ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Two head & shoulders patterns on two different time frames.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the 30-year bond the most bullish buy around?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a head & shoulders formation has completed its retracement, do you buy the stock?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a head & shoulders pattern looks as though it is forming, do you sell the share or wait for the pattern to finalize before selling?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bombardier, Inc. is a manufacturer of business jets, regional aircraft, rail transportation equipment and motorized recreational products. In Canada it is considered a blue chip company, but since 911 it has fallen on hard times as the purchase of aircra
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On July 14, I wrote an article titled "American Axel & Manufacturing Inverse H&S In The Making."
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Has the long, year-to-date nightmare in Internet stocks finally passed?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...AIG formed a nice head & shoulders over the last few months, and a break below neckline support would confirm the bearish reversal pattern.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fossil formed a head & shoulders pattern and confirmation would project sharply lower prices.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Goldman Sachs formed a large head & shoulders pattern over the last four months, and a neckline support break would have long-term bearish implications.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The pattern is there, a very obvious head & shoulder pattern.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A head & shoulders top on the Russell 2000 could be hinting that a major top is setting up in the market.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The homebuilding boom bumps up against a classic reversal pattern.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Car bombs in Iraq, nuclear profileration in Iran, airstrikes in Lebanon ... so why aren't these oil stocks smiling?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Has the great REIT rally finally run out of upside?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An autumn consolidation in the retail HOLDRS hints at the possibility of a move lower for retail stocks.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A nearly five-month topping pattern in December live cattle futures looks set to resolve itself in a breakdown.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Countertrend bounce or new bull market, natural gas is poised to move higher.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A head and shoulders pattern can be both of the consolidation and the reversal variety. American Medical Systems Holdings Inc. has one of each in its daily and weekly chart, with both suggesting the same outcome. Volume is a critical factor in determin
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...May crude oil has been hitting new highs in recent months but the head and shoulders breakdown could indicate a correction in the near-term.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A reversal pattern develops after two months of gains in the gaming stock.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The A/D line is an effective gauge in determining the overall strength of the stock market. It is by far the most commonly used measure of market breadth.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the CRB Index going parabolic, May soybeans look to break out from a five-month bottom.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a May breakout and rally, a top has developed in the New Zealand dollar in June and July.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The summer ascending triangle breakout runs into a head and shoulders top.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a bull market run from under 61 in October to over 68 in March, a head and shoulders top looks ready to take June hogs back down.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A New Slant On Head And Shoulders by Charles E. Miller Here's a detrending technique that will help you visualize slanted head and shoulder top patterns more clearly. When the good old reliable head and shoulders (H&S) pattern emerges simultaneously in
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Another potentially bullish pattern for the Oil Services Index could lead to a resumption of the long-term uptrend.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite weakness in the finance sector over the last few months, AIG has held up relatively well. That may be about to change as a potential bearish reversal pattern evolves.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Given the topping action in American International Group, the stock may want to take out an insurance policy on itself.
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...When a chart of an exchange traded fund suggests an inverse head & shoulders formation, with a larger one in the offing, is this a signal of what is to come overall?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...April heating oil has formed a characteristic pattern as it beats a hasty retreat from its October 2000 peak.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This is a first, certainly for Sotheby's.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The British pound is poised to move lower after completing a head & shoulders reversal formation.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In the daily time frame for Apple Computer, the bullish reversal formation now needs confirmation with a breakout of the neckline.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Centex has formed a bearish head & shoulders pattern over the last few months and looks poised to break support for a bearish signal.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After the breakout of the neckline on heavy volume, the stock gains momentum to the upside.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While the Semiconductor index starts to round over, shares of Conexant Systems start to head south.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A look at crude oil through the lens of the 60-minute chart suggests a possible reversal in crude oil's bull run.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What do you really know about this classic chart pattern?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What do you really know about this classic chart pattern?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does The Head & Shoulders Formation Work? by Martin Boot Rarely will you come across a technique that detects an imminent change in trend, but here's a method that can help you do just that. The head and shoulders pattern has long been considered one o
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."E" may stand for effort. But shares of Electronics for Imaging, Inc. (EFII) have corrected sharply after three attempts to close above 30.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...No pattern is a perfect buy or sell pattern, especially when the "Buy on rumor and sell on fact" takes precedence.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What do you do when a pattern absolutely, positively has to be a reversal?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Down as much as 90% in the wake of the emerging markets fallout, countries like Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines look ready to rebound.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does a possible reverse head & shoulder pattern tell us what to expect?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is GPS with the mother of all inverse H&S patterns (well, maybe).
