digene Corp.'s weekly chart may change the stock's trend.
Digital River Incorporated is Ready to Take a Plunge
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A five-month head and shoulder formation signals a possible shorting opportunity for Digital River, Inc. (DRIV).
Dissecting A Winning Trade by Brett Grendahl
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 25:3 (50-53): Dissecting A Winning Trade by Brett Grendahl There's a good reason you should keep a trading journal: analyzing your previous trades helps you understand what you're doing. One of the best ways to find winning trad
Do ESG Funds Rate A Place In Your Portfolio?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The category of "environmental, social, and governance funds" have become a mainstay in fund offerings. Do they offer a compelling investment choice? Here's a lo
Do ESG Stocks Rate A Place in Your Portfolio?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Environmental, Social and Governance funds have changed the trading game. But do they really offer a compelling investment case?
Do High TRIN Values Mean A Temporary Pause In Selloff?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The ARMS index — also known as TRIN, or the trader's index — is a valuable tool for those attempting to measure the likelihood of broad market reversal and consolidation phases. Right now, the NYSE TRIN may be suggesting a tempor
Do The Indexes Call For A Correction?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We know that a correction is on the cards. But what do the daily indexes tell us?
Do Weak Sector Funds Have A Head Start On The Summer Selloff?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the broad US markets prepare for a summer corrective move, traders shorting the stocks from the weakest industry groups might have a distinct market edge.
Do You Buy On A Share Split?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Whenever a company announces a share split, my ears perk up.
Do You Buy When A Head & Shouders Has Bottomed?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a head & shoulders pattern has hit the target suggested by the pattern, do you buy the share or do you wait for a more definite buy signal?
Do You Enjoy A Coffee?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Enjoying an early morning coffee is always a pleasure.
Do You Want To Buy A Bank?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We all know that banks caused the recent market meltdown, and that they are now under close scrutiny to make sure that their greed is controlled.
Does Forecasting Have A Place In Your System?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are three ways to forecast: taking a gamble, making an engineered calculation, and using historical insight. You need to combine all three elements to come up with a well-balanced trading system. Here's how.
Does Hasbro Have A Cycle To Trade?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This toy manufacturer's chart shows an interesting cycle.
Does The Market Have A Personality? by James Kellndorfer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does The Market Have A Personality? by James Kellndorfer Here's a look at how you can convert the NYSE's tick into a sentiment indicator using statistical analysis. Along with the other US stock exchanges, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) provides in
Does The S&P 500 Have A Seasonal Shot At 1220?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock market is truly independent with no real agenda to push, and very hard to get a straight answer from at times. But it may be tipping its hand, offering traders a fairly low-risk long setup.
Double Bottoms Plus a Cup & Handle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It looks like Goodyear Tire & Rubber has finally established a bottom via an intriguing looking pattern.
Double Calendars And Condors by John A. Sarkett
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 25:6 (36-39): Double Calendars And Condors by John A. Sarkett In this, the second part of a series based on an option seminar with trader Dan Sheridan, we look at the double calendar and condor strategies. With a stock at 50, an
Double Diagonals And Butterfly Spreads by John A. Sarkett
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading With Dan Sheridan (Part 3) Double Diagonals And Butterfly Spreads by John A. Sarkett The third part of this series with trader Dan Sheridan looks at double diagonals with long, protective wings one or more months out from the short options, as
Dow Transports Make A Statement
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Surging over the last few weeks, the Dow Jones Transportation Average is knocking on neckline resistance, and a breakout would be Dow theory bullish.
Down Five Weeks In A Row -- What's Next?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stock market indexes have fallen five weeks in a row. Backtesting can show if that is bullish or bearish.
Driving A Wedge Into The Bull?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bad news/good stock action is a good omen. Good news/bad action usually spells trouble.
DuPont Gears Up For A Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...DuPont gears up for a move, and we should be ready for it.
Dundee Precious Metals And A Play In Gold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The price of gold has become a US dollar play, and with the US dollar expected to drop a further 16%, gold should rise. Here's a stock worth looking at.
ENDP: Prepping for a Breakdown?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a well-defined, major consolidation fails to result in a continuation of the previous trend, look for a high probability move in the opposite direction.
EUR/USD In A Tight Trading Range
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A trend is about to emerge in the short and intermediate time frames. A breakout technique might prove to be effective.
Earthlink Heading For A Cycle Low Near $7?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With shares of Earthlink failing to take out their February 2012 high, is this stock now destined to drop down toward $7 again?
Ecolab, A Stock That's Bucking The Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the S&P 500 at or near a potentially strong support area, now is the time to look for quick in-and-out long trade setups.
Election 2004: A Tale Of Two Tops
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The nine-month trading range of 2004 resembles a similarly extended trading range from 2000.
Emera, Inc. A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is investing in clean power the way to go in the future?
Energy Sector and S&P 500: A Look At Pairwise Correlation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can you develop a trading strategy out of a correlation pattern between two assets? Here we analyze the movement of the S&P 500 index with its various sectors to find out if any correlation patterns stand out
Entergy Looks Like A Major Slide Ahead
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trying to catch a falling knife isn't usually a good idea in the kitchen, nor is it a suggested stock market strategy -- most of the time.
Equivolume Using A Spreadsheet Program by James Leahy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Equivolume Using A Spreadsheet Program by James Leahy Equivolume charting, which permits plotting price movements vs. volume instead of time, can be plotted by hand or with one of several charting programs, but a plain spreadsheet program on your person
Euro Index Hits A Milestone, Warning Of A Possible US Market Turn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Euro Index bounce could reflect the US Dollar Index and the major US indexes topping.
Euro Index Hits A Milestone, Warning Of A Possible US Market Turn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Euro Index bounce could reflect the US Dollar Index and the major US indexes topping.
Euro Ripe For A Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The euro has endured a healthy correction since late December and appears poised to resume the uptrend.
European Telecom Giant Shows A Mature Basing Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Deutsche Telekom is a huge international player in the wireless market, with international holdings that include T-Mobile in the US.
Even In A Bear Market, Opportunity Abounds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Think it's difficult to make money in a bear market? Turn that frown upside down -- use the dips like rallies with put options.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Choosing a Broker But Were Afraid to Ask
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here are some steps to follow and questions to ask when thinking about choosing a futures broker.
Evolution of a Timing Model by Nelson Freeburg
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Evolution of a Timing Model by Nelson Freeburg How does a trading model evolve? Formula Research newsletter publisher Nelson Freeburg discusses the evolution of a trading model and explains such concepts as out-of-sample testing, parameter sensitivity t
Exorcise fear of a depression by Charles Bebber
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Exorcise fear of a depression by Charles Bebber Not surprisingly, economic reports in the weeks following the stock market's Black Monday bristled with references to pessimism, alarm and failure of confidence. Contemporary economic thought has long take
Exploring Charting Techniques: Creating A Trading Strategy, Part 3
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Creating our own indicators and turning them into a trading strategy is something all technical analysts strive to do. Unfortunately, a lack of programming skills can often discourage us from accomplishing this. But there are ways to get around it. Here'
ExxonMobil: A Successful Oil Company
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A false breakout to the upside for ExxonMobil brings prices back into the trading range.
FCX : Close to a Major Turn?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Down by 50% over the past two years, shares of Freeport-McMoran Copper and Gold may be closing in on an important multicycle low.
FCX Sliding Toward A Bottom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For a large-cap stock, Freeport McMoran can really make some aggressive moves. Will its latest slide soon find meaningful support near $34?
FOURlER ANALYSIS! IN A NUTSHELL FASTER and BETTER by Anthony Warren Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...FOURlER ANALYSIS! IN A NUTSHELL FASTER and BETTER by Anthony Warren Ph.D. For those individuals who are currently using Fourier Spectrum analysis, this article describes some techniques that make the analysis easier to perform and the spectral plots eas
FTI Consulting Takes A Long Rest
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a long consolidation, FTI Consulting is showing signs of life and continuation higher looks imminent.
FXI Surges As China Axes A Tax
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Chinese stocks have been under enormous pressure since October, declining by almost 50% as represented on the Shanghai Composite Index ($SSEC). But could tax relief on equity trading stop the Chinese stock market from bleeding? The answer may be found on
Facebook: A Pause Before A New Multi-Month High?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Facebook shares continue to remain strong, shrugging off the recent weakness in the broad markets with ease. Is a correction overdue or does this stock still have more ground to gain?
Facebook: A Pause Before A New Multi-Month High?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Facebook shares continue to remain strong, shrugging off the recent weakness in the broad markets with ease. Is a correction overdue or does this stock still have more ground to gain?
Failure Of A Bottoming Out Pattern In Peoplesoft Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Peoplesoft Inc. was forming a head and shoulders pattern on the weekly chart, indicating a bottom formation. But the pattern seems to be failing as prices refuse to cross the neckline.
Falling Off A Cliff
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Spot a disaster stock before disaster strikes.
FedEx Bursting Higher From A Range?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Staying on top of the trend reversals and changes in the markets you follow is of vital importance. Here's a look at a smart way to keep track of them.
Feels Like A Fourth
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The tilt-a-whirl action in the S&P 500 over the second half of April is reminiscent of a fourth-wave type of complex correction. ...
Fibonacci Levels Show S&P 500 At A Turning Point
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market is caught between Fibonacci support and resistance levels, with bulls and bears battling for control.
Fibonacci, Trading Ranges, And A Semiconductor Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Where will the falling Philadelphia Semiconductor Index find support?
Fidelity Select Gold A Lagging Fund?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While the price of gold has been hanging on to the majority of the gains made during its massive decade-long run, the values of gold stocks have already begun a significant corrective process.
Fifth Of A Fifth?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Has the S&P 500 just begun its last surge higher?
Filling A Facebook Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Over the past week, Facebook shares closed above its IPO price.
Filtering Trades With A Moving Average Slope by Adam White
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Filtering Trades With A Moving Average Slope by Adam White Moving averages are attractive because they simply and reliably execute the ""cut your losses and let your profits run"" strategy. Moving averages also have drawbacks, however, in that they disc
Finally A Bottom For Stillwater Mining?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After retracing 80% of the last major rally, shares of Stillwater Mining may finally have made a major multicycle low.
Finally! A Buy & Hold Sell Signal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When should you sell a long-term holding? Here's a trading setup that answers that question
Finding A Winner
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the "Sell in May" mantra on everyone's mind as many traders go on holiday, is it worth trading the market at the moment?
Finding Buys In A Bear Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As markets continue to plummet and volatility increases, stocks in tight trading ranges can offer safety and potential upside.
Finding Cycles In Time Series Data by A. Bruce Johnson, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Finding Cycles In Time Series Data by A. Bruce Johnson, Ph.D. To improve the process of removing trend from stock market prices to see underlying cyclic movement, I have combined triangular moving averages with the moving average convergence/divergence
Finding a Target for D&K Healthcare
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This healthcare play has made a sizeable move from its bottom. How far can it run?
Fine-Tuning Your Money Management System by Bennett A. McDowell
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fine-Tuning Your Money Management System by Bennett A. McDowell Acknowledge the risks in trading the markets by making sure your money management system is sound. When you hear of someone making a huge killing in the market on a relatively small tradin
First Solar - A Time To Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Solar headwinds have hit the sector. Have they blown themselves out?
First Solar Has A Bright Future For Put Writers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Solar power is becoming more and more important as a form of energy. Hence, it is worth your while to keep such companies on your watchlist. In terms of technical analysis, First Solar (FSLR) sits on top of the list.
Fiserve Has A Mind Of Its Own
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While the Nasdaq wallows near its lows for the year, Fiserve (FSIV) is breaking resistance barriers on good volume.
Fitting a Trendline by Least Squares by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fitting A Trendline By Least Squares by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. Usually, trendlines are drawn through tops or bottoms. They are also drawn through the center of prices by a lagged moving average or by eye (Figure 1). A straight line through the center
Fitting a Trendline by Least Squares by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fitting A Trendline By Least Squares by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. Usually, trendlines are drawn through tops or bottoms. They are also drawn through the center of prices by a lagged moving average or by eye (Figure 1). A straight line through the center
Fitting a trendline by least squares by Arthur A. Merrill
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fitting a trendline by least squares by Arthur A. Merrill Trendlines usually are drawn through tops or bottoms. They also are drawn through the center of prices by a lagged moving average or by eye (Figure 1). A straight line through the center of a pri
Fitting a trendline by least squares by Arthur A. Merrill
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fitting a trendline by least squares by Arthur A. Merrill Trendlines usually are drawn through tops or bottoms. They also are drawn through the center of prices by a lagged moving average or by eye (Figure 1). A straight line through the center of a pri
Five Steps To A Winning Trading System by Matt Blackman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Five Steps To A Winning Trading System by Matt Blackman Whether you use your own system or someone else's, a big part of the development of any trading strategy is testing to see how well it works. Here we go through the step-by-step process of how to t
Following A Reverse Head & Shoulders Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does a possible reverse head & shoulder pattern tell us what to expect?
Following The Crowd After A One-Day Correction by A. Trongone, PhD, CFP, CTA
Following The Crowd After A One-Day Correction by A. Trongone, PhD, CFP, CTA
Food And Beverage ETFs: A Satisfying Investing Opportunity Or Gorging On Junk?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Food and beverage ETFs have experienced less volatility than the general market over the years, with the component companies housed in the consumer staples, materials, and industrial sectors. Are these ETFs ready to provide a delectable opportunity or wi
For Allergan, Another New High, But With A Warning
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many times, buying a stock with a new 52-week high can be a nice, conservative way for traders and investors to make some money. But sometimes a different course of action may be warranted.
For Baker Hughes, Was The Breakout A Bust?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Baker Hughes recently staged a bullish breakout from a large triangle pattern and now appear to be at a critical make-or-break point.
For Citigroup, A New CEO But The Same 80-Day Cycle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Citigroup have made a new yearly high, celebrating a change in the banking giant's top brass, but its key price cycles warn of a sharp correction soon.
For ExxonMobil, A New High, Then A Cycle Low?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...ExxonMobil stock has enjoyed a steady uptrend for more than 17 weeks now, but a pullback is likely due soon.
For ExxonMobil, A New High, Then A Cycle Low?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...ExxonMobil stock has enjoyed a steady uptrend for more than 17 weeks now, but a pullback is likely due soon.
For FSRPX, After A 200% Rise, Is There More?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Having tripled in price since November 2008, does the Fidelity Select Sector Retailing Fund still have more room to rise?
For First Solar, A Lasting Decline?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of First Solar are down by by nearly 94% from their all-time high. Is this stock due for a meaningful rebound?
For GCI, A Pre-Earnings Buy Signal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sometimes it pays to sell a stock that has had a strong run just before earnings are released. In the case of Gannett Co. (GCI) shares, there appear to be plenty of bullish reasons to buy in anticipation of a runup toward the $16.50 area, as the smart mo
For GDX, Is A Major Bottom At Hand?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When an area of support holds after three widely spaced tests, it may be time to start looking for signs of a bullish breakout.
For Hecla Mining, A Rising Price Cycle?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Hecla Mining made an important multicycle low on March 22, 2012, and are now attempting yet another move higher.
For JB Hunt Transport, A Peak Or A Pause?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of JB Hunt Transport are rising strongly as 2013 begins, but can its latest rally last much longer?
For JB Hunt Transport, A Peak Or A Pause?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of JB Hunt Transport are rising strongly as 2013 begins, but can its latest rally last much longer?
For LSI, A New High After A Big Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even though the broad markets have made a nice run already, there is no reason why stocks making new highs should not be on your watchlist.
For LSI, A New High After A Big Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even though the broad markets have made a nice run already, there is no reason why stocks making new highs should not be on your watchlist.
For Lubrizol, Time To Take A Break?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Picking tops and bottoms in the market can be a very dangerous prospect, but sometimes there are tell-tale indications about a warning of a trend reversal well in advance of the actual event.
For MAS, Two Systems Agree On A Buy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Up by a mind-boggling 296% in less than six months, two powerful trading systems have both fired new long entry signals for Masco Corp., a leading home-improvement and building supply company.
For NNBR, A Pause Before Another Surge Higher?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Small-cap stocks can sometimes make explosive moves, up or down. Here's a look at a small-cap issue that may be preparing for a big move -- but in which direction?
For PBG, Is Gap Support Test A Go Or No-Go?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a stock with solid fundamentals suddenly gaps higher, there is usually a good reason for the upward surge. Let's examine Pepsi Bottling Group's price action in the aftermath of one such gap.
For Pfizer, A New High, But A Pullback Awaits
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Already in an uptrend for more than 15 months, shares of Pfizer Inc. have fired yet another buy signal.
For Pfizer, A New High, But A Pullback Awaits
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Already in an uptrend for more than 15 months, shares of Pfizer Inc. have fired yet another buy signal.
For Silver, A Keltner Warning
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Imagine: less than eight years ago, you could have bought silver at less than $5 an ounce. These days, silver is not only priced six times higher, it may also be giving advance warning of an impending reversal -- this time on its monthly chart.
For Stillwater Mining, A Drop, Then A Pop?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cyclical analysis suggests that shares of Stillwater Mining may soon fall, reaching a tradable low in the near future.
For Stillwater Mining, A Drop, Then A Pop?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cyclical analysis suggests that shares of Stillwater Mining may soon fall, reaching a tradable low in the near future.
For TNA, A Short Put Play
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When fear gets factored into market prices, option premiums become expensive. Learn to use this dynamic to your advantage.
For Western Digital, Another Attempt At A 52-Week High?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even though they're up by more than 60% since late November 2011, shares of Western Digital appear ready to make another attempt at a new 52-week high.
Forecasting A Market Recovery After A 10% (Or More) Correction
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Market declines can cause the powerful emotions of fear and greed to take over our decision-making abilities. When you notice that happening, try to think rationally
Forecasting A Market Recovery After A 10% (Or More) Correction
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Market declines can cause the powerful emotions of fear and greed to take over our decision-making abilities. When you notice that happening, try to think rationally
Forecasting T-Bill Rates With A Neural Net by Milam Aiken
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Forecasting T-Bill Rates With A Neural Net by Milam Aiken Have you ever wondered how accurate the consensus estimates of interest rates were from the top US economists? How about how accurate those economists are in comparison with neural net technology
Forecasting the HIGH of a Cycle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Forecasting the date for a cycle low is relatively easy as I have shown in my two previous articles, "Cycles and the S&P 500 Index" (12/13/02), and "Nasdaq and Cycles" (12/16/02), but forecasting a cycle high can be difficult. Her
Forex At A Glance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the foreign exchange market for you? Find out here.
Forex Focus: Hedging Against A Bear Market by Matthew Caruso
Forex Focus: Is Gold A Hedge Against A Falling Dollar? by John L. Momsen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 25:2 (14-18): Forex Focus: Is Gold A Hedge Against A Falling Dollar? by John L. Momsen Access to foreign exchange trading has opened up exciting trading options for the retail trader. You can now trade alongside corporations and
Forex Focus: Is Gold A Hedge Against A Falling Dollar? by John L. Momsen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 25:2 (14-18): Forex Focus: Is Gold A Hedge Against A Falling Dollar? by John L. Momsen Access to foreign exchange trading has opened up exciting trading options for the retail trader. You can now trade alongside corporations and
Form And Pattern As A Trading Tool by Robert Miner
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Form And Pattern As A Trading Tool by Robert Miner Pattern recognition has been the topic of much technical literature. From the Elliott wave theory to Edwards and Magee, traders have been told that some fairly well-defined chart patterns indicate the m
Forming A Dow Line
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Whether you are buying or selling, believe it or not, it's good to wait in line.
Fossil Fuels Vs Green Technology - What A Difference Two Years Makes!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Articles about divesting out of fossil fuels and into clean technology are everywhere. But what are stocks telling us?
Four Common Errors In Testing Trading Systems by Thomas A. Meyers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Four Common Errors In Testing Trading Systems by Thomas A. Meyers The author of The Technical Analysis Course debuts as a Stocks & Commodities writer with this article. Here, Thomas Meyers explains that mistakes made in systems testing can make the diff
Four Signs Of A Market Breakdown
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Market breakdowns occur as fast as you can blink, but if you know the signs of a breakdown, you can emerge a winner.
Fractal Dimension As A Market Mode Sensor
Frontier Oil - A Classic Example of Broken Support Turned Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Frontier Oil broke a spread quintuple bottom in the $14.50 to $15.00 range back in July. Since then, this area of broken support has acted as stiff resistance for the stock.
Frontier Oil is at a Key Juncture Right Now
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The chart for Frontier Oil is painting two different pictures. Though some of the technicals are indicating significant resistance at current levels, others are projecting higher prices.
GERON CORP. Is it a short?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Geron Corporation announced, on April 1, 2003, that they had published research results describing the production of hepatocytes (basic functional cells of the liver) from human embryonic stem cells. As important as this announcement is for the medical w
GM Shifts To A Higher Gear
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock price of General Motors has broken above a consolidation pattern, but can it track higher?
GM: A Short-Term Adam And Eve Setup
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...General Motors is close to its all-time lows and is developing a short-term reversal setup.
GMED: 3/10 Oscillator Signalling A Buy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Globus Medical Inc. are setting up for a new long swing trade entry.
GPC - A Low Risk Trading Opportunity
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Genuine Parts Co. is going through a trend reversal rally.
GW Pharmaceuticals A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a company worth looking at that could be a long term hold.
