ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After rising more than 105% since the October 2008 lows, USEC may now be offering an intraday short setup.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...More than just a tool for top- and bottom-picking trends, the 2B test is one way for aggressive traders to trade sloppy, sideways markets.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A test of the successful breakout from this intraday cup with handle bottom in the e-mini S&P 500 sets the stage for continued gains.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A diamond top in the 60-minute S&P 500 chart sets the stage for a short-term correction in stocks.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A positive divergence between the MACD indicator and the greenback/yen pair provides an intraday buying opportunity.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...January came in like a lion. Does an intraday reversal pattern anticipate that January will go out like a lion as well?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A classic reversal pattern anticipates weakness and a test of the lows.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 waved its freak flag high as an early morning bounce caught bears by surprise. Frantic short-covering ensued.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An old rally, a MACD negative divergence, a 1-2-3 trend reversal ... after bouncing at the beginning of August, the euro starts to slip against the greenback.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This bullish chart pattern suggests new 52-week highs in the Nasdaq in the near term.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's fair to say that technical analysis has made its biggest strides in relation to price-based forecasting rather than time-based studies. Moreover, when time-based techniques are developed, they are applied to higher time frame charts. The
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Learning to scan for stocks that are trending in the same direction on adjacent time frames can help make your trading workflow more productive.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Candlesticks And Intraday Market Analysis by Gary S. Wagner and Bradley L. Matheny Can the much-ballyhooed candlestick method be helpful in intraday trading? To find out, Gary Wagner and Brad Matheny went through one day's trading via candlesticks for o
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
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Coca Cola stage a sudden, late session reversal on Wednesday March 19, 2014.
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.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cycle Analysis And Intraday Trading by John F. Ehlers Veteran S TOCKS & COMMODITIES contributor John Ehlers explains how to make use of cycles analysis in intraday trading, heretofore a rarity. Take a look. Intraday traders have long had most of the tec
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Detecting Breakouts In Intraday Charts by Markos Katsanos Here's an important enhancement to the finite volume elements indicator that's especially useful with intraday minute charts. In the April 2003 STOCKS & COMMODITIES, I introduced the finite volu
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can you apply flags to intraday charts? Once you do, how can you determine the optimal price target? Here is a system that will help you identify flag formations as well as enter and exit them at the right time.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Diamond continuation patterns act as distribution areas in declining trends.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Estimating the Market Profile Value Area for intraday trading by Donald L. Jones T he prime question for every trader is whether to get into a market, or if in, whether to stay in or get out. Since these questions must be decided on the basis of inadequ
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is Facebook, Inc., seen as "the IPO flop that continues to drop," or is it viewed by value investors as a solid long-term growth story?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gann Swings And Intraday Trading Swing trading is one of the oldest technical methods in technical trading literature. Even though it's little used these days, this classic technique is hardly outmoded and can be useful in trading today's volatile stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It takes patience to identify and wait for divergence situations to play out, but the process can be worthwhile for committed traders.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How much of a surprise was the August 16th "surprise" rally?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The semiconductor stock printed on Friday the worst performance of the DJIA--is weakness ahead in the short term?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."What we have here is a failure to follow through..."
