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Download3M Sports A Shooting Star
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...3M formed a shooting star at resistance, and the upside looks limited for this Dow Jones 30 component.
A Morning Star Reversal For Fossil
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fossil forged a morning star reversal at support, but follow-through is needed to complete a breakout and target further gains.
A Morning Star Wakes Up The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A classic Japanese candlestick pattern reveals a bottom in the hourly Dow industrials.
A Shining Star On The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A morning star candlestick is shining brightly on the S&P 500, which might be a "shining star" for the market.
A Shooting Star Could Spell Trouble For Altera
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Altera has held up pretty well over the last few weeks, but a shooting star and signs of distribution indicate that the stock is not as strong as it may seem.
A Shooting Star For Bank Of America
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The primary momentum indicator should always be price. To measure true momentum in price, many technical traders turn to candlesticks to help predict market direction for both long- and short-term periods.
BandwidthVolatility Extremes by Barbara Star, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:13 (50-57): Bandwidth Volatility Extremes by Barbara Star, Ph.D. Knowing when volatility has reached extremes could work in your favor. Volatility refers to the range or spread between high and low prices over a given time, b
Big Shooting Star Spells Resistance For Newmont
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A high-volume shooting star indicates a buying climax in Newmont, and this is likely to mark a peak for the next few weeks.
Confirming Price Trend by Barbara Star, PhD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Confirming Price Trend by Barbara Star, PhD Regression And R-Squared, Together Again Confirming Price Trend Here's a technique using linear regression slope and r-squared to confirm the price trend. Linear regression is a statistical method some trade
Dell Inc. Forms Evening Star
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The entire technology sector is under pressure, and Dell is no exception. The stock formed an evening star formation with a huge gap down.
Detecting Trend Direction And Strength by Barbara Star, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Detecting Trend Direction And Strength by Barbara Star, Ph.D. Using an indicator by itself can reveal a portion of the entire picture. Combining it with another can reveal more. Traders use technical indicators to recognize market changes. They look to
Directional Breakout Indicator by Barbara Star, PhD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:2 (44-51): Directional Breakout Indicator by Barbara Star, PhD Price breakouts of moving averages present many profitable trading opportunities. Here's an indicator you can use to detect breakouts and identify price direction.
Dollar-Weighted Put/Call Ratios by Fari Hamzei and Barbara Star Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:4 (52-55): Dollar-Weighted Put/Call Ratios by Fari Hamzei and Barbara Star Ph.D. Does this new twist on the popular sentiment indicator hold some predictive value? Find out here. Many years have passed since Martin Zweig used
Effect Of Evening Doji Star
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An interesting reversal candlestick pattern was formed on the weekly chart of Microsoft, plunging the stock back to its lows.
Evening Star For JCI
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The formation of the reversal candlestick evening star pattern has probably brought JCI's short-term uptrend to an end, while in the medium term, the breakdown below a major support/resistance level can lead to the formation of a head & shoulder
Evening Star In December Gold Awaits Bearish Confirmation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Negative divergences in the MACD histogram and stochastic support potential for correction in the yellow metal.
Evening Star Patterns In Light Crude?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Light-Crude Oil Index is likely to lose its past week's gains under the bearish shadows.
Far East Flavor Part 3 - Star Patterns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Twinkle, twinkle, little star,How I wonder what you are.Bearish or bullish? Here's how you can tell.
GasLog - Unassuming Earnings & Revenue Star
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If earnings and revenue growth do indeed power stock prices, this stock could still have a long way to run.
Hidden Divergence by Barbara Star, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Divergence, which is a term that technicians use when two or more averages or indices fail to show confirming trends, is one of the mainstays of technical analysis. Here's a new way to use oscillators and divergence as well as methods to locate entry lev
How Much is a Star Performer Worth?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With Tesla (TSLA) in the news because its shareholders are set to vote on a massive $2.6 billion compensation package to be paid to the company's part time Chief Executive Officer, Elon Musk, over the next decade, now seems like an opportune time to
How The Pros Use Average Directional Index by Barbara Star, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How The Pros Use Average Directional Index Here's how technicians Charles LeBeau, Paul Rabbitt, and Linda Bradford Raschke integrate the average directional index into their trading plans. How would you like to look over the shoulders of professional t
Nasdaq Shooting Star Not A Shining Star
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Rising wedges try to seduce the bulls with false confidence. Bearish candlestick serves as a warning to alert traders.
Nasdaq Shooting Star Not A Shining Star
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Rising wedges try to seduce the bulls with false confidence. Bearish candlestick serves as a warning to alert traders.
