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Download2001: A Stock Odyssey
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking back on a year no one, in or out of the stock market, will ever forget. Plus: what bonds can tell you about stocks.
2013's Summer Surprise Runaway Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Mobile technology is booming and one company is keeping your personal information safe from cyber-predators, making its stock soar.
A Big Triangle For A Big Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a big advance in 2005, Google consolidated in 2006 with a big triangle, and the subsequent break will decide this bellwether's fate.
A Duration Proxy For Stock Portfolios by George R. Arrington, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Duration, used in fixed-income portfolios to measure risk associated with changes in interest rates, is applied here to measure the risk of a stock portfolio. The duration statistic has proved to be a valuable risk indicator for fixed-income portfolios
A Lulu Of A Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Companies listed on the market can go bankrupt. Many are then delisted, but what do you do when they are not?
A Lulu Of A Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Christmas is around the corner. What do you buy someone who has everything?
A New Utility Average Stock Market System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A New Utility Average Stock Market System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. This month, Meyers uses a daily indicator based on the Dow Jones Utility Average as a market timing system for the Standard & Poor's 500 index. In the August 1995 STOCKS & COMMODITIES,
A Stock For Your Watchlist
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It is evident from the chart of Qualcomm, Inc. [QCOM] that after going through a sharp decline, the stock is in a consolidation range. This suggests that the stock is fluctuating between its support and resistance levels as displayed on the chart.
A Stock Looking For A Correction
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a stock rises, and rises and continues to rise, surely there must be a correction?
A Stock Market On The Verge Of Collapse
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are four basic analytical tools an analyst uses to measure the health of an individual stock or the stock market as a whole. One is price patterns, one is momentum, another is volume, and the final one is breadth. By using these four tools we can n
A Stock To Keep An Eye On
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shopify empowers entrepreneurs from all over the world.
A Tale of Two Stock Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How to trade a stock market moving in two directions at the same time.
A Weak Stock Among The Strong
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even though the S&P 500 reached a new historic high, there are stocks that show weakness. When that happens you can try this option selling strategy.
A new indicator for the S&P stock index futures by Daniel E. Downing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A new indicator for the S&P stock index futures by Daniel E. Downing Little is new in the field of technical analysis. Even with a staff of seven analysts, my firm can take credit for developing only three entirely new technical tools for the markets. W
Amazon: A Strong Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Amazon.com is weathering the storm of high volatility in the global financial market.
American Electric - A Stock To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a stock triggers a buy signal on the charts, it is a stock to keep an eye on.
Analyzing A Stock With Fundamentals
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What do the fundamentals say about stocks?
Anatomy Of A Stock Trade: MTD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The study of price action is often misunderstood and poorly demonstrated. Here, a trade breakdown will dispel some of those myths and untruths.
Anatomy of a Stock Market Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Patterns from four stock market peaks could reveal the near future.
Another Long-Term Stock Indicator Stuck On The Ceiling
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There has been a debate raging over the last year about whether stock prices are getting too expensive. Here is another indicator that says they are.
Another Stock Split
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Once again my ears perk up with the announcement of a 10 for 1 stock split by Mastercard.
Apple Stock Pushed Higher With News Of Steve Jobs' Health
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Apple Inc. is a stock to watch with news about Steve Jobs' health.
Arbitrary But True: Hidden Influences On The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...However exhaustive your research, there are forces at work that you may not expect.
Arcimoto - Three-Wheeled Stock Phenom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock recently launched into space, but how long will it take for revenues to follow suit?
Are Utilities Signaling A Higher Stock Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The utilities market sector continues to underperform the Standard & Poor's 500. Does this signal higher prices ahead for the broader stock market?
Aruba Networks Remains Favorite Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Aruba Networks has plunged below the important support levels.
Automatic Trend-Following Strategy For Stock Trading: Microsoft, Apple, Google, And Meta
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is it a good idea to enter on what appears to be a pullback in a bullish trend? Here is how you can code, test, and measure performance of a trend strategy so you can compare different approaches to entry
Avigen - A Biotechnology Stock Worth Watching
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Has Avigen peaked? The stock gained after an advisory committee of the U.S. National Institute of Health stated it would recommend the initiation of human clinical trials for Avigen's AV201, a gene therapy for advanced Parkinson's disease.
BCPC, A Reliable Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Balchem Corp. is a steady stock with healthy gains for long-term as well as short-term traders.
Barnes & Noble A Stock To Watch?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The yearly book show in Toronto has been canceled because publishers feel that not enough books are being bought by the public. If that's the case, why is the future bright for this bookseller?
Basis for Stock Worth by William N. Hosley
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V14:2 (63-64): Basis for Stock Worth by William N. Hosley Estimating a company's value can be the initial filter for identifying trading opportunities. Here's a method to determine a company's value based on earnings growth rates and interest rates.
Bearish Months For The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Could September and October 2019 be down months for US stocks?
Becoming A Professional Stock Trader by Don Bright
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Becoming A Professional Stock Trader by Don Bright Are you interested in taking the plunge? Here are some of the things that you should know. It's important to identify the differences between professional trading and retail trading, particularly the n
Behavior of the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index by Cliff Sherry, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Behavior of the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index by Cliff Sherry, Ph.D. Is it stationary, random or independent? Editor's note: In preparing for magazine publication, this article has been heavily condensed. Some insights that were peripheral to the S
Big Stock Drops. What Happens Next?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Testing inspired by silver's big plunge last week showed that futures are just as likely to drop further as they are to rebound after a crash. Testing in the stock market finds buying big drops works best in bear markets.
Bitcoin Relationship To The US Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Both markets could be approaching blowoff tops. Speculative forces can sometimes be so powerful they transcend more than one market. Since March 2020, Bitcoin in US dollars (BTCUSD) and the S&P 500 (SPX) have traded closely together. Evidence in
Bonds and Stock Market Bottoms
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will a test of the spring highs for the 10-year Treasury also help establish a bottom in the S&P?
