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Download$HUI's Golden Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A month testing the upper boundary of its trend channel is followed by a month testing the lower boundary.
30-Year Treasury Bond - Daily Bullish Rising Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US 30-year bond has enjoyed an orderly summer rally, which can be demonstrated with the bullish rising channel on the daily chart. Short-term traders could use candlestick analysis in conjunction with the boundary lines of the channel to locate poten
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 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
AMZN Channel Breakout System
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Channel breakout systems have been around for at least five decades, and for good reason: they still work in today's markets. Here's a brief look at an 11-plus year backtest of such a system with Amazon.com shares.
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.
An Anchored VWAP Channel For Congested Markets
Biotech HOLDRS Surge To Channel Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Biotech HOLDRS surged over the last two weeks, but resistance is near and Aroon is not impressed.
CRR Has Strong Volume On Channel Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a fundamentally sound stock makes a major breakout on heavy volume, it usually pays to take a closer look.
CTL: Evaluation Of Channel Breakouts
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Certain channel breakout setups are more desirable than others; here's a quick tutorial to help you spot the higher probability opportunities.
Channel Analysis by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Channel Analysis by Thom Hartle A market does not move in a straight line; instead, its movement travels across the chart in peaks and valleys, forming a channel in the direction of the trend. Early identification of the channels can give you important
Channel Breakouts In Kinross Gold Corp.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Now that the projected cost of the "New Deal, Part II" is rising by the day, some analysts expect the entire precious metals (PM) complex to soar. Here's a potential channel breakout setup in Kinross Gold Corp.
Channel Lines
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Channel Lines
Channel Surfing With Micron
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Micron Tech is bouncing higher within a rising price channel and looks headed for the lower boundary.
Channel Testing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As gold reenters a trend channel from which it recently emerged, gold stocks slip closer to support at the lower boundary of their trend channel.
Channel Tops And Divergences
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Those ominous divergences in the S&P 500's hourly chart are beginning to show up on the daily.
Channel Trade Win
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
Channel breakout by Peter Aan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Channel breakout by Peter Aan Rules and Formulas: Channel systems use the highest and lowest prices in a series. Many possible trading variations can be employed and the one I tested involves finding the highest high and lowest low for the most recent n
Clear Channel Weakens Further
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Clear Channel has moved below the potential support and the stock may melt down further due to weak indicators.
Commodity Channel Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Commodity Channel Index can be a useful alternative to stochastics.
Commodity Channel Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is a new trend beginning?
Commodity Channel Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Commodity Channel Index
Commodity Channel Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the Fed begins to tighten, Industrials and Basic Materials are often hit hardest.
Commodity Channel Index: Tool for Trading Cyclic Trends by DONALD R. LAMBERT
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Commodity Channel Index: Tool for Trading Cyclic Trends by DONALD R. LAMBERT Reprinted from Commodities Magazine 1980 219 Parkade, Cedar Falls, IA 50613. Many commodities exhibit some type of cyclical or seasonal price pattern. But, the commodity trade
ConocoPhillips Channel Support Test Soon?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...ConocoPhillips stock has risen steadily within the confines of a fixed price channel for more than four months now. Are the shares preparing for another channel support test?
Consolidation Channel Breakouts
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When price trends between two parallel trendlines it is said to form a channel, and a consolidation channel is a sideways action where price is in a trading range. This month, this professional trader describes what to look for to have the best chances o
Cyclical Channel Analysis And The Commodity Channel Index by D.W. Davies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cyclical Channel Analysis And The Commodity Channel Index by D.W. Davies Trading bands and the commodity channel index, two popular indicators, are used together here by D.W. Davies, who publishes the ""Chameleon"" financial newsletter. Davies analyzes
Cyclical Channel Analysis And The Commodity Channel Index by D.W. Davies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cyclical Channel Analysis And The Commodity Channel Index by D.W. Davies Trading bands and the commodity channel index, two popular indicators, are used together here by D.W. Davies, who publishes the ""Chameleon"" financial newsletter. Davies analyzes
Data Filtering For Trend Channel Analysis by Anthony W. Warren, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Data Filtering For Trend Channel Analysis by Anthony W. Warren, Ph.D. Trend-following methods typically utilize moving averages of closing price data for buy and sell signals. Often, the signals turn out to be false due to short-term market fluctuations
Defining The Commodity Channel Index by D.W. Davies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Defining The Commodity Channel Index by D.W. Davies Presented here are the ins and outs of the commodity channel index, as defined by creator Donald Lambert and modified by the author. The trials and tribulations of trading, the probability of ruin and
Delayed Channel Breakout System by Peter Aan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Delayed Channel Breakout System by Peter Aan Originator: Unknown; this is a variation of the simple channel breakout method. Rules and formula: The simple channel breakout is a tried-and-true trading system that has been used for years. The delayed cha
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.
