ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are junk stocks really dogs? by Bill Dunbar Why this article? In spite of what my wife says, I do follow my own advice, at least part of the time. In some of the past issues of Stocks & Commodities I have promoted bottom fishing, not to catch healthy co
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Government reports can move markets, but should they?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The announcement from Gap may reveal more about the economy than the company.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Everyone has an opinion about price to earnings ratios. When are they too low, too high, or just right? Would a P/E ratio indicator help the trader outprofit the buy-and-hold investor over the long haul?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:4 (30-37): Do Price Patterns Really Work? by Martin J. Pring How far can you expect prices to go when they break out of a pattern? Here's one technique you can use to find out. Technical analysis focuses on identifying trends
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Whether to use stop orders is a fundamental question for trade management. Here, we present a test comparing different stop-loss types and exit methods. So how do they compare?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At first glance, the news of Dubai's default woes appears to have been the cause of Friday's big intraday plunge in the gold market. Or was this just a simple catalyst, one that triggered a price decline that was already baked into the technica
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Any similarity to actual security options is not coincidental...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We trade because we want to make money, but how much can a trader realistically make per day, week, month, quarter, or year? Read on to find out what goal you should set
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Figure 1 tells the whole story; this is just the translation. The biggest challenge is making sure your kids read it too. And your nieces and nephews, and the kids next door. This is the kind of life-changing and habit-altering information that has alway
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Early market leadership indicates small-cap value is the best area for new investments if stocks are headed higher.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Backtesting a trading strategy or trading system before trading it has always been an important part of the system trader's process. But what's the best way to go about it? Here's an overview of the process and some finer points on how to select data to
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:12 (74-79): Interview: Larry Connors On How Markets Really Work by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan Laurence Connors is chairman and chief executive officer of TradingMarkets.com, a financial markets information company he founded in 1
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It would seem so, since the market appears to be starting a five-month rally that should complete wave 2 of a long-term horizontal correction.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Have you ever missed a great winning trade, simply because you were waiting for the perfect entry price? If not, learn from my mistake and save yourself some traders remorse.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...part 2: Are junk stocks really dogs? by Bill Dunbar This is the second part of an article by the same title published in a previous issue of Stocks & Commodities. In the first half, my question was related to investment in junk stocks near the peak of t
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bear market is far from complete, but for intraday traders, there are always plenty of bullish setups in various small-scale time frames. Here's a look at a potentially bullish setup in the emini Russell 2000 futures contract.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are the stock movements you're trying to predict random or purposeful?