Boston Communications Stock 40% Off Sale
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a Jeffries & Co. analyst issued a buy recommendation on Boston Communications in mid-July, news came out that the company was in danger of losing a major client. It plummeted 40% on the news and continued down in the following three weeks, los
Bottom-Picking The Worst Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The biggest dog this year — off 60% — on the NASDAQ 100 was Sepracor Inc. Purely from a technical view, it looks interesting.
Buy-And-Hold Comparisons To Evaluate Stock Trading by Jack Schwager
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Buy-And-Hold Comparisons To Evaluate Stock Trading by Jack Schwager Benchmark comparisons are a standard technique for the performance of a trading system. One particular benchmark is the buy-and-hold approach. This noted market analyst looks at the ste
Buying The Loonie As A Stock Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using ETFs, stock traders can take advantage of currency trends.
CBS, A Stock To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The recent head & shoulders pattern of the DJIA appears to have failed. This should not put you off H&S analysis. Here's a stock with an inverse H&S pattern that looks very interesting.
COBWEB DYNAMICS: Microeconomic Basis for Technical Stock Market Analysis by Kent Kachigan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...COBWEB DYNAMICS: Microeconomic Basis for Technical Stock Market Analysis by Kent Kachigan Introduction For many years, investors, analysts and economists have been debating whether the theories developed by technical stock market analysts have their fo
Can RGNC Become A Strong Bullish Stock?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...RGNC has moved up from the descending triangle. But is this reversal breakout robust enough to climb back up to the bullish levels?
Can Stock Fundamentals Protect You? by Lewis Carl Mokrasch, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can Stock Fundamentals Protect You? by Lewis Carl Mokrasch, Ph.D. To use fundamental information to find the characteristics of crash-proof stocks, I correlated the price action of stocks during the October 1987 crash with their fundamental statistics.
Can Technical Factors Gauge What Works In The Stock Market? by Mark Vakkur
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can Technical Factors Gauge What Works In The Stock Market? by Mark Vakkur In the second part of this series we look at the technical factors you can use to gauge the magnitude and direction of the trends in the S&P 500. Using only month-tomonth, close
Can The VIX Be Used To Help Identify Pending Stock Reversals?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The CBOE Market Volatility Index or VIX is popular with traders as a measure of fear in the market. But given just how volatile it is, how can it be used as a stock market indicator?
Candlesticks and the Malaysian Stock Market by Gary S. Wagner, Bradley L. Matheny and F.Tam
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Candlesticks and the Malaysian Stock Market by Gary S. Wagner, Bradley L. Matheny and F.Tam Here's a look at how candlestick technique is applied to the Malaysian stock market, from the developers of Candlestick Forecaster and the director of PI Capital
Cisco An Underperforming Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Among the technology stocks, Cisco has been bitterly affected and could continue its bad performance during the downtrend.
Comparing The Momentums Of Stock Market Indexes, Part 2
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Last month in part 1, we looked at using an oscillator based on momentum to compare the momentums of two markets on a chart for insights into those markets. In this part, we'll look at what centerline crossovers tell us about the state of the overall sto
Correlations of common stock indicators by Frank Tarkany
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Correlations of common stock indicators by Frank Tarkany Not surprisingly, it turns out that certain stock indicators are highly correlated with each other and with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). There appear to be short but usable lags betwee
Costco - A Solid Stock in a Storm?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As we learn every time there is panic in markets, correlation for most, if not all asset classes, goes to one. But there are a few survivors in the fray. Here is one stock.
Costco - Steady Eddy Consumer Defense Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fall is coming when corrections and bear markets are known to occur. Is your portfolio ready?
Could One Stock Provide A Reliable Bubble Meter?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In 1989, one stock gave an accurate warning that something was amiss with the Nikkei 225 index. It did so again in 1999, months before the peak in US stocks. Is the most recent peak a warning that should not be ignored?
Could One Stock Provide A Reliable Bubble Meter?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In 1989, one stock provided an accurate warning that something was amiss with the Nikkei 225 index. It did so again in 1999, months before the peak in US stocks. Is the most recent peak a warning that should not be ignored?
Crossover Trading: Arbitraging The Physical With The Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Arbitrage trading isn't limited to stock pairs or interest rate markets. You can also pair equities with futures.How do you find good candidates for an arbitrage trade? Here are several methods you can use to evaluate a potential pairing
Crude Oil And Stock Market Connection
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The relationship of Crude Oil and Stocks could reveal economic weakness.
Cyclical analysis of stock prices with astrology by Robert S. Kimball
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cyclical analysis of stock prices with astrology by Robert S. Kimball Over the past four years I have participated in a research project that has sought to test the validity of a rather controversial and unorthodox approach to cyclical analysis. The pri
Daily stock technician by Thomas K. Lloyd
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Daily stock technician by Thomas K. Lloyd For several years, I marketed a proprietary chart service, called Flow of Capital, to major money managers in the country who generally had at least a billion dollars in equities under management. Each chart pl
Daily stock tendencies by L. R. James
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Daily stock tendencies by L. R. James Most of us who have done a substantial amount of stock trading would agree that the broad market does a lot of funny things. In theory, the stock market is a vast, highly efficient mechanism that takes in informatio
Daytrading Stock Pairs by Mark Conway and Aaron Behle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Daytrading Stock Pairs by Mark Conway and Aaron Behle Tired of trading Level II quotes and one-minute charts? Try a market-neutral strategy. It can take years of experience to discover one unique insight to exploit that can consistently pull money out
Defining Stock Trends With The RSI
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The relative strength index (RSI) is considered an indicator to apply when markets are range-bound. But here's one way you can use the RSI to identify intermediate- and long-term trends in the equity markets.
