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Download'Tis The Season by Bob Kargenian
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...'Tis The Season by Bob Kargenian The seasonal tendencies of the stock market have been the subject of extensive research. The likes of Yale Hirsch, Arthur A. Merrill, Martin Zweig and Norman Fosback -- all noted technical analysts -- have explored this to
'Twas The Week Before Christmas...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Apologies to Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863), author of the original "A Visit From St. Nicholas."
2B Test Of Bottom In The US Dollar-Swiss Franc
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the US dollar continues its slow-motion, spontaneous combustion before our very eyes, an important test against the Swiss franc looms.
2B Top In The Standard & Poor's 100
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Failure to follow through to the upside after the move higher at the end of August could bring an end to the summer rally.
2Bs And Negative Divergences: Silver Stalls At The Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Failure to follow through on the move above $14 creates potential for reversal or consolidation.
3D Printers - Is The Game Back On?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated." Mark Twain
3M Lags The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow Jones Industrial Average is breaking out to new highs, but 3M remains down in the dumps with a bearish continuation pattern in the works.
3M Teeters On The Edge Of The Abyss
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...3M led the way lower in April, and further weakness would confirm a large bearish pattern that has been working since November.
3M Teeters On The Edge Of The Abyss
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...3M led the way lower in April, and further weakness would confirm a large bearish pattern that has been working since November.
A 1-2-3 Trend Reversal In The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The v-shaped post-Katrina rally ends not with a bang, but with a trendline break.
A 100 Year Look At The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Has the Dow crested a 100 year wave?
A 2B Bottom Test In The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the long-sought-after bottom in the DJIA finally at hand?
A 2B Test Of Bottom In The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The same formula that noted a bottom in March hints at another one in June.
A 2B Top In The Euro?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Failure to follow through above the December 2006 highs provides an opportunity for correction or reversal in the EUR/USD.
A 2B Top In The Industrials?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You can't catch a reversal much faster than you can by correctly anticipating a bull trap.
A Bear Trap For The Russell 2000
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Russell 2000 broke support on Monday but quickly sprang back to lay the foundations of a bear trap.
A Bear Trap For The Swiss Franc
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Swiss franc appeared to break support in November, but a robust recovery and a gap puts the ball back in the bullish court.
A Bearish Trading Range For The Nasdaq 100?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Nasdaq 100 shares have bounced off the $34.00 level several times the past year but the current consolidation pattern may point to a break of support here.
A Big Test Looms For The Naz
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The NASDAQ came crashing down on Tuesday, February 27, but support is at hand and the November–December 2006 lows hold the key to a medium-term reversal.
A Breakdown For The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After failing at a key resistance point, the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke a key support level to reverse an uptrend that started in mid-March.
A Breakdown In The Nikkei
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After meeting stiff resistance from its March high, the Nikkei gapped down and broke support to reverse a 12-month uptrend. At the very least, we can expect a retracement of this big rally.
A Breakout Attempt For The CRB
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The CRB Index broke daily chart resistance but failed at weekly resistance, and the large trading range remains.
A Breakout For The Dow Diamonds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a consolidation above broken resistance, the Dow diamonds broke out on good volume and appear to be headed higher.
A Breakout, And Now A Test For The Dow Diamonds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The flag breakout for the Dow diamonds remains the dominant signal, and the current pullback has reached its make-or-break point.
A Breakup From The Bottom For Intel?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The semiconductor group got hit pretty hard in July and August, but a bullish breakout in shares of Intel Corp. now seems to imply that a rally may have begun.
A Bullish Flag For The US Dollar Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Dollar Index has declined the last few weeks, but the pattern looks similar to that seen in July-August 2005, and support is at hand.
A Daily Chart Of The S&P 100 Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On April 22nd I presented an article "Gann, Elliott and the Dow Revisited." In it I argued that for the long-term, the trend is bearish, but for the short-term it could be bullish. Here is a chart of the S&P 100 Index that looks bullish for
A Dark Cloud Cover Over The Health Care ETF
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The health care exchange traded fund has recently had an explosive move higher as the politicians battle it out over health care. Even though there is no bipartisan support for the health care bill, there has been bipartisan support among investors to ru
A Demise In The Dow?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."Canadian bonds typically follow the US market, and this week was no exception as the price of both rose," Canada's National Post said on Friday, June 3. ...
A Diamond In The Yen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A diamond pattern that developed in yen futures suggests higher prices for the Japanese currency in the near term.
A Different But Feasible Elliott Count for the Nasdaq
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As I have written before, Elliott wave analysis is far more obvious after an event than before an event. Forecasts using wave analysis to predict future movement in the market are always interspersed with the words "if this happens," then "
A Directional Pattern To Ride The Wave
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is a price pattern you can use with a trading strategy to filter trades and ride a price wave. We'll explain the logic and show step-by-step how to do it
A Double Top For The Dow Transports
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow transports met resistance around 5000 twice in the last three months, and a rather large double top is brewing.
A Feasible Wave Count For The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...I have always believed that the Dow is tracing a B-wave upwards simply because of the time scale, where the trend from January 2000 downtrend ending in October 2002 was wave A of an ABC downtrend with the high in January 2000 being a fifth wave top.
A Few Good Setups In The Oil Patch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are four stocks in the oil services industry that you will want to keep an eye on in the near term.
A Five-Wave Look At The Spring/Summer Rally of 2003
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An Elliott wave interpretation of the current bull market suggests a correction before higher prices.
A Fundamental Lesson For The Technically Minded
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For decades, there have been two major schools of thought when it comes to stocks. First came the fundamental analysts, who believe that stock prices are a product of revenues and earnings. Then came the technicians, who believe that all they need to kno
A Fundamental Lesson For The Technically Minded
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For decades, there have been two major schools of thought when it comes to stocks. First came the fundamentalists who believe that stock prices are a product of revenues and earnings. Then came the technicians who believe that all they need to know is co
A Gamble For The Future
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The price of the cheapest 3D printer dropped from $18,000 to $400 within 10 years.
A Gann Look At The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Financial events of the past few weeks have suggested that the US economy is headed for a recession. What do Gann charts have to say about it?
A Gem In The Junk Pile
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SpikeTrade.com is a group of 20 professional and semiprofessional traders involved in a weekly competition. Each member submits his or her pick along with the entry, target, and stop. The picks are submitted in solitude, and then all are revealed on Sund
A Genetic Algorithm System For Predicting The OEX by Deniz Yuret and Michael de la Maza
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Genetic Algorithm System For Predicting The OEX by Deniz Yuret and Michael de la Maza Since artificial intelligence made its debut within the pages of Stocks & Commodities, various and sundry methods by which neural networks can be used in designing t
A Head & Shoulders Negative For The DJIA?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The pattern is there, a very obvious head & shoulder pattern.
A Head & Shoulders Top Awaits Confirmation On The Russell 2000
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A head & shoulders top on the Russell 2000 could be hinting that a major top is setting up in the market.
A Head And Shoulders Top On The NASDAQ A/D Line?
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.
A Linear Regression Analysis Of The DJIA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Linear regression analysis is used here to show that the Dow Jones Industrial Average is most likely in the very early stage of rolling over to the downside.
A Long-Term Analysis Of The DJIA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are the events of the week ended July 27 the start of a major correction in the Dow Jones Industrial Average? A look at the chart presents conflicting evidence.
A Long-Term Look At The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A monthly view of the 2002–06 bull market in stocks suggests that the higher we go, the weaker we get.
A Look At Leap, The Wireless Provider
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Leap is a wireless communications provider that offers wireless services under the Cricket brand. Leap's Cricket service offerings provide customers with unlimited access to wireless voice and data services for a flat rate without requiring a fixed-
A Look At Relative Strength In The ETF World
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Keeping tabs on which industry groups and sectors are hot -- and those that are not -- is a sound way to build a solid foundation for your trading and investing decisions.
A Look At The DOW's Newest Member
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On June 29, 2018, General Electric (GE) got dropped from the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DOW). It was replaced by Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), a multinational holding company with several distinctive brands offering prescription and non-prescription
A Look At The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow has come down 500 points from last February. What's the current outlook?
A Look At The Dow Monthly Chart
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will the Dow's recent low hold or will it go to 6400?
A Look At The Equal Weight NASDAQ 100
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The NASDAQ 100 Equal Weight Index looks stronger than its weighted brother, and both are poised to break out.
A Look At The Indexes
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The charts of the three indexes are suggesting a correction. How much of a correction? Let's find out.
A Look At The Money Flow Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The money flow index is a long-standing popular indicator that helps you see whether money is moving into or out of securities in the context of volume. Find out how it's calculated and how it's used
A Look At The Presidential Cycle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...President Donald Trump has served his first year in office. What does the year ahead hold for him?
A Look At The Russell 2000
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Russell 2000 index measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe.
A Look At The Stochastic Oscillator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Yes, there are so many indicators out there today to analyze a stock technically, that finding the best one is like pulling teeth.
A Look at Spiders Using the Red/Green Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SPIDERS (SPY) or SPDRs are the first index shares created by Amex and introduced in 1993. They are Standard & Poor's Depository Receipts and as such, reflect the movement of the S&P Index. They trade just like common stock under the symbol
A Ludicrous Non-Confirmation - The Sequel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the Dow Jones Industrial Average move to new highs a sign of weakness for stocks?
A Major Breakdown For The DAX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The German DAX Index held out longer than most, but finally succumbed to the bear with a breakdown and major trend reversal.
A Major Low Soon For Altria And The .NYA?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the broad US market in a free fall, or are there some indications that a major low may be approaching?
A Major Support Test For The Nikkei
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Nikkei is trying to firm near its March lows, but momentum has yet to turn up and traders should watch for a signal line crossover in the MACD.
A Method Of Statistical Analysis For The Dollar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Long-term statistical analysis shows the downward trend of the dollar weakening but may continue to move lower at a slower rate.
A Mini Diamond For The DIA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After leading the market higher, the Dow Diamonds formed a mini-diamond consolidation, and the subsequent break will provide the next signal.
A Momentum Analysis Of The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Price looks like it could continue to chug along, inching its way upward. A look at momentum suggests otherwise.
A Monthly Look At The S&P 500 Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's a good habit to occasionally stand back and take in the longer term picture of the market place.