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gap Inc. (GPS) was featured on September 25 with a rising flag (magenta trendlines). The stock broke rising flag support to signal a continuation lower, but suddenly found support at 17 and then advanced to around 20. The flag failed to produce the expec
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As signs of weakness emerge in biotechnology indexes, bearish reversal patterns appear in a number of biotech stocks.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The developing head and shoulders top in Goldman Sachs might not complete itself until the spring of 2001. But a downside breakout could send share prices plummeting to levels not seen since 1999.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will the world's greatest search engine become the speculator's greatest short?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Head & Shoulders Failure by Kenny Gilliland How can you effectively trade one of the most recognizable chart patterns? Imagine this scenario: You are reviewing the charts of stocks that recently declined when a pattern jumps out at you from the screen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders are likely to get a fresh trading opportunity with the breakout of StreetTracks Gold Trust Shares.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...3M was featured at the end of April with a potential head-and-shoulders pattern. The stock held neckline support, but another bearish pattern is taking shape.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the broad market indexes falling so quickly, it helps to have a scorecard to keep up with the various rates of descent in the weakest industry groups. Some big changes appear to be in the offing.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Head & Shoulders by Alexander Sabodin Here's a look at a familiar reversal pattern, the head & shoulders pattern. IN this installment of the price model series, we will look at a well-known trend reversal model, the head & shoulders pattern. In part 1
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Often a pattern will start developing a left shoulder and a head. Then there will be the inevitable wait for the right shoulder to develop in order to form a true head and shoulder pattern. If the right shoulder does not develop, could it be a cup and s
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ever wanted to use a simple mechanical recognition algorithm in your favorite software for spotting head & shoulders patterns? If yes, this two-part article is for you. Here's the first part.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In part 1, we looked at how to find important milestone points in a head & shoulders formation. In this, the second article of a two-part series, we present an algorithm that will let the computer find the formations for us.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Hewlett Packard (HPQ) completed a head and shoulders pattern that forecasts lower prices for this hardware manufacturer. Prices had not fallen much before hitting an old support level. But other factors suggest this is only a temporary stop in a longer-t
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sell YELL.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Look out below for the euro ... and the Swiss franc, too. Both of these alternatives to the American dollar appear headed for correction.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Head and Shoulders: An Introduction to Reversal Patterns by Timothy A. Maguire ""A picture is worth a thousand words""- Chinese proverb. The first thing a novice to the stock market would likely notice about individual security prices is that they are
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The daily chart for SBC Communications Incorporated (SBC) shows a breakout from a complex head and shoulders pattern in the $28.00 area. Are they poised for the long distance ride?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Everyone's been talking about the head and shoulders pattern at the top of the April rally. But if everyone's waiting for the same breakout, will it still take place?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...IBM has remained in a steady downtrend since February this year after topping out around the century mark. Is a new uptrend about to commence?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...IBM continues to develop characteristics that suggest it is attempting to arrest the slide from this past February, and price activity in the coming days could qualify its trend.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...All the major averages recently moved above overhead resistance, breaking out of inverse complex head & shoulders patterns. They are now resting right below their intermediate downward trendlines as handles are forming off the patterns. Do the indexe
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What looks like an inverse head & shoulders pattern does not mean it is. Through the analysis of how volume relates to price it is possible to make a distinction between what looks to be an inverse head & shoulders reversal pattern and what is no
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Wherever I look, I see this pattern on shares. Is it a pattern that can be ignored?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An Internet service provider.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Goldman Sachs: the share price at $153.51 is enough to scare anyone away.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After breaking out from a seven-month consolidation, soybeans' higher days may be behind it.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The head and shoulders formation is the most intuitive bottoming or topping out pattern. In it, the weaker of the bulls and bears prior to the pattern wins the post-pattern battle. On the strength of this pattern Kellogg Inc. is set to touch $43 in the
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Head and shoulders reversal patterns are the Labrador retrievers of chart formations--reliable and popular. Kenneth Cole Productions is setting up for a bottom head and shoulders reversal pattern.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...High volume on the left shoulder of this topping formation adds to a bearish picture for this downwardly sloping H&S top.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A head and shoulder formation is pretty accurate in suggesting a target.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Both independent thinking and being able to spot strong chart patterns can help you profit more than following the herd.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Insiders have sold a whopping 170 million shares in this company in the last three months and their chart is forming a complex head & shoulders top signal. Coincidence?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You don't have to call it a head and shoulders bottom. But this bottoming movement in Microsoft may boost the Software King to 80 or more.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...No matter who the company is, when a head and shoulders formation starts developing, caution prevails.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A breakout meanders before gapping higher on the day of options expiration.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Another year, another head & shoulders top sends gold stocks on a correction course.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does weakness in the stocks anticipate weakness in the metal?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is Larry Ellison's software outfit headed for higher ground?