Gamestop Has A Daily Buy Signal Amid Bullish Weekly Backdrop
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A daily based system buy signal is nice, but when it occurs in union with a bullish weekly chart breakout setup, serious traders will want to take note.
Gap Slows To A Crawl
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gap (GPS) has traded in a tight range the last few months, and the narrowing Bollinger Bands indicate that a move is likely sooner rather than later.
Gaps: A Common Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This short-term pattern provides good trading opportunities.
Gas Prices Finally Set Up For A Fall
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a gain of almost 30% in three months, gas futures finally look like they are a short.
General Motors: A Leading Indicator?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It is often said that General Motors (GM) is the Dow, and where GM goes, the Dow is sure to follow.
Get A Caffeine Lift With Starbucks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There is always a line at the Starbucks counter, yet the stock took a hammering. What does the stock's future hold?
Get A Hold On Investing Volume Basics
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How is volume used in technical analysis and what can it tell us?
Get More Value Using A Trading Checklist
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What is a trading plan or checklist and how can it help?
Getting Ready For A Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does history say anything about the potential for a bottom, given that the Dow Jones 30 is down more than 20% this month?
Going Vertical by Don A. Singletary
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Going Vertical by Don A. Singletary If you're trading options, here's a management tool that can offer you less risk. Ever sell out of a trade too early because it ran against you, only to have the market turn the instant you sold? Or maybe your stops
Gold ETFs: Is It A Good Time To Buy This Flashy Metal?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gold had a stellar year. Could this asset be the place to be for the next few years? Here, we present a survey of gold-based ETFs and review some statistics and comparative return data to help you decide whether an allocation to one or some of these ETFs
Gold Falling Like A Ton Of Lead
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite a modest relief rally, gold has resumed its major monthly cyclical downtrend. At what support level might this metal finally bottom out?
Gold Isn't In A Bubble, But It Is Overbought
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While gold trading hasn't reached a bubbly high, it could be time for a pullback.
Gold Making A Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For the first time this summer, the price of gold is back above $410 and gold bugs are hopeful of a good move developing.
Gold SPDR Set Up For A Trend Reversal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Besides the pitchfork, Alan Hall Andrews developed many other lesser-known methods of technical analysis. Among these is the sliding horizontal line. The sliding horizontal line along with the pitchfork shows that the Gold Shares ETF is now set up for a
Gold Still Bullish But Due For A Breather
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The XAU gold index and most golds have had quite the run since the successful pullback test. Daily charts and a softening of spot price both suggest a small retracement is likely before the next upthrust.
Gold Stocks Seeking A Multiyear Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The ARCA gold bugs index is in the midst of its largest selloff since 2008, but it may soon meet with a formidable support level.
Gold Tries A Daring Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The TSX Gold Index shows a potentially powerful pattern developing.
Gold, A Charming Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In recent days, a few stocks from the gold & silver industry were on the verge of entering a new uptrend. In particular, gold looks promising.
Goldman Sachs Develops A Broadening Formation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This relatively uncommon pattern occurs in a high-volatility environment.
Google Approaching A Major Multicycle High?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Google have soared since mid-June 2012, up by more than 38%. But an important swing high may be approaching, one that could cause a significant correction.
Groupon (GRPN): Regrouping After A Six-Month Slide?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Down more than 50% year to date, shares of Groupon Inc. may now be providing traders with the first meaningful signs that a complete bullish reversal is soon to be seen. Here's a closer look .
Groupon A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Groupon is a deal-of-the-day website that features discounted gift certificates usable at local or national companies. After hitting a high of $31.30 in November 2011, what went wrong?
HAR: Fourth Time A Charm?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With steadily declining long-term money flow, will shares of Harman International have what it takes to mount a new rally?
HBI: Descending Into A 40-Day Cycle Low?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Still up by more than 170% since January 2012, shares of Hanesbrands, Inc. appear to be dropping toward a major support zone.
HP: Expecting A Bounce From Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Truly an epic market performer during 2012/2013, shares of Helmerich & Payne may be nearing the end of a proportional pullback to support.
Half A Dollar For The DX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's the midterm outlook for the US Dollar Index.
Halliburton Takes A Rest
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a big surge on high volume, Halliburton took a breather over the last two weeks. Traders should look for a breakout to signal a continuation higher.
Hammering Out A Bear Market Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What a shooting star took away from the 10-year Treasury note yield, a hammer threatens to bring back.
Hammering Out A Potential Double Bottom With Wal-Mart
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Wal-Mart completed a powerful candlestick reversal pattern, the hammer, on September 23, 2004, which was reinforced by the fact that it marked a rejection of yearly lows at 51.08 from August 9.
Hang On! We're In For A Bumpy Ride
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Hang On! We're In For A Bumpy Ride
Hang Seng Makes A Descending Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The index broke away from the descending triangle with a gap down. The Hang Seng Index has immediate support that may prevent further fall, and the breakout may fail.
Has Cadence Design Systems Signaled A Possible Double Top?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cadence Design Systems is the world's leading electronic design automation technologies and engineering services company.
Has December Crude Oil Put in a Bottom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...December crude oil broke out of a bearish rectangle formation early last week. However, the contract bounced off a key retracement level, which could signal a potential bottom in crude oil prices.
Has Homebuilders Put In A Bottom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Reports are that the economy may be on the road to recovery as homebuilding picks up. Has homebuilding stocks bottomed and a new bull market emerged, or is homebuilding stocks setting themselves up for a fall?
Has the AMEX Oil Index Put in a Significant Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The AMEX Oil Index (XOI) has been in a two-year downtrend but is now showing signs of reversing course.
Have Natural Gas Prices Put In A Significant Bottom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Natural gas prices have been declining for several months now but there are indications that the trend has reversed.
Having A Look At Aflac
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With Obamacare taking center stage in the US, should you start buying shares in health insurance companies?
Head and Shoulders: An Introduction to Reversal Patterns by Timothy A. Maguire
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Head and Shoulders: An Introduction to Reversal Patterns by Timothy A. Maguire ""A picture is worth a thousand words""- Chinese proverb. The first thing a novice to the stock market would likely notice about individual security prices is that they are
Hi-Yo, Silver! A Wave!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This precious metal has been overlooked and much ignored for the past two decades. But that's about to change. Get ready for a breakout.
High Volatility Makes GM A Purchase Possibility
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For aggressive traders who are hopeful of an eventual turnaround in General Motors, ultra-high volatility opens up the possibility of acquiring GM shares very cheaply very soon.
Holly Frontier A Possible Investment?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In today's uncertain and volatile market, looking for future investments is always a plus. Holly Frontier may be worth a look.
Home Construction Index Hits A Wall
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow Jones Home Construction Index hit resistance at the 200-day, and a break below channel support would signal a continuation of a larger downtrend.
Honeywell Is A Diamond In The Rough!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Honeywell (HON) is definitely on the move higher, but the question is when to jump into a long position while the general market conditions are short. Examining the monthly, weekly and daily charts will help you make a better decision.
Houston, We Have A Technical Problem
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A long-term technical view of the S&P 500.
How Do You Make A Trading Decision by Simon Vine
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How Do You Make A Trading Decision by Simon Vine What goes into making a decision about a trade? Whenever you make a trading decision, you base your choices on particular outlooks regarding market developments. Although a predicted scenario at a specif
How Great Traders Go Bad by John A. Sarkett
How High Can a Bumblebee Fly?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Both the fundamentals and technicals seem to agree. We are in rarely charted overbought territory. The question is where do we go from here and when?
How Important Is A Turning Point? by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How Important Is A Turning Point? by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. So, naturalists observe a flea Hath smaller fleas that on him prey And these have smaller still to bite 'em; And so proceed ad infinitum. --Jonathan Swift So goes the market. Waves withi
How Important Is A Turning Point? by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How Important Is A Turning Point? by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. So, naturalists observe a flea Hath smaller fleas that on him prey And these have smaller still to bite 'em; And so proceed ad infinitum. --Jonathan Swift So goes the market. Waves withi
How Much is a Star Performer Worth?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With Tesla (TSLA) in the news because its shareholders are set to vote on a massive $2.6 billion compensation package to be paid to the company's part time Chief Executive Officer, Elon Musk, over the next decade, now seems like an opportune time to
How Secure Are Your Securities? by John A. Sarkett
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How Secure Are Your Securities? by John A. Sarkett How well protected are your stocks and options in your brokerage account? Two classic Zen koans and one modern riddle you may never have considered: What is the sound of one hand clapping? Does a dog h
How To Enhance A Trading Strategy On Gold Futures By Using An AI-Based Volatility Predictor
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's how you can apply the benefits of machine learning to a traditional trading system with the help of some Python libraries
How To Profit From A Deep Stock Decline
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Learn how to tell whether a stock will resume its trend after a decline and how to enter early on with low risk.
How To Read A Bar Chart
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Analyzing a bar chart for the first time can be like looking into the night sky full of stars but not being able to see any constellations. It's all in front of you, but what are you supposed to get out of it? Here's a lesson on how to read a b
How To Spot And Trade A Bullish Triple-Bottom Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Triple-bottom patterns are one of the highest-performing reversal patterns you can trade if you know how.
How To Trade A Bubble
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks continue to gain ground in a rally that has been going since March 2009. In February 2013, a combination of factors converged to generate a secular sell signal that paralleled the biggest peaks in modern history. Does that means that it's tim
How To Turn A Painful Experience Into A Positive One
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Any missed opportunity can feel painful, and in trading and investing it's something we all experience. Here's one way to take such a situation and creatively transform it into a way forward
How To Turn A Painful Experience Into A Positive One
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Any missed opportunity can feel painful, and in trading and investing it's something we all experience. Here's one way to take such a situation and creatively transform it into a way forward
How to evaluate a commodity trading system by Kent Calhoun
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How to evaluate a commodity trading system by Kent Calhoun The percentage of profitable trades, the average profitable trade, the average losing trade, the maximum consecutive losing trades, the average profit per closed trade, the largest winning and l
Huey Needs A New High
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The index of unhedged gold stocks, $HUI, looks vulnerable to a 1-2-3 trend reversal in the daily charts.
Hyliion Holdings Corp - A Laggard On The Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is it finally catch-up time for this clean energy truck manufacturer?
IBKC At A Critical Level?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The descending rally of Iberiabank Corp. is likely to turn volatile near its support & resistance level.
IBM Gets A Spark
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a big move in early July, IBM consolidated the last few weeks, and a recent spark may start a continuation higher.
IBM Hits A Wall
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Momentum and buying pressure are weakening as IBM challenges resistance.
IBM In a Trading Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...IBM's weekly chart shows a likely trading range and if so, the upside is limited.
IBM On The Verge Of A Big Break
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...IBM failed to hold onto its early January gains and is on the verge of a major support break.
Identify The Start Of A Trend With DMI
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Improve on certain directional movement index signals such as identifying the start of a trending move and picking market tops and bottoms.
Identifying A Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Drawing key resistance and support levels on charts gives you entry and exit levels when trading.
If On An Intraday Correction A Divergence ...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How much of a surprise was the August 16th "surprise" rally?
Imax Readies For A Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...IMAX Corp. sports a bullish continuation pattern, and signs of accumulation point to a breakout in the stock.
Imclone Systems (IMCL) From A Long-Term Perspective
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The long and the short of it for Imclone.
Improving The 50/200 SMA With A Simple Crossover System
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You shouldn't always assume that the default settings for your indicators are necessarily the best ones to use for all timeframes. With a little careful modification, your indicators could be greatly improved. Here is some guidance (and inspiration) to t
In A Down Market What Do You Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Warren Buffet announced that he bought stocks when the market crashed on Thursday, September 25, 2014.
In A Rut
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's the midterm outlook for the Russell 2000 stock index market.
In A Topping Market, Small Caps Have Diverged From Industrials
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In my last article, "Another Sign Of A Market Top?," we saw how the transports had diverged from the industrials, which is a Dow theory warning sign that a reversal may be in the offing. A falling Russell 2000 small-cap index adds more weight t
In Baker Hughes, A Triangle Pattern To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a significant triangle pattern approaches completion, breakout traders begin to plan their method of engagement.
In Search Of A Better RSI
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The relative strength index has long been a standard tool for technical analysts. Here, we introduce a new version of it, named the RSING, that offers several important improvements
Industrials SPDR Leads With A Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a 12-month trading range, the industrials SPDR is finally breaking free, pointing to higher prices.
InfoSys Searches for a Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After plunging from 115 to less than 55 in three months at the beginning of the year, shares of InfoSys are still trying to find a bottom. The developing descending triangle may help.
Infrastructure ETFs--Building A Better, Stronger America
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are you interested in learning more about using exchange traded funds (ETFs) in your trading? Leslie N. Masonson, an active ETF trader, is president of Cash Management Resources, a financial consulting firm that focuses on ETF strategies. He is the autho
Insider Sales Figures Tell A Troubling Tale
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The ratio of insider sales to purchases remained relatively steady in May and June. They started to creep up in August. In early September they went ballistic. What does it mean?
Intel Caught In A Trading Range
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Intel Corp. is in a sideways consolidation and will eventually break out but which way?
Intel Corp. - Is It A Corrective Rally?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock of Intel Corp. has plunged a few points. Is it a serious correction or a pullback?
Intel Gears Up For A Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Intel consolidates and prepares for its next move. Its on-balance volume points to a breakout, but the stock must first fill a gap.
Intel Overdue For A Rally?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Down by nearly 31% since early May 2012, shares of Intel Corp. may be getting ripe for a bullish trend reversal.
Intel Remains A Drag
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Intel failed to bounce along with the NASDAQ over the last two weeks, and relative weakness points to even lower prices ahead.
Interest Rates Basing for a Breakout?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See where the next big interest rate rise could begin.
Intermarket Analysis Makes A Case For US Stocks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 appears to be trending higher with the US dollar. This bodes well for US stocks.
Interview: A Chat With Stefanie Kammerman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Known as "The Stock Whisperer", Stefanie Kammerman has found her passion in sharing her trading secrets with others who are passionate about trading. She runs an online trading chat room in which she teaches thousands of students how to read the tape and
Interview: A Conversation With Alon Horesh
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Alon Horesh has been an active trader in the US equity markets since 2005. He is the cofounder of Alpha Over Beta (alphaoverbeta.net), which specializes in automated trading solutions. As a software systems architect, Horesh has been involved in the deve
Interview: A Conversation With Andrea Unger
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Andrea Unger is a full-time professional trader, president of Unger Academy, and author of The Unger Method (2021). He is a four-time World Trading Champion (2008, 2009, 2010, and 2012), an honorary member of SIAT (Italian Society of Technical Analysis,
Interview: A Conversation With Ari Wald, CFA, CMT
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ari H. Wald is managing director and head of technical analysis with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., providing market-, sector-, and stock-level research to the firm's advisors and institutional clients. Previously, he served as equity research analyst at Brown
Interview: A Conversation With Brian Shannon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Brian Shannon, CMT, has been involved with Wall Street for over three decades. He was lead trader and director of research at MarketWise Securities from 1999 to 2006, where his focus was providing technical analysis training and education to individuals.
Interview: A Conversation With Buff Pelz Dormeier
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Buff Pelz Dormeier is a financial advisor with expertise in volume analysis. He is chief technical analyst for Kingsview Partners. As a portfolio manager for Kingsview Partners as well, he designs customized portfolio strategies for advisors and their cl
Interview: A Conversation With Charles D. Kirkpatrick II, CMT
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The 50-year investment and trading career of Charles Kirkpatrick II has encompassed trading and investing, market analysis, research & development, writing, speaking, and teaching. As president and founder of Kirkpatrick & Company, Inc., a private techni
Interview: A Conversation With Charles Kirk
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Charles E. Kirk is an independent, full-time ETF trader, and is the longtime publisher of The Kirk Report (www.kirkreport.org). The report started out as a popular blog in 2003, when Kirk began regularly posting about stocks, trading, investing, and the
Interview: A Conversation With David Lundgren
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...David Lundgren, CMT, CFA, is a 30-year investment industry veteran with a focus on technical analysis strategies, particularly momentum and trend following. He was a managing director, portfolio manager, and director of technical research at Wellington M
Interview: A Conversation With Dennis Tilley
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Dennis Tilley has traded securities for over 25 years. Since 1999, he has been Director of Research and Chief Investment Officer at Merriman Wealth Management LLC, and is currently Director of Alternative Investments. He has extensive experience in asset
Interview: A Conversation With Eric D. Wish
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Since 1990, Eric Wish, PhD, has been director of the University of Maryland College Park's Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR), where as a research psychologist, he has focused on drug abuse epidemiology. In addition, since 2006 he has taught cou
Interview: A Conversation With Gail Dudack
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gail M. Dudack is a well-known and respected technical analyst, investment strategist, market commentator, and writer with a long and distinguished 50-year career on Wall Street. She is a past president of the CMT Association, and was a member of the New
Interview: A Conversation With Gregory Morris
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gregory Morris has a 50-year investment career as a technical analyst, a prolific developer of indicators and trading systems, educational speaker, and an accomplished author of books on trend analysis, breadth, and candlesticks. Leslie Masonson intervie
Interview: A Conversation With Herb Friedman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Herb Friedman manages money using high-yield mutual funds, an investment area not often covered in this magazine. Friedman offers investment advice as an investment advisor representative of Portfolio Medics, an SEC-registered investment advisor. Quantit
Interview: A Conversation With Jack Schwager
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Jack Schwager is a trading expert and author of the bestselling Market Wizards book series as well as other notable books in the field. In his latest book, Unknown Market Wizards, he interviews eleven successful low-profile traders to examine how they ha
Interview: A Conversation With Jake Bernstein
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Jake Bernstein, president of Network Press Inc., is an internationally known commodities and futures analyst, prolific author, trader and researcher. He is chief market strategist and publisher of the Jake Bernstein's Weekly Capital Markets Report, publi
Interview: A Conversation With Jay Kaeppel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Jay Kaeppel has over 30 years of varied experience in options, equity, and futures trading as a research analyst, trader, and portfolio manager. For the past five years he has been a vice president and director of research at Alpha Investment Management.