A Morning Star Wakes Up The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A classic Japanese candlestick pattern reveals a bottom in the hourly Dow industrials.
A Pattern Completion For The Weekly Dow Chart
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the DJIA plunged 2,000 points in four weeks, it fulfilled a topping pattern.
A Peek Into The Future
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We all know there is no crystal ball for the markets. But if you could get a signal in advance of other signals that are used by traders, that might be the next best thing. Here, we introduce a new filter that could help signal cyclic turning points
A Possible Bull Count For The Dow?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On June 7, in the article "A Demise In The Dow," I offered an Elliott wave count showing how the Dow could fall in a bear market. After hearing Alan Greenspan's recent remarks, I present to you a count for a bull market.
A Potential Downside Target For The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 Index looks to be headed lower in the near-term but when will the bleeding stop?
A Rally In The Russell?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The little guys of the stock market show their muscle with a positive divergence and bullish follow-through in mid-January.
A Rectangle In The Broad Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Value Line Index is understudied but one of the broadest measures of the stock market. Right now, it seems to be breaking out of a rectangle.
A Reverse Head And Shoulders Formation For The Oil Services Index?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Another potentially bullish pattern for the Oil Services Index could lead to a resumption of the long-term uptrend.
A Rising Wedge For The SOX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Semiconductor Index bounced with the rest of the market over the past few weeks, but the move looks like a bearish wedge.
A Seismic Spike For The VIX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market has had a sinister selloff as investors have become dispirited and depressed. Each time a rally occurs, their hopes of a recovery are quickly dashed as more panicked investors sell into the rally. But the volatility index could be sending us a
A Sentiment Indicator For Trading The Euro
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The traditional put/call ratio is used as a contrarian indicator. Here, we add a twist to enhance the ratio and use it as a coinciding indicator
A Shake Or Break For The S&P 500?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A fracture of the lower channel line on the daily S&P 500 may be nothing more than an attempt to shake out weak longs -- or does this trend break signal more downside to come?
A Share For The Watch List
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the present uncertainty in the stock market, looking for a stock to invest in for the long term is a must.
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 Short-Term Buy Signal For The DJIA by John Toombs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Short-Term Buy Signal For The DJIA by John Toombs Buying the first retreat in prices following a strong move up in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is often profitable. Three questions are involved in doing so, however. What constitutes a ""str
A Statistical Look At The QQQQ
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Statistical analysis is used to show the short-term trend of the technology market sector.
A Stochastic Breakout In December Coffee: Better Late On The Break Than Never
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A BOSO play in the stochastic helps traders climb on board a fast-moving market post-breakout.
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 Strategy For The Nasdaq 100 Using Options Sentiment
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can the put/call ratio be used to time entries and exits in the stock market? We take a look
A Taste Of The Big MACD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Indicators like the moving average convergence/divergence help you confirm signals and decrease risk when buying and selling securities. Invented by Gerald Appel in the 1970s, the MACD has become a staple in the world of technical analysis. Here's h
A Trader Catches A Bottom Reversal On The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Catching tops and bottoms is difficult but can be rewarding/punishing depending on the outcome.
A Trading Method For The Long Haul
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of UGI Corp. appear to be on track to making a major multicycle low in the near future.
A Trading Method For The Long Haul
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You can apply this model to any time frame on any equity. The best part is that it's so simple that anyone can implement it.
A Triangle In The Making
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Symmetrical triangles can be a shakeout or an end run.
A Triangle On The U.S. Dollar Index Futures: Will It Flatter Or Deceive?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The U.S. Dollar is perhaps the instrument most directly affecteted by an actual hike or indications of a hike in U.S. interest rates. The U.S. Dollar Index Futures chart is showing that traders expect a hike in interest rates soon.
A Triple Bearish Play Hits The Nasdaq
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After running in place for two months, the Nasdaq has started breaking down with momentum and money flow confirming.
A Triple Top For The Dow?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow appears to have made a triple top. Does this lead to a collapse, or....?
A Twist On The Arms Index by Harley D. Wilbur
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Twist On The Arms Index by Harley D. Wilbur The Arms index, which was originally known as TRIN (for trading index), utilizes up and down volume and advancing and declining issues for calculation. The indicator, which aims to identify possible turning
A Unified Theory Of The Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It sounds ambitious, but it's based on a simple premise
A Unified Theory Of The Markets: RSI And Dynamic Clip Levels
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As a follow-up to our recent article that presented a market model called the UTM, here we dive deeper into some of the details that are used as inputs to the model. This market model provides a perspective on the strength of the buying/selling forces an
A Unified Theory Of The Markets: Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The unified theory of the markets (UTM) model presented previously detects upcoming weakness and strength in the market. Here, we introduce a companion model focused on trend to help determine current trend strength and direction
A View Of 2004 From The Inside
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It was another great year for corporate insiders to cash in their company's stock, and they did so in a big way. It is important that the trader understand how insider signals work and under what conditions they generate the best results. Here&apo
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 Working Wave Count For The Greenback
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The correction in the US dollar since November 2005 looks to be more than halfway completed.
A Working Wave Count For The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A late June bottom sets the stage for the last move higher in the bull market that began in March.
A helping hand from the Arms Index by James Alphier and Bill Kuhn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A helping hand from the Arms Index by James Alphier and Bill Kuhn It was just about 20 years ago when Richard W. Arms, Jr. published in the pages of Barron's his new index number which combined upside and downside volume with the traditionally watched s
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
A simple variation of the moving average by Peter Aan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A simple variation of the moving average by Peter Aan General description: The Moving Average Direction System is trend-following; always in the market. Originator: Peter Aan Advantages: Profits from most significant trends; entry technique eliminates
A"map" for the trading jungle by Grant D. Noble
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A""map"" for the trading jungle by Grant D. Noble Most of the common methods used by traders can be classified under three main theories. Noble outlines these trading methods, then recommends a strategy for choosing those that best fit your trading styl
A(nother) Diamond In The Yen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can speculators anticipate the direction of a likely break from this diamond consolidation pattern?
AAPL Close To The Summit?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Apple Inc. are at all-time highs again, but this latest rally is fast approaching a likely cycle high.
AK Steel And The Near-Term Short Setup
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The broad markets hit a speed bump on June 14, 2010, setting up a number of interesting short-sale situations. Here's a look at one of the more promising plays.
ALTR: Relief Rally In The Midst Of A Larger Downtrend?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Altera fell by as much as 19% during its recent three-week slide; its latest rally looks to be of the bear market variety, with bigger declines ahead.
ALXN, The New Kid On The S&P 500 Block
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...ALXN has been added to the Standard & Poor's 500, and it has arrived as the new kid on the block, along with a lot of profit potential.
ALXN, The New Kid On The S&P 500 Block
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...ALXN has been added to the Standard & Poor's 500, and it has arrived as the new kid on the block, along with a lot of profit potential.
ALXN: Getting Overextended On The Upside?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Alexion Pharmaceuticals recently gapped sharply higher -- right into a key resistance zone.
APO: Bucking The Tide In A Sea Of Red
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a fundamentally attractive stock rallies strongly on a day when the broad markets are tumbling, traders and investors should take notice.
ARSI, The Asymmetrical RSI by Sylvain Vervoort
Adams Golf Starts The Year With Strong Gains
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This company gained about 20% in the first 10 trading days of 2012 and could be a buy even after that gain.
Adding Fuel To The Fire
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 now has potential to reach 1600 by the end of October. Here's why.
Adding The Human Element To Neural Nets by Jeffrey Owen Katz, Ph.D. with Donna L. McCormick
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Adding The Human Element To Neural Nets by Jeffrey Owen Katz, Ph.D., with Donna L. McCormick Is it possible to train a neural network to ""see"" the way you and I do? These Contributing Writers walk you through their research in selecting chart-based tr
Adding Volume To The Analysis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The whole purpose of technical analysis is to use past price and volume data to determine the future direction of a security or market. An analysis that does not include volume, however, is not a complete technical analysis. When volume is considered alo
Adding Volume To The Move-Adjusted Moving Average by Stephen Bisse
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:3 (38-41): Adding Volume To The Move-Adjusted Moving Average by Stephen Bisse In this second article of the series, we look at how adding volume can help identify large moves in one direction. In "Visiting MOMA," my previous
Adjusting A Long Call With The Synthetic Straddle by Chris Tyler
Adobe - Is The Acrobat Tiring?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After bottoming in 2009 Adobe soared more than 400% to its March 2014 peak just shy of $70. But its best days may be behind it based on what the technicals and fundamentals are saying.
Advanced Beginners And The Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Beginning traders and advanced beginning traders focus on the basics of trading to profit, while everyone else tends to chase the latest gimmick.
Advanced Micro Devices: A Pause In The Parabolic Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The price of this high-tech stock is in a consolidation phase in the daily time frame.
Aeropostale, A Shop For The Teens
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The DJIA is officially in a recession but the S&P/TSX Composite index of Canada is not, mainly due to the price of oil and gold. Today's teenagers have yet to find this out. Aeropostale is an example.
Affine Geometry Of The Markets by Viktor Likhovidov
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Affine Geometry Of The Markets by Viktor Likhovidov Think the market doesn't have a memory? Think again. bout five years ago, I came across an interesting article concerning the channeling behavior of market charts. I don't remember much about the arti
After The Big Drop, Is Silver A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Silver fell more than 20% last week, and bottom pickers must be wondering if it's due for a bounce. Testing says probably not.
After The Bubble, Cotton Offers A Lesson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While bulls and bears continue to debate the fate of silver, we can look at cotton to see what it looks like after the bubble bursts.
Aftermath Of The Bubble by Phil Abel
Alexander Elder: The Force Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The force index combines price and volume to provide you with the strength of bulls and bears both.
All About The Float
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The float in a stock is a number that is easily available along with other data, but do we pay enough attention to it in our analysis? Here's an in-depth look at float
Alltel Struggles on the Upside
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The rising wedge for AT reflects a feeble recovery that looks destine to fail.
Alternatives To Trading The SPY
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading the SPY is part of most traders' portfolios. But other vehicles are available with similar and even attractive attributes, and these trading opportunities are often overlooked. You might try substituting them into your SPY trading strategy, espec
Amazon - A Harbinger of the Bear?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Amazon has been a high-flyer over the last twelve years but is it now telling us that the worst is over for it and tech stocks?