Designing Trading Systems For The Stock Market by Roger Altman, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Designing Trading Systems For The Stock Market by Roger Altman, Ph.D. System designers are aware that the traditional methods used to select parameter values are prone to overfitting. What, then, can be done about it? Stocks & Commodities Roger Altman p
Determining stock value from price and earnings by Paul T. Holliday
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Determining stock value from price and earnings by Paul T. Holliday The value of stocks and stock indices are generally derived from such fundamentals as earnings and return on investment. The value that investors place on a stock or stock index may als
Developing An Expert System To Forecast The Stock Market by Mike Flanagan, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Developing An Expert System To Forecast The Stock Market by Mike Flanagan, Ph.D. Nowadays, computers are often used to develop rule-based trading strategies. Frequently, these rules will be based on work provided by experts; such rule-based models are g
Discount Stock Brokers by Richard Maturi
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Discount Stock Brokers by Richard Maturi If you're a sophisticated investor, willing to make many of your own investment decisions then May 1,1975 marked a milestone for your investment activities. On ""May Day"" the Securities and Exchange Commission e
Do stock prices reflect Fibonacci ratios? by Herbert H.J. Riedel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Do stock prices reflect Fibonacci ratios? by Herbert H.J. Riedel The claim has been frequently made that Fibonacci ratios occur in stock market data. A Fibonacci ratio is the ratio between any successive numbers of the Fibonacci sequence -- the Fibonacci
Downloading Free Stock Data
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Typically, market data is supplied by the exchanges and you have to pay for that data. Here's a look at how you can extract data from free resources
Earnings Season: Reward And Punishment In The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At times, the stock market is upside down when good earnings make stocks plummet and bad news makes stocks rally, but if you know three things to look for, you'll pick more winners.
Ecolab, A Stock That's Bucking The Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the S&P 500 at or near a potentially strong support area, now is the time to look for quick in-and-out long trade setups.
Elliott - Stock Market - Third Waves
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See what message this pattern implies for US stocks.
Elliott Wave And The Explosive Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using the Elliott wave theory, you can find stocks that are ready to skyrocket.
Elliott Wave And The Explosive Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We all have one goal in mind in this trading game: We want to find winning investments that leave our accounts better off than where they started. Many traders seek to accomplish this goal by digging through financial statements, news articles, a
End Game for the Stock Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Time cycles and momentum hint the bull market could be nearing an end.
Energy Stock Bull Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the five-year energy stock bear market finished?
Enhancing index stock portfolios with futures by Donald L. Jones and Timothy L. Walsh
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Enhancing index stock portfolios with futures by Donald L. Jones and Timothy L. Walsh The benefits of diversification are well known: most investment managers diversify by including bonds and cash in a stock portfolio already diversified across many ind
Estimating The Fractal Dimension Of Stock Prices
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are markets completely random and unpredictable, or are they partially predictable? Here, we explore how the fractal dimension (or the related Hurst exponent) of a stock or index price series can help answer this question
Exploiting The Holidays With The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Yes, Virginia, there is (still) a Santa Claus rally. And more!
Exploiting The Holidays With The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Yes, Virginia, there is (still) a Santa Claus rally. And more!
Extremes Analysis Of Interest Rates And Stock by Mark C. Snead
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Extremes Analysis Of Interest Rates And Stock by Mark C. Snead This former investment broker explains the relationship between declining interest rates and the lagged effect on the stock market. Interest rate changes exert a powerful influence on stoc
Fear And Greed As Stock Market Indicators
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can we really gauge investor fear? What about greed? Turns out we may be able to.
Fed Policy And The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fed Policy And The Stock Market Revisiting Gould's Rule by George A. Schade Jr. On February 24, 1989, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York raised its discount rate to 7% and triggered the most recent signal of the ""three steps and a stumble"" rule. The
Final Countdown for the Stock Bull Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why the bottom made on September 14, 2016 could signal the end of the bull market.
Financial Sector Leads Broader Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are many ways to determine if the stock market is at or near a major market bottom. One way is by looking at the financial sector. Turns in the financial sector normally lead turns in the broader stock market.
Finding the Next Great Stock to Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One sign of a healthy stock market is the appearance of a number of up-and-coming stocks with a relatively low number of shares and market caps that are making new all-time highs. It's also a great way of finding the next big stocks to add to your t
Ford's Stock Is Built Tough
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bullish technicals and bearish market sentiment could be a winning combination for Ford Motor Company.
Four Reasons Why Stock Prices Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Why do stock prices move?
Four Stock Topping Signs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks have registered impressive gains since the beginning of the year, but the rally is showing definite signs of strain.
Freshness In Produce And Stock Watchlists
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stock watchlists are like produce: You need to keep them fresh by constantly looking for new trade opportunities, like these three stocks.
Gann's Stock Market Mathematics
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A self-promoting charlatan or stock market scientist? Whatever he was, W.D. Gann's ideas have withstood time with their originality and insight.
Getting Real On US Stock Market Gains
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Since the US program of quantitative easing began in earnest in October 2008, stocks and gold are up -- that's no surprise. But how have your stocks performed if we measure them against gold instead of the usual dollar terms?
Going Forward Using Stock Screeners
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Continuing from "Bowl Pattern Breakouts," this article uses the stock screeners available on financial websites to take another look at bowl patterns.
Gold Rally Cools Amid Impressive Resilience Of Stock Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gold goes in consolidation mode after recent sharp gains as investors await direction from stock markets and central banks, with the coronavirus lockdown measures easing a little in a few places.
Gold Stock Looking To Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many gold stocks are looking anemic but this Canadian gold company is due for an upleg attempt as suggested by this chart.
Gold, A Charming Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In recent days, a few stocks from the gold & silver industry were on the verge of entering a new uptrend. In particular, gold looks promising.
HNI - Stock To Add To Your List
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The waiting period may just have ended for the stock of Hon Industries.