Interview: A Conversation With Jeffrey Saut
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Jeffrey D. Saut's career on Wall Street began in 1971. He worked at a number of Wall Street firms over the years, most recently for Raymond James as chief investment strategist and managing director of the firm's equity research department, and is curren
Interview: A Conversation With John Ehlers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After four decades of providing products, services, and education to traders through his company, MESA Software, John F. Ehlers has announced his retirement. Ehlers, a Contributing Editor to STOCKS & COMMODITIES since nearly the magazine's launch, is a p
Interview: A Conversation With Jon Wolfenbarger
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Jon Wolfenbarger, CFA, has over 25 years of professional investment experience. In addition, he spent over three decades studying investing and economics to develop an approach to investing based on technical, fundamental, economic, and long-term returns
Interview: A Conversation With Joseph W. Cotton
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Joseph Cotton first published his "Cotton's Technically Speaking" newsletter in 1986, which provides a weekly market assessment and several weekly stock picks along with charts. He has longtime experience in charting, tape reading, and technical analysis
Interview: A Conversation With Julius de Kempenaer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Julius de Kempenaer is the founder and director of RRG Research and the developer of Relative Rotation Graphs (RRGs), which is charting technology for data visualization of sector rotation. The RRG software can be found on several major trading platforms
Interview: A Conversation With Katie Stockton
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Katie Stockton, CMT, is founder and managing partner of Fairlead Strategies, LLC (FairleadStrategies.com), an independent research firm and investment advisor founded in 2018. The firm uses technical analysis as its main tool to discern the stock market'
Interview: A Conversation With Louise Yamada
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Louise Yamada, CMT, was managing director of Louise Yamada Technical Research Advisors (LYA) for 15 years. Previously, she was managing director and head of technical research for Smith Barney. She received the CMT Association's lifetime achievement awar
Interview: A Conversation With Meb Faber
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Mebane T. Faber, CMT, CAIA, is co-founder and chief investment officer of Cambria Investment Management, which manages a dozen ETFs, with $1.9 billion in assets under management. Faber is host of The Meb Faber Show Podcast. He also created The Idea Farm
Interview: A Conversation With Ned Davis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ned Davis, senior investment strategist, founded Ned Davis Research (NDR) in 1980. He has been professionally involved in the stock market for over 50 years. He is the author of Being Right Or Making Money (2014). His philosophy is that an investor can c
Interview: A Conversation With Peter Eliades
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Peter Eliades has been offering stock market cycle analysis for half a century. His analysis identifies key short- and long-term market highs and lows. He published the Stock Market Cycles newsletter for 36 years. He currently offers subscribers a nightl
Interview: A Conversation With Prashant Shah
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Prashant Shah is co-founder and CEO of Definedge Solutions, which develops financial products and research. Shah has over 25 years of stock market experience that includes trading as well as developing software, technical indicators, algorithms, and trad
Interview: A Conversation With Ric Edelman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ric Edelman founded the Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals (DACFP) in 2018 to help financial advisors learn about the digital asset revolution encompassing blockchain, digital assets, and digital currencies. DACFP provides education, train
Interview: A Conversation With Sam Stovall
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sam Stovall, CFP, is currently Chief Investment Strategist at CFRA Research and provides commentary and analysis on the equity markets, with particular attention paid to industry and sector seasonality and momentum. He also serves as chairman of the CFRA
Interview: A Conversation With Stan Weinstein
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stan Weinstein's 50+ year career in the markets has been the joy of his life, after that of his family. He became interested in the stock market during his college days and decided to become a subject expert. After a short stint at two brokerage firms, h
Interview: A Conversation With Sunny Harris
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sunny Harris is a full-time trader as well as a programmer, teacher, and consultant to individual and institutional clients. Harris has been a speaker at many conferences and seminars and has made various media appearances over the years. She regularly g
Interview: A Conversation With Teresa Lo
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Teresa Lo has enjoyed a productive and successful career in the stock market over several decades. After working at brokerage firms, she began trading for herself, first in daytrading and then swing trading before eventually becoming more of an investor
Interview: A Conversation With Timothy Brackett
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Timothy Brackett, MSTA, CFTe, is a technical analyst with 35 years of financial market experience, both on the sell side and buy side. He is CEO and founder of The Market's Compass, LLC (themarketscompass.com), which offers market consulting services as
Interview: A Conversation With Urban Jaekle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Urban Jaekle has been trading stocks since 1995 and futures since 2000. He is coauthor of Trading Systems: A New Approach To System Testing And Portfolio Optimization (2019, second edition) along with Emilio Tomasini. He worked on the trading floor of th
Interview: A Conversation With Ziad Jasani
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ziad Jasani became a self-directed investor in 2008 and experienced an intensive education by training with top portfolio managers and trading mentors. He is currently Managing Director and Head Swing Trader of the Independent Investor Institute, which h
Interview: A Discussion With David Cox
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...David Cox is a portfolio manager with CIBC Wood Gundy in Waterloo, Ontario. As part of the Cox Daggett Advisory Group at CIBC, he manages several discretionary portfolios, and he regularly conducts educational forums and workshops for clients. He manages
Interview: A Discussion with Robert W. Colby, CMT
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Robert W. Colby, CMT, has 50 years of professional experience in research, trading, and portfolio management at several large Wall Street firms. Colby is the author of The Encyclopedia Of Technical Market Indicators, which is a standard reference on indi
Interview: A Man Of Many Talents: Dan Gramza by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Interview: A Man Of Many Talents: Dan Gramza by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan Is there anything Dan Gramza hasn't done? He's president of Gramza Capital Management and DMG Advisors, LLC. He is an author, trader, analyst, consultant to domestic and internation
Interview: A Minute With Michele Mish Schneider
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With more than 30 years of commodity trading experience, Michele "Mish" Schneider is the director of education & trading research for MarketGauge.com, where she is a market analyst, writer, and producer of daily market analysis in "Mish's Daily". She als
Interview: A Technical Narrative With Mark Newton
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Mark L. Newton has more than 25 years of buy-side and sell-side experience in financial services. Before moving to the New York City area in 2004, he traded equity options as a market maker and floor trader at the CBOE, and worked in risk management. He
Interview: A Unique Perspective From Jonathan Rose Of ActiveDayTrader.com
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Taking what he has learned from being a floor trader on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade and turning it into actionable trading ideas has made Jonathan Rose the trader he is today. His ability to hunt for opportunities that coul
Interview: Money Manager Laurence A. Connors by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Interview: Money Manager Laurence Connors by Thom Hartle What makes a trader a winner? It's hard to say. Professional trader Laurence A. Connors, who is the co-author of ""Investment Secrets of a Hedge Fund Manager"" and the president of money managers
Interview: The Brains Behind A Trading System: Denis Globa
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The thought of developing a trading system can overwhelm you with words like backtesting, optimization, curve fitting, and performance results whirling through your head. But anyone who has gone through the learning process and has successfully applied t
Interview: Trade Like A Warrior With Ross Cameron
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...His passion for trading is what makes him an aggressive trader, but outside of his two hours a day spent trading, Ross Cameron is realistic, patient, and practical. Cameron got exposed to trading very early in his life and, like most other traders, he ex
Interview: Trading Success As A Point Of Reference: Ari Kiev, M.D. by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading Success As A Point Of Reference: Ari Kiev, M.D. Ari Kiev started out working with suicidal patients before going on to work with athletes and now as a trader's coach. He is a management consult-ant to several trading firms and is the author of n
Introductions by Arthur A. Merrill
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Introductions by Arthur A. Merrill Stocks tend to fly together, rising in bull markets and declining in bear markets. For this reason, analysts have been searching many years for indicators of the future of the overall stock market. It isn't easy to fi
Intuit Attempts A Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Intuit shows signs of accumulation and relative strength within its consolidation, pointing to a breakout.
Inverse Complex Head & Shoulders Patterns Form A Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...All the major averages recently moved above overhead resistance, breaking out of inverse complex head & shoulders patterns. They are now resting right below their intermediate downward trendlines as handles are forming off the patterns. Do the indexe
Investing In A Pharmaceutical Company
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Investing in a pharmaceutical company can be risky, but also extremely profitable.
Investing In A Post-WTC Economy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How do you go from a new economy to no economy overnight? And in this anxious day and age, how do Americans protect and build upon their investment portfolios?
Investing In A Recession
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...McDonald's — Warren Buffett's favorite diet.
Investing In DWA-Branded ETFs: A Market-Beating Experience
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Rules-based relative strength investing is not new. Its goal is to outperform its benchmark or a well-known market index. Dorsey, Wright & Associates has provided to five ETF sponsors its point-and-figure methodology using relative strength ranking. How
Iris International Is On The Edge Of A Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Iris international is on the support/resistance zone of the retracement level, so the strong bullish indicators could pull the stock above that area.
Is Ebay A Stock To Watch?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With all the uncertainty in the world, should you sit on cash or look for stocks to buy?
Is A Breakout For The US Dollar Index In The Cards?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Dollar Index is consolidating after an extensive advance rally.
Is A Correction On The Horizon?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Why is it that the bears hug the TV networks and the newspaper reporters? Is the fear of losing money the reason?
Is A Google Reversal At Hand?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's been a great run for GOOG since it went public nearly ten years ago. In November 2013, it officially became a 10-bagger. Is there a big correction in the cards for the stock?
Is A Morgan Stanley Pullback Due?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Since putting in a double bottom this summer, Morgan Stanley shares have rebounded nicely; is a pullback due now that Fibonacci resistance has manifested?
Is A Recession Looming?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If the US economy continues to slow, it looks pretty likely.
Is A Sherwin Williams Breakout Looming From Consolidation?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Sherwin Williams appear to be in prime position to rally along with the rest of the broad market after Thursday, October 20's notable intraday reversal.
Is Amazon Due For A Correction?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Amazon has recently been testing the $250 level, a new all-time high.
Is Apache Corp. Preparing For A Reversal?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Now trading at a new 52-week low, shares of Apache Corp. may be approaching a significant bullish reversal zone.
Is Apple A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking for a safe, long-term investment is always a must.
Is Apple Near A Bottom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...I've written four bearish articles about AAPL since November 2012. But lately the chart has been looking a lot less gloomy.
Is Apple, Inc. A Buy Again?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Apple, Apple, and once again Apple. The company appears to be going from strength to strength. Is it time to buy the company's stock again?
Is AutoZone Still a Strong Long Play?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will a break of resistance negate AutoZone's long term trend line break?
Is Autodesk Preparing For A Measured Move Higher?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The projection of a measured move from one price level to another isn't a new technical concept, but it's still one that has merit.
Is Baker Hughes A Continuation Move In Progress?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Now that shares of Baker Hughes have made their initial thrust lower out of a large pennant pattern, will the continued selling in the broad markets help speed the stock toward the lower $30 range?
Is Berkshire A Leader?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We all know who Warren Buffett is, and we all respect him. Can his company Berkshire Hathway be used as a market leader?
Is Berkshire Hathaway B Shares Still A Market Leader?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In an earlier article, I compared Bershire Hathaway B shares to the S&P 500 and concluded that the shares could be used as a market leader. Is that still the case?
Is British Petroleum A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Everyone is aware of the oil crisis in the Gulf of Mexico. Will BP come out of it a company worth owning?
Is CAT A Reliable Barometer?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here’s one stock that can help you determine the strength of the market.
Is COCO Seeing A New Uptrend?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Corinthian Colleges charts are showing a bearish reversal candlestick pattern and also illustrates the beginning of a new uptrend in terms of formations and trend indicator.
Is Canwest Petroleum Corp. A Stock To Watch?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With OPEC threatening to cut production, is the price of oil on the way up?
Is Cellcom Israel A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In today's uncertain market, one settling down after a Presidential election, when we receive a buy signal, it is better to analyze the share.
Is Cisco Systems A Sell?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On February 18, 2015 Cisco announced the contribution of a free version of its powerful ConfD management agent software, to accelerate the adoption of programmability for the broader networking industry.
Is Costco Wholesale Corp. A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Let's take a look at the charts and find out.
Is Crocs Inc. A Crock?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Today we all know what the Crocs sandal is -- colorful and ugly but oh so comfortable, and with so many imitators.
Is Dell Bouncing Off A Bottom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Investors fear rate hikes -- political tension -- economic slowdown. Investors fear... fear .... fear... . Is it time to buy?
Is Disney A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the Dow correcting as expected, buying when everyone is selling becomes the strategy. What to buy is the problem.
Is Dow Theory Sending Us A Warning? by Michael D. Sheimo
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is Dow Theory Sending Us A Warning? by Michael D. Sheimo Michael Sheimo, best known for books such as Dow Theory Redux and Stock Market Rules, tackles the age-old question of whether the Dow theory is still valid and if it is, is it really sending us a
Is DreamWorks A Dream Or A Nightmare?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...DreamWorks has all the makings of a company that is a challenge to Disney, but...
Is DreamWorks A Dream Or A Nightmare?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...DreamWorks has all the makings of a company that is a challenge to Disney, but...
Is Entergy Corp. Setting Up For A Move?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Support and resistance are converging, but the longer-term trend may dictate which way prices break.
Is Excelon Energy A New Short Op?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Excelon Corp. have been forming a noticeable triangle pattern in the aftermath of January's sharp selloff.
Is FRX Setting Up For A Continuation Move?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After tracing out a well-formed consolidation pattern, will the new bullish breakout in shares of Forest Labs, Inc., lead to a continuation move?
Is First Solar A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This former stock market high-flier has had some hard times lately. But with Warren Buffett now on board, has the picture changed?
Is Force Protection A Textbook Short Squeeze In Action?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This is a clear example of how shorts, both legal and naked, can decimate the value of a stock. It is also an example of the explosive short squeeze rally that a heavily shorted stock can experience when positive news is combined with compelling technica
Is General Electric A Good Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...GE is offering a good trading opportunity, violating the resistance with a breakout and beginning a new uptrend.
Is Gold A Buy Now?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US dollar is strong, which is one of the many reasons gold has fallen.
Is Gold A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gold was a safe haven to a falling US dollar, but is it still one if the US dollar were to strengthen?
Is Gold A Safe Haven For Your Money?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the stock market now officially entering into a bear market, traders are looking to gold as a safe haven for their money. However, gold may not be the safe haven that traders think it is.
Is Gold Still a Barometer by Alex Saitta
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the gold market still an indicator of other trends? Here's a look at the past relationships of gold to the dollar, the Consumer Price Index and the CRB. Analysts often cite intermarket relationships when touting a market's prospects. An analyst migh
Is Goldman Sachs A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An inverted head & shoulders pattern at a top is unusual. Does it suggest a buy?
Is Harman International Ready For A Pause?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks with high relative strength attract a lot of attention, helping drive prices even higher -- until the remaining buying power begins to diminish.
Is Hewlett Packard A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We all know that Hewlett Packard has changed management, and that the company is consolidating itself. Is it worth a buy?
Is Hillenbrand Industries A Compelling Defensive Play?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This stock has a history of doing well when the market cops a bad attitude.
Is I-Flow Corp. Worth A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...I-Flow Corp. triggered a buy on my daily/weekly strategy analysis. Why?
Is Intel A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When you receive a tip, either from a friend or a stock market expert, should you go ahead and buy the stock without doing your own research?
Is It Time To Give Peloton a Second Look?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Peleton Interactive Inc. (PTON), the once popular stationary exercise bike and interactive cycling classes provider was a darling stock in the consumer discretionary sector, having won the hearts of exercise enthusiasts and Wall Street types alike. But
Is It Worth Taking A Bite Out Of Apple?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What does the future hold for Apple, now that cofounder Steve Jobs has passed away?
Is JC Penny A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a look at what the charts are telling us.
Is Lexmark A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With today's bull market, we are always looking for stocks to buy for both the long term and the short term. Lexmark has been tipped by a number of newsletters and even advisors. Is it truly a buy?
Is LinkedIn Now A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the price of a share falls like a stone, do you catch a falling knife?
Is LyondellBaseel Industries A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The LyondellBasell Board recently authorized an interim dividend. Is this a trigger to buy the stock?
Is MGM Resorts International A Bad Bet?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why this gaming stock could soon have a significant decline.
Is MSTR A Proxy For Bitcoin?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Microstrategy, Inc. (MSTR) is a software company that was founded in 1989. It provides enterprise analytics and other software platforms through licensing agreements and cloud-based solutions. With its recent announcement of the acquisition of another $4
Is Mattel Swell Enough To Be A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using a program to look for future buys is always a must and should be looked at carefully.
Is NVLS A Covered-Call Candidate?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Was last week's tumble in the S&P 500 just a shakeout, or was its subsequent two-day rally a complete fakeout? Who knows, but based on pure momentum, shares of Novellus Systems appear to be offering a near-ideal covered-call setup.
Is Natural Gas Ready For A Bounce?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Natural gas has corrected significantly since the May high but prices could be due for a bounce in the near-term.
Is Newmont Mining A Signpost For Gold?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Newmont Mining is the largest gold mine in the world at the moment. By studying its chart, can we determine gold's movement?
Is Nike Due For A Correction?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The share price of Nike (NKE) has gone up and up and up. Is the share price now due for a correction?
Is Nike Still A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a share price goes up and up and up, when is it going to start going down?
Is Now a Good Time to Buy General Motors?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With GM's recent announcement that it would be shutting five manufacturing plants in America and eliminating almost 15,000 jobs in North America, amounting to 15% of its workforce, would now be a good time to get into the stock? Let's look at
Is Overnight Trading A New Way To Daytrade? by Thomas K. Carr, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:7 (22-30): Is Overnight Trading A New Way To Daytrade? by Thomas K. Carr, Ph.D. Is the pattern daytrading regulation an obstacle to your daytrading? There may be a way around it. On September 28, 2001, the Securities and Exch
Is PEG A Rebel, But With A Cause?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After two weeks of solid gains, the broad markets pulled back a bit, yet some stocks still decided to go up.
Is PEG A Rebel, But With A Cause?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After two weeks of solid gains, the broad markets pulled back a bit, yet some stocks still decided to go up.
Is Rambus A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What is going on with Rambus?
Is Range Resources A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This program to find buy signals gave a 5.4% return in July and a 6.1% return in August.
Is Sara Lee A Piece Of Cake?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The best trade setups often appear with little warning or fanfare; Sara Lee shares may be offering a nice low-risk long setup right now.
Is Seaspan Corp. A Stock To Look At?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is this stock one to look at or shy away from?
Is Serengeti Resources Buying A Hole Of Hope?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...South Africa and gold are synonymous, and the share price has responded accordingly. Is it justified?
Is Sherritt International Taking A Breather?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is Sherritt taking a breather before continuing its climb?
Is Silver Wheaton Making A Play?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With US automakers holding out tin cups and former NASDAQ chairman Bernard Madoff alleged to have paupered his clients via a giant Ponzi scheme, we can understand why investors are scared to invest. Here's something to consider.
Is Sony Corp. A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sony gave a buy signal in a market where the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 200 points.
Is Sony Making A Comeback?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the indexes are falling, you should start looking for shares to buy as the indexes bottom.
Is Sotheby's A Bubble Proxy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What if there was a stock that provided a reliable warning of a bubble about to break?
Is TSLA a Meme Stock?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Meme stocks are those stocks that have gained popularity through social sentiment. Often this sentiment is fueled by social media and is accelerated by retail investors. Is Tesla one such stock?
Is Tesla A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Tesla are very volatile. Are the shares worth a buy and hold?
Is That A Triangle I See Before Me?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US stock market has been depressing as Europe struggles to get back on its feet.
Is The 200-Day Moving Average A Reliable Trend Indicator?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With major averages facing resistance at their 200-day moving averages, we test the reliability of this indicator.
Is The DJIA A Defective Indicator? by Max Bader, M.D., M.P.H.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is The DJIA A Defective Indicator? by Max Bader, M.D., M.P.H. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is the most popular and commonly quoted of the stock market averages used to measure market activity. This is due mainly to its long history as a marke
Is The DJIA Starting A New Leg Up?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The DJ 30 appears to have started a new leg up. How much further might be left?
Is The Lehman Treasury Fund Finding A Bottom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Lehman Treasury Fund has bounced off key support levels but are prices ready to rally?
Is The Market Building A Bottom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One good overall measure of the market is the Vanguard Total Market ETF. What is it telling us about the market?
Is The Market Poised For A Turndown?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For some time now, I have been suggesting that the market could start turning down, moving into a new bear market that will last two to three years.
Is The Market Really In A Trading Range?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It would seem so, since the market appears to be starting a five-month rally that should complete wave 2 of a long-term horizontal correction.
Is There A Best Time To Begin Systems Trading?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Once you've identified a promising trading system, you'll still be faced with a very basic question: When is the preferred time to begin trading it?
Is There A Recession In The Cards For 2020?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What is the outlook for a recession? What indicators can be watched to continually weigh the likelihoods?
Is This A Reverse Head And Shoulders Buildup For Earthlink?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An Internet service provider.
Is This An Inverse Head & Shoulders Or A Flag?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Goldman Sachs: the share price at $153.51 is enough to scare anyone away.
Is This What A Capitulation Bottom Feels Like?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This has been a tough market no matter which way you slice it, with signals to confuse even the most stalwart traders. But here is one pattern that looks promising.
Is This a Bear Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The recent decline in stock prices was deep, leading to the inevitable question of whether or not we're in a bear market. The answer depends upon the index and the time frame.
Is Timing A Perfect Entry Really A Missed Opportunity?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Have you ever missed a great winning trade, simply because you were waiting for the perfect entry price? If not, learn from my mistake and save yourself some traders remorse.
Is Timing A Perfect Entry Really A Missed Opportunity?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Have you ever missed a great winning trade, simply because you were waiting for the perfect entry price? If not, learn from my mistake and save yourself some traders remorse.
Is Trading Volatility A Worthwhile Plan?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We've all heard of the VIX which measures market volatility. When it's falling, stocks go up and vice-versa when stocks drop. And now thanks to a host of exchange traded funds (ETFs) and exchange traded notes (ETNs) trading volatility is (almos
Is Value Vision A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The past six weeks have been truly depressing for the markets.
Is Visa A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Television announcers on Bloomberg, CNBC, CNN, or any other financial TV channel look at fundamentals, but do the technicals agree with what they say?
Is Vodaphone Worth A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a company becomes a take-over target, is it worth a buy or should you wait?
Is Wall Street A Casino?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Do stocks have a random characteristic similar to a roulette wheel, and can we gain a winning edge by trading equities? Here, we simulate Wall Street stocks on an artificial roulette wheel to find the answer
Is the S&P 100 Cycle Confirming A Recovering U.S. Economy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...I have written many articles on cycles, and shown how a simple cycle can be a reliable arrow in your quiver of technical analysis weapons. Here is another one.
Is there a next support level for the Nasdaq?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Well, it looks like the Nasdaq has taken a rough beating, rougher than what was imaginable.
JB Hunt Takes A Leap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A gap off support looks promising for JB Hunt, but let's see some follow-through above resistance before really getting excited.
JDS Uniphase: A Lesson In Frustration
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...JDS Uniphase is listed both in Canada and the U.S., with Canada its primary base. With the Canadian market faltering because of a slowing economy while the U.S. market is recovering far better than anticipated, the share movement may be torn between the
JDSU, A Raff Buy Signal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks are rising across the board as the early spring rally continues. Here's a look at a fresh buy signal in shares of JDS Uniphase.
JNJ Trying To Strike A Double Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...JNJ's recent gap on high volume solidifies support and opens the door to a resistance test and possible double bottom breakout.
JNJ: A Final Rally Before Trend Reversal?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Up by as much as 55% between June 2012 and November 2013, shares of Johnson and Johnson may be ready to stall and reverse lower.
Johnson & Johnson Makes A Major Break
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a multi-month base, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) broke resistance and this broken resistance level provided the first key support test.
July Cocoa's Island Gap: Prelude To A Break
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A deep moving average convergence/divergence histogram trough suggests lower prices ahead for July cocoa.
June Is A Bad Month For Stocks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders fear September and October, months known for crashes, but June should also be feared.
Jupitermedia Corp. Poised For A Reversal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After an upmove, Jupitermedia Corp. (JUPM) consolidated for three to four months and then broke out for the next upmove. On a weekly basis, the stock is moving up from a 3-year base.
Keeping A Trading Journal by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Keeping A Trading Journal by Thom Hartle Success in trading the markets does not come overnight. It is probable that the novice who profits early and easily in his trading career will view the gains as the easiest money he or she ever made. It is also v
Kellogg Co. Shows A Head And Shoulders Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The head and shoulders formation is the most intuitive bottoming or topping out pattern. In it, the weaker of the bulls and bears prior to the pattern wins the post-pattern battle. On the strength of this pattern Kellogg Inc. is set to touch $43 in the
Kepple Corp. A Keeper?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sometimes a stock that is barely known because its price is too low presents a solid buying opportunity.