Amazon Is About To Take The Market Higher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Pent-up consumer demand and a massive liquidity injection are about to fuel the greatest bull run you've ever seen with Amazon leading the way
American Axel & Manufacturing Inverse H&S In The Making
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It looks like an inverse head & shoulder formation in the making.
American Express & The Blue Chip Opportunity
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...All eyes are on the mega-tech companies lately, but blue chips are where the opportunity lies.
American Express (AXP) On The Slide
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...American Express, like so many other equities at this point, is getting ready to make a move downwards.
American Express and the BKX Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...American Express is looking like a good candidate for an upside break.
Amgen and the Engulfing Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sometimes there's a lot more going into a candlestick pattern than just the formation.
Amid The Gloom, Pockets Of Strength
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Amid The Gloom, Pockets Of Strength
An Advance Block For The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Standard & Poor's 500 is forming a head & shoulders top near the 200-day simple moving average. An advance block pattern is helping to complete the right shoulder.
An Ascending Triangle For The Aussie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With a big surge over the last two weeks, the Australian Dollar Index broke resistance levels in two time frames and looks as though it will be heading higher.
An Early Warning From the Broadening Formation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Last Thursday when Compuware Corporation (CPWR) tumbled from $11.10 on Wednesday's close to a low of $7.51 on Thursday many were wondering what happened. This 32% loss in one day demonstrates the fragility of today's markets.
An Elliott Wave Count Of The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The saying goes that one peek into the future is worth 1,000 finesses, so does our Elliott wave count give us that peek?
An Elliott Wave Look At The Canadian Income Trust Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The first rule in Elliott wave analysis? The wave count must look right.
An End Of The Bull Run For DJIA?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged to a neckline support. Will the index ignore the pattern and surge higher or will it break down?
An Intraday Diamond In The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A diamond top in the 60-minute S&P 500 chart sets the stage for a short-term correction in stocks.
An Intraday Flag In The Emini S&P
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 waved its freak flag high as an early morning bounce caught bears by surprise. Frantic short-covering ensued.
An Introduction To Options, Part 2: The Greek Variables
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Thinking of getting into option trading? In this article series, we are introducing some of the most important things to know to get started. Last time in part 1, we covered the components of option contracts and how options are used. This time, we'll lo
An Oversold Bounce For The Greenback
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Dollar Index shows signs of firming and looks ripe for an oversold bounce. However, the bigger trend is down--will resistance be around?
An Overview Of The TRIN
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The TRIN can help traders spot overbought and oversold market conditions.
An Update On Silver Standard Resources And The Underlying Commodity
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A potential bottom in silver prices and a similar setup in Silver Standard Resources could point to a good buying opportunity.
An Update On The Oil Services Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A test of this month's high will likely lead to an upside breakout for the Oil Services Index.
An Update On The Precious Metal Bullish Percent
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The precious metal bullish percent continues to hover below the 30 percent level. As such, the sector has yet to give a buy signal.
An ultimate oscillator program for the HP-41C(V) by Charles F. Johnson
Analyzing Price Action In The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What will the market do the next day? Short-term traders look for some hints that suggest which way prices will move. Here's one approach you can use to help determine what the next trading day's bias will be
Analyzing The S&P 500 Index Using Gann
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Hurricanes, hurricanes, hurricanes. As if the US economy doesn't have enough problems.
Analyzing indicators with the cells method by David R. Aronson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Analyzing indicators with the cells method by David R. Aronson Does a given technical indicator have predictive value or not? This fundamental question must be answered before using it to forecast market trends or as input to trading decisions. An intui
Analyzing the Market for a Winner
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A strategy to find a winner in the market using price and volume.
Anatomy Of A Trade: The One That Got Away
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Have you ever traded with exceptionally bad timing? Here's one to ponder
And Now, The Bears Take Center Stage
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fundamentals cannot be outrun in the market, and there are numerous factors that are creating big opportunities on the short side right now.
Andrew Addison of the Addison Report by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...INTERVIEW Simplicity for Simplicity's Sake: Andrew Addison Of The Addison Report by Thom Hartle In this increasingly complicated world, it's a comfort to hear that indicators don't have to be complicated to work well, as Andrew Addison of The Addison Re
Andrew Lo And The Future of Technical Analysis by J. Gopalakrishnan & B. Faber
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Andrew Lo And The Future of Technical Analysis by J. Gopalakrishnan & B. Faber Andrew Lo, who is the Harris & Harris Group Professor of Finance at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Sloan School of Management and director of MIT's Laborat
Another 35% Dip On The Horizon?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Watch out below! Markets took a dive early on Monday, May 22, 2000 following a week of selling due to interest rate woes created by the Federal Reserve Bank. Hold on tight- this could be a bumpy ride.
Another Bite Of The Apple
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Apple watch has proved to be a no-no, so Apple has reduced its retail price and brought out a smaller iPhone. Is this the winner?
Another Breakout For The Hang Seng
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Hang Seng Index has been moving higher for five years, and this trend looks set to continue after another resistance breakout.
Another Chance for the S&P 500?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A major bearish head & shoulders top pattern that began forming in 1998 is still alive and well, but a smaller version of its bullish twin is taking shape. Could it be sign that this bear market is about to turn or just another false alarm?
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 Look At The Gold Price
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the recent name calling and threats between President Trump, North Korea and Iran, another look at the gold price is necessary. Historically, gold has traded inversely to the US$ but this is no longer the case. Gold is becoming a hedge against world
Another Look At The Indexes
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The book emFire and Fury/em by Michael Wolff has taken over the news. Will it affect the market?
Another Look At The K-Wave
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Kondratieff Wave is a long-term economic cycle. How accurate is its prediction?
Another Look At The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are many bears out there. To what extent are they justified in their viewpoint?
Another Look at the Amex Gold Bugs Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On October 29, 2002, I wrote the article "Anyone for Gold?" In it, I used a triangle formation to help determine not only a target price, but a time target as well. Here's a look at what has happened since.
Another Negative For The US Dollar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On February 15, I argued that the US dollar has further to fall. Here is another chart and another argument that suggests just how low.
Apache Corp. on the Verge of Breaking Out
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Apache Corp. looks to be completing a bullish triangle formation, indicating a potential break to the upside. However, I would wait for confirmation before jumping in.
Apple Enters The Reversal Zone
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Apple led the market lower over the last two to three months, but recently, it entered a reversal zone. The correction could be nearing its end.
Apple Falling Farther From The Tree?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There has been much ado, primarily fundamentally driven, that the drop in Apple from its September 2012 highs is overdone. Technically speaking, however, here is a case that the correction still has a way to go.
Applied Technical Analysis, Part 1: The SCVolatility Band Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders need a foundational way to approach the markets, to know what to look for and for how to make buy and sell decisions. Here, we begin a new article series that will step you through this process, starting with applying very basic technical analysi
Applying The Chart Aspect Ratio
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Have you ever thought about aspect ratio when setting up your stock charts? Here we explore how to maintain the integrity of the aspect ratios so you can easily analyze charts, identify trends, and perform reliable technical pattern analysis
Applying The IRSTS Swing Trading Rules
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This seven-part series has thus far provided the components of the indicator rules for a swing trading strategy (IRSTS), from color-coding candlesticks to smoothing oscillators to creating an expert system. Now that all of the components have been detail
Applying The JM Strategy To Torrent Energy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the price of oil appearing to settle at the $50 level, all companies involved in energy have come under the spotlight.
Applying The Put/Call Ratio Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this third part of the series, you will find a trading method based on using the three put/call ratio indicators introduced in part 2.
Applying The Sector Rotation Model
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Two simple tools can help you incorporate the macro perspectives of the stock market in your technical analysis: the sector rotation model and the yield curve. Both are based on macro fundamentals, both have a technical application, and both have signals
Applying the Elliott Wave theory by Clarence J. Liataud
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Applying the Elliott Wave theory by Clarence J. Liataud The validity of the Elliott Wave theory can be proven by p applying its wave sequence to any long-range commodity or stock chart. The reason most analysts have trouble applying this theory while pr
Appreciating The Risk Of Ruin by Nauzer J. Balsara
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Appreciating The Risk Of Ruin by Nauzer J. Balsara Traders focus on developing trading rules and systems that identify market entry and exit points. A factor that is often overlooked is the percentage of trading capital available that is risked on trade
April: A Month Of Renewal For the SPX?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Statistically, April is one of the best-performing months for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). It could serve as a springboard for the market to break higher, and it could also take one stock, Carriage Services, even higher than the 75% return it
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.
Archiving The Experts by Jason S. Glazier
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Archiving The Experts by Jason S. Glazier If the experiential technical and fundamental knowledge of the stock experts were merged with the technical and fundamental buy/sell indicators found in books and software, a more accurate market prediction syst
Are 3D Printers On The Ropes?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even though the overall market has been relatively strong, the same can't be said for 3D printers.
Are Bond Yields The Canary In The Equity Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The flow of capital can show you where the next big macrotrend will appear, but only if you know how to use bond yields to time your trade.
Are Bond Yields The Canary In The Equity Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The flow of capital can show you where the next big macrotrend will appear, but only if you know how to use bond yields to time your trade.
Are Discretionary Trading Tools Worth The Money?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are dozens of companies that claim to have the best indicators and trading tools. Most fail to deliver. Here's a look at a set of discretionary trading tools that actually delivers what is promised.
Are Gold Shares On The Way Back?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gold shares are slowly starting to look like a good investment once again.
Are Higher Interest Rates On The Horizon?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Lehman 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (iShares) is showing signs of breaking down, which could signal higher interest rates down the road.
Are Managed Futures the Future? by Victor Sperandeo
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are Managed Futures The Future? by Victor Sperandeo This well-known money manager believes that managed futures should be a part of your portfolio. Here's why. Very little can drastically alter the economy and financial markets more than a change in mo
Are Office Supplies, The Paper Kind, An Indicator Of A Recovery?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...History has shown that when a stock market enters a recovery phase, more paper is used. The reason is simple; invoices, and writing on those invoices, use ink, pens, pencils and other such office supplies, and when that company uses recycled materials, t
Are Railroads Still On The Fast Track?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It may have been a challenging year for the economy but you would never know it by looking at railroad stocks.
