ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Introducing a new volume indicator to measure volume momentum
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
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Apple, Inc. are still in corrective mode, per its key weekly price cycles.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock market is no stronger than its components. Here'sa look at one of the more promising bullish trade setups currently available.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Off by nearly 11% year-to-date, shares of Apache Corp. may need another six to eight weeks before a solid multicycle low can be achieved.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Apple Computer recently enjoyed a nice two-month rally, surging higher by more than 30%; however, Wednesday's bearish gap is suggesting that the party is officially over.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Broadcom Corp. have staged a massive bullish rally and should still have more upside into the summer of 2014.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Market data is made up of cyclical components. Cycles contain both signals and noise. It's a concept that underpins market timing and can be crucial to success. Last month we introduced the concept of using the AM (amplitude modulation) and FM (frequency
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Crude oil's technicals and seasonality trends suggest there may still be more downside as the fall season progresses.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The technical chart of Metlife shows huge bearish pressure.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Columbia Banking System is likely to see more downside in the near future.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Up by nearly 110% since mid-summer 2012, shares of E-Trade Financial have pulled back to a minor support area. Is a new rally to be expected?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...XLE has moved into the overbought area, and the daily price chart has formed a rising wedge. The sector is likely to witness a correction during the uptrend.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Having tripled in price since November 2008, does the Fidelity Select Sector Retailing Fund still have more room to rise?
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
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can Sperandeo's Four Day Corollary work on an intraday basis?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With such strong support in the 30.00-31.00 area, might FCX be pulling back one more time before a major rally ensues?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As an overall indicator, General Motors stock has much to say about the health of the market.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What is a trading plan or checklist and how can it help?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gold ran up from $681 to more than $1,423 in a little more than two years; after hitting previously forecast resistance levels, the gold futures market is beginning to turn lower. Where are the critical long-term support areas that traders and investors
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Hecla Mining, despite recent sales growth and earnings woes, has just completed a daily cycle low, rising after a successful test of support.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Up by more than 80% since late November 2012, shares of Hewlett Packard may still have a bit more to run before a meaningful pullback hits.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On the road toward profitability as a trader, both the frequency and size of your winning trades are important. But to what extent? You can use the "expected value" calculation for the trades in your account as a way of examining profitability. Find out
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Information bias is a cognitive bias which leads us to believe that more information is better or complexity is preferable to simplicity. Sometimes we collect information which is ultimately irrelevant to the decision we are trying to make but we feel mo
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It is not what you feel that gives you profits in the market, it is what you see, and Barnes and Noble does look interesting.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Attempting to pick a market top is foolish, but many times a market nearing a significant cycle high is kind enough to issue an early warning of a possible trend reversal.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Japanese yen futures are in a deep downtrend. The recent respite appears to be forming a bear flag, the breakdown of which will lead to a level of 8500.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Large bearish gaps made soon after an all-time high is reached in a popular stock usually warn of an extended correction, if not an outright bear market.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Kinross Gold Corp. have been rising after making two successful tests of support during November, but is this rally destined to fail?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can the true strength index take the subjective guesswork out of stochastics?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bearish signals on the technical charts of Medicis Pharma Corp. suggest a strong breakdown.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Healthy bull markets are usually led higher by mid-cap stocks.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One way to get the most bang for your trading buck is to short stocks from a market sector that is underperforming the market index to which it belongs.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stock markets around the globe have been looking increasingly unhealthy in July. Here are some chart patterns that will interest the technical savvy searching for confirmation.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 is due to make a 20-week cycle low near the end of this month; this is further supported by the current action of the 20-day cycle, also anticipated to bottom near the end of the month.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Agnico-Eagle Mines, Ltd., rose more than 66% between early April and mid-September 2012. Is this party finally over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...General Electric stock is filled with huge bearish force. The historical support of the stock is under threat in the current downtrend.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Home Depot, a well-known Dow Jones 30 component, appears to have some more downside potential.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's an update and extension on the wave count discussed in "Elliott Wave 2005."
