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DownloadBear Traps In Point & Figure
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A bear trap is a bullish signal, so recognizing them and understanding how to trade them can be very useful
Bear Traps In Point And Figure
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A bear trap is a bullish signal, so recognizing them and understanding how to trade them can be very useful. To illustrate the classic bear trap, we shall use Facebook (FB) which recently completed one.
Bombardier And Point And Figure
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When I first started trading the stock market back when, I looked around for a way to interpret charts as an addition to the fundamental analysis I then used. I discovered point and figure charting as interpreted by Cohen. In those early days before comp
Charting Breakouts With Convertible Point & Figure Charts
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here, we introduce a charting technique that builds on the classic point & figure charting style and updates it to put the time dimension into play
Classic Point And Figure by David Vomund
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Classic Point And Figure by David Vomund It was around before computers; it was around before calculators. It's been around forever, and despite that, it still works. It's point and figure charting, and it still offers unique advantages. Here are some e
Daytrading The E-Mini With Point & Figure by Eugene Steele
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Daytrading The E-Mini With Point & Figure by Eugene Steele Here's a look at how you can trade the e-mini with a classic charting technique. Point & figure charting has been largely ignored as a tool for daytrading, but it is actually one of the most po
Dow Point & Figure Chart Still In Bull Mode
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite the decline over the last few weeks, the Dow Jones industrials remains in a clear uptrend on the P&F chart with support close at hand.
Finding Support/Resistance With Point & Figure Charts
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks, Gold, and Crude Oil could be at, or nearing, important reversal points.
Forex Focus: Point & Figure For Forex by James Chen, CTA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Forex Focus: Point & Figure For Forex by James Chen, CTA Here's an age-old charting technique that you can use effectively in the foreign exchange markets. To trade using point & figure charts is to trade based on pure price action. One of the best-kep
Gann analysis on point and figure charts by Douglas Arend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gann analysis on point and figure charts by Douglas Arend Of the many analytical techniques attributed to W.D. Gann, perhaps none is more widely followed than the so-called geometric angles. Although applied generally to historical and intraday bar char
High-Probability Point And Figure by Joe Demkovich
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Basics And Tactics Of A Western Classic High-Probability Point And Figure If you want buy and sell signals from a charting system, point and figure charting may be for you. by Joe Demkovich When you purchase stock in a company, you must make two de
Linking Point & Figure And Bar Charts by Robert Busby, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:1 (30-35): Linking Point & Figure And Bar Charts by Robert Busby, Ph.D. Ever thought of combining these two chart pattern techniques? Find out how. Point & figure is one of the oldest western techniques of charting, tracing i
Logarithmic Point & Figure Charting by William G.S. Brown
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.13:07 (288-291): Logarithmic Point & Figure Charting by William G.S. Brown Traditional point & figure charting is one of the oldest methods known in technical analysis. The technique is unique because it only records the direction and change in price
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
Logarithmic point and figure charts by Luis Ballesca Loyo
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Logarithmic point and figure charts by Luis Ballesca Loyo During the early development of technical analysis, almost all types of graphing methods used the arithmetic values of prices for charting. Not so long ago, it became a common practice to constru
Mutual fund point & figure by Charles Idol
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Mutual fund point & figure by Charles Idol The idea of applying point and figure (P&F) chart analysis to mutual funds causes some conceptual distress to P&F purists. P&F has no theory, but the basic concept says that the chart patterns are caused by the
On Building Point & Figure Charts by Daryl Guppy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On Building Point & Figure Charts by Daryl Guppy Point & figure charting is one of the classic techniques of technical analysis. Here's a refresher look at the basics. Point and figure (P&F) charting concentrates on price and its changes by eliminatin
Point & Figure & Forex by Cornelius Luca
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:4 (72-74): Point & Figure & Forex by Cornelius Luca Why are point & figure charts well suited for the 24-hour trading arena in foreign exchange? Typically, the majority of currency traders keep their eyes glued on bar and can
Point & Figure Analysis Of The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How to find support and resistance using Point & Figure charts.
Point & Figure And Moving Averages
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Last week, I wrote how I could have traded Nortel using point and figure charts. Here's a way to trade Nortel using two moving averages on a point and figure chart.
Point & Figure Box Sizes by Thomas McGraw
Point & Figure Charting by David Penn
Point & Figure Charting by Gary Van Powell
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Point & Figure Charting by Gary Van Powell Point and figure charting, a technique for following stocks and commodities, may be simplistic but still offers the keys to success: trend identification, price objectives and money management, all of which
Point & Figure For The Computerized Trader
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Point & figure charting evolved as a way to quickly chart stocks, bonds, and commodities by hand long before the day of the computer. But does this technique offer value to the computerized trader today?