Are The Averages in Gear? by Richard L. Evans
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are The Averages in Gear? by Richard L. Evans What is Dow theory really indicating when the industrial and transportation averages are out of sync? Here's a Dow theory specialist to clarify. One of Dow theory's main tenets and the basis of much modern-
Are The Dollar Bears Done?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Positive divergences in the MACD histogram and the stochastic suggest limited downside for the US dollar.
Are The Industrials Outperforming?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Relative strength analysis compares one stock or market to another to determine if that stock or market is out- or underperforming the stock or market it is being compared to. Here the industrial market sector is compared to the S&P 500 to determine
Are The Markets Random?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's the question of the ages. Are stock and commodity price movements random?
Are The Preferred Shares The Way To Go?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In today's collapsing market, yields of preferred shares are reaching astronomical levels.
Are The Preferred Shares The Way To Go?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In today's collapsing market, yields of preferred shares are reaching astronomical levels.
Are The QQQQs Close To Being A Short?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can the chart of the Qs tell us which way the market is going?
Are The Semiconductors Slip Sliding Away?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A negative divergence at the top of the January-February rally in the $SOX and SMH threaten further gains for this group.
Are You Betting With The Chips?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking at the daily, weekly and monthly charts for Intel Corporation [INTC] may provide some clues for future moves within the computer chip sector.
Are You Kidding? The Feelings Are Mutual
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How can you save money you don't have?
Armstrong World Industries: It's The Pattern, Not The Name, That Matters
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Different analysts can see different patterns in charts, but all analysts should agree on whether the patterns are bullish or bearish.
Armstrong World Industries: It's The Pattern, Not The Name, That Matters
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Different analysts can see different patterns in charts, but all analysts should agree on whether the patterns are bullish or bearish.
Aroon Points The Way
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Don't let the intimidating look of this indicator keep you from exploring its capabilities.
Aroon and the Nasdaq Composite
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While most indicators measure the amount of price change over time, Aroon measures the amount of time since an event has occurred.
Around The World In Trading Days
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Yes, it's possible. Here's how one trader traveled the world while continuing to make an income from his trading
Array Solar - Another New Solar Company Hits The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's been a busy year for new solar entrants. How many will survive and thrive remains to be seen.
As The Bond Turns by Alex Saitta
Ascending Triangles: The General Keeps on Marching
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An early warning for Dollar General (DG) shows up in an ascending triangle and fan line formations.
Ask Sherwin-Williams -- Will The Bull Continue?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Up by more than 85% since August 2011, shares of Sherwin-Williams may be poised to run even higher.
Asking The Trillion-Dollar Question: Will There Be A QE3?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...According to economist David Rosenberg, there is an 86% correlation between the size of the Federal Reserve balance sheet (read: stimulus programs) and the S&P 500. Quantitative Easing 2 ends in June. So what then?
Assessing risk on Wall Street part 2: Applying the Random Walk by Thomas A. Rorro
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Assessing risk on Wall Street part 2: Applying the Random Walk by Thomas A. Rorro The Random Walk theory lets the investor evaluate the risk of an investment before the investment is made. In the first article in this three-part series, the potential pr
Assessing the Fall FAANG Bite
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stormy seas tossed stock markets this fall, and were especially rough on market-leading tech stocks. And there are signs that the worst might not yet be over.
At The Close
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It all began with manual trading, when you had to send a request to a broker or be present at the exchange every time you needed to place an order. With the later development of information technologies, users adapted to the possibilities of
At The Close
At The Close
At The Close by Adrienne Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At The Close by Adrienne Toghraie When is it too soon or too late? How much is too much or not enough? Some of the most important questions that a trader must address have to do with getting the timing and the amount just right. There is an art to find
At The Close by Brandon H. VanLandingham
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Has this ever happened to you? You go long the market or a particular security and it immediately goes down; you go short and it immediately goes up. That is two back-to-back losses. Now extremely anxious, you ignore your trading rules and skip the
At The Close by Brian Twomey
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At The Close by Brian Twomey This indicator can be used with great reliability to catch moves in the currency markets. Doug Schaff, president and founder of FX Strategy, created the Schaff trend cycle indicator in the 1990s. It is the product of more
At The Close by Dan Altman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At The Close by Dan Altman Is Trading Right For You? If you are interested in becoming a trader, this is a very important question to ask yourself. ost traders new to the business don't ask themselves if trading is right for them. They may assume t
At The Close by Danish Kapur
At The Close by Dennis D. Peterson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:10 (97-98): At The Close by Dennis D. Peterson Chart Analysis Trying to anticipate market support and resistance requires practice and knowing a few rules. Let's take a look at the QQQQs. First, it's obvious from Figure 1 tha
At The Close by Dennis Peterson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:9 (98): At The Close by Dennis Peterson Trading The Qs One way to trade the NASDAQ Composite is to trade the QQQQ (NASDAQ 100 exchange traded fund). In recent days, trading out of my IRA has been challenging, since I can't sh
At The Close by Don Bright
At The Close by Don Bright
At The Close by Donald Pendergast
At The Close by Donald W. Pendergast Jr
At The Close by Eliot Brenner
At The Close by J.L. Lord
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 25:6 (98, 97): At The Close by J.L. Lord New Margin Rules (Part I) On April 2, 2007, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) granted permission to the retail brokerage industry to adopt margin requirements in the style of t
At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:12 (130, 116): At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan Forex Trading And Technical Indicators Jeff Hughes is a self-taught technical trader of stocks who recently entered the foreign exchange (forex) market for the first time
At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:9 (98): At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan The S&P 500 has done a good job staying above its 50- day moving average since May 18, 2005 (Figure 1). There was only one day (7/07/05) when it hit a point below the MA, but tha
At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:10 (130, 118): At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan How did the markets open today? For the last four months, I've been watching market movements in the e-minis. After all, they are a popular trading instrument, and one tha
At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:12 (98): At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan Continuing from last month's look at crude oil contracts, we did experience some easing in crude oil prices. The 40-day moving average turned down, the upward sloping trendline
At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:6 (98, 88): At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan The Standard & Poor's 500 index has not really been doing much of late to get excited about. If you look at the daily chart of the index in Figure 1, you will see that it has
At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:11 (130, 116): At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan Just when I think I have a system in place and have it all figured out, the market pulls a fast one on me. Just when everything is moving along in one direction, something
At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:7 (97): At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan It doesn't hurt to remember that the simplest of indicators can provide a great deal of information. I'm looking at the daily chart of the Standard & Poor's 500 index when I say
At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:8 (98, 82): At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan Here's an informal question and answer with Sohail Asghar, president of PennyStockAction.com and a pioneer of two independent home-based activities, penny stock trading and s
At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:3 (110, 100): At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan In my February 2005 column, I hinted about coming up with In a new trading system. That was because the number of trades I was making per month had dwindled to one or two --
At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:4 (98): At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan So far, the 50-day moving average on the Standard & Poor's 500 chart has been acting as a good support level during February (Figure 1). Not only is it acting as a support, it ha
At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:11 (98): At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan For reasons that are obvious (think prices at the gas pump if you're confused), I have been watching the action in the crude oil market recently. Given that haven't seen prices
At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:1 (130, 116): At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan With the Presidential elections behind us, the "uncertainty factor" that was so often talked about for several months is no longer an excuse for the market's unpredictable
At The Close by Jeffrey P. Seyler
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 25:4 (98, 96): At The Close by Jeffrey P. Seyler An Update On Single-Stock Futures Now that single-stock futures (SSF) have been trading for more than four years, we have had an opportunity to see how they have developed and obs
At The Close by John A. Sarkett
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At The Close by John A. Sarkett Here's a turbocharged option strategy. Francisco Antonio Urrutia, a former banker with a penchant for a single index option and risk management, has been generating stupendous returns for the past three years. In this ni
At The Close by John McKinnon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At The Close by John McKinnon Do you know how you will react under specific circumstances? Do your emotions keep getting in the way? Sometimes, the market is described as a living organism with a personality all its own. In an effort to understand this
At The Close by Koos van der Merwe
At The Close by L.A. Little
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At The Close by L.A. Little The Measure Of A Trader What makes a successful trader? IN 1973, Burton Malkiel published a book titled A Random Walk Down Wall Street, where he argued that asset prices typically exhibit signs of random walk behavior and
At The Close by L.A. Little
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At The Close by L.A. Little The name of Charles Ponzi, the Boston financier and swindler, has come to symbolize the idea of fraudulent investment operations where investors are paid handsome returns by subsequent investors rather than from profits. This
At The Close by Marge Sherald
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:8 (98): At The Close by Marge Sherald What do you think of when you think "cocoon"? Is it small, fetal, round, cozy ? formative? When trader Kenneth Branch uses the term, more often than not he uses it in regard to trading, in
At The Close by Moses Sanchez
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At The Close by Moses Sanchez Many people can be grouped into one of two categories. I am an eternal optimist while my wife is pessimistic and we complement each other perfectly. Investors or traders need to know which category they fall into and acknow
At The Close by Sam Baum
At The Close by Sarp Cercioglu
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At The Close by Sarp Cercioglu Although a general understanding of the intermarket dynamics between the credit and equity markets exists in the investment world, it really hasn't gone beyond the axiom of "What's good for bonds is bad for stocks and vice
At The Close by Teresa Lo
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At The Close by Teresa Lo Looked At Market Sentiment Lately? The volatile markets make for uneasy market participants. Keep a calm, cool, collected eye out and don't get swept away by the hysteria of the crowds. IN the summer of 2002, market partici
At The Close by Thomas Bulkowski
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At The Close by Thomas Bulkowski Here's a handy set of tips on what to look for in a stock to add to your portfolio. Traders and investors are always shopping for bargain stocks. When you log onto your favorite website and see that the price of a stoc
At The Close by Tony Juste
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:4 (98): At The Close by Tony Juste Expectations Of A Rangebound Market Expectations have tremendous importance in the decisions of speculators, and that may lead them to ignore other variables of the market. Here's a recent s
At The Close by Vikrant Goyal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:6 (97, 96): At The Close by Vikrant Goyal A Sweet Report Sugar prices are moving up after a lull of a quarter century. Will history repeat itself? Since 1966, global sugar prices have seen two major boom? bust cycles. Remarka
At The Close by Wallace Wang
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At The Close by Wallace Wang It can be done, and here's how. It's a fact of modern-day life that no matter what kind of computer you use today, you're going to have to replace it tomorrow. Most traders these days are probably using Windows XP, but if y
At The Close by Wayne Whaley
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At The Close by Wayne Whaley Can a simple and popular strategy such as the 200-day moving average crossover outperform a buy & hold strategy? The trend is your friend" is one of the first rules in trading. Given the big moves in commodities in 2009, I
At The Close by William Ferree
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At The Close by William Ferree Where Do Indexes Reverse? Those big round numbers have an influence on prices?sometimes great, and sometimes (surprisingly) not so great. Big round numbers, those with a single digit followed by zeroes, obviously have an
At The Close: New Margin Rules (Part II) by J.L. Lord
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At The Close: New Margin Rules (Part II) by J.L. Lord New Margin Rules (Part II) AS I wrote in the June 2007 issue of STOCKS & COMMODITIES, while the new margin rules are a powerful addition to retail traders, they do not imply there is free money to b
At The Close: Sugar: Beyond The Bear Market by John Rose
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At The Close: Sugar: Beyond The Bear Market by John Rose Sugar: Beyond The Bear Market On May 9, 2006, the New York Board of Trade sponsored its first sugar convention in New York City. The event was well attended, and many of the major players in the
At The Close: Sugar: Beyond The Bear Market by John Rose
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At The Close: Sugar: Beyond The Bear Market by John Rose Sugar: Beyond The Bear Market On May 9, 2006, the New York Board of Trade sponsored its first sugar convention in New York City. The event was well attended, and many of the major players in the
At The Close: Understanding The Trading Enviornment by Joseph J. Mertes
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At The Close: Understanding The Trading Enviornment by Joseph J. Mertes Spending time to assess the market environment you are trading is a good habit to develop. I have a lot of trading experience from trading -- some good, some bad, but great lessons
At The Close: Understanding The Trading Enviornment by Joseph J. Mertes
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At The Close: Understanding The Trading Enviornment by Joseph J. Mertes Spending time to assess the market environment you are trading is a good habit to develop. I have a lot of trading experience from trading -- some good, some bad, but great lessons
Auction Market Theory And The Longer Time Frame by Donald Jones
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Auction Market Theory And The Longer Time Frame by Donald Jones Last issue, I provided an overview of Auction Market Theory. Two important facts should be kept in mind as I discuss the next stage, applying the theory: First, markets are not correlated o
AutoZone At The Tipping Point
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sometimes one of the leaders in a market starts showing signs of trouble. What does that imply going forward?