Kepple Corp. Worth A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The share price of Kepple Corp. has made a strong V bottom. Is it worth a buy?
Key Factor In A Bull Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Studies show there is one key factor in stocks leading the next bull market as well earning the highest returns.
Kohl's Makes A New Six-Month High
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Kohl's shares have just made a new six-month high. Can traders and investors move this retailer's common stock even higher?
Krispy Kreme Part II- A Closer Look at an Inflated Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (KKD) has been one of the few bright spots in the past year's nightmarishly bear market. But as the stock market bottoms out and other companies begin seeing profits again, how long will KKD continue its strong upward tr
LFUS As A Movie-Star Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Strong stocks tend to stay strong; using a proven timing system can help minimize the risk of latching onto a stock that has already skyrocketed over the past year. LFUS is such an example.
LLY: Nearing A Significant Support Zone?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Eli Lilly are down by 11% over the past month but may get a bit of a bounce if a key support level holds up.
LPNT Has A Dark Cloud Cover
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Lifepoint Hospital formed a dark cloud cover after a significant upward rally forming a rising wedge. These two bearish patterns may drag down the stock.
Least-Squares Data Smoothing by Harold A. Kreamer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Least-Squares Data Smoothing by Harold A. Kreamer Superimposed on and often indistinguishable from daily market data trends are seemingly random fluctuations, known as noise. An analyst wants to remove as much noise from data as possible without degradi
Lehman Bond Fund Puts In A Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The short-term downtrend has been broken, but resistance is standing in the way.
Lehman Brothers: A Pause In The Long-Term Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a long rally, prices consolidate in the daily time frame for Lehman Brothers.
Lockheed Martin Close To A Top?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Lockheed Martin are up by nearly 40% since August 2011; cycles and money flow analysis suggest that a pullback is due soon.
Logarithmic Point & Figure by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Logarithmic Point & Figure by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. In the June 1991 STOCKS & COMMODITIES, I described how a turning point could be measured by filtering out minor market moves. The same filtering technique can be used to correct the failings of the
Long-Term Volatility Pattern A Concern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Key resistance levels are holding for the volatility index, but the long-term pattern indicates an eventual breakout.
Looking At A Dog
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a share is newly listed on the market and then drops 80% plus, do you look at it for a future buy?
Looking At A Gold Nibble
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The price of gold has fallen dramatically over the past year. Is it time to start loading up on gold shares?
Looking At A Head And Shoulders
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A head and shoulder formation is pretty accurate in suggesting a target.
Looking At A Weekly Chart
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When you rely on a program to analyze the market, how do you identify which shares to look at?
Looking At Pfizer On A Shorter Time Scale
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a short-term outlook to Pfizer, using short-term indicators.
Looking At The NASDAQ In A Simple Way
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sometimes we are inclined to overlook what charts are telling us because we need to be convinced by complexity. Here is a chart staring us in the face and shouting, "Watch me!"
Looking For A Consistent, Profitable Trading Strategy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders are always looking for a strategy that will give them consistent profits, no matter which direction the market is going. Here's one that you may approve of.
Looking For A Gold Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gold has been battered lately so it's time once again to consider buying the next gold bounce.
Looking For A Leader
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With technical analysis, we are always looking for an indicator or index that leads the market. This is not as easy as we think.
Looking For A Share To Buy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the start of the year 2017, and a new President taking over in the United States of America, looking for a share to buy and hold is not that easy.
Looking For A Stop Loss Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Should you buy & sell a stock just because the relative strength index says so?
Looking For A Winner
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the stock market behaving the way it has since January 2018, how does one find a winner?
Looking For A Winner
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With only 4 days left before the US Presidential election, and uncertainty as the outcome, finding a share to invest in is not that easy.
Looks Like the Dow is Set for a Possible Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A previously identified broadening pattern is now coming into play and a candlestick pattern hints at short term outcome.
Loudeye Technologies Looking Like A Noise Maker
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This volatile penny stock has formed a large trading range and is currently coming off an important low.
Lucent Technologies Making A Slow Move Down
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A head and shoulders points to downside for Lucent Technologies.
Lululemon Is A Buy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the price of a stock traces a saucer bottom, you better put it on your watchlist.
Lumber As A Trader's Dream
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders need volatility to make money, and lumber has been offering large price moves in short time frames.
MACD x MA: A Cryptocurrency Trading Strategy And Guide
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Having a trading strategy in hand when you step up to your trading platform can be an essential part of an overall trading plan and approach to the markets. Here is one to consider, as well as some guidance for putting this or another strategy to work
MDY: Closing In On A Major High?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Just like its large and small cap peers, this key mid-cap stock ETF has been very strong but may be near to an important cycle high.
MFITrend: A Daytrading Strategy For Cryptocurrency
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You can keep your fear, uncertainty, and doubt in check by having a trading strategy in hand that you feel confident using. Here is one example strategy to consider for trading cryptocurriencies based on high readings in the money flow index
MSFT Tests Support With A Harami
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Although Microsoft remains in a clear downtrend, the stock is testing support with a bullish candlestick pattern that could foreshadow an oversold bounce.
MSO: At A Low?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Go directly to jail. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. So says the game Monopoly, but Martha Stewart proved otherwise. The share price of MSO rose strongly, and Stewart herself collected far more than the perfunctory $200. The question is, after all i
MU - A Steady Stable Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Micron Technology has surged with uniform pace. A fresh bullish breakout is likely to add confidence.
MXIM: Prepping For A Bounce?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. have declined by nearly 15% in the last month but may now be nearing a critical support test.
Macdonald Dettwiler A Hold For The Long Term?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market is falling and the bears are running rampant, so it is time to look for stocks you would like to own and hold for the long term.
Make it a Blockbuster 2001 ... So Far
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Blockbuster have almost doubled since the beginning of the year. Will the trend stay friendly?
Making A Bet, Or Is It A Sure Thing?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As a technician, I try not to let fundamentals influence me simply because I am in a hurry.
Making A Bet, Or Is It A Sure Thing?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As a technician, I try not to let fundamentals influence me simply because I am in a hurry.
Making A Good System Great by Donald W. Pendergast Jr
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Once you have a trading system, you still need to evaluate it. You can apply optimization strategies to increase profitability, reduce drawdowns, and enhance the stability of your system.
Making A Sacrificial Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's startling how such a concept can help you overcome the most destructive emotional impulses of trading.
Making Sense Of A Schizophrenic Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are key differences between a bubble and a bull market. The challenge is recognizing the difference
Making The Most Of A Trend With The Disparity Index by Dan Valcu
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Making The Most Of A Trend With The Disparity Index by Dan Valcu In volatile markets, it's difficult to forecast the formation of peaks and troughs. The disparity index is an indicator that helps you squeeze the best out of a trend whether you are tradi
Manulife Financial As A Ray Of Light In The Darkness?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How good is Manulife Financial?
March Crude Oil - A Pause Or A Top?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sometimes a chart pattern can be interpreted a number of ways. Knowing how to see the big picture can help make the job easier.
March Crude Oil - A Pause Or A Top?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sometimes a chart pattern can be interpreted a number of ways. Knowing how to see the big picture can help make the job easier.
Market Leaders Tell A Tale Of Woe
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...These previous market darlings pulled the market higher in good times. But now they are doing the opposite.
Market Profile/Liquidity Data Bank: A procedural outline by Donald L. Jones
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Market Profile/Liquidity Data Bank: A procedural outline by Donald L. Jones The Chicago Board of Trade's Market Profile/Liquidity Data Bank report is an unparalleled source of market- generated information. Each price traded during the day is identified
Market Taking A Bite Out Of Apple?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In a mammoth runup, how much higher does Apple really have left to run?
Markets Try to Hammer Out a Short-Term Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite the uncertainty over geopolitical concerns, these charts suggest a bounce attempt is likely.
Mastering The MACD In A Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Combine a long-term moving average with the classic MACD to create a trend-following trading strategy for trading forex pairs. Here's how
Measuring The Strength Of A Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Before entering a trade, it pays to measure one indicator that says much about a market.
Media Tempest In A Teapot?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Joe Rogan and Spotify battle a media storm. So what's next?
Member Trading by Arthur A. Merrill
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Member Trading by Arthur A. Merrill Once a week, but two weeks late, the New York and American stock exchanges report some interesting figures. You will find them in Barron's or The Wall Street Journal : Total volume and total short sales; Specialist
Member and public short selling by Arthur A. Merrill
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Member and public short selling by Arthur A. Merrill Total short sales figures, published by the New York and American stock exchanges, are a useful set of figures for gauging market moods. Total short sales figures are reported in The Wall Street Journ
Member/Odd Lot Trading by Arthur A. Merrill, CMT
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Member/Odd Lot Trading by Arthur A. Merrill, CMT Stock exchange members, the group that makes up the member trading statistics, should be more knowledgeable than the rest of us, the great ""public."" The members should be smart money -- at least, they sh
Merck Shows A Positive Divergence Of The Bollinger %b Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock has been in a downtrend during the past five years.
Meredith Corporation: In A Bearish Trend?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Meredith Corp. rallied to its 52-week high, consolidated, and went through a bearish breakout. Could a downtrend be developing?
Meritage Homing In On A Breakout?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Meritage Homes appears to be breaking out of a long-term downtrend. Is now the time to buy?
Merrill Directional Patterns by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Merrill Directional Patterns by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. Can we get clues to price performance from the swings of prices in the last hours of the preceding day? If we ignore volume and the amount of change, the direction of the swings of prices can be
Merrill MW Waves by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Merrill MW Waves by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. Suppose prices have been moving in a certain way. What are the probabilities for future prices? You must look to the past for similar situations. How similar must the past situation be? If you ask your comp
Messages from a Split Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See what stock market messages were sent on June 9, 2017.
Messages from a Split Stock Market - Part Two
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why Nasdaq 100 underperformance could signal an imminent decline.
Met-Pro Corp. Now In A Downtrend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Now that Met-Pro Corp. (MPR) has closed below its most recent low of $15, it is officially in a downtrend.
Microchip Technology (MCHP) - A Chart Filled With Caution
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Rising wedge formations tend to have bearish impications, and MCHP is in the process of finishing one.
Microsoft Caught In A Trap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Microsoft has been range bound for over two years and the subsequent break is likely to fuel the next move in the Nasdaq.
Microsoft... Is It A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Xbox -- a winner this Xmas for Microsoft?
Microstrategy Inc, Is Still Under A Dark Shadow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...MSTR stands on major support after a bad week, but an increase in bullish pressure would bring in a relief rally.
Millennium Pharmaceuticals Moves Off A Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This stock is ready for a bounce, how far can it go?
Mini Gold: Setup for a Major Fall?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This may not be 'the' top in the gold market, but the balance of the technical evidence still suggests that traders should be prepared for the possibility of more downside.
Minimize Risk By Trading Within A Range
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking at 60-minute data for Apple Computer, Inc. (AAPL) shows that the past month and a half have been a volatile period. Exhaustive selling during the middle of April created short-term support at $109 per share. By looking at these past support areas
Minimum Expectations Of A Trading Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is your system performing adequately? Here is a method you can use to determine minimum expected performance.
Mmm... A Head and Shoulders Formation?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...No matter who the company is, when a head and shoulders formation starts developing, caution prevails.
Modern portfolio theory: A powerful tool for futures investing Part 1 by Gary S. Antonacci
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Modern portfolio theory: A powerful tool for futures investing Part 1 by Gary S. Antonacci In an effort to improve on the traditional risk and return characteristics available from investment opportunities, academic researchers developed Modern Portfol
Moderna - A Vaccine Growth Story
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Vaccine sales have exploded but will they keep growing?
Molycorp Inc.: Finally, A Major Low?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Down by as much as 94% since May 2011, shares of Molycorp Inc. may already be into a well developing double bottom pattern.
Money supply (M2): A leading economic indicator by Clifford J. Sherry, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Money supply (M2): A leading economic indicator by Clifford J. Sherry, Ph.D. I want to show you an analytical technique that you can use to estimate the probability of future price increases or decreases. I'll use the money supply figures (M2) from 1948
More Downside For AEM, Then A Rally?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Agnico-Eagle Mines, Ltd., rose more than 66% between early April and mid-September 2012. Is this party finally over?
More Signs Of A Market Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Insider selling continued at a brisk pace in November. The ratio of shares sold to purchased dropped slightly but overall sales were up significantly. There are other signs that the market may be at, or at least very near, a top.
More trend detection by Arthur A. Merrill
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...More trend detection by Arthur A. Merill Last month I described four methods of trend detection: eyeball, filtered waves, zigzags and support/resistance levels. Here are seven more: Moving average This indicator is rather limited when you consider the
Morgan Stanley Emerging Market Debt A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund operates as a nondiversified, closed-end management investment company. Is it worth a look?
Moving Average Crossovers by Arthur A. Merrill, CMT
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Moving Average Crossovers by Arthur A. Merrill, CMT Are moving average crossovers more effective than other indicators? More specifically, how about moving average crossovers applied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average? S&C contributor Arthur Merrill de
Multiple Time Frame Analysis Makes A Bullish Case For S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders should always consider multiple time frames in developing their market opinion.
Mutated Variables Volatility And A New Market Paradigm by Walter T. Downs, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Mutated Variables Volatility And A New Market Paradigm by Walter T. Downs, Ph.D. Markets move through phases during which volatility fluctuates. Here's how to measure the shifts in volatility and then use that data as a filter for a trading system. Ma
My One and Only Stock Market Recommendation by MERTON A. HILL
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...My One and Only Stock Market Recommendation by MERTON A. HILL My interest in the stock market developed some 40 years ago. My first purchase was 100 shares of Budd Manufacturing (builders of railroad cars and heavy machinery -- Budd has since been acquir
N-CAMA: Combining Artificial Intelligence With A Time-Tested Technical Analysis Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traditional technical analysis tools can benefit from the aid of machine learning. Here, we introduce a dynamic trading model called the N-CAMA. It combines a time-tested tool, the adjustable moving average, with the power of artificial intelligence for
NASDAQ Composite Forming A Bottom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...$COMPQ is consolidating at the lowest support, forming a base with higher lows that may help accumulate some bullish strength.
NASDAQ Runs Into A Wall
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a nice reversal and breakout in November, the NASDAQ formed a massive bearish engulfing formation and is suddenly looking vulnerable.
NIKE Making A Run For It, But Could Be Out Of Gas
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...NIKE deteriorated in the spring as it came off a head and shoulders top and recently has found its second wind.
NRG Fueled Up For A Run Higher?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of NRG Energy, Inc., appear to have been given a go-ahead long entry setup on its daily time frame.
NYMEX Gas Making A Decision Soon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...NYMEX natural gas is hovering over a confluence of support, both long- and short-term. All signs point to a modest rise very soon, and unless long-term resistance can reign in the rally, it will likely be a precursor to a longer term advance.
NYT: Classic Pullback In A Bull Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of New York Times 'A' stock (NTY)are up by 38% since making a major multicycle low on May 1, 2013 and are now sitting at an important support level; if this level holds off further selling, the odds are good for a tradable bullish swing
Nasdaq And Its Cycle: Is There A Joker In The Pack?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Last week I discussed the Dow and its cycle, the week before, the S&P 100 index and its cycle. This week I am looking at the Nasdaq index, its cycle and other technical tools.
Nasdaq Composite Breaks Down From A Bearish Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Nasdaq composite broke down from a bearish head and shoulders pattern on both the daily and weekly pattern. It has returned from the upper end of its weekly range to continue trading in a consolidation range.
Nasdaq Headed For A Pattern Test
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the party over or is this a normal and healthy correction for the tech index?
Nasdaq Shooting Star Not A Shining Star
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Rising wedges try to seduce the bulls with false confidence. Bearish candlestick serves as a warning to alert traders.
National Oilwell Varco Consolidating Before A Drop?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With a drop below $76.60 set to resume the downtrend in shares of National Oilwell Varco, price cycle analysis suggests that a run toward $73.00 may be a high-probability event.
Negative Volume Divergence Index by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Negative Volume Divergence Index by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. The Market Technicians Association has selected the late Paul Dysart for their 1990 annual award ""for outstanding contribution to the field for technical analysis."" Analyst Jim Alphier, in
Netflix - Negative Reaction To Positive Earnings A Bad Sign
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Dark clouds are gathering. My last article about the stock entitled a href="http://technical.traders.com/tradersonline/display.asp?art=7676""What's Next For Netflix?"/a, marked the beginning of some bearish action.
Netflix Signals A Buy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Netflix has been a volatile stock over the past year. Is it worth investing in?
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?
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?
Networking Index Due For A Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The networking index and the networkers have been beaten up badly, however it looks primed to at least give us a bear rally.
Neural networks: A trading perspective by Carol H. Halquist & George F. Schmoll, II
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Neural networks: A trading perspective by Carol H. Halquist & George F. Schmoll, III Neural networks and neural network simulators are used in signal processing, expert systems, modeling and forecasting. They may be used to solve complex, well-defined p
New highs/new lows by Arthur A. Merrill, C. M. T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...New highs/new lows by Arthur A. Merrill, C. M. T. Each day the number of stocks making new highs and the number making new lows are reported in the financial press. Are these statistics useful? To find out whether they were, I constructed an index of ne
Newmont Mining Closing In On A Low?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After enduring a 35% selloff in five months, might shares of Newmont Mining be ready to make another significant low?
Newmont Mining: A Rising Weekly Cycle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With gold stocks moving higher again, Newmont Mining, one of the the world's mining giants, is signaling a daily-based swing trade, a setup enhanced by a rising weekly price cycle.
News Corp. Shows A Short-Term Reversal Formation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The media giant displayed a positive divergence of the Bollinger indicator %b and developed a reversal formation.
Nexen Inc. Pulling Back to a Key Support Zone
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Nexen Inc. has been on a tear after breaking out of a seven-month trading range back in May. Now that the stock has proceeded to pull back, I would look to accumulate shares at near-term support levels.
Nike Loses a Shoe
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Nike failed to recover from the 27-Jun gap down and the evidence points to further weakness.
Nike Trying To Hammer Out A Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite the lone hammer, larger bearish patterns still dominate Nike, and the hammer needs confirmation.
Nikkei Fails A Major Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Nikkei 225 failed at neckline resistance and upside momentum continues to wane.
Nikkei Poised For A Powerful Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Nikkei has had the weight of a sumo wrestler on its shoulders in 2004 with a strong yen and high oil prices. Could 2005 provide some relief?
Nikkei Tries To Hammer Out A Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A hammer at support and indicator divergence could foreshadow a bounce in the Nikkei.
Nokia Gaps Out Of A Basing Formation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The telecom sector has been moving up recently, thanks to companies like Nokia. Ahead of the pack, Nokia broke out of a 2-year consolidationon on an upward gap. Here's how you can trade that gap.
Normalized Slope As A Measure Of Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is a sophisticated tool you can use to not only identify trends but also to help measure their significance. Formulas and functions that you can use in Excel to calculate it are provided for easy implementation
Nortel in a Trend - But Will It Hold?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Nortel (NT-NYSE and NT-TSX) is anything but dull. And now it appears to be headed lower. Is this a predictable trend or will it fool investors again?
Not A Time To Pick Market Tops In .SPX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a powerful trend takes hold, it generally pays to give such a market move the respect it deserves.
OSX Looks Ripe For A Measured Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The recent rally in the Oil Services Index ($OSX) looks like a corrective advance, and a breakdown from here would call for a measured move lower.
OVR - a new indicator by Fred Purifoy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...OVR - a new indicator by Fred Purifoy On-balance volume (OBV) has two generally recognized goals: to serve as a filter for trending and non-trending markets, and to anticipate reversals by divergence from the price trend. (OBV, recall, is the cumulative
Oil At A Short-Term Top?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The price of oil has risen dramatically this year, with analysts attributing much of the rise to geopolitical concerns. While unrest in Iran and terror attacks in Niger are likely to continue, traders seem to be less concerned about their impact on the s
Oil Has A VIX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Equity traders have long used the volatility index to monitor the volatility of the market. Oil and gold have similar measures.
Oil Hits A Resistance Zone
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...West Texas Intermediate Crude is currently enjoying a nice rally, but the advance has reached a resistance zone and further gains could be difficult to come by.
Oil Index On A Slippery Slope
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Oil Index (Amex XOI)has enjoyed a 10-year uptrend as witnessed on its weekly chart. There are signs of weakness appearing, which bears monitoring.
Oil On The Verge Of A Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Oil Fund ETF (USO) surged off support over the last few days, and the exchange traded fund is on the verge of a breakout that would signal a continuation of the prior advance.
Old Dominion Freight Line, A Share To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Given that there are so many stocks, finding the best ones that make sound investments is not that easy.
On The Precipice Of The Nearest Dollar Increment by A. Trongone, Phd, CFP, CTA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On The Precipice Of The Nearest Dollar Increment by A. Trongone, Phd, CFP, CTA In a bear market, any piece of information that will give traders a slight edge in performance is always welcome. Here's how a stock performs when it is trading in the vicini
Optimal Window Length For Forecasting by A. Denis Ridley, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Optimal Window Length For Forecasting by A. Denis Ridley, Ph.D. As a rule, the financial markets are complex and difficult to analyze, due to multiple cyclical elements present in the related data. The moving window spectral (Mws) method of analysis and
Options as a Strategic Investment
Oracle Approaching A Multicycle High
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Oracle Corp. have been on a three-month long bullish tear, but cycles analysis suggests that the move may be entering its terminal phase.