Historical Movement Of The Stock Market by Michael J. Moody, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Historical Movement Of The Stock Market by Michael J. Moody, C.M.T. Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. --Franklin P. Jones Perspective is critical for participants in the financial markets. Unfortunately, one's perspe
Historical Patterns In The Long-Term Stock Market by James G. Arnold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Historical Patterns In The Long-Term Stock Market by James G. Arnold Stock markets have been around a long time, and historically, markets demonstrate some well-defined patterns. At some levels of averaging, one is even tempted to call the long-term mar
How Has The Stock Market Priced Itself? by Gordon W. Neal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How Has The Stock Market Priced Itself? by Gordon W. Neal Sometimes, the most puzzling of trading questions can be answered with the simplest of technical methods. Here, two such methods are combined for trading: Tushar Chande's variable indexed dynamic
How Has The Stock Market Priced Itself? by Gordon W. Neal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How Has The Stock Market Priced Itself? by Gordon W. Neal Here's a statistical view of the stock market using the Standard & Poor's 500 as the basis for analysis, and a collection of fundamental influences. Assessing whether the overall market is pric
How To Profit From A Deep Stock Decline
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Learn how to tell whether a stock will resume its trend after a decline and how to enter early on with low risk.
How To Use Stock Options With Momentum Stocks For Enhanced Profits
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Momentum stocks tend to be leaders in the stock market, taking it to higher highs while also being favored stocks by traders and investors alike. However, using stock options, you can enhance your profits with momentum stocks by following a few guideline
How interest Rates Affect Stock Prices by Mark C. Snead
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How lnterest Rates Affect Stock Prices by Mark C. Snead The basic theoretical relationship between changes in long-term interest rates and stock prices is inverse. Falling interest rates signal rising stock prices, while inversely, rising interest rates
How to Find New Stock Trends
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Institutional traders have enormous advantages over the individual trader but there is one advantage the retail trader has that trumps all of them.
IAI Leads Stock Market Lower
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Broker/Dealer Index has a longstanding reputation as a stock market leader. In good times, the index leads the stock market higher, while in bad times it leads the stock market lower. These appear to be bad times.
Improving Stock Hedging With Industry Beta
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Industry-specific news affects stock prices. Therefore, adding the industry beta to the classical hedging model based on the market beta can considerably improve the efficiency of stock hedging. We'll explain how
Increasing OBV reliability with stock index futures by Gerald Appel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Increasing OBV reliability with stock index futures by Gerald Appel Traders have used volume pattern recognition techniques in an attempt to forecast price movement probably for as long as records regarding trading volume have been maintained. As a gen
Insider Stock Sales Continue To Soar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The ratio of insider share sales to purchases jumped threefold from August to the first week in September. It more than doubled again in the second week of the month.
Interest Rates and Stock Returns by Marck C. Snead
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...INTERMARKET ANALYSIS Interest Rates And Stock Returns by Mark C. Snead Stocks perform best when interest rates are declining, but rate levels can make a difference. Here's how. Interest rates can be a dependable component of a stock market forecasti
International Stock Market Relationships
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Divergences between US, German and Mexican stock markets could forecast the next buying opportunity.
Interpret Stock Prices With MACD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This popular tool to interpret stock prices is one of the staples of the technical analyst. Is it right for you?
Is Ebay A Stock To Watch?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With all the uncertainty in the world, should you sit on cash or look for stocks to buy?
Is CLX An Attractive Stock?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The current short-term downside move and the potential support are likely to make Clorox a good trading stock.
Is Canwest Petroleum Corp. A Stock To Watch?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With OPEC threatening to cut production, is the price of oil on the way up?
Is Seaspan Corp. A Stock To Look At?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is this stock one to look at or shy away from?
Is TSLA a Meme Stock?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Meme stocks are those stocks that have gained popularity through social sentiment. Often this sentiment is fueled by social media and is accelerated by retail investors. Is Tesla one such stock?
Is The Stock Bear Market Finished?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The balance of evidence is now bullish for stocks. Here's what happened and how to take advantage of a probable trend change.
Is The Stock Market Bottom Here?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...News reporters, economists, and stock market forecasters view the current low in the stock market as the stock market bottom. There are many ways to measure to find out if it is. Here is one way.
Is The Stock Market Random? by Bill Dunbar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is The Stock Market Random? by Bill Dunbar Professor Aikinheit of the Economics Department strokes the bottom of his mustache up out of the way, tips his martini glass and drains the last precious drops. ""Have another?"" Joe Grubber licks his upper li
Is Wal-Mart Stock About To Fall Again?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Wal-Mart is up against overhead resistance, and recent trading has produced a rare triple divergence. Is WMT about to fall again?
Japanese Stock Market At Tradable Low
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Nikkei 225 index has been in a bear market since 1989, but there have been a number of trading opportunities.
Krispy Kreme Part II- A Closer Look at an Inflated Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (KKD) has been one of the few bright spots in the past year's nightmarishly bear market. But as the stock market bottoms out and other companies begin seeing profits again, how long will KKD continue its strong upward tr
LCC Stock Under Steady Accumulation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Still down more than 86% from its November 2006 high, US Airways stock now appears to be under accumulation by the smart money.
Log Spirals In The Stock Market by William T. Erman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Log Spirals In The Stock Market by William T. Erman The basic mathematical characteristic of the log spiral is that even while increasing or decreasing in size, the log spiral remains constant. This is also true for rectangular spirals, the parameters
Looking At 10-Year Stock Price Patterns by Lewis Carl Mokrasch, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking At 10-Year Stock Price Patterns by Lewis Carl Mokrasch, Ph.D. Many temporal cycles have some influence on the stock and commodity markets. One, the decennial pattern, receives more attention near the beginning and end of decades. Studying stock
Looking At Minute-By-Minute Stock Option Data Part 2: Short Margins
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can retail traders make more money using straddles or strangles than by just buying a call or put? Can retail traders make money using option strategies that include margined short option positions? We explore these questions here using the minute-by-min
Looking At Minute-By-Minute Stock Option Data, Part 3: Alternatives To Black-Scholes
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many concerns have been expressed over the years about the assumptions made by the Black-Scholes model (and some other option models) with regard to the volatility and continuity in the markets. When trading very short-term option contracts, do the model
Looking For The Stock To Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In today's uncertain market, investors look for stocks offering solid dividends to buy and hold. Traders, on the other hand, look for stocks to buy and sell for a profit.