Avoid the call-writing hazard by Jerry Kopf
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Avoid the call-writing hazard by Jerry Kopf An option may sometimes be a good buy. Other times it may be a good sale. Sometimes you should buy long term, sell near term. Sometimes the opposite should be done. To participate in the market without the abi
Avoiding The Alternative Minimum Tax
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How did a plan to make the rich pay their fair share of taxes turn into a nightmare for average investors?
Avoiding The Herd Mentality In Forex by Todd Gordon, CMT
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:13 (58-60): Avoiding The Herd Mentality In Forex by Todd Gordon, CMT Careful analysis of the technicals along with a good dose of logic and common sense will help you become a more successful foreign exchange trader. There wa
Avoiding The Margin Call
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's tempting to trade on margin, but there are a few facts you need to know before opening a margin account.
Avoiding The Pitfalls Of Historical Data
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Testing a trading strategy depends on handling the data correctly. How do price shocks figure into the historical data
BAM Holds Back The Breakout Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The breakout of Brookfield Asset Management shows a reluctance to surge higher.
BID-ding Down The Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sotheby's has proven to be a reliable proxy of a bubble in markets, and it's just taken another hit.
BOSO And The S&P 500 Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When does momentum really matter?
BOSO Plays In The Diamonds And QQQQs Keep Climbing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Overbought markets continue to bring gains to early adopters.
Back Testing The Daily Sentiment Index by Lee Ang
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V13:06: (255-259): Back Testing The Daily Sentiment Index by Lee Ang Market traders and advisors use sentiment surveys as a tool to identify extreme bullishness or bearishness. Here, then, is one trader's research into identifying what the best levels o
Back To The August Lows?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Failing new year-to-date highs in the Industrials, the next Dow theory event could well be a test of the August lows.
Back to the CRB's Bullish Flag
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bullish flag in the commodities index is back. Will higher commodity prices return, as well?
Baker Hughes Turning On The Afterburners
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Incredibly, some stocks, even after a sustained run higher, still appear to have plenty of fire beneath them, propelling them higher.
Balancing Act In The QQQ
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the Nasdaq 100 Index gets ready to replace some of its poor performers with new prospects, where is it positioned, technically speaking?
Band Of The Handheld PCs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You can take notes! You can play games! You can access the Internet! You can get your E-mail -- and you can even be fashionable as you do it all. The newest offerings represent the bargains, best buys, and things to come in the growing market for handhel
Banks Poised To Resume The Uptrend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is the banking index with a wave 5 projection.
Battling The Bear
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sooner or later, markets slump into extended downturns that can last for months or even years. How your portfolio emerges from the chaos of a declining market has everything to do with what you do before -- and after -- the bear arrives.
Battling The Futures With Larry Levin
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Larry Levin is president and founder of Trading Advantage, a firm specializing in trading education. Trading Advantage has made it its mission to teach students to trade online. We spoke with him about what it takes to start trading futures.
Be Ready For The End Of The Recession
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With economists now predicting that the recession should be brief and shallow, traders may want to consider relative strength strategies to be ready to profit from the recovery.
Be Ready For The End Of The Recession
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With economists now predicting that the recession should be brief and shallow, traders may want to consider relative strength strategies to be ready to profit from the recovery.
Beans In The Teens by Emil van Essen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - Beans In The Teens Most years about this time, there's an opportunity in soybeans. by Emil van Essen I t's about that time of year again, when soybean traders wake up and wonder whether this will be the spring
Bear Hunting In The Canadian Currency
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking for a long-term bear market that's showing signs of reversal? Try the USD/CAD currency pair.
Bear-Baiting & The Dogs Of The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Investing in high-yield, low-priced Dow stocks has been a winning game for years -- with the emphasis on "has been."
Bear-Baiting & The Dogs Of The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Investing in high-yield, low-priced Dow stocks has been a winning game for years -- with the emphasis on "has been."
Bearish Chart Patterns - The Gap, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Price patterns and relative performance hint this stock could be trending down.
Bearish Developments In The Dow Utilities
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow utilities average is trading well above its October low, but three bearish developments point to a test of this low in the future.
Bearish Failure Swing For The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow suffered its largest two-day decline since 26-Sept and a key momentum oscillator flashed a sell signal. Even though the near-term outlook is cloudy, any decline from current levels would still be deemed a correction within a larger uptrend.
Bearish Months For The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Could September and October 2019 be down months for US stocks?
Bearish mMm Pattern Breaks The Greenback/Swissy Down
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A break below support at the 50-day EMA and a confirming close make for a lower USD/CHF.
Beat The Breakout: Histogram Patterns Anticipate The Move Higher In High-Grade Copper
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Wouldn't you rather already be long when the market breaks out?
Beat The Breakout: Histogram Patterns Anticipate The Move Higher In High-Grade Copper
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Wouldn't you rather already be long when the market breaks out?
Beat The Business Cycle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Intermarket analysis has been around for a while, and bears occasional review.
Beat The Dow With The Dogs Of The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Want to know how you can beat one of the broader market indexes? Here's a strategy you can follow.
Beat The Dow With The Dogs Of The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Want to know how you can beat one of the broader market indexes? Here's a strategy you can follow.
Beat The Dow With The Dogs Of The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Want to know how you can beat one of the broader market indexes? Here's a strategy you can follow.
Beat The House!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is this just the universal cry of gamblers, or what the bear market is doing to casino and gaming stocks?
Beat The Markets With McNeel And Lynch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Two viewpoints, both resulting in spectacular gains.
Beat the Market with Cyclicals by Paul and Carole Huebotter
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...""The new Dow strategy"" outlined here is a method to pick a 10-stock portfolio to outperform both the Dow 30 and the well-known Dow dividend strategy. Take a look. by Paul and Carole Huebotter Economists maintain that the markets are too efficient for
Beat the market with no-load mutual funds by Gary Zin, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Beat the market with no-load mutual funds by Gary Zin, Ph.D. In the past, I have invested in mutual funds based on their long-term performance, typically requiring that a fund's five-year history exceed the compounded return of Standard & Poor's 500-sto
Beating The Benchmark by Roberto Chahin
Beating The Currency Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It may seem impossible, but it can be done. Find out how.
Beating The Indexes Using Fundamental Analysis In Long-Term Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is it possible to beat the market indexes and generate alpha returns by using fundamental analysis and company reports? Here's a look
Beating The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is it possible? Here's a simple trend-following approach that can beat the market over time and should be considered as part of any investor's plan.
Beating The Market With An Expert Trading System by Jerry Felsen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Beating The Market With An Expert Trading System by Jerry Felsen A mathematically provable trading system (MPTS) can be defined as a trading method for which superior expected performance can be proved scientifically. I measure system performance by mea
Before the chartbook by Raymond J. Kaider
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Before the chartbook by Raymond J. Kaider To the active trader of futures and futures options, sitting down in front of a chartbook or computer for a round of technical analysis can be a most promising endeavor. The fact is, though, that the average sma
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
Bel-20 Bucks The Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite weakness in French and German stocks, the Belgian stocks are finding a bid as the Bel-20 breaks symmetrical triangle resistance.
Belt Holds Bolster The Dollar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A pair of bullish belt hold patterns in the greenback suggest near-term strength.
Ben's Fake-out Or Why You Must Trust the Chart
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sometimes when you look at a chart, you see what has happened recently and this informs your decision about what should happen next. This decision then determines how you subsequently trade and can result in costly mistakes, especially in the case of the
Benefits Of The "Poor Man's Covered Cal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's an option trading strategy that can be useful for the retail investor with a modest-sized account who would like to be able to benefit from gains in an underlying stock's price appreciation without actually owning the stock
Best Buy: The Bid Is A Lonely Hunter
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While some may have longed for a head and shoulders bottom, the July breakdowns in Best Buy add to the saga of retail's woes.