Oracle Firms Within A Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Oracle is showing some relative strength over the last few days, and confirmation of a bullish candlestick reversal pattern would forge a breakout.
Oracle Makes A U-Turn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Oracle Corp. retraced back from its 52-week high and filled a previous gap-up opening.
PBR: Onset Of A Bullish Reversal?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Down by as much as 34% in just the past seven weeks, shares of Petrobrasileira S.A. may finally be at or near a key bullish reversal area.
Pair Trading With A Twist
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading stock pairs may be something that you may not think about much. But if market conditions are such that no trading methodology of yours is going to work, it's best to keep your options open. Here, we look at pair trading to find which approach wor
Palm Inc. Has a Bleak Future
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The near-term future for Palm Incorporated (PALM) has become increasingly weak.
Part 1 Assessing risk on Wall Street A philosophy of investing by Thomas A. Rorro
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...part 1 Assessing risk on Wall Street A philosophy of investing by Thomas A. Rorro The goal of investing is to make a profit. To achieve this goal, the investor places his money at risk--with the hope of increasing his wealth. Whether by buying real estat
Part 1 Assessing risk on Wall Street A philosophy of investing by Thomas A. Rorro
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...part 1 Assessing risk on Wall Street A philosophy of investing by Thomas A. Rorro The goal of investing is to make a profit. To achieve this goal, the investor places his money at risk--with the hope of increasing his wealth. Whether by buying real estat
Part 1. Concepts and Examples A Trend Following Method for All Seasons by Anthony W. Warren
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Part 1. Concepts and Examples A Trend Following Method for All Seasons by Anthony W. Warren, Ph.D. Introduction Trend following methods based on plots of raw and moving average data are one of the oldest and most universally used techniques of technica
Part II. Implementation Using Alpha-Beta Filtering A trend following method for all seasons by Antho
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Part II. Implementation Using Alpha-Beta Filtering A trend following method for all seasons by Anthony W. Warren, Ph.D. Summary In the June issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities we presented a trend following method for stock and commodit
Peaking of a grand supercycle by Robert J. Prechter Jr.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Peaking of a grand supercycle by Robert J. Prechter Jr. For 13 years, A. J. Frost and I have made the case that a great ""fifth wave"" bull market--the termination phase of a longer term uptrend--was in force and that it would be followed by a bigger cras
Peter Hackstedde: profile of a winning trader by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Peter Hackstedde: profile of a winning trader by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D. It was two o'clock on a Friday afternoon. I found myself having lunch with Peter Hackstedde in the Turf Club at Santa Anita race track. I had just finished two articles on compulsive t
Pfizer Forming A Rounded-Top Formation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bears are ready to engulf the bullish rally of Pfizer.
Pfizer May See A Bullish Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A small range-bound rally may complete the cup with handle pattern. The bullish breakout of the pattern may attract new traders.
Pfizer: A Reversal Formation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Prices could continue to move up and close the gap in the $24 area.
Picking A Bottom In Bonds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As sharp as the decline in bonds has been, a key momentum oscillator has positive divergence working and support is at hand.
Pigs In A Poke
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A month-long negative stochastic divergence in May bellies suggests an April correction.
Plumbing For A Bottom In Stocks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The beginning of October 2014 was a tough one for traders and investors. So what happens next?
Plurality by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Plurality by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. Plurality: Now there's an indicator that has been around for at least half a century. Analyst James Alphier claims it was invented by technical analyst pioneer Paul Dysart, who published a piece on the subject at l
Portrait Of A Short Squeeze
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...From Cindy to Katrina, piggish bears have overplayed their hand in September.
Power Financial Corp. Makes a Triangle Break
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This Canadian financial stock has made a break past triangle resistance, which follows the strength of the financials in general the past week.
Predicting The Shape Of A Cycle Bottom by Michael R. Burk
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Predicting The Shape Of A Cycle Bottom by Michael R. Burk I define a cycle as what happens between peaks in my New Low Indicator. Since the beginning of 1978 there have been 24 complete cycles averaging a little over 120 trading days, or 24 weeks. Cycl
Prepare For A Slow Bull
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bull is definitely there. The matador, however, is frustrated by the lack of action as the bull just yawns and relaxes. What can he do to get it moving?
Price As A Trading Tool by Robert Miner
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Price As A Trading Tool by Robert Miner A complete approach to trading requires the trader to analyze the market from all perspectives. The three important dimensions of market activity are time, price and pattern. If a trader does not include all three
Price path: a new volatility measure by Joanne Hill, Ph.D. and Matthew Celebuski
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Price path: a new volatility measure by Joanne Hill, Ph.D. and Matthew Celebuski Many trading strategies rely on market levels or changes in those levels for allocation among asset classes. In an option replication program, such as portfolio insurance,
Price reactions within a trend by Bill McLaren
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.
Price/Dividends Ratio Revisited by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Price/Dividends Ratio Revisited by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. In 1988 Merrill showed that the price/dividends ratio was useful in calling the 1987 crash. What's the outlook today? In the October 1988 issue of STOCKS & COMMODITIES, I described the useful
Price/Earnings Ratios by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Price/Earnings Ratios by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. Here's a look at an old fundamental analysis favorite and what it can do for the technical analyst. For many years I have monitored the performance of a group of 30 to 50 stocks that have been exhibiti
PriceSmart, A Stock To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The consolidating range of PriceSmart can be traded for the short term. A breakout would lead to a robust bullish rally.
Probability--Probably A Good Thing To Know
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The idea of reversion to the mean is one that traders tend to take for granted. Can you confidently assume all indicators subscribe to the normal probability distribution? Here, we measure the probability distribution of a few indicators to determine if
Product Review: QCharts, a Real-Time Internet Service
Product Review: Secrets To Becoming A Samurai Trader by David Penn
Profiting In A Presidential Cycle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We elect a President every four years. How does that affect your portfolio?
Profiting In A Stage III Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How can you make money in a trading-range market?
Programming for a global perspective by Charles Milmoe
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Programming for a global perspective by Charles Milmoe Today's global economy requires a global perspective. In March, when Drs. Pons and Fleischmann's cold fusion announcement directed my attention to palladium, I used the improved capabilities of toda
Promising Signs That Stocks Have Put In A Major Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's been a tough year so far, but a number of factors are lining up to say there's a light at the end of the tunnel.
Protecting Your Wealth While Making A Profit
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...By allocating capital to the equity index markets in different regions of the world that are showing the strongest momentum, you can multiply your profits. Here is how you can ride the global momentum
Psychology Of A Short-Term Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Had I taken a short-term position in GE, now would be the time to close out the trade. Why?
Put Options As A Hedge Against The Bear
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many traders buy put options to hedge their positions against declining prices. Unlike short sellers, buyers of put options can limit losses more effectively, insofar as the put option buyer risks only the premium, the price of the option contract.
Put-call sentiment indicator by Robert R. Prechter and David A. Allman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Put-call sentiment indicator by Robert R. Prechter and David A. Allman Put/call ratios based on volume and dollar value have been widely used by technicians (see ""Option premiums,"" Stocks & Commodities, December 1989). A third approach has been substa
Putting A Stop To It by David Garrard
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A greater focus on your exit strategy and less on your entry may make a big difference in your overall trading results. Investors and traders alike devote a considerable amount of time focusing on what investments to make and what tools to use to m
QLogic (QLGC) Makes A Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...QLGC is showing the first good sign of a early bullish trend change since its previous meltdown.
QQQ: Nearing A Major Multicycle High?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The great 2009-2013 bull market continues onward in the Nasdaq 100 index, but is a significant correction just ahead?
Qualcomm Signals a Continuation Higher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Qualcomm (QCOM) may be poised for a bullish move. The stock's chart suggests that a run towards the December 2002 high is likely.
Quanta Services And A Bearish Breakaway Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Breakaway gaps are high-profile events that can help a trader determine the likelihood of a confirmed, sustained trend move in any given stock or commodity.
Quick Scan: A W.D. Gann Treasure Discovered
Quick Scans: A Trader's Astrological Almanac 1997
Quick-Scans: One Day at a Time
R2K Ripe For A 21-Day EMA Retest
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Based on current internal strength readings and other technical criteria, the Russell 2000 index appears to be at or very near the start of a corrective move lower.
ROST Blasting To A New 52-Week High
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When stocks blast to a new 52-week high on wide range and heavy volume, there's probably a good reason. Ross Stores is an example.
RTN En Route To A Multimonth High?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Raytheon have rebounded from a recent cycle low. Is this yet another surge on the way to a new high?
RTN En Route To A New Multimonth High?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Raytheon have rebounded from a recent cycle low. Is this yet another surge en route to a new multimonth high?
Rambus Slows To A Crawl
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Rambus has been noticeably absent from the recent run in semiconductors, but shows signs of support and a volatility contraction.
Range Resources At A Key Inflection Point
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Downtrend resistance and moving average support are converging for Range Resources. So which way will the stock break in the near term?
Reading indicator charts by Arthur A. Merrill
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Reading indicator charts by Arthur A. Merrill In the preceding column, I discussed the smoothing of indicator data. When you have tamed the wild fluctuations, how do you translate the result into a forecast? How do you read the chart? There are several
Ready To Rally? Ford Forms A Bullish Wedge
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bullish wedges are corrections in an upmove. Often the price of a stock in such a correction will retrace to a major support level. From there a resumption of the uptrend may be expected. Ford has made one such bullish wedge, correcting to major support
Real Networks Readies For A Real Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The recent gap by Real Networks is certainly positive, but one more hurdle needs to be cleared.
Really? A Short-Term R2K Rally?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bear market is far from complete, but for intraday traders, there are always plenty of bullish setups in various small-scale time frames. Here's a look at a potentially bullish setup in the emini Russell 2000 futures contract.
Recession Watch 2020 - A Technical View Of Some Economic Data
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In my last article on economic indicators, I looked at the yield curve. In this article I update that chart as well as examine two more key metrics.
Reflex: A New Zero-Lag Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For indicators to be useful, the indications they produce can't arrive too late. Toward that all-important goal, here we introduce a new indicator plus a variation on that indicator that you will want to add to your charts
Relative Strength As A Selling Tool
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Relative strength is well known as a screening tool and a valuable component when it comes to making a buy decision. But what about using it for your sell decision?
Reliant Resources Trying A Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This electricity supplier based in Houston is trying to turn up the juice.
Renewable Energy Group on a Tear
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock suffered a big drop in 2019 but looks to be reaching for new highs.
Resistance by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Resistance by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. Prices, like everything else move along the line of least resistance. They will do whatever comes easiest therefore they will go up if there is less resistance to an advance than to a decline and vice versa. --Edw
Retail ETFs Are A Mixed Bag
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are you interested in learning more about using exchange traded funds (ETFs) in your trading? Leslie N. Masonson, an active ETF trader, is president of Cash Management Resources, a financial consulting firm that focuses on ETF strategies. He is the autho
Revenge of the Euro: A Head and Shoulders Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will the "since-inception" euro bear market end with a H&S bottom?
Reversal Pattern: A Candlestick Bullish Engulfing On Dupont
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The pattern started a reversal to the upside in the short term.
Reversal Pattern: A Candlestick Hammer On Emini S&P
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The pattern failed, squeezing the last bulls before the market reversed to the upside to find a balance at higher levels.
Reversals In Weekly Stock Returns by A. Tezel, PhD, and R. Sharma, PhD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Reversals In Weekly Stock Returns by A. Tezel, PhD, and R. Sharma, PhD Nasdaq stocks provide the highest net returns from a long strategy after a week of declining returns and declining highs and lows. Stock prices with strong momentum during the prio
Rhyming Markets Tell A Troubling Tale
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Every once in a while you see a chart that really jumps out at you.
Rival Energy: A Play On Oil?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The former energy advisor of US President George W. Bush predicts oil prices could reach as much as US$250 per barrel over the coming years.
RocketRSI - A Solid Propellant For Your Rocket Science Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Wouldn't it be great to know that there's a strong chance a cyclic reversal will take place? How many indicators can identify this event? The RSI is a favorite indicator among technical analysts. Make it a tad bit more flexible and it may help you find t
Rockyview Energy — A Possible Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is Rockyview Energy signaling a rise ahead of the summer holidays?
Rogers Communications A Share To Watch?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking for a share to buy is always a challenge.
Room With A View, Or Deja Vu?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's not always a good thing when your predictions come true.
Ross Stores -- A Near Recession-Proof Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Whether the market goes up or down, Ross Stores offers potential gains with limited risk.
Rowan Cos. Takes A Big Hit
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Any questions about a new bear market seem kind of moot right about now. One of the most bearish sectors of all is energy, and here's a glance at the current chart of a major oil services outfit.
Rowan's Triangle Breakout with a Developing Cup and Handle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Rowan Cos. recently broke out of a bullish triangle formation and now looks to be forming a cup with handle.
Royal Bank of Canada Facing a Triple Chart Challenge
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Canada's largest bank is at a crossroads right now. An interesting triple challenge seems to be in the works with what appears to be a slanted head & shoulders topping formation, an important trendline test, and a 200-day EMA challenge.
Ruby Tuesday Back In A Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ruby Tuesday had been consolidating for over three months and recently broke to the upside. The ADX has started rising after being below both the +DI and -DI. This indicates that the stock is going to continue its uptrend.
Ruger Breakout A Misfire
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc. looked ready to break out of their long-term downtrend, but it now looks to have been a trap. Potential investors should now hold and see if the long-term trend will resume.
Runaway Gap At Rediff: Exhaustion Of A Rally?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a dream run from a mere $7 to $22 in just four months, Rediff.com still shows no signs of a slowdown.
Runs: A method for detecting 'rhythms' in prices by Clifford J. Sherry, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Runs: A method for detecting 'rhythms' in prices by Clifford J. Sherry, Ph.D. Do runs or clusterings of like observations, such as 'rhythms' of price increases or decreases, occur by chance alone or is there some deterministic process at work? Statistic
Russell 2000 Gears Up For A Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Russell 2000 remains in a tight consolidation, and the impending break could have far-reaching consequences.
Ryland Group Looking For A Move On Up?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Hard to believe, but some homebuilding stocks are actually on a tear.
S&P 500 Another 100 Points Until A Bottom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bear is back, much to some analysts' surprise. Based on cycle and Fibonacci analysis, traders and investors shouldn't expect to see a major rally again in the .SPX until the 1000-1025 area is convincingly tested.
S&P 500 In A Bearish Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the daily chart shows a downleg, it's prudent to consult a longer-term chart (say a weekly one) for further insight.
S&P 500 Near A Ceiling
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Evidences continues to indicate US stocks are near an intermediate top. Fibonacci analysis could hold the answer of where a down turn could begin.
S&P 500 Near A Golden Cross
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Long-term moving averages are setting up a reliable buy signal on the S&P 500.
S&P 500 Turns Into A Bear
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Statistical analysis is used to show that the S&P 500 has reversed its intermediate-term trend from a bullish trend to a bearish trend.
S&P E-mini Futures Enter A Downtrend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P e-mini ended its agonizing rally on the daily chart and took the path of least resistance, which was down. This exhaustion pattern is called "Three Little Indians."
SAIA - A Strong Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SAIA is one stable stock that can be considered for long-term trading.
SBC Communications Is Making A Bullish Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A large ascending triangle on the chart of SBC Communications could offer profitable trading opportunities.
SBC Works On A Bullish Reversal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SBC traced out a falling wedge and has yet to reverse the current decline, but signs of a reversal are starting to appear.
SIDEBAR: A COMPOSITE INDICATOR by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A COMPOSITE INDICATOR by Technical Analysis, Inc. Interview subject Tim Hayes suggests a modified version of the composite indicator using just three indicators. You refer to your composite indicator that is made up of subgroups. Can you tell our reade
SIDEBAR: A five-day step-weighted moving average
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Examples of calculations for five-day weighted moving average.
SIDEBAR: A tale of two frequencies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SIDEBAR: A tale of two frequencies Using the prices in Article Figure 2 as examples of this technique, we'd place the first price, 233.76, in the first histogram; the second price, 234.91, in the second histogram; and the third price, 232.56, in the fir
SIDEBAR: ASSESSING A SINGLE EQUITY INVESTMENT
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...ASSESSING A SINGLE EQUITY INVESTMENT The total return on an equity investment reflects both capital gains and periodic income such as dividend payments. Specifically:
SIDEBAR: BUILDING A RANDOM WALK INDEX by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SIDEBAR: BUILDING A RANDOM WALK INDEX by Technical Analysis, Inc. Instructions on creating a random walk index.
SIDEBAR: CALCULATING A RATE OF CHANGE OSCILLATOR
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...CALCULATING A RATE OF CHANGE OSCILLATOR A rate of change oscillator (Roc) is calculated by dividing the price in the current time period by the price n periods ago. For example, a 10-day rate of change would be today's price divided by the price 10days
SIDEBAR: DESCRIBING A SPREADSHEET PROGRAM
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...DESCRIBING A SPREADSHEET PROGRAM
SIDEBAR: Four-year cycles on a mathematical basis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SIDEBAR: Four-year cycles on a mathematical basis The mathematical basis for the four-year cycle is found in many types of analysis. A good demonstration is the standard deviation of a market average as a risk parameter.
SIDEBAR: PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE
SIDEBAR: Portrait of a cycle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SIDEBAR: Portrait of a cycle Combining volume indicators, my new high and new low indicators and the advance/decline line (ADL) helps me to define cycles in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) or other broad indices such as the New York Stock Exchan
SIDEBAR: SOURCES OF RISK IN A SECURITY
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SOURCES OF RISK IN A SECURITY Sources such as: Business risk: The degree of uncertainty associated with an investment's earnings and the investment's ability to pay investors the returns owed them.
SIDEBAR: TRIPLE EXPONENTIALLY SMOOTHING A DATA SERIES
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...TRIPLE EXPONENTIALLY SMOOTHING A DATA SERIES One purpose of triple exponentially smoothing a data series is to remove meaningless fluctuations from the data while maintaining the correct appraisal of the direction of the trend. This is accomplished by s
SIDEBAR: WHAT IS A FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM? by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...WHAT IS A FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM? by Technical Analysis, Inc. There is an intuitive appeal in the concept that cycles are apparent in price data. The cycles do not appear to be consistent, but more of a combination that are longer- and shorter-term cycl
SIDEBAR: WRITING AND EXECUTING A SPREADSHEET MACRO
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...WRITING AND EXECUTING A SPREADSHEET MACRO A macro is a series of commands or keystrokes that can be stored for use for repeated operations. For all popular spreadsheets, macros can take on two different forms. One is a series of keystrokes that can be r
SPY - A Market Proxy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It has now been eight days since markets began their upward march, but the run is showing signs of strain.
SVU A Better Buy At Lower Prices?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Supervalu, a major regional grocery chain, have been falling for the past three months. Is a turnaround finally at hand?
Safety Is More Than A Dance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is there such a thing as safety when it comes to investing or trading? Let's find out
Salesforce.com Has A Wide Range Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Salesforce.com shares took off like a rocket on Thursday, issuing a fresh Raff MarketSpace stock system buy signal.
SanDisk: Multiple Confirmations Of A Major High?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of SanDisk have been among the better performers in the S&P 500 index since June 2012. Is this rally now near its ultimate high prior to a major correction?
Sandisk On The Verge Of A Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sandisk (SNDK) held support in February and looks poised to break resistance, but low volume still haunts the stock.
Sandisk: Head & Shoulders Or Just A Support Test?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sandisk has a potentially bearish pattern working, but the stock is assumed bullish until the bear is confirmed.
Scalping As A Trading Style by Vadym Graifer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:10 (76-78): Scalping As A Trading Style by Vadym Graifer Scalping got a bad name during the 1998?2000 market boom, mostly thanks to the media. Does scalping really deserve the bashing? Scalpers inhabit an area of fairly small
Sears, Roebuck & Co. Tries A Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a big downleg, this retailer appears ready for a bounce.
Sears: Anatomy Of A Double Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At a low during a major bear trend, Dow standby Sears and Roebuck [S] rallied from an intermediate trend double bottom to reach highs of nearly $44 in late April 2000. But a selling climax and weak rally have caught Sears between either a major upside r
Seasonal Variations In A Semiconductor Stock by Jack Karczewski
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Seasonal Variations In A Semiconductor Stock by Jack Karczewski Do seasonal variations exist in the heavily traded and researched stock market? Recently, a securities analyst was quoted as saying that semiconductor stocks declined an average of 40% from
Second Hour Index by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Second Hour Index by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. In 1983 I noted an indicator developed by analyst Stan Weinstein: the last hour indicator. Changes in prices in the last hour seemed to be useful in forecasting the future. Having an hourly data bank extend
Secondaries by Arthur A. Merrill, CMT
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Secondaries by Arthur A. Merrill, CMT If the owner of a large block wants to sell without generating a big price decline, he sometimes enlists the help of an underwriter. This type of sale is called a secondary offering. The underwriter uses his skills
Selecting Stocks For A Portfolio by Donald Stewart and Kenneth Stewart
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Selecting Stocks For A Portfolio by Donald Stewart and Kenneth Stewart As redundant as it may sound, following the stock market is in reality following a market of stocks. And surveying a market of stocks can present a challenge. The brothers Stewart, u
Selective Opportunity Is A Trader's Weapon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Chasing every opportunity in the market only leads to losses. Sometimes, the best trading tool a pro can use is simply being selective.