EOG Resources' Bullish Channel Formation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...EOG Resources is currently consolidating in a bullish trading range but traders should wait for a break of the upper channel line before going long.
Enhancing the Raff Regression Channel by Robert B. McKinnon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A market follows its primary trend in a zigzag form. The trend direction is easy to see; the real challenge lies in identifying the minor trends. Price channels are a technique used to discover the outer boundaries of the market's action concerning a t
Falling Channel For Valero Energy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Valero Energy has been stuck in a falling channel since mid August but things are starting to look up for this refiner.
Gold's Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is gold ready to break out of its channel formation?
HAL In Ascending Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The healthy rally of Halliburton Company stock offers good short-term trading opportunities.
Holt-Winter Channel: taking the formula one step beyond by Ichu Cheng
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Holt-Winter Channel: taking the formula one step beyond by Ichu Cheng October 19,1987 witnessed the biggest one-day drop in stock prices in history. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) fell 616 points or 26% in a single day. The drop caught most inv
Honeywell's Dubious Rising Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's wise to tread carefully when chart patterns and indicators diverge.
IBM In a Trading Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...IBM's weekly chart shows a likely trading range and if so, the upside is limited.
JCP Breaks Channel Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...JC Penney hit resistance from a key moving average and then broke channel support to signal a continuation of its long-term downtrend.
Keltner Channel by Stuart Evens
Microchip Technology In Ascending Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bullish breakout of MCHP formed higher bottoms and peaks. The stock is likely to be heading upward.
NASDAQ Abandons Its Trend Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Midway through its August journey, the NASDAQ broke through a season's worth of support.
Nabors Industries' Channel Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Nabors Industries' recent channel breakout indicates higher prices ahead. With the stock now pulling back to key support levels, it might be a good time to buy.
Nexen's Channel Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Nexen Inc. (NXY) had been stuck in a seven-month trading range but the recent channel breakout now indicates higher prices in the long-term.
Oil Service Stocks Test Support Of Trend Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the advance in oil prices stalls, oil service stocks move to the low end of a trend channel that has contained prices for months.
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.
Patterson's Channel Breakout Indicates Higher Prices in the Near-Term
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (PTEN) had been stuck in a trading range most of January. Now that the stock has broken above the upper channel line, higher prices should prevail.
Precision Drilling Corp.'s Channel Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Precision Drilling Corp. recently broke out of a five-month trading range, indicating higher prices ahead. With short-term support levels now coming into play, I would look to accumulate these shares.
Product Review: Channel Trend
Profit Locking And The Relative Price Channel by Leon Wilson
QQQQ Channel Pairs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Another example of channel pairs characterizes an intraday ascent in the QQQQ.
Quick-Scans: Channel Analysis by D.W. Davies
Recent Channel Breakout for ConocoPhillips
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...ConocoPhillips (COP) had been stuck in the $46.00 to $50.00 range dating back to October 2002. However, the stock broke out of its four-month trading range late last month, indicating the potential for higher prices in the long-term.
S&P 500's Channel Support And Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A break below the lower boundary of a trend channel finds the S&P 500 running up against resistance that was once support.
SIDEBAR: Holt-Winter Channel Calculation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Holt-Winter Channel Calculation The Holt-Winter formula estimates the three quadratic coefficients recursively as follows: Ft+1 = (l - a) (Ft + Vt + 0.5 At) + aCt+1 Vt+1 = (l - b) (Vt + At) + b(Ft+1 - Ft) At+1 = (l - c) At + c (Vt+1 - Vt) where Ct =
SIDEBAR: REGRESSION CHANNEL ANALYSIS
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...REGRESSION CHANNEL ANALYSIS To construct a regression channel (Article Figure 16) from the last key high or low on a weekly chart, we built a least-squarest best-fit regression line Z to the next key low or the last trading day, whichever is lower. To d
SIDEBAR: TREND CHANNEL SPREADSHEET
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...TREND CHANNEL SPREADSHEET The trend-following method uses exponential smoothed moving averages (EMA) of price data. The equation for an EMA requires the previous day's EMA for the calculation of today's EMA. Consequently, the first period's closing pric
Seasonal Trades And The Channel Breakout System by John L.Momsen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Seasonal Trades And The Channel Breakout System by John L.Momsen Many seasonal trades have been consistently profitable over many years, but using them can be tricky because you never know if this will be the year that events won't follow the establish
Sidebar: Defining The Commodity Channel Index by D.W. Davies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sidebar: Defining The Commodity Channel Index by D.W. Davies Presented here are the ins and outs of the commodity channel index, as defined by creator Donald Lambert and modified by the author. The commodity channel index (CCI) can be calculated using
Sidebar: Four steps to calculate Lambert's commodity channel index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:10 (61): Sidebar: Four steps to calculate Lambert's commodity channel index Formulas are provided for the following four steps that calculate Lambert's commodity channel index. 1. Compute today's "typical" price, using high,
Testing The Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An early November channel breakout + an early December test of resistance-turned-support = higher prices for the S&P 500 in the near term.