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An excellent example of the "Don't Look Back" breakout develops in a five-minute chart of the emini S&P.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Indicators and chart patterns help traders anticipate market moves.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The five-minute chart reveals how a pair of triangles, the first ascending and the second descending, anticipated a day's worth of market movement.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Skilled traders recognize the basic price pattern on their charts. Repeated sequences of price bars in distinct pattern formation are merely human emotions of fear & greed measured with real money at work in the markets. Basic chart patterns have exi
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some would call it Accumulation/Distribution, but whatever the name there is some useful insight to be gained by examining it.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:8 (34-37): Intraday Market Forecasting by Lee Leibfarth How do you find high-probability daytrading setups fast? Successful daytraders must have the ability to react as soon as favorable conditions in the market develop. Bein
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Let "up" days and "down" days dictate market opportunities.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can you be a swing trader and an intraday trader at the same time? Find out how this trader combines these two time frames to create a logical trading plan.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Hourly patterns of volatility and trend formation are present in price change data. As a result of these hourly patterns, trade entry time has an important role in trade entry decisions
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading triangle/pennant breakouts that occur in the wake of successful support/resistance tests can be a pathway to consistent trading profits.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Intraday Short-Term Trading Tactics by Ron Walker Enter and exit trades the right way based on familiar chart patterns. wing trading prospects occur when price patterns form. Even though traders might be familiar with many chart patterns, they may not
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does "intraday swing trading" sound like a contradiction in terms? Well, it may actually not be because it combines the best of both worlds. Find out how this approach can solve some of the trouble spots of both daytrading and swing trading and ultimatel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A popular reversal set-up shows itself--twice!--within six days, once from the bottom then again from the top.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This system could allow you to earn consistent profits by trading during the first market hour.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Since the birth of the American stock market, one pattern has always recurred: Major booms follow sharp crashes. The best-known example began on Black Thursday, October 24, 1929, the day when the market started to plummet. During the following th
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Intraday swings with wave charts: The Wyckoff method of trading stocks part 12 by Jack K. Hutson The serious follower of Wyckoff, a trader who embraces the entire scope and intricate details of this methodology, has not completed his or her analytic ars
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Intraday trading techniques by John W. Labuszewski and John E. Nyhoff Many analysts find that the charting techniques that they rely on for inter-day trading are somewhat less useful on an intraday basis. As a result, these analysts often rely on other
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Keeping intraday tabs on stocks that are making substantial gains or losses may help active traders seize opportunities in real-time.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...MIDAS And Intraday Charts by Andrew Coles and David Hawkins In this third and final part of this series, we will look at how to apply the TB-F algorithm to intraday charts. by Andrew Coles and David Hawkins Like Midas, which is an acronym for market i
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While coffee continues to languish, cocoa makes a move to the upside.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For the study presented here, we will use four commonly traded metals futures markets to test for intraday biases that could give the trader an edge
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...More than a few technicians are in agreement that the mighty Dow may be at or approaching a major trend reversal zone. Is this noticeable intraday domed top pattern one of the first confirmations of a bearish turn?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The oil services group is likely at the start of another rally phase as 2013 comes to a close.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...By watching the reaction of prices in areas of trendline/Fibonacci support and resistance levels, traders can gain extra confidence as they anticipate strong reversal and continuation moves.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 index may be setting up for its next swing trade move - down toward the 1,810.00 level.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a brief tutorial on how to identify short-term momentum trade setups in a basket of gold mining stocks.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If you're an equities daytrader, it makes sense to keep abreast of the strongest and weakest daily performers in your watchlist.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Time-based techniques are effective and can be applied to intraday trading, but unless they are automated, they require a great deal of tending and tracking on the part of the trader. The Fibonacci and Lucas techniques, which we explored in the pre
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A good trader is always looking for clues of a reversal, trying to piece together the technical jigsaw puzzle.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The rally in the NASDAQ 100 lasted almost a month before a head & shoulders pattern signaled a correction.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A pair of 2B tops helps mark the upper boundary of an ascending triangle.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bulls jump up to get beat down as an early breakout to the upside leads to a late afternoon market meltdown.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An eight-hour consolidation in the S&P 500 helped the market resume its bullish ways.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A 2B bottom and a positive divergence show how the SPOO got its groove back in time for the New Year -- the Chinese New Year, that is.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Pattern perfection is sometimes not all it's cracked up to be.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When volatility has been running high, an early morning contraction can lead to explosive results.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading IBM Intraday by Dennis Meyers, PhD Here's how to develop a trading system that measures the real price dynamics of the market. The fading memory polynomial was first introduced in one of my previous articles, titled "The Yen Recursed." In that
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
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 25:2 (64-67): Tuning Intraday Strategies by Lee Leibfarth Developing a daytrading strategy that is consistent across all markets is impossible. But here are some things to keep in mind when assessing your daytrading strategy. Th
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sometimes, if the conditions are right, an intraday scalp is just what the market ordered for aggressive daytraders.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using The Arms Index In Intraday Applications by Richard W. Arms Jr. A few weeks ago, I received a call from an analyst who had read a number of my recent articles in STOCKS & COMMODITIES and had an interesting question. ""I've developed a new index to
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Variable Cycle Lengths And Intraday Candlestick Analysis by Gary S. Wagner and Bradley L. Matheny Trading methods often use different length filters for generating trades, both entries and exits. The most common filters are moving averages with differen