Better Than The Exchange Traded Fund
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Exchange traded funds are designed to follow the indexes. Here is a product that could be an ETF, but performs better.
Betting On The Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A 50-plus point decline in the S&P 500 leaves traders looking for clues on when to climb back in.
Between The Lines Of Rectangle Patterns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It’s an area of indecision -- are the bulls in control or bears?
Beware The Bear
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Earnings have been impressive, but stocks seem to be struggling. Let's have a closer look.
Beware The Greeks by Ron Ianieri
Beware The Hanging Man
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Deere & Co (DE) had been in an uptrend for much of the past year like many other industrials. But with the recent hangman candlestick pattern formation, it is time to reassess DE's bull trend.
Beyond The Hull With Leavitt Projections
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...They're predictive and have no lag. What are these indicators and where can you find them
Big Blue Is On The Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...IBM has recently broken above its $90.00 resistance area. How far will it go?
Big Development In The Works For TDG
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...TransDigm Group Inc. has been riding the aerospace industry momentum but is now the time to enter? And, if not, when?
Biogen Returns To The Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After breaking resistance with a gap and a surge in April, Biogen Idec returned to the scene of the crime. This level should offer support.
Biotech To The Future!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With gene-based medicines, tissue regeneration, and cutting-edge treatments for cancer and HIV, biotechnology promises a revolution in medicine. Are there opportunities for investors as well?
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
Bob Evans Resumes The Moves
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Restarting the previous rally after a range-bound move during consolidation is essential for an existing trend. BOBE has moved out of a long consolidation period and now is headed to new target of $42.
Bollinger Band Signal Brewing On The Nasdaq
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Nasdaq advance since mid-August is beginning to stall out and the index is on the verge of a Bollinger Band sell signal.
Bombardier B Shares and the Red/Green Trading Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Another look at a trading methodology based on historical highs and lows.
Boost Your Strategy Development Part 2: The SMAC Optimizer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading strategies usually involve adjustable parameters, and trading strategy development involves optimizing those parameters to find the best inputs and variables for the most profitable results. Here is a look at using the SMAC optimizer algorithm fo
Boost Your Strategy Development, Part 1: The Optimizer Contest
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading strategies usually involve adjustable parameters, and trading strategy development involves optimizing those parameters to find the best inputs and variables for the most profitable results. Here is an overview of some available optimizer types,
Bottom Fishing & The Ugly Double Bottom Setup
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Profiting from bottom fishing is notoriously difficult, but this setup may help
Bottom Fishing The Right Way
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Under Armour, Inc. (UA) fell on hard times, but if you approached bottom fishing from a trader's perspective you could have made out like a bandit.
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.
Bounce Likely In The R2K: Fact Or Fib?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Now that the market's fear factor is back in force, skilled technicians can use Fibonacci time cycles and EMA support to locate low-risk countertrend trade setups.
Break Out The Cigars - It's A Flag!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...August was a period of consolidation for the market. Two patterns were in the process of forming, one bullish and one bearish. Score one for the bulls!
Breakaway Gaps At The Top: Selling Plays
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using candlestick patterns and indicator divergences can help traders reinforce their assessment when trying to identify breakaway gaps.
Breaking Out Of The Trading Range by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Breaking Out Of The Trading Range by John Sweeney Some blessed day, after being mired in a trading range for two years, your market is going to finally go into a trend. You must be there when it does, not trading something else or, worse, ignoring it fr
Breaking Ranks With The Bears
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the market now breaking ranks with the bears? Recoveries are usually multifaceted, integrating candlestick reversal patterns, trend changes, chart patterns, indicators, moving averages, and divergences. If this is a legitimate turnaround, we should se
Breakout Under Threat For The S&P MidCap Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P MidCap Index broke flag resistance a week ago but quickly met resistance. This breakout is up for a big test. Will it hold?
Breakouts, Directional Movement, And The DJIA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A shift in positive directional movement accompanies a breakout in the Dow Jones industrials.
Breakouts, Pullbacks, And Gaming The 2B
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Another mild post-breakout pullback for the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index provides an opportunity to see 2B tops in action as short-term countertrend plays.
Bristol Myers Squibb And The Long Congestion
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Prices are engaged in a very long congestion. The breakout should develop a volatile and directional move in the short term.
Brookfield Renewable Partners LP - Trending Against The Odds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This renewable energy stock has been fighting market headwinds. But can it keep up the pace?
Builders, Lenders: Next In The Falling Knife Saga
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Previously, we looked at home builders to see if calls that the industry had bottomed might have some merit. We concluded that the worst was not over. This time, we take another look at the industry but include lenders to see what the charts are saying.
Bullish Belt Holds Bolster The Bears
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A series of bullish belt hold candlesticks have materialized on the daily chart of the VIX reinforcing a new base of support. But will these bullish belt holds bolster the bears?
Bullish Breakout For The Triple Q's
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Nasdaq 100 Shares recently broke out of a bullish trading range, indicating the likelihood for further price appreciation in the near-term.
Bullish Or Bearish Pattern For The U.S. Dollar Index?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The U.S. Dollar Index has temporarily bottomed out but is the recent action indicative of a move higher?
Bullish Percent is a Good Barometer of the Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bullish percent is the percentage of stocks that are on buy signals at any given point in time. By watching for certain patterns, investors can interpret what type of market - bull or bear - we are in before it is too late.
Bullish Signs Abound For The Oil Services Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Lackluster performance by oil service stocks the past year has done little to attract investors but looking at the bigger picture, this is one place you will want to be when all is said and done.
Bullish/Bearish Percentages and the DJIA by Christopher Cadbury
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bullish/Bearish Percentages and the DJIA by Christopher C. Cadbury Curious about how state of mind plays a role in trading? This author has studied investment surveys that detail bullish and bearish states of mind of advisors and investors and he has id
Bulls And The Contrarian Play
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Pessimism is rising as investors sour on the current market, but that extreme pessimism coupled with key technical factors may signal a bullish trend.
Buy On The Dips
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sell in May and go away. That is the rule, but this May, you may want to stay at home and buy as the market corrects.
Buy On The Dips
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Elliott wave theory states that after a major WAVE V, an ABC correction occurs. A WAVE A on a daily chart usually corrects in five waves down to the low price of WAVE IV.
Buy The Biotech Hype?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Inundated with calls to invest in biotech stocks? There are a few technical reasons why waiting shouldn't be the hardest part.
Buy The Open, Sell The Close
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If fast-paced day trading is too hectic for your preference, and swing trading is too slow, then you may want to look at the strategy outlined in this month's column
Buy The Open, Sell The Close
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If fast-paced day trading is too hectic for your preference, and swing trading is too slow, then you may want to look at the strategy outlined in this month's column
Buy The Rumor ...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS......Sell on the news. Is this still the case?
Buying At The Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Over the years, I have learned that the simplest strategies always give the best results. Here is a strategy that I read about recently that was so underemphasized, it almost slipped by me unnoticed. I have tested it, improved on it, and I must say, it
Buying Into The Nasdaq On A Dip
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One of the key elements of swing trading and the lowest risk method of trading is buying on a retracement to the main trend. The Nasdaq composite has been correcting for the last few days -- at which levels should you buy back in?
Buying The Dips
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The oldest trick in the trend trading book provides entries in Apple.
Buying The Loonie As A Stock Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using ETFs, stock traders can take advantage of currency trends.
Buying The Lows, Selling The Highs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are tools to help you handle the temptations of top and bottom picking.
Buying The Lows, Selling The Highs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are tools to help you handle the temptations of top and bottom picking.
Buying The OIH Pullback
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is there ever a good reason to average down?
Buying The Optimal Moneyness
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market is ready to make a move. You feel it. You see it. It is time to buy options. What moneyness will you choose? In, at, or out? Here's part 1 of 2.
Buying The Santa Claus Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After earning a very small profit on a seasonal Thanksgiving trade, we look at how to profit from Wall Street's legendary holiday bullishness.
CAN SLIM II: The Gold At The End Of The Rainbow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Now that you have the CAN, try rearranging your alphabet.
CAN SLIM II: The Gold At The End Of The Rainbow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Now that you have the CAN, try rearranging your alphabet.
CAN SLIM II: The Gold At The End Of The Rainbow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Now that you have the CAN, try rearranging your alphabet.
CDE: When The Levee Breaks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As anticipated, the smart money -- in one of the most volatile precious metals mining stocks of all -- finally made their move on Election Day.
CLB On The Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A year ago, this stock fell apart and was dismissed by Wall Street but, now, the Street is taking notice again and so should you.
CLDX: Plenty Of Warning Before The Plunge
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Up by nearly 450% in 17 months - prior to today's plunge -shares of Celldex Therapeutics had given prior warning that its latest parabolic rise was unsustainable.
CME Euro FX Continuous Contract: Is The Trend Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The study of relationships between range and volume provides a valuable insight to market conditions.
CORNERSTONE OF TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: The Dow Theory by Timothy A. Maguire
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...CORNERSTONE OF TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: The Dow Theory by Timothy A. Maguire ""The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance."" (Samuel Adams, 1771) Historical Perspective Charles
CRASH As In The Movie, Not The Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The chart hinted at the surprise win on the last trading day before the Academy Awards.
CRASH As In The Movie, Not The Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The chart hinted at the surprise win on the last trading day before the Academy Awards.
Calculating Interest With the Rule of 72 by Raymond Rothschild
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Calculating Interest With the Rule of 72 by Raymond Rothschild Despite the convenience these days of computers, business calculators and the like, it is often desirable to perform some calculations either mentally or using pencil and paper. After all, o
Call The S&P 500 With Gann And Elliott
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When W.D. Gann passed away, he left a study full of papers containing reams of research. He earnestly believed that man's emotions were ruled by planetary and mathematical influences; the planetary research is pooh-poohed by many today as crazy, bu
Callaway Golf Hits For The Green
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We all know that Callaway Golf Co. makes golf clubs, competing with Taylor Made, which is probably the most popular.
Calling The Tune In The Gold Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Just about everyone seems to be aware of the longrunning uptrend in the gold market, one that is now about 10 years old. Gold market traders, on the other hand, realize that the shorter-term swings and cycles in this highly emotional commodity are
Calling The Tune In The Gold Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Just about everyone seems to be aware of the longrunning uptrend in the gold market, one that is now about 10 years old. Gold market traders, on the other hand, realize that the shorter-term swings and cycles in this highly emotional commodity are
Can GME Continue The Rally?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gamestop Corp. is standing in strong support, waiting for the breakout. Will this rally establish the support and move ahead?