Semi HOLDRS Heading For A Whole Lot Of Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The semiconductor HOLDRS is closing at the top of its 2005 range, and a reversal may be in the offing.
September Strategy And What A Difference A Month Makes
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Beginning in August, weakness from July's trading was carrying over but now it's spreading like a contagion. Learn how to prepare and profit.
September Strategy And What A Difference A Month Makes
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Beginning in August, weakness from July's trading was carrying over but now it's spreading like a contagion. Learn how to prepare and profit.
Serving a trading apprenticeship The Wyckoff method of trading stocks part 13 by Jack K. Hutson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Serving a trading apprenticeship The Wyckoff method of trading stocks part 13 by Jack K. Hutson Anyone studying the stock market intends to remove themselves from the ranks of the public that dabbles with luck as their foremost rule of operation. A true
Setting stops: A new approach by John Ehlers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Setting stops -- a new approach by John Ehlers The cliche in golf is ""drive for show, but putt for dough."" The analogy in technical trading is that the ability to pick entry points is highly focused, but scant attention is paid to how to exit a trade.
Seven Steps To A Good Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It pays to follow a disciplined trading system.
Seven Steps To Becoming A Trading Master
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Reach for the stars! Don't give up on the quest for success. Everyone must go through a similar learning curve, and you should know that you're not alone in this journey to achieve successful trader status
Shanda Interactive: A Short Setup
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the market looking vulnerable, an online gaming company based in China is worth looking at as a short candidate.
Shining A Light On Petrobakken
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...PetroBakken Energy Ltd. operates as a light oil exploration and production company in western Canada. Worth a look?
Short Entry Failure, Or How To Reenter A Short Move If Stopped Out
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shorting a stock is not a game for amateurs, and even skilled traders struggle with trading during a bear market, but using this three-step process can put the odds greatly in your favor.
Short Interest by Arthur A. Merrill
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Short Interest by Arthur A. Merrill Short interest ? the sale of borrowed stock ? is one of the most useful tools of the technician. Short sales are made by pessimists, who expect prices to fall. If prices fall, the short seller can buy shares at a lowe
Shuffle Master Deals A Bad Hand
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A moving average break and relative weakness spell lower prices for Shuffle Master.
Sidebar: Constructing a PAC chart by François Bertrand
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:6 (46-50): Sidebar: Constructing a PAC chart by François Bertrand CONSTRUCTING A PAC CHART Here are the steps: 1. Create a "price grid" where each row in the grid represents a range of prices. Then identify the range of boxe
Sidebar: Fitting a trendline by least squares by Arthur A. Merrill
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:10 (86): Sidebar: Fitting a trendline by least squares by Arthur A. Merrill Trendlines usually are drawn through tops or bottoms. They also are drawn through the center of prices by a lagged moving average or by eye. A straigh
Sidebar: Fitting a trendline by least squares by Arthur A. Merrill
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:10 (86): Sidebar: Fitting a trendline by least squares by Arthur A. Merrill Trendlines usually are drawn through tops or bottoms. They also are drawn through the center of prices by a lagged moving average or by eye. A straigh
Signal Processing Basics by Glenn A. Barlis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Signal Processing Basics by Glenn A. Barlis This is the second of a series of articles that examine stock price analysis using the mathematical methods of signal processing. Here you will learn about tools for detecting trends and smoothing them. In t
Signal Processing Basics, Part 3 by Glenn A. Barlis
Signs Of A Nikkei Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Has the 16-year bear trend ended for the Nikkei?
Signs Of A Reversal In UNG?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's 40 below in some parts of the US, but natural gas prices haven't seemed to notice — until now.
Silver And A Swing Trading View
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even in the hottest commodity markets, swing trading systems can and do go flat -- for a little while, that is.
Silver Breaks Down After A Vertical Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Words from Alan Greenspan can often make or break a market. Silver has again proven this to be the case. Silver leads the commodity tailspin. But were there warnings of this crash?
Silver Futures Bottom Out After A Massive Fall
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Silver fell by 40% in April 2004, and then formed an accumulation pattern. If it breaks out above 6770, it should see a target of 7470. With the uncertainity in global markets and the terror alerts, silver prices will stay firm.
Silver More Evidence Of A Possible Reversal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Most trend reversals give several warning signals before the turn finally comes. Here's another high-probability reversal setup in COMEX mini silver futures.
Simple Techniques In A Volatile Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...DuPont is an example to highlight a few simple but reliable techniques that can save traders from huge uncertainty.
SimpleTech A Stock To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Why has the price of this stock, a designer, developer, manufacturer and marketer of custom and open-standard memory solutions, jumped?
Sirius Satellite: Map Of A Mania?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Breaking down below a trendline that extends back to August 2004, Sirius Satellite suggests that this "once upon a time" highflier may have further to fall.
Sizing A Futures Trading Account by Jay Kaeppel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sizing A Futures Trading Account by Jay Kaeppel While most traders start out working on a trading system, they forget that the amount of starting capital is equally important. Here are some guidelines to consider. Novice traders focus their attention o
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. — A Future Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is Skyworks Solutions, Inc. a buy for growth at its present level?
Slippage Cost Of A Large Technical Trader by Thomas V. Greer, B. Wade Brorsen and Shi-Miin Liu
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Slippage Cost Of A Large Technical Trader by Thomas V. Greer, B. Wade Brorsen and Shi-Miin Liu If traders rely on technical trading systems, they need to know the size of slippage, which is the difference between estimated transaction costs and actual t
Small-Cap Growth Setting Up A Long Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Small-cap growth stocks often lead the way higher after bear market declines.
Small-Cap Value ETFs: A Smart Bet For 2024?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Small-cap value stocks and ETFs may be the sleeper category that comes alive after underperforming their small-cap growth counterparts during the 2009 through early 2022 timeframe. Small-cap value performance overtook the S&P 500 index in December 2023 a
Smoothed Heikin-Ashi: Advancing A Classic Trading Tool For Crypto Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Heikin-ashi translates to average bar in Japanese. The smoothed heikin-ashi is an approach to charting that can lead to better outcomes for your cryptocurrency trading. Find out how
So Are We Seeing A Correction Soon?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bears haven't given up, even as the market is moving to new highs every day. But what lies around the corner?
So What's A Bear Market Again?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In Elliott wave theory, a bear market is usually described as an A-B-C correction.
So, Is Microsoft A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In August 2013, Steve Ballmer announced that he would resign as CEO of Microsoft, Inc. within 12 months.
So, Is Tesla A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Tesla motorcar caught fire because of an impaled battery. Has this affected the growth in the share price?
Soaring Silver And A Systematic Plan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Not many markets are as hot as the silver market is right now, but regardless of a given market's temperature, you still need a logical, systematic way to trade it.
Sometimes A Gold Notion
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What if the March highs represented the end of a cyclical bull market in gold?
Sound Off: A case for rising energy prices by Joseph Holleman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sound Off: A case for rising energy prices by Joseph Holleman Editor's Note: Mr Holleman was bold enough to write this in mid-June 1985 for our December issue. Whether correct or not, we feel an example of the thinking behind taking an actual position i
Sounding For A Bottom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the recent maelstrom in stocks, it is tempting to declare bottom with the first or second big rally. Here is why it pays to wait for confirmation.
Spotting Accumulation In A Quiet Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Don't look at volume now to spot emerging bullish trends or you'll miss the next big move.
Spread Analysis And A Look At Unknown Fundamentals by Darin Newsom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:12 (42-46): Spread Analysis And A Look At Unknown Fundamentals by Darin Newsom How do you know what the underlying fundamental situation is when the supply and demand factors remain unknown? Basically, commodity market analys
Spread Prices As A Leading Indicator by Curtis McKallip Jr.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Spread Prices As A Leading Indicator by Curtis McKallip Jr. Commodities that are deliverable today trade at a different price than the very same commodity to be delivered in the future. This price differential is called a spread. Spreads exist because
Spreadsheets - a universal technical analysis program? by Stuart G. Meibuhr
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Spreadsheets - a universal technical analysis program? by Stuart G. Meibuhr A spreadsheet is often the first computer program people buy after getting a computer. Spreadsheets are merely electronic pieces of paper divided into rows and columns, the inte
Staar Surgical Shows A Buy Signal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The breakout and support-resistances levels make Staar Surgical a strong candidate for your watchlist.
Staples Inc. Tests A Double Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Staples is at a crucial point here, with pattern analysis suggesting a tradable move.
Staples Ready To Make A Move?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Staples' price chart on a weekly basis has closed at a new all-time high. What transpires next should be a tradable move, but traders need to see some confirmation. Show us the money!
Starbucks Undergoes A Test
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Lower peaks in the MACD histogram and rate of change reveal that momentum to the upside is beginning to wane for Starbucks, the largest coffee shop chain in the world, causing SBUX to undergo a test of its rising trendline and 20-day MA.
Starting A New Uptrend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Statistical analysis shows that a new uptrend has begun.
Starting A Technical Analysis Group by Barbara Star, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Starting A Technical Analysis Group by Barbara Star, Ph.D. While the perfect trading system may be elusive, sharing information with others is very attainable. One way to do so is to become part of a technical analysis group. Technical analysts constan
Still A Bear Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Much commentary of late suggests that we are now in a new bull market. However, the basics of technical analysis says otherwise.
Stock Earnings Trends Suggest A Pullback Likely
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Deteriorating earnings growth rates in the US stock market suggest that another decline is overdue.
Stock Market Building A Base?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How late 2015 could be setting the stage for multi month rally.
Stock Market Ending the Year with a Bang?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How to take advantage of a late year stock market decline.
Stock Market Risk: A Monthly Look by John Kean
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stock Market Risk: A Monthly Look by John Kean Have you ever wanted to know what the actual statistics of the month-to-month risk in the stock market are? This article looks at the question and formulates a possible reason. Most stock market analysis f
Stock Market Seasonality: A Global Phenomenon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is yearly seasonality something that is particular to the US stock market, or does it extend to other countries in the same way? Here's some research you can use to your advantage
Stock Selection by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stock Selection by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. How does a veteran technician like Arthur Merrill select stocks for investment? He explains that it's not the simplest of methods and it does require research and work, but the results, he notes, are worth it
Stock hedge portfolios: A strategy for all seasons by Larry Christy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stock hedge portfolios: A strategy for all seasons by Larry Christy If you're looking for a conservative way to make substantial profits in any kind of market environment, you may want to consider common stock hedge portfolios. By balancing an equal amo
Stocks & Commodities V. 26:1 (52-57) A Structured Approach To Option Trading by Jay Kaeppel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Structured Approach To Option Trading by Jay Kaeppel This is the first in a series of articles about option trading with the PROVEST option trading method. The PROVEST method is not a trading system. Rather, it utilizes a series of criteria that can a
Stocks & Commodities V. 26:1 (58-64) More Than A Trading System With Adrienne Toghraie by Jayanthi G
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...More Than A Trading System With Adrienne Toghraie by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan Adrienne Laris Toghraie is an internationally recognized authority in the field of human development and a master practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) for the fin
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
Stocks above moving averages by Arthur A. Merrill, CMT
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks above moving averages by Arthur A. Merrill, CMT The percentage of stocks above their moving averages has been tracked for a number of years by Investor's Intelligence, a weekly report that includes the number of New York Stock Exchange issues abo
Students select a winning portfolio by Michael Scott
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Students select a winning portfolio by Michael Scott Can high school seniors on a college prep track outperform leading investment advisors and mutual fund managers? Based on the following evidence, the answer must be an unqualified ""yes."" The underly
SunOpta Canada A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market has been correcting down. The maxim is to buy on a correction, but what do you buy?
Suntrust Banks Caught In A Bearish Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Atlanta-based Suntrust Banks (with assets of $180 billion), one of the nation's largest and strongest financial holding companies, is testing support.
Supercharged FCEL Makes A Break For It
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a textbook case of a short squeeze in action. In this case, powerful technicals and compelling corporate news helped.
Survival strategies for exchanges by Dr. Robert A. Wood
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Survival strategies for exchanges by Dr. Robert A. Wood The rate of change in the structure of capital markets appears to be accelerating. Some forces affecting change are the evolution of futures and options markets, computerized trading which permits
Surviving A Bear Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here are some strategies you can implement to withstand a bear market.
Survivorship Bias - A Wake-Up Call
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There's more to trading systems than developing buy and sell signals. Here's one aspect you may not have been aware of that could make a difference to your backtesting results
Sustainable Investing As A Tool For Impact
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here, we present some thoughts from a young investor on the topics of sustainable investing and impact investing
Swing Expectations by Arthur A. Merrill
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Swing Expectations by Arthur A. Merrill Market moves are plagued by the ""noise"" of short-term vibrations. I've found it useful to clean up the moves by using a simple 5% filter for the market averages and a 10% filter for individual stocks. All swings
Swiss Franc Index Poised For A Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The decline in the Swiss franc index over the last few months looks like a correction, and a surge off support suggests that the correction is ending.
Sysco Corp. Marks A Bottom On Its Daily Chart
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sysco Corp. has been on a downtrend since slipping below its 200-day exponential moving average last August.
TLC Laser Eye Centers Looking Like A Rebound
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Back in the bubble years, this stock traded at $25 and the company changed Tiger Woods' legally blind (without glasses) status to 20/20 vision.
TSLA: Prepping For A Rebound?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Tesla Motors have experienced two significant corrections since October 2013; the latest one may be nearing its end, with a tradable rally soon to appear.
TSX Energy Index At A Record High
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Canadian Energy Index officially known as the S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index has broken through to a three year high.
TSX Energy Index Testing A Breakout Level
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This Canadian Energy Index has been lagging its American counterparts and now hints at wanting to go higher.
Take A Dive Into SCP Pool
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the pattern a double-top double-bottom formation or a flag?
Take A Look At Broadcom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What to do when one sees an inverse head & shoulders pattern developing on a weekly chart.
Take A Look At Spectrum Pharma
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The share price has doubled in a month.
Take A Look At TASER Int'l
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...TASER International looks promising.
Take A Look At Teekay
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If you think oil prices are going up but you do not want to own oil, take a look at this company.
Take A Look At The Dow by Daniel E. Downing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Take A Look At The Dow by Daniel E. Downing In the past, one of the first requirements of being a technical analyst was a promise of sorts to ignore the price action of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. A technician had to focus on the action of more br
Take A Top Trader To Dinner?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Have you ever wanted to sit down with one of the rock stars of the trading world? Here's your chance.
Taking A Chance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can a company whose share price has fallen dramatically, be able to revive itself?
Taking A Chance With Another Company Based In China
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's one company that could take the US markets by storm.
Taking A Chance With Snapchat
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking back at many popular companies that listed on the exchange, we see that they often dropped in price after their initial listing yet today are soaring.
Taking A Gamble
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When you trade the stock market, the one thing you do not want to do is gamble. However, there are times when a gamble is tempting.
Taking A Look At Bristol-Myers Squibb
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is Bristol-Myers Squibb a buy candidate? Let's see.
Taking A Look At NOW
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...ServiceNow (NOW) has recently been notching impressive gains in its share price with its recent quarterly earnings surprise. What do the technicals say about the current trend continuing?
Taming the indicators by Arthur A. Merrill
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Taming the indicators by Arthur A. Merrill An indicator is often difficult to read because of its wild fluctuations. It may appear optimistic and then dive into bearish territory. Then it might reverse again and turn bullish. Frustrating! A wild indica
Target Takes a Time Out
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After spending most of 1999 in a trading range, Target finally seems to have made up its mind. Next stop: down.
Tech Stocks And A Distribution Phase
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The money flow and the on-balance volume indicate that investors are cautious about investing in tech stocks after the selloff at the end of February.
Technical Analysis Adapts and Thrives by M. Carr and A. Hestla
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Professions are built on a body of knowledge and an underlying rationale that explains the reasons behind the knowledge. Technical analysis is a professional undertaking, but little has been written about its foundational principles.
Technical Indicators Add Up To A Long For Korn/Ferry
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As layoffs mount, staffing companies can profit by helping to locate replacements for senior managers and offering consulting services to help with the changing corporate culture. That's what Korn/Ferry can do.
Technical Studies And The Primary Cycle by Raymond A. Merriman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Technical Studies And The Primary Cycle Cycle analysis offers the opportunity to identify windows of potential market bottoms and tops. Technical indicators can be used to time entries and exits in the stock at key points in the cycle. How well does thi
Technicals, Fundamentals, And A Discount To Value Make BCF A Buy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Closed-end funds are an often-overlooked trading vehicle, despite the wealth of available fundamental data that can be used to lower risk.
Technicals, Fundamentals, And A Discount To Value Make BCF A Buy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Closed-end funds are an often-overlooked trading vehicle, despite the wealth of available fundamental data that can be used to lower risk.
Techs In A Row
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What types of trends have developed in the Semiconductor and Biotech sectors?
Telecom HOLDRs Take A Breather
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After being one of the worst performers over the last few years, the Telecom HOLDRs (TTH) sprang to life from late November to early January. The stock is now consolidating with a bullish continuation pattern evolving.
Teleflex — A Good Stock For An Uncertain Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If Congress and the Federal Reserve can stimulate the economy, then it's time to buy industrials in anticipation of the recovery.
Tells For A Top?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The top in 2000 was preceded by a running negative stochastic divergence on the monthly charts. Now, a similar pattern is emerging in the autumn of 2005.
Telus A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Telus has formed a symmetrical triangle.
TerraForm Power - A Short-Term Trade Or One For The Long Haul?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This new economy stock is rallying. But can it keep up this performance?
Testing And Validating A Trading Model
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stress tests? Scenario tests? Out-of-sample backtests? Monitoring? Paper trading? How can you decide a trading system is worthy of using? Last time, we presented the N-CAMA model, and tests were favorable. Has it generated profits on live data? Here's a
Testing Indicators by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Testing Indicators by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. Analysts consult scores of indicators to get clues for the future. At any given instant, however, some of the indicators are bullish and some are bearish. They are never unanimous. Which should we believe?
Texas Instruments A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Texas Instruments increased its dividend. Is it a buy?
That Lulu Of A Lululemon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Lululemon Athletica discovered the Oprah effect on November 19, 2010. At least that's what the various financial newspapers wrote.
That's One Way To Bet On A Falling Market Without Having To Sell Short!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Borrowing stock to sell short has limited upside if you get it right but unlimited downside if you're wrong. Here is a way to bet on a correction while limiting risk.
The 28% Rule by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The 28% Rule by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. A bear market is interrupted by rallies, which cheer the spirits but are then followed by a resumption of the bear market. Finally, one of the rallies turns out to be the first upswing of a new bull market, and
The Anatomy Of A Brexit Appointment
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A trade occurs every day, hour, and minute. However, it's not very often that you get to trade by appointment. Here, we look at the entry, management, and target of a Brexit trade
The Aroon : A Case For The Bears
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Aroon recently flashed a bearish signal. Could we be headed for a bear market?
The Basics Of Developing A Neural Trading System by Lou Mendelsohn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Basics Of Developing A Neural Trading System by Lou Mendelsohn As traders begin to experiment with and apply artificial neural systems to financial forecasting, there are pitfalls to avoid in the design and training of these systems so this new tech
The Beauty Of A Gann Fan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...I have always believed in a Gann fan as an indicator forecasting the future.
The Biotech Index: A Long-Term Opportunity
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The growth strategy provided very good returns to investors in the long term.
The CAC Breaks Out Of A Consolidation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The CAC (French index) broke out of the 3720 level to target the next level of 3840. Most European indexes entered a consolidation before the Dow and are breaking out before the Dow completes its consolidation. Looking for such intermarket relationship
The DJIA Is A Fata Morgana
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Complexity Of It All - Here's an interesting perspective on the oldest stock index in the US.
The Daily Factor: A Volatility Filter
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The "daily factor" metric relates the high and low to the open and close of the daily bar. Here is a way you can use this information to filter trade signals and improve your trades for some instruments. This article includes code to calculate the daily
The Development Of A Futures Trader by Thomas Drinka, Nathan Losey, and Ryan Lauer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:11 (34-38): The Development Of A Futures Trader by Thomas Drinka, Nathan Losey, and Ryan Lauer Here's a look at the trading methodology implemented by two futures traders. By using Market Profile, they successfully traded the
The Dollar Is At A Critical Juncture
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While the US dollar has been undeniably strong recently, it is now at a critical juncture that may temporarily halt its uptrend.
The Dow And A Key Reversal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On November 13, the Dow Jones Industrial Average started the day by testing the low of October 10. It then reversed upward, strongly forming a key reversal. Does this signify the completion of wave C?
The Elapsed Time Calculator by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Elapsed Time Calculator by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. Veteran technician Arthur Merrill explains how to derive the number of days, actual or calendar, between two dates using a simple table and some elementary steps. Do you need to know the number o
The Final Pieces Of A Ten Year Puzzle?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why the US stock market could be near a significant turning point.
The Force Index by John A. Sarkett
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Force Index by John A. Sarkett Here's a little-known indicator that combines price change and volume to create a short-term and an intermediate-term trading tool. Like ocean waves, prices have an ebb and a flow. Once in a while, however, a huge sh
The Harami: A Strong Reversal Signal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking for a better indication that the trend is going to reverse? Here's a pattern that can help.