Lower Stock Prices Ahead For Priceline?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some sell signals are more appealing than others, depending on the broader context in which they appear.
Lulling Your Stock Nerves With Lululemon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the market is depressing you, calm your mind by mediating with yoga ... and yoga clothes.
Lunar Cycles And Stock Market Volatility
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Have you ever objectively analyzed the data of lunar cycles and its relationship with the financial markets? Here is one method that could bring some value to your trading.
MU - A Steady Stable Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Micron Technology has surged with uniform pace. A fresh bullish breakout is likely to add confidence.
Measuring Stock Performance Against The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You know what correlation is, but what about partial correlation? Here we introduce you to a statistical measure that takes the pulse of stock performance relative to the market
Messages from a Split Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See what stock market messages were sent on June 9, 2017.
Messages from a Split Stock Market - Part Two
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why Nasdaq 100 underperformance could signal an imminent decline.
Modeling The Stock Market by Paul T. Holliday
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Modeling The Stock Market by Paul T. Holliday The price/earnings ratio works perfectly well-- for stocks. But, Paul Holliday points out, it doesn't work for stock indices such as the DJIA or the Standard & Poor's 500, where the effective interest rate wo
More Stock Market Topping Signs
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.
More Stock Market Topping Signs (Continued)
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
Mutual Funds As Stock Index Proxies by Joe Duarte
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Mutual Funds As Stock Index Proxies by Joe Duarte Both mutual funds and stock indices such as the Standard & Poor's 500 are collections of stocks, but the}e is a major difference between them. A mutual fund manager changes the stocks in his collection o
My One and Only Stock Market Recommendation by MERTON A. HILL
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N-Squared Stock & Futures Analyzer-XL N-Squared Market Analyzer-XL by John Sweeney
N2 Stock Analyzer by John Kepka
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There's an abundant amount of evidence gathering that indicates October 2015 could have a significant bottom, let's take a look at what's developing.
Overbought Stock Market Doesn't Mean Sell
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders often assume overbought markets are ready to decline, but as the S&P 500 has shown in 2012, markets can stay overbought for extended periods.
Pacific Stock Exchange Technology Index by Jerome M. Lederman, Eng.Sc.D.
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Parameters Affecting Stock Returns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When it comes to trading equities, it is believed that to increase returns you need to take on more risk. But is that really true? This statistical study will show you what really affects returns.
Pareto's Law And Stock Leadership
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A relatively unknown report reveals how Pareto's law applies to trading winning stocks and how you can profit from it if you know what edge it offers.
Patterns that detect stock market reversals by Bill Ohama and Melanie Bowman
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PriceSmart, A Stock To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The consolidating range of PriceSmart can be traded for the short term. A breakout would lead to a robust bullish rally.
Product Review: High Growth Stock Invstor by Leslie N. Masonson
Product Review: Stock Prophet by Mark Waller
Product Review: Stock Watch Pro by David Penn
Professional Stock Trading by Don Bright
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is It For You? Professional Stock Trading What it is, what it is not, and how to make the leap! by Don Bright The term professional is sorely overused these days. What does it really mean? When it comes to stock trading, the answer is actually quite s
Profiting From Tectonic Shifts In The Stock Market
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Quick Scan: Symmetrics Stock Market Trading Strategy for 1999
Quick Scan: The Ultimate Book on Stock Market Timing, Volume 1
Quick-Scan: Live the Ddream by Profitably Day Trading Stock Fut
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Quick-Scans: I.Q. Master, Stock Tactics System and More
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Reversals In Weekly Stock Returns by A. Tezel, PhD, and R. Sharma, PhD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Reversals In Weekly Stock Returns by A. Tezel, PhD, and R. Sharma, PhD Nasdaq stocks provide the highest net returns from a long strategy after a week of declining returns and declining highs and lows. Stock prices with strong momentum during the prio
Revery: Computerized Stock Market Trading by Henry S. Patricoff
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Ross Stores -- A Near Recession-Proof Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Whether the market goes up or down, Ross Stores offers potential gains with limited risk.
SAIA - A Strong Stock
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Samex Mining Corp. Penny Stock Breakout
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Seasonal Stock Index Trades by James Greenwood
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here are different seasonal strategies for trading the Value Line Index compared with the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index and the Standard and Poor's 500. Most stock market traders are familiar with the January effect, which is the tendency for
Seasonal Variations In A Semiconductor Stock by Jack Karczewski
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Seasonal Variations In A Semiconductor Stock by Jack Karczewski Do seasonal variations exist in the heavily traded and researched stock market? Recently, a securities analyst was quoted as saying that semiconductor stocks declined an average of 40% from
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Split Synthetic Stock Positions by Roger Ison, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Split Synthetic Stock Positions by Roger Ison, Ph.D. Use this flexible but little-known strategy to buy stock inexpensively, deploy cash more effectively, and diversify your portfolio. Suppose that a stock you follow, Abcd Inc. [ABCD], has just taken a
Spotting Super-Momentum Stock Trades
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The ability to pick a winning momentum stock or an emerging stock leader is often built upon hours of tireless searching through stock charts, but there is an easier way.
Stealth Stock: The Blackstone Group
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Stock Analysis And Investing For The Small Investor
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's some advice and wisdom for small investors seeking to invest in the stock market for the first time.
Stock Beta Coefficient by Scott S. Silver & Gary M. Wingens
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Stock Bull Market Enters Twilight Zone
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Stock Earnings Trends Suggest A Pullback Likely
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Deteriorating earnings growth rates in the US stock market suggest that another decline is overdue.
Stock Hit List And Sizing Up The Market
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Stock Index Divergence
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why the S&P 500 July 15 high could signal a decline.