The Channel Breakout System by Mark Vakkur, M.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Channel Breakout System by Mark Vakkur, M.D. This is one of the simplest and oldest trading techniques, where trades are initiated based on price exceeding a given historical level. Here's how the channel breakout system works using the Value Line i
The Commodity Channel Index Revisited by Jeanette Schwarz Young
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Commodity Channel Index Revisited by Jeanette Schwarz Young Traders use technical tools in different ways at different times. Here, then, is one trader's idea on how to use this technical tool to identify major market trends. Technical tools continue t
The Commodity Channel Index by Barbara Star, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Commodity Channel Index by Barbara Star, PhD. A technical analytical standard that's often misunderstood, the Commodity Channel Index, which was developed by technician/programmer Donald Lambert more than a decade ago, offers a broad range of tradin
The Dow Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The last few weeks have brought little clarity to the direction for the Dow Jones 30, but a trading range can still be useful.
The Dow(n) Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow Jones Industrial Average has formed a very steep downsloping channel.
The Euro Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Breaking beneath the support of two trend channels, the euro enters a dangerous stage in its descent.
The Evolution Of The Euro's Trend Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The dramatic fall and fall and rise of the EUR/USD as seen through the lens of a trend channel.
The German Mark Noise Channel Breakout System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The German Mark Noise Channel Breakout System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. Interested in a trend-following method for currency markets? Currency markets generally exhibit the strongest tendency to trend, a key feature for trend-followers. Here's a method tha
The Link Between Bollinger Bands & The Commodity Channel Index by N. Harrington
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:10 (32-38): The Link Between Bollinger Bands & The Commodity Channel Index by N. Harrington Bollinger Bands and the commodity channel index (CCI) have been employed independently, in conjunction with other indicators, and with
The NYSE Composite's Make Or Break Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sticking to a single trend channel since rising from the October lows, the stocks of the NYSE ride support higher and higher.
The S&P 500's Spring Channel Surfing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The failure to hold above the upper boundary of the old trend channel suggests a new channel--and a test of a new lower boundary.
The Wilson Relative Price Channel by Leon Wilson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:7 (48-52): The Wilson Relative Price Channel by Leon Wilson Several indicators quantify the relationship between price action and strength. Here's one adapted from the relative strength index. For technical analysis to adapt
Time For Oracle Corp. To Change The Channel?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Oracle Corp. have remained within the bounds of a remarkably steady uptrend channel for more than four months now, but is that about to end?
Trading Signals and the Commodity Channel Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Donald Lambert developed the Commodities Channel Index, which as the name implies was originally intended to be used with commodities trading. However, this indicator has been successfully applied to other markets, including stocks.
Trading The Regression Channel by Gilbert Raff
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading The Regression Channel by Gilbert Raff Every trader has had the experience of selling a stock or commodity too soon during a rapid price reversal, only to realize in retrospect that this was a consolidation within a trend. Or just the opposite:
Transocean's Falling Channel Formation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Transocean has been stuck in a downtrend the last three months but there are signs of a forthcoming reversal.
Transocean's Long-Term Channel Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Transocean Inc. recently broke out of a long-term bottoming pattern, indicating significantly higher prices down the road.
URI: Bullish Channel Running Out Of Gas?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Still trading within a bullish channel and with gains of 100% since July 2013, shares of United Rentals, Inc. may be running out of gas.
Utilities Hold The Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A trend channel from the April lows continues to define price action for the utilities sector.
WES Moving In Ascending Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Western Gas Partners (WES) has offered many short-term trading opportunities in the past. Can we grab another such opportunity?
Working Money: Channel Trade Win by Alexander Elder, MD
Working Money: Commodity Channel Index by Amy Wu
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Working Money: Commodity Channel Index by Amy Wu How can you tell when a new trend is beginning? The consensus is that the markets have hit a bottom and are starting to show signs of recovery. To find out whether this is true, you can apply the commodi
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