Point & Figure Moving Averages
Point & Figure Moving Averages
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's an instance where two are better than one.
Point & Figure Poles
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Poles are Point and Figure reversal patterns. They are never continuation patterns. It is useful to understand how they work because they often present the knowledgable trader opportunities to enter or exit a trade before a price reversal.
Point & Figure Relative Strength by Michael J. Moody and Harold B. Parker
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Point & Figure Relative Strength by Michael J. Moody and Harold B. Parker STOCKS & COMMODITIES contributors Michael J. Moody and Harold B. Parker suggest using point and figure and relative strength as a way to identify strong and weak stocks. It has o
Point and Figure Chart
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Point and Figure Chart
Point and figure analysis and projection Part 2 by Charles Idol
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Point and figure analysis and projection Part 2 by Charles Idol When you start point & figure chart (P&F) analysis, you should start with longer-term data and a l´3 chart like Figure 1, the P&F chart for AT&T. (See ""Point & figure charts: An overview,"
Point and figure charts: an overview by Charles Idol
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Point and figure charts: an overview by Charles Idol The popularity of the personal computer has given rise to a bewildering number of charting techniques. In addition to a profusion of moving averages of one kind or another, we have linear regressions,
Point and figure: Analysis and projection Part 2 by Charles Idol
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Point and figure: Analysis and projection Part 2 by Charles Idol The fundamental pattern in point and figure charting -- the congestion area -- occurs after a substantial rise or fall in the price of a stock as the investment community adjusts to the new
Price projections on point and figure charts by Luis Ballesca Loyo
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Price projections on point and figure charts by Luis Ballesca Loyo One of the great advantages of point and figure (P&F) charting is its well-defined features: price formations, buy and sell signals, trendlines and price projections. The P&F method est
Profiting With Nortel Using Point And Figure And The Horizontal Target Count
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In analysis of stocks today, point and figure analysis is rarely used. Yet if used correctly, it is very helpful. Here is a chart of Nortel and my analysis techniques using the strategies I teethed on in 1965.
Risk/Reward Using Point and Figure
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Back in 1968 when I first started using them, market charting and point and figure buy signals were not as self-fulfilling as they are in today's computerized society with its thousands of followers.
SIDEBAR: LOGARITHMIC POINT & FIGURE by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SIDEBAR: LOGARITHMIC POINT & FIGURE by Technical Analysis, Inc. The point and figure chart, which is built on a filtering technique, is an old favorite. In a one-point chart, moves of less than one point are filtered out; in a three-point chart, all mov
SIDEBAR: POINT & FIGURE TECHNIQUE
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...POINT & FIGURE TECHNIQUE Point and figure charting is a technical trading approach that has been credited to Charles Dow, originator of the Dow theory. This technique differs from bar charting in that price reversals below a minimum size are eliminated
SIDEBAR: POINT & FIGURE TECHNIQUE by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...POINT & FIGURE TECHNIQUE by Technical Analysis, Inc. Explanation of point and figure charting, which is similar to bar charting except that price reversals below a minimum size are eliminated, and time is not a factor. This is one of the simplest metho
Starbucks: Figure Charting For Price Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Starbucks (NYSE: SBUX) looks well-positioned to test record highs in the neighborhood of 45 1/4 given its intermediate price momentum since May. A solid 10-day horizontal formation in the 39/40 area represents the early stages of a consolidation area th
Strength Figure by Alex Saitta
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Strength Figure by Alex Saitta Here's an indicator that captures the amount and the distance of price thrusts. Technicians measure the strength of a market trend by examining trading volume, open interest, or price momentum. Most who choose momentum gr
Testing Point & Figure Patterns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Considered to be a superior charting technique by some technical analysts, objective testing reveals the truth about simple point & figure chart patterns.
The Will Rogers Theory Of Point & Figure Trading by J. Adam Hewison
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Will Rogers Theory Of Point & Figure Trading by J. Adam Hewison When I first started trading, moving averages were pretty much the epitome of high-tech computer analysis. Since then, we have seen the birth of computerized studies for Gann, Fibonacci
Working Money: Testing Point & Figure Patterns by Michael J. Carr
Wyckoff Part 7: Coordinating vertical and figure charts for more effective forecasting by Jack K. Hu
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Wyckoff Part 7: Coordinating vertical and figure charts for more effective forecasting by Jack K. Hutson Vertical charts, alone, are a detailed source of information for the Richard D. Wyckoff analysis of individual stocks groups and the market. But whe
Wyckoff method of trading stocks part 6 Figure charts by Jack K Hutson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Wyckoff method of trading stocks part 6 Figure charts by Jack K Hutson Thus far in this series we've concentrated on the price volume information supplied by vertical charts, which are the mainstay of Richard D. Wyckoff's technical analysis. But as an a
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