Stock Indexes Showing Declining Momentum
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Russell 2000 is leading the way lower in momentum. This is a warning that price may follow.
Stock Indices Converging
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Simultaneous all-time highs for S&P 500 and Nasdaq could be a bullish signal.
Stock Indices Converging - Part Two
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What are the bullish implications of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq at all-time highs?
Stock Insurance Policy by Sylvain Vervoort
Stock It To Me: Income-Based Investing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Putting some of your investment dollars to work in securities that offer payouts can be a good tradeoff between risk and reward. Here's how to go about it
Stock Market Angles
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Stock Market Bears Hold the One Yard Line
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 stops at important resistance and could be a top.
Stock Market Breaks Through Resistance
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Stock Market Building A Base?
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Stock Market Business Cycle by Bill Dunbar
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Discovering strength/weakness in a market movement.
Stock Market Contraction Begins
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The expansion and contraction indicators suggest the stock market cycle has now entered into a period of contraction indicating a weakening of the stock market.
Stock Market Corrects
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock market has now entered into a market correction. There are those market participants that are calling for the end of the upward rally at this price juncture and those who forecast the market will continue higher. Let's look at the technica
Stock Market Decision Point
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Stock Market Double-Header? by Bill Dunbar
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How to take advantage of a late year stock market decline.
Stock Market Forecasts Giants Super Bowl Win
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While many look to the Super Bowl as a market indicator, we can also use the market to predict the winner of the game.
Stock Market Into The Cross Hair
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Stock Market Lessons From Mr. Fibonacci
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The incredible string of Fibonacci turn dates continues. See why September 14, 2016 could be the next bottom.
Stock Market Lessons from Mr. Fibonacci - Part Two
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why the September 1, 2016 bottom could be the prelude to a major stock market peak.
Stock Market Mini Crash - 2016
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Stock Market Momentum Cycles
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Stock Market Recovery And How To Survive The Fall
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are key factors that can help you understand the market's cycle when it crashes as well as how to avoid it and, more important, how to profit by it.
Stock Market Risk: A Monthly Look by John Kean
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Stock Market Rosetta Stone
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Stock Market Seasonal Patterns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See what factors could make November 2018 a bullish month.
Stock Market Seasonality
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is yearly seasonality something that is particular to the US stock market, or does it extend to other countries in the same way? Here's some research you can use to your advantage
Stock Market Sector Analysis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See how the strongest stock market sectors perform in bull and bear markets.
Stock Market Serial Killers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks, like serial killers, can be charming and disarming, but the moment you turn your back and your money over to them, you are in big danger.
Stock Market Signals From The Sentiment Dimension
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Simple methods to measure sentiment of the US stock market. Every market has four dimensions: Price, Time, Momentum, and Sentiment. The Sentiment dimension delves into the realm of investor/trader psychology by discovering bullish and bearish extremes.
Stock Market Super Bullish Scenario
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why US stock could be in a powerful multi-month rally.
Stock Market Super Bullish Scenario - Part Two
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...More evidence that the rally in US stocks could continue for several months.
Stock Market Time Tunnel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Could August 20, 2018 be the day of a major stock market top?
Stock Market Turns Down
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is it a minor decline or the start of something big?
Stock Market Volatility: What Next?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Volatility is at its lowest levels in years. Although structural changes might be ongoing, a high-volatility environment appears to be back.
Stock Market: The Wall Street Trading Game
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Learn how trading works - the fun way!
Stock Portfolio Construction When Recession Looms
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What industry groups fared best during recessionary periods of the past? Armed with this information, investors can better construct their stock portfolio to weather recessions. Here is a study to point the way
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stock Selection by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. How does a veteran technician like Arthur Merrill select stocks for investment? He explains that it's not the simplest of methods and it does require research and work, but the results, he notes, are worth it
Stock Splits
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Stock Splits: Boon Or Bust? by Michael D. Sheimo
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stock Splits: Boon Or Bust? by Michael D. Sheimo Even the most sophisticated market participants are tempted to buy a stock that has been announced to split two for one. They, of all investors, should know better, because not all stock splits turn out t
Stock Tips: Take 'Em Or Not?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You pay a visit to your dentist. With your mouth open as he inspects your teeth, he talks, nonstop, and passes on a stock market tip. Do you take it?
Stock To Watch-Microsoft Corp. [MSFT]
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One stock that has stirred attention in the news is Microsoft Corp. [MSFT]. A stock that was growing at a steady rate had taken a beating due to certain fundamental factors affecting the stock negatively.
Stock and Future Option Trading
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Stock timing to the discount rates by Jay Kaeppel
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Tactical stock trading by Hugh L. Logan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Tactical stock trading by Hugh L. Logan Peter Eliason's stock trading technique (""Tactical stock trading,"" Stocks & Commodities, March 1989 and ""Volatility analysis and simulation used in tactical trading,"" Stocks & Commodities, July 1989) sounded s
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Taking Stock of Commodity Trading Methods by DR. BASIL VENITIS
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Tape Reading And Daytrading Stock Index Futures by Gary Smith
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Tech And Small Cap Point Toward Lower Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bull markets are usually led higher by stocks in the NASDAQ and small-cap stocks. But not right now.
Technology Leading Broader Stock Market Higher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are two market sectors that lead the broader stock market higher. By knowing the current trend of these market sectors, it is possible to know what the future trend of the broader stock market is. One of these market sectors is the technology marke
Teleflex — A Good Stock For An Uncertain Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If Congress and the Federal Reserve can stimulate the economy, then it's time to buy industrials in anticipation of the recovery.
Telescan Stock Evaluation Service by John Sweeney
Tesla Stock: Comparing Traditional Investment Strategies With Systematic Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a demonstration of a simple algorithmic strategy, made up of just a few lines of code, that you can use to potentially capture profit from a rising stock while protecting against sharp retracements
Tesla's Post Stock Split Performance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Tesla (TSLA) recently admitted a 5:1 stock split after which its stock has shown massive growth and jumped 8%. It could go higher, let's look at its chart.