The Histogram And A Hollow Red Candlestick Heighten Volatility
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the VIX, a contrarian indicator of the stock market, turns bullish, that implies that volatility in stock market is on the rise. A bullish P-p-P on the VIX's MACD histogram and a hollow red candlestick could cause more nail-biting among those w
The Hourly Liquidity Data Bank As A Tool For Day Traders by Donald L. Jones & C. Young
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Hourly Liquidity Data Bank As A Tool For Day Traders by Donald L. Jones & C. Young How hourly data from the Chicago Board of Trade's Liquidity Data Bank can help day traders manage their positions. A typical day trader takes a position and then wa
The Inflation Indicator by John A. Lohman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Inflation Indicator by John A. Lohman Former Amex trader John Lohman delves into an inflation indicator that leads the Consumer Price Index (CPI) by about six months. In 1992, technician John J. Murphy wrote a series of articles in STOCKS & COMMOD
The Intra Day Analyst A Report by TIMOTHY C. SLATER/President, Intra Day Analyst Company
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Intra Day Analyst -- A Report by TIMOTHY C. SLATER/President, Intra Day Analyst Company The last version of The Intra Day Analyst has been in the field for five months. During this time, it has undergone several revisions responding to users requests
The Intra Day Analyst A Report by TIMOTHY C. SLATER/President, Intra Day Analyst Company
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Intra Day Analyst -- A Report by TIMOTHY C. SLATER/President, Intra Day Analyst Company The last version of The Intra Day Analyst has been in the field for five months. During this time, it has undergone several revisions responding to users requests
The Market At A Critical Impasse, And Those Rising Wedges
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At a glance, the market looks like it's having just another pullback, but in fact, it is reaching a potential impasse that could reverse its current trend.
The Market Instrument Function by A. Ershov and A. Gerasimov
The Market Instrument Function by A. Ershov and A. Gerasimov
The NYSE Summation Index Suggests A Summer Selloff
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The McClellan summation index of the NYSE is diverging with the NYSE Composite. The summation index gave a much earlier crossover signal than many other trend-based indicators such as the MACD, giving some advance warnings of an upcoming reversal.
The Nasdaq: A Tough Call
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."Further, of bearish importance is that the Nasdaq has itself failed for the second time at a level below the previous top, while making new and lower lows. Bull markets make higher highs and higher lows; bear markets do the opposite."
The Other Way Of Stopping (A Decline)
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bears were livid as a piercing pattern put an end to a three-day decline in Yahoo.
The Outside Bar: A Rare And Powerful Filter
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some price patterns can be used to filter trades. Find out the impact the "outside bar" can have on some trend-following strategies and how useful this can be. This article includes code to discover outside bar frequency in various markets, and sample co
The Presidential Election Cycle by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Presidential Election Cycle by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. It's an election year again. What does history say about them ? This famous technician tells you that what you've heard about Presidential election years may very well be true. An election ye
The QQQQ Gets A Top Failure Swing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The relative strength index gave an early signal to the current weakness on the QQQQ by forming a top failure swing. Additional clues in other time frames suggest that there may be further downside to come.
The S&P 500 Looks Susceptible To A Breakdown
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Though the S&P 500 has been resilient in recent months, the index is showing signs of vulnerability.
The S&P 500 Nears A Major Decision Point
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As of late, discussion about the Standard & Poor's 500 index has been rife with citations from THE STOCK TRADER'S ALMANAC that cede 2005 to the bears based on its poor January performance. Unfortunately, articles also tell of the great retu
The S&P 500's Fibonacci Foraging For A Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will a key Fibonacci retracement level provide support for the falling S&P 500?
The SPX And A Jump Out The Window
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The SPX looks like it could reverse at any point, and the decline could fall as hard as jumping out of a window.
The Sentiment Flow Index: Confusion Or A Conviction Indicator?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Introducing a new indicator to filter the signal from the noise
The Summer Rally: Fact Or Fiction? by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Summer Rally: Fact Or Fiction? by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. The ""summer rally"" appears in some years and is completely absent in others. Does it deserve its name? I've consulted the record back to 1885 and find that there is a good case for a bull
The Third Dimension Of Option Trading by Don A. Singletary
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Third Dimension Of Option Trading by Don A. Singletary Here's how you can profit from trading volatility. Sometimes when you purchase an option, you might see the underlying futures contract move in your favor, perhaps enough to overcome the time d
The Time To Short A Stock Is Not When It's In An Uptrend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the madness surrounding stocks like GME, it seems that now is a good time to go over this basic principle of trend trading.
The Time To Short A Stock Is Not When It's In An Uptrend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the madness surrounding stocks like GME, it seems that now is a good time to go over this basic principle of trend trading
The True Cost of a Bad Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking at losing trades as learning opportunities is the best way to refine your market skills.
The US Dollar Index: Is A Breakout Or Reversal At Hand?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After an impressive three-month bull rally, the US Dollar Index is approaching an important resistance barrier: the upper Keltner band on its weekly chart.
The VIX Triggers A New Sell Signal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The VIX is known as the fear gauge and is a contrarian indicator. It is a yardstick that measures the markets expectations of near-term volatility. The recent low readings on the VIX suggests that there are too many bulls, which means that the buying pow
The Volatility Index As A Forecasting Tool
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can the volatility index be used to predict market direction?
The Wall Street Week index by Arthur A. Merrill
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Wall Street Week index by Arthur A. Merrill Every six months I have been checking the accuracy of more than 40 indicators over a span of several years. On the last test, the indicator that came out on top was the Wall Street Week Technical Market In
The optimization of a trading program by Robert C. Pelletier
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The optimization of a trading program by Robert C. Pelletier Many people have purchased software which gives the opportunity to test various parameter combinations to achieve the maximum profit results. For example, a system which may use three moving a
Third Of A Third?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Updating my "The Alternative Wave Count Cometh" ... could a major Elliott wave event be right around the corner?
This Penny is a Nickel Play
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Technical analysis on penny stocks can be futile mainly because of liquidity problems. Thinly traded stocks are easily manipulated and their track records can be dubious. Other problems also occur when there are too many outstanding shares (in the hundre
Three Black Crows - Not A Winner
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ameristar Casinos are having a run of bad luck and candlestick readers had ample warning before the crows flew south.
Three Myths About Trading A Small Commodity Account by K.D. Angle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Three Myths About Trading A Small Commodity Account by K.D. Angle The New Timing Device editor Kelly Angle disputes some common notions about trading commodities if you have a small commodity account. What are they? In talking with thousands of clients
Three Peaks And A Domed House
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Predicting and timing the tops of bull markets -- both cyclical and secular -- can be accomplished using this well-known pattern developed by George Lindsay.
Three Signals For Selling A Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Selling begets more selling in today's financial markets, and it is vital for you to know when to sell a position before the market moves against you. If you know these three signals for selling a stock, you can avoid getting caught flat-footed by a
Tibco Bullish Flag 'A Hoisting!'
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On December 22, I wrote about a diamond bottom pattern that had formed on this software company's chart. It hasn't broken out yet but is threatening to do so.
Tiffany's Fires A Convincing Buy Signal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Tiffany and Co. looks poised for more gains after rising from a minor cup & handle pattern.
Time As A Trading Tool by Robert Miner
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Time As A Trading Tool by Robert Miner As a rule, most trading methodologies, or ""systems,"" simply approach market activity from a price perspective. But such an approach is incomplete; such an analysis of market activity is one-dimensional without th
Time For A Correction?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With April coming to an end, and the "sell in May" mantra out there, is it time to take profits and sit back?
Time For A Decision For Russell 2000?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The ParaSar trading system has just gone short on IWM on its 60-minute time frame. Is it time to dump small caps?
Time For A NASDAQ Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While the broad indexes are now likely to resume the bear market over the long run, in the short term the market looks ready to bounce.
Time For A NetFlix Pit Stop?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In my January 10th article when the stock was trading around $86 ("Is The Worst Finally Over For Netflix?"), I presented an argument about why it might be time to buy the stock. Now with the stock and market looking a little toppy, it may be ti
Time Of Daily High And Low by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Time Of Daily High And Low by Arthur A. Merill, C.M.T. Does the time of the high for the day and the time of the low give a clue to the performance of the market on the next day? For example, suppose that the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) high po
Time To Take (A Long Position In) FITB?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks making new multimonth highs are always a topic of interest for serious momentum traders.
Time Warner A Solid Buy Setup?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a pullback to key moving average support, shares of Time Warner may be poised for another swing higher.
Time Warner: Vulnerable To A Correction Soon?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Having experienced a rise of 80% in the past 11 months, shares of TWX are beginning to become more vulnerable to a correction.
Time and Options Probabilities by John A. Sarkett
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For traders who want to use options to hedge their long positions, here are the formulas for calculating the prob-abilities. What's the probability that Intel [INTC] will be above 110 at a certain point? Three months from now, six months, a year? If you
Timing The Stock Market With A Discount/T-Bill Spread by Nelson Freeburg and Charles Skelley
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Timing The Stock Market With A Discount/T-Bill Spread by Nelson Freeburg and Charles Skelley Building on a February 1990 article by Jay Kaeppel, ""Formula Research"" report editor Nelson Freeburg and engineer/investor Charles Skelley introduce a stock m
Timing a Stock Using the Regression Oscillator by Richard Goedde
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Timing a Stock Using the Regression Oscillator by Richard Goedde Numerous techniques for timing transactions are available to the technical trader. One popular method uses the difference between the market trend and the price. Market timing strategies c
To Catch A Falling Knife
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are homebuilders a buy yet?
Toll Brothers A Buy Or A Sell?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is this home builder a sell or a buy?
Toll Brothers A Buy Or A Sell?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is this home builder a sell or a buy?
Topping Out or Just Taking a Break?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market is showing strong negative divergence again. Is it a pause or the end of another bear rally?
Toward A Temporary Yield Top?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A late summer consolidation in 10-year Treasury yields may point to a long, waited-for bounce in government long bonds.
Trade like a cheetah by Hans Hannula, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trade like a cheetah by Hans Hannula, Ph.D. The cheetah: an endangered species who's survived against the odds. It has survived by using a simple set of two rules: be faster than anyone else, and be smarter than anyone else. Sound like a good trading p
TradeStation, A Potential Long Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This well-known trading platform and brokerage firm is trading at a price equal to less than the cash on its books, and is a technical buy.
Trading A 1-2-3 Trend Reversal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Spotting a trend reversal is as easy as 1-2-3.
Trading A Breakout System
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When trading a breakout system, does it improve results to get in either early or late? Here's a test to find out
Trading A Mixed Bag
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This past week's trading is a mixed bag of results, but there are still some silver linings for profitable trades if you know where to look.
Trading A Moving Average System: Important Choices
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Most traders have used moving average-based trading systems to derive trading signals. But how you define the signal can greatly affect the outcome. Here's a study to help determine the best ways to apply a moving average system
Trading A Stock Using Technical Analysis by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading A Stock Using Technical Analysis by Thom Hartle The search goes on for key indicators to help traders find profitable opportunities in the market. Here, Stocks & Commodities Editor Thom Hartle provides an example of a recent trade in a stock bas
Trading As A Business
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Get a different perspective by following these six principles.
Trading Back Into A Range by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading Back Into A Range by John Sweeney Last month in Settlement, I wrote briefly about some simple ideas for defining nontrending periods. Although exotic approaches are possible, simple things are easier to teach to computer packages. The program I'
Trading Commodities: Crafting A Bias Strategy To Leverage Orange Juice Seasonality
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You can use seasonality characteristics to develop a trading strategy. Here's an example of developing a strategy after identifying a seasonal pattern in an agricultural commodity
Trading Elliott Waves Using A Top-Down Approach
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When applying Elliott waves to your charts, one of the challenges is to know which trend to use. Here is an approach that could help you do just that
Trading In A Sideways Market by Anthony Trongone
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:12 (22-27): Trading In A Sideways Market by Anthony Trongone When the markets are trading in a narrow range, you are likely to become susceptible to emotional trading. But if you follow the emerging patterns of a sideways mark
Trading In Restrictive Intraday Price Ranges by A. Trongone, Ph.D., CFP, CTA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:10 (34-36): Trading In Restrictive Intraday Price Ranges by Anthony Trongone, Ph.D., CFP, CTA When the commodity markets are moving in a narrow price range, are there any trading opportunities? Discover how you can find them a
Trading Liquidity: A Parameter for Technical Analysis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Discount Stock Brokers by Richard Maturi If you're a sophisticated investor, willing to make many of your own investment decisions then May 1,1975 marked a milestone for your investment activities. On ""May Day"" the Securities and Exchange Commission e
Trading Out Of A Slump by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading Out Of A Slump by Adrienne Laris Toghraie Anyone who's traded a while can tell you that finding yourself in a slump from time to time is inevitable. But a slump shouldn't be a crippling hurdle; here, Toghraie explains how to climb out of that pi
Trading Stocks With A Cyclical System by Jeffrey O. Katz, Ph.D., with D.L. McCormick
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading Stocks With A Cyclical System by Jeffrey Owen Katz, Ph.D., with Donna L. McCormick There may be a tradable pattern in individual stocks and indices. Read about one way to systematically look for and track this cycle. More than a decade ago, w
Trading System Design: A Statistical Approach
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's how to start with the basics and determine if an identifiable event has a statistical edge in predicting future prices - before you even start to build a trading system.
Trading System Logic: Considering The Power Of A Long-Term Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even a garden-variety trading system can outperform, if you know how or when to deploy it in a strongly trending market. Here are a few ideas that might help improve the performance of the trading systems you use.
Trading Tactics A livestock futures anthology by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading Tactics A livestock futures anthology by John Sweeney Editor: Todd Lofton Publisher: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Agricultural Commodity Marketing 30 South Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 930-8213 (direct line to order the book) Price: $29.9
Trading Tactics: What to Look For When Taking a Long Position
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The general market trend seems to be changing. Here's an example of how to take advantage of it.
Trading The S&P With A Neural Network by Jeremy G. Konstenius
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading The S&P With A Neural Network by Jeremy G. Konstenius Here's an example of the steps that one trader took to use a neural network to trade the stock market index futures. Today's technical traders have the opportunity to use sophisticated meth
Trading Vs. Buy & Hold by Glenn A. Barlis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading Vs. Buy & Hold by Glenn A. Barlis Here's a look at the profit potential of trading compared with buy & hold. Numerous strategies for accumulating wealth through stock investments have held prominence over the years. Conventional wisdom used to
Trading Without A Backstop
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stop orders minimize losses, but they can also misfire. Here's a statistical model applied to the spiders that quantitatively measures the profitability of protective stop orders.
Trading Without A Backstop, Part 2
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Placing protective stops affects your trading performance in good and bad ways. Should you or shouldn't you use them? Here in part 2 of this series, we take a look.
Trading a Reversal Pattern Using Technical Indicators
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading sudden reversal patterns can be high risk/reward. Biomira, a Canadian biotech junior company provides a positive example of how to use several classic technical indicators to capture a lucrative short-term move.
Trading five-wave reversals Part 2 by Dan A. Dimock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading five-wave reversals Part 2 by Dan A. Dimock In ""Trading five-wave reversals"" (Stocks & Commodities, January 1990), I examined the one place in the market cycle where optimal entry into a win-win situation can occur: at the end of any wave C th
Trading the Cusp of a New Year
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking to profit from the new year? Learn what opportunities 2017 offers.
Trading with a Variable Position Size by Tom O'Malley
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading With A Variable Position Size by Tom O'Malley Once a position has been put on, some traders will hold it at a constant size throughout the life of the trade, while other traders will vary the size. Which is better? Once a trade has been initiat
Traditional chart analysis: A neglected tool? by Thomas Aspray
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traditional chart analysis: A neglected tool? by Thomas Aspray With the virtual explosion of computerized technical analysis over the past few years, some basic methods of analysis are often forgotten or at least neglected. I confess that I have even co
Transports Take A Hike
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Negative MACD histogram divergences and a breakdown from a consolidation suggest lower prices ahead.
Traveliing With A Research Team Can Be Rewarding
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking for ways to spice up your vacation, click here.
Treasury Bond Yields: A Neural Net Analysis Approach by John Kean
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Treasury Bond Yields: A Neural Net Analysis Approach by John Kean In this article, STOCKS & COMMODITIES contributor John Kean uses a neural network to look for predictable patterns between Treasury bond yields and two of the driving forces behind the bo
Trend Strength: Measuring The Duration Of A Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Getting a good reading on trend strength is an important and useful metric to have when trading. Here, we introduce a new technique that makes use of a less common approach to measuring the strength of a trend
Trending on a Historical Basis by Alex Saitta
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.13:08 (345-347): Trending on a Historical Basis by Alex Saitta The question is as old as technical analysis itself: Does the market trend? Here's a method to determine the degree to which markets trend historically. In addition, there's a comparison o
Trendlines as a Technical Tool by Joe Luisi
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...NOVICE TRADER Trendlines As A Technical Tool Applying trendlines to charts is a classic form of analysis. Here are some of the basics of using this tool. by Joe Luisi Trendlines, which are one of the most basic techniques in chart analysis, are line
Trends Versus Consolidations, A System View
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When markets trend strongly, some systems really earn their keep. But what about having a system to rely on for those more frequent occurrences of consolidation, sideways chop, and generalized market chaos?
Triangles, a Pennant and Fan Lines, Realnetworks is Ready to Play
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Amid a montage of chart patterns comes a breakout for Realnetworks.
Tuning A Trading System
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Comparing the performance of a trading system's equity curve in relation to the trend of the particular market that generated the trading signals may help traders maximize their system's profitability.
Twenty Percent Of SP 500 Components Trigger A Buy Signal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some rallies are fakers, while others become real moneymakers. With a full 20% of the S&P 500 component stocks flashing daily RMO swing buy signals on September 1, 2010, this rally might end up in the moneymaker category.
U.S. Dollar Index At A Crossroads
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With major support and resistance levels converging, the U.S. dollar index is due for a significant move soon.
US Stock Indices Continue To Build A Base
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The balance of evidence suggest US stock indices are in bull mode, however there are cautionary signals. Learn how to navigate the upcoming turns.
USO Consolidating Prior To A Pullback
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...USO rallied sharply after breaking higher from a bottom reversal pennant formation in mid-February 2009. Is the current price action signaling the start of a corrective phase in crude oil?
UTX To Expect A Continuation Move?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of United Technology enjoyed a powerful two-day rally in the wake of Thursday's QE3 announcement by the Fed, and a continuation move is likely.
Ultra Petroleum Rising Off A Recent Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ultra Petroleum put in a hammer bottom several trading days ago. So what are the upside targets?
Unchanged stocks by Charles A. Jaffe
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Unchanged stocks by Charles A. Jaffe Investors and the media focus on the winners and losers in the stock market. Issues that stand still are not only boring, but their inactivity is seldom a signal for anything. Or is it? Last summer, Anthony W. Tabell
United Tech Forms A Large Diamond
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...United Technologies has been in a holding pattern this year, but the pattern is looking bearish and momentum is breaking down.
United Technologies Becomes A Strong Bull
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Statistical analysis is used to show that United Technologies has graduated from a weak bull to a strong one, but danger could lay ahead.
Urban Energy Revolution: A Choice Or A Must?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With increasing population growth and urban development comes increased energy use. Where can investors put their money to capitalize on opportunities brought by new sources of energy? Here's a study examining several fundamental metrics to see if they m
Urban Energy Revolution: A Choice Or A Must?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With increasing population growth and urban development comes increased energy use. Where can investors put their money to capitalize on opportunities brought by new sources of energy? Here's a study examining several fundamental metrics to see if they m
Using A Constant False Alarm Rate In Trading by John Ehlers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using A Constant False Alarm Rate In Trading by John Ehlers Modern information theory has existed for the last half century or so. This theory has been responsible for man significant scientific advances, including recovery of photograph taken in deep s
Using A Constant Investment Size For Stock Trading Systems by Jack Schwager
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using A Constant Investment Size For Stock Trading Systems by Jack Schwager The highest high to the lowest low in the price history of an individual stock can vary tremendously, especially when stock splits occur. This large range of price history can d
Using A Moving Average System by Lars N. Kestner
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using A Moving Average System by Lars N. Kestner Moving averages was one of the first trading methods used by technicians. Here are the basics to using a moving average system. The process of developing a trading system consists of three steps. First,
Using A Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With all the uncertainty occurring in the USA today, do you stand aside?
Using A Trailing Stop As A Buy-Sell Signal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using a trailing stop as a buy signal can prove highly profitable.
Using A Trailing Stop As A Buy-Sell Signal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using a trailing stop as a buy signal can prove highly profitable.
Using Scaling Laws For FX Trading Models: A Two-Dimensional Extension
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Previously, we looked at how scaling laws can be used to predict the behavior of forex (FX) data. In this follow-up article, we look at how scaling laws can be extended into two dimensions: volatility and price change thresholds. Now, using two-dimension
Using Technical Analysis to Manage a REIT Portfolio Part I -- The RSI Oscillator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does technical trading apply to REITs? Using three classic technical indicators, I will show you how technical analysis can be effective.
Using Technical Analysis to Manage a REIT Portfolio Part II -- Parabolic
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does the Parabolic technical trading system work in a trending market?
Using Technical Analysis to Manage a REIT Portfolio Part III -- MACD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will the MACD indicator improve results? So far the RSI oscillator and the Parabolic trading systems have been flawed.