Can Members Of Congress Beat The Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Congress passed the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, commonly known as the STOCK Act, to help curb potential or apparent trading by members of Congress based on inside or confidential information they may possess. But have memb
Can Support Hold In The SPX?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The SPX touched on support on October 4 and then rallied. Now, the question is: Will it hold?
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 GBP/USD Currency Pair Go Much Lower?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The GBPUSD currency pair has been in a strong downtrend since mid-July. Lately, an important line was broken. Is this a signal for more short-selling?
Can The GDP Move The Market Higher?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The latest GDP numbers are now out and they were better than expected. Investors are starting to get optimistic about the economy, but will the positive GDP data move the stock market higher?
Can The GDP Move The Market Higher?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The latest GDP numbers are now out and they were better than expected. Investors are starting to get optimistic about the economy, but will the positive GDP data move the stock market higher?
Can The U.S. Dollar Index Make An Upleg?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the markets surged upwards last week many traders were anticipating the USD to follow with its own bounce.
Can The US Dollar Rally Last?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US dollar tends to trend reliably across time frames, but is this new daily chart rally just a minor retracement of an emerging downtrend or is the bull run that began in December 2009 starting to reassert itself?
Can The Utilities Hold Up?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As a head and shoulders top threatens the utilities HOLDRS, are utilities stocks experiencing a Hound of the Baskervilles moment?
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?
Can You Predict the Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You may not be a rocket scientist, but you'd feel like one if you could see the downturns and upturns in the market, using this form of analysis.
Can You Profit From The Energy Crisis?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...From telecommunications to electric power, deregulation in the utilities industry is opening up a wealth of opportunities - and challenges - for retail investors.
Can You Stay In The Game?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How much capital should you stake on a single investment? Use the 2% rule to reduce your risk.
Can't Beat The Banks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A breakout in the banking index suggests more upside is possible for the financial sector.
Canadian Solar Energy Is On the Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In the last year, CSIQ jumped more than 4000%. To paraphrase the great Winston Churchill, is this the end, the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning for this solar powerhouse?
Candlestick Corner - The Engulfing Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This major reversal pattern is simple to use. You don't even need additional indicators. Find out how.
Candlestick Filtering: The Stochastics
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The DJ Internet Commerce Index prints a relative top and moves to the downside to test previous lows.
Candlestick Warning For The NASDAQ Composite
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The high-tech index looks vulnerable here. A downturn would not be a surprise, but what are the targets?
Candlesticks And The Haguro Method
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As technical traders, we must always consult the market. Here's a method that sets clear support & resistance levels and can be used to trade futures, equities, and forex pairs.
Candlesticks And The J-Hook
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Combine candlestick signals with technical patterns.
Candlesticks And The Method Of 3 by Gary S. Wagner and Bradley L. Matheny
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Candlesticks And The Method Of 3 by Gary S. Wagner and Bradley L. Matheny Various uses of the number three, a number of importance in Japanese culture as well as Western culture, can be seen prominently throughout candlestick technique and particularly
Candlesticks For The Wise
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The engulfing formation, three black crows, and three white advancing soldiers, along with few more candlestick patterns can make trading more interesting and more profitable.
Candlesticks Show Strength In The Sterling
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A number of factors in candlesticks help identify the strength of the present or forthcoming rally.
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
Capturing Opportunity By Fading The News
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is there an opportunity to sell a rally following a stock upgrade or other bullish news on a company? Here's a test to find out
Carry Trade On The Comeback Trail?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Back in the good old days before the financial crisis hit head-on, the financial media was rife with stories of how international players were winning big in the carry-trade game. That all changed when the meltdown came, but there are signs that the much
Catch The Swings With Arthur Hill
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Arthur Hill, CMT, is the senior technical analyst for StockCharts.com and an independent trader. In 1997, Hill launched TDTrader.com, a website specializing in technical analysis and swing trading. It was acquired by StockCharts.com in 1999, where today
Catching The Big Moves With Harry Boxer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Harry Boxer, founder of TheTechTrader.com, has more than 45 years of Wall Street investment and technical analysis experience, including eight years on Wall Street as chief technical analyst with three brokerage firms. Boxer is a featured guest on many f
Catching The Falling Knife
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Buying a market that is in freefall is often an intriguing idea. Do the wisdoms hold up surrounding the adage that you should never try to "catch a falling knife"? Here's a case study for considerati
Caterpillar And The Dow Theory
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are many methods available in determining the trend of an individual security or market index. One such method is the Dow Theory.
Caterpillar Leads The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Caterpillar led the Dow industrials higher in November and continues to show leadership with a breakout to new highs.
Cattle Turns The Corner
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Daily charts in both live and feeder cattle suggest a pause in the commodities' bull runs.
Changing The Trader's Mindset
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Reorienting a mindset for specific trading components requires understanding your current one, knowing what leads to trading success, identifying what needs to be changed, and developing a plan during trading activity. So how do you do it?
Changing tides in the investment software market by Thomas A. Rorro
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Changing tides in the investment software market by Thomas A. Rorro Remarkably, the investment software industry is on the threshold of a major transition. In the near future, it will no longer be economical to buy investment software. Instead you will
Channeling The Dollar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A pair of trend channels guides the greenback higher.
Channels In The Forex Markets by Gareth Burgess
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The foreign exchange markets are an arena of competing forces constantly in conflict with each other. The markets are torn apart by worry, uncertainty, doubt, fear and greed, not to mention profit. As a consequence, many traders get shaken out
Chart The Market, Control Your Future
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Take control of your 401(k) by using this form of analysis.
Chart The Market, Control Your Future (II)
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With a few charts and this simple technique, you can manage your 401(k).
Charter Communications Inc. And The Golden Touch Of Paul Allen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Although Paul Allen is majority stock holder in this company, it still has experienced significant losses in its stock value. Is it now on the rebound? A breakout from a triangle formation gives shareholders some hope.
Charting The Future With Scott Brown
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Scott Brown, president of MetaStock, has been with the company for more than 13 years, working in almost every department and playing a key role in the development of MetaStock versions 8, 9, 10, and 11. In 2013, he navigated the divestiture of MetaStock
Charting The Market by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:10 (58-61): Charting The Market by David Penn Writing in Commodities Magazine back in 1980, technical analyst Donald Lambert observed that: Many commodities exhibit some type of cyclical or seasonal price pattern. But the com
Charting The Market by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:12 (70-71): Charting The Market by David Penn CHANNELLING If one trendline is good, are two trendlines better? That's one way of summing up the attraction many people have with channeling and trend channels. A technician coul
Charting The Market by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Charting The Market by David Penn TRIX Long, long ago, in a bull market era that now seems far, far away (that is, 1983), a technical analyst by the name of Jack K. Hutson was trying to tease out of his computer a solution to the "drudgery" of trading.
Charting The Market by David Penn
Charting The Market by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Charting The Market by David Penn TRENDLINES First job? first car? first love? There is always something to be said for what comes first. Even if your first job was as stimulating as manual labor on a Virginia plantation, your first car an always-broke
Charting The Market by David Penn
Charting The Market by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Charting The Market by David Penn ON-BALANCE VOLUME Interviewed by BusinessWeek magazine late in the spring of 2002, legendary market forecaster and technical analyst Joseph Granville was asked, "Does technical analysis still work?" The journalist fur
Charting The Market by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Charting The Market by David Penn MOVING AVERAGES If trendlines are the first thing that most traders and technical analysts learn to do with a chart, moving averages are perhaps a close second. Rereading swing trader Dave Landry's commentary about a m
Charting The Market by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V. 22:6 (90-91): Charting The Market by David Penn SUPPORT AND RESISTANCE Among the first things anyone who studies technical analysis learns is the role that support and resistance play in market price action. Why does a collapse in the price of cattl
Charting The Market by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:12 (99-100): Charting The Market by David Penn GAPS Are gaps to technical analysts what stock splits are to fundamental analysts: clear evidence of a market event, the significance of which is often inversely related to the l
Charting The Market by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Charting The Market by David Penn Here's a new section showing some recent news events and accompanying market shifts. Coincidence? You decide.
Charting The Market by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Charting The Market by David Penn THE RELATIVE STRENGTH INDEX Writing about his relative strength index (RSI) in 1978, J. Welles Wilder noted five different ways that the indicator could be helpful to investors and traders. These include identifying to
Charting The Market by David Penn
Charting The Market by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:2 (88-89, 107): Charting The Market by David Penn WHEN SELLERS SELL OUT Writing about "The Selling Climax" in Technical Analysis Of Stock Trends, authors Robert Edwards and John Magee observe that: Most true Selling Climaxes
Charting The Market by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Charting The Market by David Penn Here's a sample MICEX chart showing some news events in 2002 and accompanying market shifts. Coincidence? You decide.
Charting The Market: Piercing Patterns by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:8 (62, 83): Charting The Market: Piercing Patterns by David Penn Writing about dual candle lines in his book ""Beyond Candlesticks,"" Steve Nison recalls a particularly vivid (and metaphoric) description of a "piercing pattern
Charting The Market: Stochastics by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:4 (120-121): Charting The Market: Stochastics by David Penn STOCHASTICS For many technicians, stochastics are the first real oscillator to be encountered when embarking on the study of technical analysis. Unlike some of the m
Charting The Market: Swing Rule by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:4 (10-15): Charting The Market: Swing Rule by David Penn What do the measuring rule for double bottoms, head & shoulders tops and bottoms, cups with handles, double tops, rectangle bottoms and tops, ascending and descending tr
Charting The Market: Triangles by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:1 (124-125): Charting The Market: Triangles by David Penn TRIANGLES Writing about triangles as significant patterns in technical analysis, trader, author, and educator John Murphy observes that: ""? The triangle is usually a
Charting The Markets by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Charting The Markets by David Penn MOMENTUM Momentum? The Big Mo? Is there anything in the physical world more exciting than momentum? If you're going slowly and you gain momentum, you're going faster. If you're already going fast and you gain momentum
Charting the universe of funds by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Charting the universe of funds by Technical Analysis, Inc. FUNDGRAF Parsons Software 118 Woodshire Drive Parkersburg, West Virginia, 26101 (304) 424-5191 Price: $100 Computer: IBM PC and compatibles So wide-spread is today's speculative impulse that ""
Chasing The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can you make money after a big move up
Chasing The Trend With Indicators
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Previously, I discussed various types of moving averages. This time, I will discuss how to identify trends and apply indicators so you can trade successfully.