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the broad stock indexes having confirmed a significant medium-term top and heading lower, now is a good time to scan for stocks that are breaking lower. Here's a possible short play on an S&P 500 component.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Breakouts happen all the time in individual stocks, but they need to be evaluated according to the big picture.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After enduring a nearly four-month decline, the GBP/USD forex pair might just have enough of a fire beneath it to bring it back up toward the 1.56 area again.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Up about 360% since making a bear market low last November, China Automotive Systems has been racking up impressive gains, despite noticeable volatility at times. Does this stock have what it takes to move even higher?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Another long buy signal has just printed for Wyndham Worldwide. Does this stock have enough fuel left to make another rally high?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Price cycle studies suggest that Bank of America shares may be due for more gains in the weeks ahead.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Today, there is more gold out of the ground than is in the ground.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The broad market continues to surprise to the upside -- and there are a number of attractive stocks on the move. Here's a look at Yahoo's latest surge higher.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With Google shares now trading at their highest level since January 2008, is the stock ready to surge even higher?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V. 22:3 (48-50): More Mileage From Margin by John Summa Looking for ways to get more from your margin? Try this. As an option writer, which by definition produces limited profit scenarios, I am particularly concerned about finding ways to lower my cost
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can technical analysis foretell the future? I don't believe it can, but I do believe that technical analysis does encompass everything that is out there, and by this I mean fundamental and emotional actions and projections - facts and feelings.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are primary indicators and there are subordinate indicators. Often we get caught up in the primary indicators and fail to see certain patterns within them. Here's how applying the subordinates can help you see something that could give you
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ebay has had a terrific bull run for nearly a full year now; after it completes a further pullback, will it rise yet again?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Caterpillar Inc. are up about 6% after making a major multicycle swing low in mid-July 2012. Is there more of a rally in store?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...More Responsive Moving Averages by Joe Sharp,Ph.D. Traders are resigned to moving averages being behind the price action,but that needn't always be the case. Here's an algebraic technique to make your averages more responsive to price movement - and a
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The recent shock selloff in shares of Republic Services managed to take out two important uptrend lines after leaving a giant open gap for technicians to analyze.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Negative divergences in the NYSE suggest sideways action in the second half of April.
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.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In my Traders.com Advantage article "Four Stock Topping Signs," I discussed four conditions that warned of a potential top in stocks. Here are some more concerning signs from two other independent sources.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In February 2013 I wrote an article about the US stock markets exhibiting four conditions that warned of a market top. According to the signals, stock market risk had increased to the highest one percentile of all historical observations by the end of Ja
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's some more advice and tips for those seeking to take their trading to a more profitable level.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How strong is the secondary correction in the commodity bear market?
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
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With daily and weekly cycle tops already established, technicians and traders now seek how best to project possible support areas in the NASDAQ 100.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After putting in what looked like a strong base, Netflix has broken trend. But how far will it drop from here?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Pay More, Profit More by Vikram Murarka Paying a higher premium may mean an opportunity for greater profits. Look at this example of the GBP/USD trade. It is an open secret that every corporate hedger wants to pay zero for an option that he buys. Banks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Pay More, Profit More by Vikram Murarka Paying a higher premium may mean an opportunity for greater profits. Look at this example of the GBP/USD trade. It is an open secret that every corporate hedger wants to pay zero for an option that he buys. Banks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Retirement Websites: 401(k)s, IRAs, and more
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Buying stocks based on a rumor is not easy, but the rule is to buy on the rumor and sell on the fact.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 100 has retraced back to 38.2% retracement levels. The correction may hit the lowest level.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...More on optimization It may seem a daunting prospect to find the optimal combination of 10 trading parameters over an eight-year quote file on a personal computer, but it's not as bad as it sounds. What Strategist does is to start with an initial strat
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The widely followed S&P 500 index may soon challenge or even exceed its December 2014 all-time high.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Already up by more than 1400% in the past two years, shares of SunEdison Inc. appear to be breaking sharply higher again.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is there such a thing as safety when it comes to investing or trading? Let's find out
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.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Silver has enjoyed a remarkable recovery after its vicious falls during the height of the coronavirus pandemic when demand concerns saw the metal slump to below $12 from around $18, before supply worries saw prices stage an equally sharp rally. Where do
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Smoothing Techniques For More Accurate Signals by Tim Tillson More sophisticated smoothing techniques can be used to determine market trend. Better trend recognition can lead to more accurate trading signals. Here's how. After studying his first stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Sothern Copper Corp. (SCCO) have rallied nicely since making a minor cycle low, with perhaps a bit more upside to go.
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
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...From a February bottom of 0.8560 to a recent high of 0.9560, the euro has climbed chart pattern after chart pattern on its way up.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The long-term triple top has brought the USD down rather dramatically in the form of a bearish three black crows candlestick formation as shown on this monthly chart.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With gold prices reaching more than 20-year highs, it is easier to determine possible upside targets from gold index charts as they are below their 10-year highs.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When charts start reminding you of a Hitchcock classic then it's time to be concerned with too many crows appearing on your monitor.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In the fourth part of this six-part series, we'll look at some of the more common chart patterns, moving averages, indicators, and Elliott wave theory.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Union Pacific Corp. have rallied steadily since breaking higher from an 18-week long consolidation pattern.
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?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While it's tempting to call significant market turns all by yourself, in many cases a well-developed mechanical trading system can do the job with more reliability and consistency than any human can.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It can be intimidating to buy a stock that's already made a major run higher, but sometimes it's worth the discomfort.
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
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of the S&P Select Financial SPDR fund are declining fast — right into a strong support area.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ever since the Utility Select SPDR began its bullish journey, the sector moved in a steady rhythm in an ascending channel. The movement within the channel has allowed perfect entry-exits for the traders. Let's look at the current one.