Using The Tick In A Short-Term Indicator by Daniel E. Downing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using The Tick In A Short-Term Indicator by Daniel E. Downing The tick index, the net difference of the number of stocks last traded on an uptick from those last traded on a downtick, is a well-known indicator, but it's got a problem. The raw number res
Using a Covered-Call Options Strategy by Lawrence Serven
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using a Covered-Call Options Strategy by Lawrence Serven What can investors do to overcome adverse market conditions? You could try using a covered call strategy. This strategic planner and analyst recounts a series of trades he executed using a covered
V.14:3 Developing a Trading System by Greg Morris
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...NOVICE TRADER Developing A Trading System On the road to using technical analysis for trading, developing a trading system is a logical step to take along the way. Here are some guidelines to develop a basic system. by Greg Morris Beginners in the a
V.14:6 (262-264) Employment As A Bond Market Forecast by Alex Saitta
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How good a barometer is the monthly US employment report for the bond market? One analyst decided to find out. By Alex Saitta The US employment report that the federal government releases on a monthly basis contains an assortment of data on many differe
V.15:1 (11-19) A Daily A-D New High-New Low Market System by Dennis Meyers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Daily A-D New High-New Low Market System by Dennis Meyers Here's a new system using daily statistics to issue buy and sell signals for the stock market. In the February 1996 STOCKS & COMMODITIES, I presented a stock market timing system called the A
VAcc: A Momentum Indicator Based On Velocity And Acceleration
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is a new indicator based on some simple physics concepts that is simple to use, responsive, and precise. Find out how to calculate and use it
VGR - A Strong Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Vector Group Ltd is a stock to buy on the dip.
VIP Ready For A Bullish Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Vimpel Communications is ready to resume a bullish rally.
Value; A Professional's Market; 2013; And Beyond
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There is a lot of uncertainty in today's market so you need to have a game plan for all time frames to maximize your opportunities.
Vantage Drilling: A Stock In Search Of A Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Low-priced stocks (those trading below $5 per share) can be difficult to trade, due to poor liquidity and low institutional sponsorship. However, once in a while an outstanding trade setup takes shape in one of these, one worthy of a long-term investor&a
Vantage Drilling: A Stock In Search Of A Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Low-priced stocks (those trading below $5 per share) can be difficult to trade, due to poor liquidity and low institutional sponsorship. However, once in a while an outstanding trade setup takes shape in one of these, one worthy of a long-term investor&a
Velocity of the S&P 500 by Robert A. Wood
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Velocity of the S&P 500 by Robert A. Wood Structural changes in security markets resulting from the introduction of derivative instruments, namely options and futures, have been the focus of extensive study in recent years. More recently, the introducti
VeriSign Hints At A Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...VeriSign Inc., which is the encryption and authentication leader on the Internet (which most people recognize as the small padlock icon in their web browser when shopping online), has edged past a breakout point.
Verisign Nears A Pattern Test
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After hitting a two-year high in the mid-$30 range and a low of $16, where is this stock headed?
Verizon Communications On A Downward Track
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Verizon Communications consolidated after its head & shoulders bearish breakout. The stock is likely to resume its breakout journey and may open good short-selling opportunities.
Volatility As A Stock Bellwether
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In his last article, 'Is Trading That Simple?' Dan Zanger discussed some signature chart patterns and stocks that have been big winners. This time, he delves deeper into his composite approach to finding the right stocks at the right time.
Volatility Index Marks A Clear And Present Danger
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This index has a strong inverse relationships to the major indexes and traders should note a compelling move here.
Volatility by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Volatility by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. Does the degree of volatility in the stock market give us any clue to the future of the market? I tested day-to-day volatility and found that it does have a good forecasting record. I took the percent change of t
Volume Confirmation For A Trend System
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Volume flows help to validate trending and even nontrending price movements. This study presents an updated trend-following trading system based on combining the ADX with the trend thrust indicator and volume price confirmation indicator
Volume as a proxy for time by Robert Pisani
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Volume as a proxy for time There are numerous ways to display the market information contained in Market Structure charts. The standard format consists of three parts (Figure 1): the Market Structure Histogram on the left side of the chart, volume at ea
Volume indicators by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Volume indicators by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. The activity of the market, its volume, has long been of interest to investors and traders. I have a copy of the first book on stock market technique, ABC of Stock Speculation, written by S. A. Nelson in 19
WFR A Possible Short Put Play
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It can be difficult to consider a short-term bullish play on a stock that has dropped by more than 43% in 10 weeks, but sometimes the trades that are hardest to take can be the ones that can provide a pleasant surprise.
WHY I BECAME A JUNKMAN by Bill Dunbar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...WHY I BECAME A JUNKMAN by Bill Dunbar IN THE BEGINNING My wife hurled the folder into the air, scattering it all over the family room. ""Take your damn stocks!"" she screamed. ""I'll never look at another one again!"" Promises, promises. I stomped ou
WM: Arbitrary But True: Hidden Influences On The Stock Market by James A. Maccaro
WTI Order Flow Weekly: A Double-Top Confirmed By Order Flow Sees Price Discovery Lower
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this article, we examine the order flow and limit order book data in the WTI futures market that provides insight into the sell-side price discovery and development of support for Monday, April 15, 2019. Market structure and order flow provide insight
WTI Order Flow Weekly: A Look Into The Market Insights Into This Week's EIA Release
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this article, we examine the order flow and limit order book data in the WTI futures market that provides insight into the development of support for the Wednesday, March 20, 2019 auction. Market structure and order flow provide insight into the actua
WTI Weekly, OPEC, NOPEC: A Look At Market Structure & Order Flow v Fundamental Expectations.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this article, we examine the order flow and limit order book data in the WTI futures market that provides insight into the sell-side price discovery and failure of support for Tuesday, July 2, 2019's auction following OPEC's pomp and circum
WTI Weekly: Buyers Chasing Trend Trap Near Key Resistance Halting A Rally.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this article, we examine the order flow and limit order book data in the WTI futures market that provides insight into the rally from key support on Wednesday, December 2, 2020. Market structure and order flow provide insight into the actual transacti
WTI Weekly: In Times Of Uncertainty A Dual Probability Path Is Important In Risk Management
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this article, we examine the order flow and limit order book data in the WTI futures market that provides insight into the rotation between resistance and support in Monday, March 30, 2020's auction. Market structure and order flow provide insigh
WTI Weekly: Key Resistance Failed Early Before A Breakout Developed To Statistical Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this article, we examine the order flow and limit order book data in the WTI futures market that provides insight into the breakout through key resistance and subsequent rally on Monday, February 8, 2021. Market structure and order flow provide insigh
WTI Weekly: Key Support Failed Early Before A Correction To Statistical Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this article, we examine the order flow and limit order book data in the WTI futures market that provides insight into the failed rally from key support and subsequent selloff on Friday, January 15, 2021. Market structure and order flow provide insigh
WTI Weekly: Rally Continued To Statistical Resistance Where A Sell Response Developed
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this article, we examine the order flow and limit order book data in the WTI futures market that provides insight into sell response at key resistance following a rally on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Market structure and order flow provide insight into
Wal-Mart Runs Into A Wall
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite a great run over the last two months, Wal-Mart has merely returned to broken support, with a real test of bullish resolve looming.
Wal-Mart: A Bullish Reversal Island Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The pattern was completed last Thursday on news of higher September sales.
Wal-Mart: A Cure For Recession
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The giant retailer beats analysts' sales expectations in April.
Walgreen's And A Fresh Sell Signal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With a fresh sell signal and weak relative strength, shares of Walgreen apparently need a new prescription to stave off further selling.
Walgreens Co. : Prescription For A Correction?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Walgreens Co. had risen nearly 80% since last summer's major low, but now appear to have hit a major supply area and are in the early stages of a correction.
Walt Disney Warns Of A Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After rising more than $7 in five months, Disney stock looks vulnerable for a downside move.
Was That A Bear Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Almost every stock decline of 5% leads to the question about whether a new bear market is under way. The steep drop in August prompts that question once again.
Watch the Fed! by Arthur A. Merrill
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Watch the Fed! by Arthur A. Merrill The actions of the Federal Reserve are vitally important to investors and speculators. When the Fed tightens the money supply, interest rates rise, bonds and stocks fall. The reverse occurs when the Fed eases the supp
Watching The Divergences: Picking A Short Point In The December T-Note Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Waiting for a confirming close can make all the difference between getting whipsawed and getting rewarded in the market.
Weeklies And Dailies: A Tale Of Two Charts
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Think you missed your moment? Try changing your time frame.
Weekly McClellan Oscillator by Arthur A. Merrill, CMT
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Weekly McClellan Oscillator by Arthur A. Merrill, CMT In the September 1989 issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, Richard Mogey described and interpreted the McClellan Oscillator. It's based on daily data. My data bank has been developed
Weekly Nasdaq Engaged In A Trendline Test
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The current hesitantcy in the markets is aptly represented by the Nasdaq's current battle with a multiyear trendline.
Westport Innovations Worth A Look?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When George Soros buys into a stock, should you?
Weyerhaeuser: A Spike At The Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Spikes are emotional patterns. When they are printed after a long trending period, they may represent a long-term reversal point.
What A Breakout Looks Like?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Deciding when to enter a position for a long trade can be confusing. Knowing what to look for in a healthy breakout can help.
What A Golden Web We Weave
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking at a chart of the Dow divided by the price of gold can present an argument against a possible Dow collapse.
What Is A Trend, Anyway? by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What Is A Trend, Anyway? by John Sweeney A reader reacting to the Settlement article in January on trading basics (Settlement, ""Trading simply: Minimizing losses,"" Stocks & COMMODITIES, January 1991) asked a key question: What is a trend? How do I ide
What Market Timing Is - And Isn't by Paul A. Merriman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What Market Timing Is -- And Isn't Market timing is supposed to be great at reducing your risk while letting you profit in the bull moves, but is it all it's cracked up to be? This market timer discusses the pros and cons. Market timing -- and market tim
What To Buy In A Tough Market For Income
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Analysts are at loggerheads when it comes to market direction. The bears are shouting sell, but the bulls are saying that when everyone sells, that's the time to buy! So what should you do?
What's A Drug Worth?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gilead's (GILD) Remdesivir appears to have been shown to be somewhat effective in the treatment of patients severely affected by Covid-19, which is the disease caused by the coronavirus. This news has had an effect on the share price of the company.
What's In A Trend?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trendlines, moving averages, and directional movement: three ways of knowing which way is up--or down.
What's Next, More Rally Or A Major Stall?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even the strongest bull market rallies need time to pause and regroup before continuing higher. Is the current action in the broad markets a consolidation or a major top?
What's in Your Portfolio? A Short Capital One Strangle, Of Course
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Raff MarketSpace Stock System has issued a bevy of new short signals in numerous S&P 500 stocks. Here's a glance at an interesting short setup in Capital One Financial shares, one that can be played a couple of different ways.
When A Bank Says Buy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A major bank of Canada issued a list of stocks to buy.
When A Share Goes Up And Up And Up
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What do you do when a share keeps rising? Do you pick a target and sell or do you ride the trend?
When A Step Back Is Revealing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For many intermediate-term traders, the daily charts often provide sufficient information for trades. But there are times when the additional information provided by weekly charts can be invaluable.
When A Stock Is Downgraded
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a stock is downgraded by an investment company, I always look at it to see if their analyst has made a correct analysis.
When A Wave Count Becomes Complicated
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...I have always stated that we must follow the first rule of Elliott wave: The wave must look correct. That the Elliott wave is nothing more than a signpost can change a little way down the road.
When is it Safe to Short a Stock? Air Canada May Be Losing Altitude
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Since topping out at the $8 area, Canada's dominant airline is now in a potentially bearish pattern - a descending triangle.
Why I Am Not A Bear
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...All you hear and read nowadays is that the market is in a bear correction and it will test the low reached in March 2009, if not fall even lower. Here's why I believe otherwise.
Why SunTrust is Worth a Look
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SunTrust is coming up on key resistance but the stock may have sufficient buying pressure to overcome this.
Wide-Ranging Days And A Map Of The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This one-day pattern indicates that new money has entered the market.
Will A 1-2-3 Trend Reversal Mark The Top For The S&P 500?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Identifying price shifts in the market at the earliest possible moment can lead to big profits and allow you to trade in the direction of the trend. By using the 1-2-3 trend reversal methodology, we can confidently know the exact moment a trend changes.
Will A 1-2-3 Trend Reversal Mark The Top?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How do I top thee, market? Let me count the ways.
Will A Diamond Break The Banks?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bank rally has led the entire market higher throughout March, but two important patterns may be the driving forces that end this breath-taking rally. A tristar candle pattern formed on the XLF daily chart as a diamond chart pattern emerged on its hou
Will A Head And Shoulders Top Stop The Bean Meal Bull?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Two-thirds of the way through a reversal pattern, May meal develops a running negative stochastic divergence.
Will AI Ever Be Useful For Technical Analysis? Part 1: It's Not A Given
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are AI tools giving traders improvements in alpha and beta, and if not, why not
Will Bonds Test A Bottom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Negative divergences set up the 10-year note for a correction and possible test of the summer 2006 bottom.
Will Commodities Get A Bid?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A pair of positive stochastic divergences suggests, at minimum, a bounce for commodities--broadly speaking.
Will Dean Foods Be A Safe Haven If S&P 500 Goes Much Lower?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some stocks seem to have an ability to act as safe havens during times of recession and major stock market declines. Is this one?
Will Lumber Find A Soft Landing?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...January lumber futures retest contract lows in October.
Will Lumber Get A Lift?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Traders.com Advantage reader points to lumber's cyclical patterns and suggests higher prices ahead.
Will This Short Setup Trigger A Sell For Computer Associates?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite the minor broad market bounce now under way, there are still stocks flashing sell signals.
Winning Percentage Of A Trading System by Oscar G. Cagigas
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Winning Percentage Of A Trading System by Oscar G. Cagigas The winning percentage is a critical statistic that can influence the speed at which your capital grows. Find out how you can apply it to your trading system. When developing a trading system,
Winning parameters for customized MACD by John A. Narvarte
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Winning parameters for customized MACD by John A. Narvarte A common frustration with strategy testing is that it is not easy to find a profitable trading system, particularly if you include brokerage fees. Even with a strategy that has worked for you in
With CERN, A Powerful Price And Volume Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a stock breaks higher on big volume -- and during a major bull run in the broad market -- chances are the smart money has found a new home in which to invest their trading capital.
With CISG, Sell A Call, Ensure A Trade?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...CNinsure, Inc., a growing force in China's property/casualty and life insurance industry group, has been performing well in recent months. Savvy traders may be able to squeeze even more profits, now that the stock has cleared a recent weekly swing h
With CISG, Sell A Call, Ensure A Trade?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...CNinsure, Inc., a growing force in China's property/casualty and life insurance industry group, has been performing well in recent months. Savvy traders may be able to squeeze even more profits, now that the stock has cleared a recent weekly swing h
With IEO, Calculated Bet On A Technical Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With crude oil off by $100 since its all-time high and natural gas cut in half, some technicians believe a technical relief rally is all but inevitable for the energy sector.
With IWM, A Big Head And Shoulders Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's a bit sloppy and definitely not a textbook-quality example, but a bearish head & shoulders pattern has been slowly grinding toward completion on IWM's daily chart.
With Shares Of Twitter Nearing Support Is It Time To Give It A Second Look?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Twitter (TWTR) closed on May 2, 2016 near support after several days of heavy selling. Is it now time to give the shares a second look for a possible long play?
With Urban Outfitters, A Pop Due Before Christmas?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This stock had been consolidating for six weeks until December 13. Will this latest bullish breakout attempt soon drive the stock back into the $30 range again?
Working Money: 10 Challenges Facing A Market Rebound by Matt Blackman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Working Money: 10 Challenges Facing A Market Rebound by Matt Blackman Can technical traders safely ignore these 10 fundamental obstacles? Most traders agree that fundamental investors would be well advised to use charts to help make better decisions, e
Working Money: A Collapse Or A Bubble? by Thomas Maskell
Working Money: A Collapse Or A Bubble? by Thomas Maskell
Working Money: A Developing Depression by Robert R. Prechter and Peter Kendall
Working Money: A Five-Step Market Portfolio by Andy Hicks
Working Money: A Formal Education In Trading by Karen Wasserman
Working Money: A Full Cuppa JOE by Alexander Elder, MD
Working Money: A Gem In The Junk Pile by Alexander Elder, MD
Working Money: A Short Guide To Exchange-Traded Funds by Paolo Pezzutti
Working Money: A Taste Of The Big MACD by Amy Wu
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Working Money: A Taste Of The Big MACD by Amy Wu Indicators like the moving average convergence/divergence help you confirm signals and decrease risk when buying and selling securities. Invented by Gerald Appel in the 1970s, the MACD has become a staple
Working Money: Anatomy of A Candlestick by Clive Lambert
Working Money: Becoming a Successful Forex Trader by Leslie vanWinkle
Working Money: Building A Better Breakout by David Penn
Working Money: Even In A Bear Market, Opportunity Abounds by Austin Passamonte
Working Money: Fifth Of A Fifth by David Penn
Working Money: Forex At A Glance by John Devcic
Working Money: Forming A Dow Line by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Working Money: Forming A Dow Line by David Penn Whether you are buying or selling, believe it or not, it's good to wait in line. One of the most common aspects of chart reading, the notion of buying or selling breakouts from congestion, has its roots i
Working Money: Grow And Protect: A Retirement Strategy by Allen Rehert
Working Money: Hi-Yo, Silver! A Wave! by Bruce R. Faber
Working Money: Houston, We Have A Technical Problem by Nick Porcella
Working Money: Market Indicators: Useful Tools by James A. Maccaro
Working Money: Merryle Stanley Rukeyser, by James A. Maccaro
Working Money: Profiting In A Stage III Market by Melvin Pasternak
Working Money: Relative Strength As A Selling Tool by Michael J. Carr, CMT
Working Money: Seven Steps To A Good Trade by Paul Lange
Working Money: The Harami: A Strong Reversal Signal by Steve Bigalow
Working Money: To Catch A Falling Knife... by Matt Blackman
Working Money: To Short Or Not To Short by Neil A. O'Hara
Working Money: Trading And "Moneyball" by John A. Sarkett
Working Money: What's In A Trend? by David Penn
Working Money:Volatility As A Stock Bellwether by Dan Zanger and Matt Blackman
World Wrestling Gets A Squeeze
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Bollinger Bands are narrowing considerably for World Wrestling Entertainment, and this often leads to a breakout. But which way?
Wyckoff Part 1: Defining A Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Richard D. Wyckoff outlined the necessity for defining the market trend in his classic stock analysis method first published in the early 1930s. Seventy years later, this remains an important concept for traders in a variety of financial markets.
XAU Gold Index Tries A Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This gold index is leading several other gold indexes in an apparent breakout attempt. This could be an early bullish signal.
XM Satellite Traces Out A Double Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...XM Satellite gapped up on high volume to solidify support and open the door to a double-bottom reversal pattern.
XOMA Ltd. - A Biotech Play On The Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This biopharmaceutical development company is showing several interesting formations on its daily and weekly chart.
Xerox - Is it Making a Comeback?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Xerox is a name that is synonymous with photocopying, in fact today one talks of "xeroxing" a document as opposed to photocopying a document. And yet the company fell on hard times and the share crashed. Is it making a comeback?
Xerox Setting Up For A Bullish Reversal?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Xerox Corp. are in a near-term downtrend but may be approaching a key support and/or reversal zone soon.
YDKN Halts For A While
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bullish run of Yadkin Bank may be ready to reverse.
YELP: A Stock in Need of Help?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Yelp, Inc. appear to be on target to move below the $60 level in the near future.
YRCW: A Major Bull Run
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of YRC Worldwide, Inc. have been surging higher since staging a major breakout six weeks ago.
Yahoo! Developing A Bullish Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Prices are very close to the apex of the formation, and we can expect a breakout soon.
Yahoo!? Now Hold On Just A Minute
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Yahoo gapped up 14% from $48.35 to close at $56.21 in the wake of better than expected earnings. But this looks like a better short than long candidate and proof that markets are more emotional than efficient.
Yahoo: A Double Top In The Making
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even though it is far from confirmed, the early signs suggest a double top for Yahoo. Yahoo (YHOO) and a host of internet stocks have been star performers over the last 9-12 months.
Yes, The US Is In A Recession
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...So when will the Dow Jones bottom?
Zenn Motor Co. Worth A Look
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock of this Canadian-based company, which develops small, all-electric vehicles, may bear some examination.
Zero Cost Averaging by Terrence M. Quinn and Kristin A. Quinn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Zero Cost Averaging by Terrence M. Quinn and Kristin A. Quinn This technique steps in to assist in the management of the investment after the investor has determined which securities to purchase and when to open the position. Traditionally, fundamental
Zions Bancorp Ready For A Tumble?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While some financial sector stocks have recovered a portion of their summer losses, shares of Zions Bancorporation have not, and in fact appear to be setting up for another leg lower.
Zoom Video Communications: A 2020 Mania Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why this stock could continue to rise.
eBay Hints At A Trend Change
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock price hit a two-year low last August. Is it recovering?
iShares Silver Trust Races For A Pennant
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After enduring a major multimonth bear market, iShares Silver Trust is forming a potentially bullish pattern.
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