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Natural gas broke down from a head and shoulders top in July. Will other energy futures follow suit?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Devon Energy looks to be completing the right side of a head and shoulders pattern, which could indicate a recent top in the stock price.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This Canadian oil field services company has had a small head and shoulders pattern fuflilled and now may test a much bigger pattern.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Whether you're looking at a weekly chart or a five-minute chart, a head and shoulders top spells trouble for the bulls.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A rush of volume should push Rational Software as well as several other equities into finishing their patterns.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will the "since-inception" euro bear market end with a H&S bottom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Right now, AT&T seems to be bottoming out in what would be the right shoulder of a reverse head and shoulders formation. Because the price isn't very much above the low part of the shoulder, right now would be a good time to buy before it start
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How a bearish complex top got even more complex--and more bearish.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In the land of the rising yen, it appears as if the bottom is in.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SBC Communications has been struggling to put in a bottom since falling from nearly 60 per share in November 2000 to under 40 by April 2001.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sandisk has a potentially bearish pattern working, but the stock is assumed bullish until the bear is confirmed.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many stocks in this group bottomed in December 2004 and spent January 2005 in rally mode. In this stock, a failed topping pattern helped anticipate the advance.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The classic head & shoulders pattern has a very high success rate, triggering the expected result 74% of the time. What's it say about the market ahead?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the prospects of higher interest rates on the horizon, key banking stocks like State Street (STT) could come under selling pressure.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bull market in the Swiss franc looks due for a mild correction.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It is too early to call a head and shoulders top, but the placement of the usually relevant 200-period EMA (exponential moving average) makes this a distinct possibility going forward. In the meantime, traders may be able to position themselves for a pos
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This classic pattern reliably offers defined risk and profitable opportunities.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A temporary respite in long rates flows from a head and shoulders top.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There may be more to trade than the downside breakout when it comes to head and shoulders tops.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How intraday technical analysis saw the collapse in Treasury notes.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The latest declines for the airlines industry are only a continuation of a miserable year, as the S&P Airlines Index makes plain.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even on an intermediate basis, chart patterns often hold form.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One of the most reliable chart patterns is the venerable head and shoulders. The markets are set to put this technical mainstay to the test once more. If it passes, the bears will roar. If it fails, get ready for a stampede of the bulls. Either way, is
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This bearish reversal pattern is just another sign that the October rally is over.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Like the S&P 500, the DJUA also developed a multi-year head and shoulders top.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The most recent rally in the common currency has stalled short of the August and September highs.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market sold into the Democratic national convention and rallied during and out of it. Does the hourly head and shoulders top in the $OEX mean that a similar market move will take place in advance of the GOP convention in August?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Head and Shoulders Formation by JESSE H. THOMPSON/Technical Analysis staff writer Technical analysis as it is applied today to the anticipation and projection of impending price movement of stocks or futures markets might be broken down into three m
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a pattern breaks down, standing aside is one option. Taking the other side is another.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The rally in the NASDAQ 100 lasted almost a month before a head & shoulders pattern signaled a correction.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Did somebody say "bottom"?! The head and shoulders formation in the 30-minute S&P 500 might be the bulls' best bet on an end to the March declines.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Since its October 10th bottom, the S&P 500 has been half uptrend and half consolidation. But now, the S&P 500 is all top.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the S&P 500 breaks down in mid-March, a growing positive stochastic divergence in the 90-minute chart suggests a bounce may come sooner than later.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Believe it or not, the equity bubble of the 1990s may have only begun to burst.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An intraday look at the S&P 500 anticipates a near-term correction in the index's July-August advance.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does an appreciating currency suggest more deflation for the land of the rising yen?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...All chartists should be familiar with this chart pattern. Here are a few pointers on ways to get long and short and where alternative exits may be
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...XLU has been in a bull market trend since 2002, but that trend looks to be ending with a head & shoulders trend reversal pattern.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A head & shoulders pattern can be both a consolidation and a reversal. You'll see why.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Two-thirds of the way through a reversal pattern, May meal develops a running negative stochastic divergence.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's a bit sloppy and definitely not a textbook-quality example, but a bearish head & shoulders pattern has been slowly grinding toward completion on IWM's daily chart.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Though some traders may have considered the recent triple top in XTO Energy as being negative, pattern watchers would have recognized the true upside potential of the stock.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Xilinx formed an inverse head & shoulders over the last few months, but volume is not impressive and resistance is close at hand.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is a short-term head & shoulders on Yahoo's technical chart a valid formation?