ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Last Thursday when Compuware Corporation (CPWR) tumbled from $11.10 on Wednesday's close to a low of $7.51 on Thursday many were wondering what happened. This 32% loss in one day demonstrates the fragility of today's markets.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Novice Trader's Notebook: Broadening Bottoms and Complex Bottoms BROADENING BOTTOM The broadening bottom is virtually the same as the broadening top, except it is reversed. Like the broadening top, the broadening bottom forms a symmetrical triangle. Alt
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Broadening formations, also known as broadening triangles, are defined as a series of higher highs combined with lower lows. Trading volume tends to expand during the widening phase, and signal a breakdown of the current pattern.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...These patterns are relatively rare, but traders must be aware of their potential profit opportunities.
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.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The airline stock is tagging the upper trendline of a broadening formation, and volatility is increasing.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This relatively uncommon pattern occurs in a high-volatility environment.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A bearish triangle threatens reversals for the Dow Jones Transportation Average.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The QQQQ has formed two bearish patterns during its recent runup. But even though bearish forces are at work, how far could prices drop? An ascending broadening wedge pattern might hold the answer and reveal where the correction might be contained.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Although relatively rare, the S&P SmallCap Index (SML) formed its second broadening formation in the last four years.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Broadening Formation And The Bond Market by Thom Hartle Trading the bond futures market offers opportunity to the skilled chartist because a diversity of price patterns occurs over time. In reality, chart patterns are accumulation, distribution, con
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In an article I wrote in July 2009, I addressed the need for closure in order to confirm the complex head & shoulders pattern that was setting up. That pattern failed due to an 11th-hour decision to change course by the bulls. So the deal was never o
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Broadening tops are a bearish formation and the Dow has two it may be working on-- A large long term one with scary implications and a smaller one contained within.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The euro's persistent downtrend has been made interesting by the European Central Bank's efforts at intervention. But are we going up or down?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the Nasdaq in a trading range with bullish upside or will it possibly succumb to a potentially bearish broadening formation?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This pattern suggests even more upside for the NASDAQ 100.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The broadening formation on the Dow Jones Transportation Average could act as a continuation pattern or a reversal.