That Stock Of Facebook, Again!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."Facebook has exploded upwards. The question everyone is asking is, 'How much higher can it go?'" That is the question I asked on September 26, 2013.
The 40-Week Cycle In The Stock Market by Jay Kaeppel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The 40-Week Cycle In The Stock Market by Jay Kaeppel Is the market truly random? Some phenomena related to the stock market would not be expected to exist if the market truly were random. There has been much debate in the investment community regarding
The 40.68-month stock price cycle by Gertrude Shirk
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The Bombay Stock Exchange: The Worst-Hit Index?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...BSE Sensex, the benchmark, is among the worst underperformers in emerging markets and even across the globe.
The Canadian Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Deteriorating Credit Markets - Harbinger of Recession.
The Coming Stock Crash
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On Friday, April 15th, Ted Cruz stated why he believed a stock crash will be coming.
The DJIA And The Stock Index Futures Cycle by Christopher Cadbury
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The DJIA And The Stock Index Futures Cycle by Christopher Cadbury Do phases of the three-month futures cycle usually coincide with periods of greatest weakness or periods of substantial strength in the stock market? This American Stock Exchange trader d
The Effect Of Elections On Stock Market Returns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Do elections influence the stock market? Is there a pattern that investors can take advantage of? This author's statistical research suggests that there is one pattern that produced more than 60% average returns during the election periods in countries a
The Gatsby Index's Leading Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Gatsby Index is showing weakness among this stock class but there is one stock among them about to breakout.
The Inflation/Deflation Phases Of The Stock Market Cycle by Martin J. Pring
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Inflation/Deflation Phases Of The Stock Market Cycle by Martin J. Pring Veteran analyst Martin J. Pring explains how the commonly known four-year stock market cycle actually contains lesser- known inflation/deflation phases, the knowledge of which w
The Most Important Stock Sector To Monitor For Bull And Bear Market Trends
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Want to know one simple gauge the pros use for determining the overall health of the stock market? Find out what to look for
The Silver Lining In The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If you were to step back and look at the current state of the market through the eyes of a value investor, you could find yourself becoming excited at the possibilities for bargain-priced stocks.
The Stock Market Crash Ratio
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Learn how to determine when a stock market crash could end.
The Stock Market Crash Ratio - Part Two
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An examination of post stock market crash rallies.
The Stock Market and Seasonality by Bob Kargenian, C.M.T.
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The Stock Market's On-Base Percentage
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The key statistic that doubles annual returns!
The Stock Market, The Calendar, And You by Jay Kaeppel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Stock Market, The Calendar, And You by Jay Kaeppel What's more important -- what you buy or when you buy it? Seasonality in the market has long been a welldocumented phenomenon. A detailed look at the stock market will lead you to conclude that ther
The Time To Short A Stock Is Not When It's In An Uptrend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the madness surrounding stocks like GME, it seems that now is a good time to go over this basic principle of trend trading.
The Time To Short A Stock Is Not When It's In An Uptrend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the madness surrounding stocks like GME, it seems that now is a good time to go over this basic principle of trend trading
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The Truth About Stock Trading And Chat Rooms
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If you think that joining a trading or chat room will show you how to trade like traders on Wall Street, think again. Here's what you should really be doing.
The Utility Average Stock Market Indicator by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite last week's sharp correction in the equity market, current volatility levels do not indicate a significant bottom in the S&P 100.
The secrets to stock option success by Patrick D. Bosold
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Three Little-Known Factors For Stock Selection
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Three Signals For Selling A Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Selling begets more selling in today's financial markets, and it is vital for you to know when to sell a position before the market moves against you. If you know these three signals for selling a stock, you can avoid getting caught flat-footed by a
Timing Stock Buys with an Oscillator by Richard Goedde
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Timing Stock Buys With An Oscillator by Richard Goedde Use this oscillator to calculate buy points for a stock in an upward trend. Oscillators are most useful when prices fluctuate up and down within a horizontal or flat channel (two parallel lines tha
Timing The Stock Market With A Discount/T-Bill Spread by Nelson Freeburg and Charles Skelley
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Timing The Stock Market With A Discount/T-Bill Spread by Nelson Freeburg and Charles Skelley Building on a February 1990 article by Jay Kaeppel, ""Formula Research"" report editor Nelson Freeburg and engineer/investor Charles Skelley introduce a stock m
Timing a Stock Using the Regression Oscillator by Richard Goedde
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Timing a Stock Using the Regression Oscillator by Richard Goedde Numerous techniques for timing transactions are available to the technical trader. One popular method uses the difference between the market trend and the price. Market timing strategies c
Traders Remain Confident In The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are many ways to measure the confidence of traders to the stock market. One way is to determine if the Consumer Staples market sector is underperforming or outperforming the S&P 500.
Trading A Stock Using Technical Analysis by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading A Stock Using Technical Analysis by Thom Hartle The search goes on for key indicators to help traders find profitable opportunities in the market. Here, Stocks & Commodities Editor Thom Hartle provides an example of a recent trade in a stock bas
Trading Stock Index Options
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Book Review: by John Sweeney An Easy Course in Using the HP-12C and Other Financial Calculators by Chris Coffin and Ted Wadman Grapevine Publications, Inc. Corvallis, Oregon 97339 Price: $18.00 There seems to be something about financial calculatio
US Presidential Elections And The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bullish clues from the Dow Jones Transportation Average.
US Presidential Elections And The Stock Market - Part Two
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What happens when election results are uncertain?
US Stock Bull Market Could End in December 2021
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Time cycles and momentum indicate a major top could be forming.
US Stock Indices Continue To Build A Base
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The balance of evidence suggest US stock indices are in bull mode, however there are cautionary signals. Learn how to navigate the upcoming turns.