Nison Candle Scanner by Barbara Star, PhD
Oscillator Variations by Barbara Star
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Oscillator Variations by Barbara Star Here, Barbara Star takes a 1985 STOCKS & COMMODITIES article by John Navarte called ""Reading between the lines"" and uses it as the basis for a tutorial on oscillators for trading. Oscillators are handy tools for
Product Review: Best Choice Software by Barbara Star, PhD.
Product Review: CQGNet Professional 7.38 by Barbara Star, Ph.D.
Product Review: Product Review: eSignal Market Scanner by Barbara Star
Product Review: Profit Trader 7.0 by Barbara Star, Ph.D.
Product Review: Relevance III Advanced Market Analysis by Barbara Star, Ph.D.
Product Review: eSignal 10 & Advanced Get Edition (pt 2) by Barbara Star, PhD
RSI Variations Barbara Star, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...RSI Variations Barbara Star, Ph.D. Sometimes we forget that indicators long considered standard contain parameters that can be adjusted to become more responsive to various trading needs. Here, Barbara Star presents four variations of the classic relat
Second Chance Options by Barbara Star
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Second Chance Options by Barbara Star Optionable stocks allow traders to use short-term strategies that combine technical analysis with the right option strike price and realistic targets to provide an edge. What could be better than picking up a quali
Sidebar: eSignal code for Breakout Colored Price Bars by Barbara Star, PhD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:2 (44-51): Sidebar: eSignal code for Breakout Colored Price Bars by Barbara Star, PhD
Sidebar: eSignal code for Directional Breakout Indicator by Barbara Star, PhD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:2 (44-51): Sidebar: eSignal code for Directional Breakout Indicator by Barbara Star, PhD
Solar Rising Star?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The solar sector is on the rebound but finding winners is still a challenge.
Starting A Technical Analysis Group by Barbara Star, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Starting A Technical Analysis Group by Barbara Star, Ph.D. While the perfect trading system may be elusive, sharing information with others is very attainable. One way to do so is to become part of a technical analysis group. Technical analysts constan
Support and Resistance with the Andrews Pitchfork by Barbara Star
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Support And Resistance With The Andrews Pitchfork by Barbara Star, Ph.D Here's a charting technique that's available in most of today's popular software. If you're not familiar with it, here are some tips to using it. If you are familiar with it, it's t
Terra Nitrogen And The Evening Star Formation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Terra Nitrogen, which produces and distributes nitrogen fertilizer products, has appreciated 88% since October 2002. But a major candlestick formation has emerged to stall that rally.
The 350 Swing Trade by Barbara Star, PhD.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The 350 Swing Trade by Barbara Star, PhD. This indicator can help you identify the beginning and end of a price swing. When markets exhibit greater and greater volatility, traders move away from longer-term trading methods with their potentially dev
The Commodity Channel Index by Barbara Star, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Commodity Channel Index by Barbara Star, PhD. A technical analytical standard that's often misunderstood, the Commodity Channel Index, which was developed by technician/programmer Donald Lambert more than a decade ago, offers a broad range of tradin
The MACD Momentum Oscillator by Barbara Star, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The MACD Momentum Oscillator by Barbara Star, Ph.D. The moving average convergence/divergence (MACD) is one of the most popular indicators around. Here, Barbara Star reviews and updates ways to use it. At present, virtually every charting software pac
The MACD Profit Alert by Barbara Star, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The moving average convergence/divergence (MACD) is a momentum indicator, and here, it's combined with pattern recognition to help you identify exit points for your system. It takes more than a good entry strategy to trade profitably. Many traders have
The Morning Star
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's another candlestick pattern that can help you catch a reversal.
The Morning Star Candlestick Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Candlestick charts can help traders filter out the noise. This pattern provides useful indications to anticipate market bottoms.
Trade The Price Swings by Barbara Star, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trade The Price Swings by Barbara Star, Ph.D. You can use this method to identify shortterm price reversals. n the futures markets, timing is critical. The ability to recognize price shifts quickly is not only a desirable trait; it is a crucial trading
Trading The Failure Of Candle Patterns: Shooting Star
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What should you do when a candle pattern does not behave as expected? Here's a closer look at the shooting star.
VectorVest RealTime by Barbara Star
Volume Variations by Barbara Star, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Volume Variations by Barbara Star, Ph.D. This month, Barbara Star uses a 1986 STOCKS & COMMODITIES article by Howard Waxenberg titled ""Technical analysis of volume"" as a basis for a tutorial on volume-based indicators. volume offers a view of the int
Working Money: The Morning Star by Steve Bigalow
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