US Stock Market at Support or Prelude to Crash
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...US main stock indices have returned to important support. See what the technical indicators are saying.
Uncovering Value in an Oversold Stock by Tamalyn V. Crutchfield
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This trader walks us through one of her trades, detailing the indicators she used and the decisions she made. The age-old philosophies of "Buy, low, sell high" and "Buy cheap, sell rich" are the investing approaches every investor strives toward. Unfor
Unemployment And Derailing The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The jobs report falls short -- can it drag the market down and derail the bulls?
Unraveling The Mystery Of Stock Prices by Boris G. Zinchenko
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Unraveling The Mystery Of Stock Prices by Boris G. Zinchenko Here's a simple method you can apply to interpret financial charts. It uses classical statistics as well as a number of simple chart indicators, which may help you better understand classical
Using A Constant Investment Size For Stock Trading Systems by Jack Schwager
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using A Constant Investment Size For Stock Trading Systems by Jack Schwager The highest high to the lowest low in the price history of an individual stock can vary tremendously, especially when stock splits occur. This large range of price history can d
Utility Stock Bargains
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why utility stocks and funds could be near a bottom.Since November 15, 2017 the S&P 500 (SPX) has risen 9.8%, while utility stocks, as measured by the Dow Jones Utility Average (DJUA), have declined 12.3%. Analysis of weekly and daily trends pro
Utility Stock Bargains - Part Two
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Additional evidence indicates Utility stocks are poised to rally.
V.15:11 (488- 496) The T-Bond Futures & Stock Market Breadth System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Market timers develop models to decide when to be in the stock market and when to be out. These models can be based on theories that range from simple technical analysis to complex econometric models. With that in mind, here's a timing model based on the
VGR - A Strong Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Vector Group Ltd is a stock to buy on the dip.
VMWare, That Virtualization Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...VMWare, Inc., is a provider of virtualization software. Is it a buy for your portfolio?
VRDN And Its Reverse Stock Splits
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Viridian Therapeutics, Inc. (VRDN) is a small cap biopharmaceutical company which engages in the development of proprietary RNA targeted therapeutics. Since its Initial Public Offering in June 2014, the company has reduced the number of its shares throug
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On May 6, 2022, the DOW plunged over 1,000 points. The S&P 500 and NASDAQ also posted severe losses. By this time, many popular growth stocks had lost over 50% of their values and were firmly in bear market territory. One of the few sectors that seem
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Low-priced stocks (those trading below $5 per share) can be difficult to trade, due to poor liquidity and low institutional sponsorship. However, once in a while an outstanding trade setup takes shape in one of these, one worthy of a long-term investor&a
Visa And Stock Leadership
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market sold off on a huge spike in volume but one stock shrugged it off and is trading higher.
Volatility As A Stock Bellwether
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In his last article, 'Is Trading That Simple?' Dan Zanger discussed some signature chart patterns and stocks that have been big winners. This time, he delves deeper into his composite approach to finding the right stocks at the right time.
Volatility analysis in tactical stock trading by Peter Eliason
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Volatility analysis in tactical stock trading by Peter Eliason Every stock, average and index has its own characteristic volatility range that holds the signals of impending price change. The challenge in technical analysis is to recognize and decipher
WDAY And Stock Market Divergence From Reality
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...30 million people out of work, the economy contracting, but, for WDAY, the band plays on (but for how long)
WM: Arbitrary But True: Hidden Influences On The Stock Market by James A. Maccaro
What I Learned When I Looked At Minute-By-Minute Stock Option Data, Part 1
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Coming up with new option strategies to trade isn't easy. Sometimes, looking at things in a new way gives you a fresh perspective
What Is Driving Stock Prices Into The Stratosphere?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bigger question is what can we expect going forward?
What Works, What Doesn't In Stock Market History by Mark Vakkur
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What Works, What Doesn't In Stock Market History by Mark Vakkur Using Summary Statistics, In Over 60 Years And here for your education and edification, Standard & Poor's 500 summary statistics from January 1945 to May 2007! Some factors are strongly co
What's Cooking In The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using simple indicators in combination, such as Bollinger bands and Keltner channels, can show you what's cooking in today's market.
When A Stock Is Downgraded
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a stock is downgraded by an investment company, I always look at it to see if their analyst has made a correct analysis.
When Is Berkshire Hathaway Stock Good Value?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A value player and a speculator will define value differently. Regardless, both can still benefit from identifying value in stocks. Here's a look at some quantitative methods that value players and momentum traders can apply to identify good value in sto
When Should You Sell That Stock?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's one of the toughest and loneliest decisions for an investor to make.
When Should You Sell That Stock? by Michael B. Patterson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When Should You Sell That Stock? by Michael B. Patterson It's one of the toughest and loneliest decisions for an investor to make. When it comes to buying a stock, there's no shortage of advice, both useful and otherwise. Virtually every investment mag
When is it Safe to Short a Stock? Air Canada May Be Losing Altitude
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Since topping out at the $8 area, Canada's dominant airline is now in a potentially bearish pattern - a descending triangle.
Will You Find It In eBay Stock?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The price of the online marketplace has finally recovered from the meltdown of the markets. Now, how high can it go?
Working Money: Going Forward Using Stock Screeners by Sharon Yamanaka
Working Money: Stock Analysis And Investing For The Small Investor by Daniel Subach
Working Money:Volatility As A Stock Bellwether by Dan Zanger and Matt Blackman
Wyckoff method of trading stocks part 4 Understanding group stock behavior by Jack K. Hutson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Wyckoff method of trading stocks part 4 Understanding group stock behavior by Jack K. Hutson The Richard D. Wyckoff method of trading brings the technical analyst a clean, logical way to understand stock market behavior and to anticipate the most opport
YELP: A Stock in Need of Help?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Yelp, Inc. appear to be on target to move below the $60 level in the near future.
Zoom Video Communications: A 2020 Mania Stock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why this stock could continue to rise.
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