Chasing The Trend With Moving Averages
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This tool is a reliable and traditional technical indicator with any number of variations.
Check The Fine Print
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Once upon a time, it was not unusual for a brokerage house to charge an annual fee of $20-40 a year to offset the cost incurred for maintaining your brokerage account. These days, if you jump through the right hoops, your account is free. If you don&ap
CheckPoint Is Feeling The Heat
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the recent news that Microsoft will enter the market for security software, Checkpoint Software filled a gap and momentum turned negative.
Checking In On The 1929 Dow Jones Analog Debate
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In October 2013 a financial media debate began about how the Dow Jones Industrial Average has been behaving in a strangely familiar manner to 1929. Stocks have yet to repeat the massive collapse.
China Continues To Lead The Way
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How the Shanghai Composite could signal a global stock market bottom.
China Leads The Way
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Shanghai Composite can be a guide to trading US and international stock indexes. Here's how.
Chips Lead The Way
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Watching certain sectors within a broader index can prove useful. Could a recent rally in the Semiconductor sector be a sign of good things to come for the Nasdaq?
Choosing The Right Forex Broker
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What should you look for when you’re picking out the right foreign exchange broker for you?
Choosing The Right Futures Contracts
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Maybe this one will be just right!
Choosing The Right Hardware
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's a balance of what you want, what you need, and how much you're willing to spend.
Choosing The Right Time Frame by Hal Masover
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Choosing The Right Time Frame by Hal Masover Using multiple time frames has many benefits, but which ones work for you? A friend once described his perspective on time frames: "People have different definitions of ?long term,' ?short term,' and ?interm
Christmas Comes Early With The DJIA by John L. Momsen
Christmas tree spread - the all-purpose strategy by Jerry Kopf
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a football team breaks from the huddle, the players set up at the line of scrimmage in a formation. Usually, it's the I or T formation. As the center snaps the ball, each player knows exactly what to do. There is no guesswork, no deciding at the lin
Cisco Feels The Heat
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cisco hit its all-time high with a small gap up. The gap leaves a perfect example of an exhaustion gap, followed a bearish rally.
Cisco Is Pulling The Nasdaq Down
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cisco is pulling the Nasdaq down and remains an underperformer that may be about to make a significant move.
Citigroup — The Beginning Of The Beginning?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is a buy signal given by Citigroup the start of a recovery for financial institutions?
Citigroup — The Beginning Of The Beginning?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is a buy signal given by Citigroup the start of a recovery for financial institutions?
Citigroup Incorporated Helps Fuel the Financials
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Now is a good time to buy into this stock as it breaks out of an ascending triangle formation.
Citrix Holds The Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite a setback last week, Citrix is holding its January gap and traders should watch the current consolidation for the next signal.
Citrix Systems - Surviving the Mayhem
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Covid-19 has been a wakeup call. But not all stocks took a beating.
Classic Technical Analysis For The NASDAQ
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Two classic patterns in technical analysis was at work in the NASDAQ, pointing to a continuation of the May decline.
Classic Trading Signals On The NASDAQ Composite
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here are some very clear trading signals, including two reversal patterns.
Clean Consolidation - What Does The Brookfield Purchase Of Terraform Power Mean?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Move aims to create "one of the world's largest integrated pure-play renewable energy companies"
Clean Edge U.S. Liquid Series ETF - This Thoroughbred Has Left The Gate
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The clean technology economy is on fire.
Climbing Mount 10,000 For The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can the Dow Jones Industrial Average sustain a rally past the 10,000 level?
Closing The Sale On The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Over the last 10 weeks, the S&P 500 has been carving out a complex head & shoulders top-reversal pattern. But is the pattern starting to slip away from the bears? Are they laying the ground work for a summer selloff, or will the bulls rehabilitat
Closing The Sale On The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Over the last 10 weeks, the S&P 500 has been carving out a complex head & shoulders top-reversal pattern. But is the pattern starting to slip away from the bears? Are they laying the ground work for a summer selloff, or will the bulls rehabilitat
Clues To Market Direction With The S&P 500 Premium by Jean-Olivier Fraisse, CFA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Clues To Market Direction With The S&P 500 Premium by Jean-Olivier Fraisse, CFA Need a clue to short-term market direction? The premium between the Standard & Poor's 500 futures and the corresponding cash index may help, provided you understand how it i
Coal: The Forgotten Commodity
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A relatively new ETF provides investors with a way to bet on the price of coal, a valuable commodity but historically tough to trade.
Color The Doji Amber
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In candlesticks or bar charts, the Japanese have a saying: "When you see a doji, take notice."
Combining Fibonacci Retracements And The RSI by Ingo W. Bucher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Combining Fibonacci Retracements And The RSI by Ingo W. Bucher Combining the two can help identify significant support and resistance levels. Many of you have used the relative strength index (RSI) and Fibonacci retracement levels independently, but ha
Comcast Holds The Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Comcast gapped up and broke one resistance level, but the stock stalled over the last two weeks and the on-balance volume is not promising.
Comerica Consolidating At The Lower End
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will the stock form a strong bottom to initiate a bullish rally?
Comex the Game by William T. Taylor
Commodities And The Inflation Rate by Alex Saitta
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Commodities And The Inflation Rate by Alex Saitta Which individual commodities have the strongest coincidental relationship with the inflation rate? Successful traders need to keep an eye on commodity price changes to gain insight into the latest chang
Comparing The CRB With Bonds by Jim Bianco, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Comparing The CRB With Bonds by Jim Bianco, C.M.T. The Commodity Research Bureau (CRB) price index and the bond market have frequently been compared in the past because of their interrelated natures. The CRB is considered to be an indicator of inflation
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
Competing Patterns In The S&P Small Cap Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P Small Cap Index ($SML) remains in a clear uptrend, but a reversal pattern could be taking shape.
Completing the DMI rules by Jim Summers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Completing the DMI rules by Jim Summers Finally, after these many months, the Lotus Command Language code to reproduce Wilder's Directional Movement Index system (DMI) reaches an end. In using Wilder's DMI to teach readers of Stocks & Commodities how to
Computers in the Futures Industry by William T. Taylor
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Computers in the Futures Industry by William T. Taylor The futures industry, like other investment-oriented industries, relies heavily on information. For years, exchanges have used the computer for price recording and data gathering as well as for acco
Concho: The New King Of The Oil Patch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Concho Resources, Inc. is setting up shop in a major oil shale reservoir. Is it time to buy its stock?
Concho: The New King Of The Oil Patch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Concho Resources, Inc. is setting up shop in a major oil shale reservoir. Is it time to buy its stock?
Confirmation Comes To The Averages
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While Dow theorists eagerly watched to see if the Averages would take out their May lows, recent closes beneath the July lows may already tell a bearish tale.
Confirmations And The January Highs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the Transports' move down unconfirmed by the Industrials, will a rising Transports Average confirm the Industrials' rally above the January highs?
Conflicting Signs On The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The intraday 60-minute chart on the S&P 500 has developed a bullish inverse head & shoulders pattern, while its daily chart has formed a bearish rising wedge. Moreover, the daily chart is in an uphill battle as it approaches the 200-day simple m
Conquer The Crash by Robert R. Prechter Jr.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Conquer The Crash by Robert R. Prechter Jr. You Can Survive And Prosper In A Deflationary Depression Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, www.wiley.com Author: Robert R. Prechter Jr. It is hard to ignore the idiosyncrasies when studying Elliott wave theory.
Consider Covered Calls ? And The Caveats by Kevin Lund
Consider, If You Will, The Exchange Traded Note
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's what it is, and here's how to consider it.
Constructing The Put/Call Ratio Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this, the second part of the series, we will build a put/call ratio indicator that can help you recognize the six phases of a price cycle discussed in part 1.
Continental Resources On The Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Basic materials and commodities are experiencing a boom while the rest of the market remains lackluster. One stock is showing great strength and is on the move, so don't miss out.
Continuation Pattern: The Flag
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a basic chart pattern that provides good insight about consolidation phases within trends.
Corn Closes The Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Breakaway gaps mark July corn's more than four-month-long rally.
Corn Turns the Corner
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A 1-2-3 trend reversal marks a bottom in corn futures.
Corner The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Corner The Market Many instructive articles and major works in the field of technical analysis and speculation lie undisturbed on dusty back shelves, or have fallen into obscurity because they are no longer in print. As a unique feature of this magazine
Correction Targets For The DJIA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up substantially over the last few months, and a correction back toward its resistance breakout is a plausible scenario.
Correction Time For The Dollar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Negative divergences signal a slowdown in the greenback's six-week ascent.
Could The Wave Count Already Be Completed?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recently, I wrote an article based on the S&P 100 about why I am not a bear. Here is a varying view on that Elliott wave count and market forecast.
Could You Have Predicted The Lehman Brothers Disaster?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Lehman Brothers lost hope of being bailed out and was forced to announce bankruptcy.
Counting Off The Lows
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With a minute wave "iv" low in late March, could higher prices in April be ahead?
Counting The Waves
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The whole purpose of technical analysis is to predict future prices. There are many technical analysis tools that the trader can use for this purpose, of which counting the Elliott wave is one.
Cracks In The Crude
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A 2B top at the weekly level and a pair of negative divergences at the daily level suggest that the upside in crude might be limited in the near-term.
Cranking Up The Money Tree
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Covid changed the world forever. Can we print enough money to fix it? And what does it mean for stocks?
Creating More Robust Trading Strategies With The FM Demodulator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Market data is made up of cyclical components. Cycles contain both signals and noise. It's a concept that underpins market timing and can be crucial to success. Last month we introduced the concept of using the AM (amplitude modulation) and FM (frequency
Crosscurrents In The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is it "down for the upstroke" time for the S&P 500?
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
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
Crossroads For The Qs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sometimes in our analysis of the stock market, or an individual stock, we come to a crossroads, a split in the direction of the trend where it is possible for price to take one of two differing paths. The QQQQs are at such a crossroad. It is possible th
Crude Oil And The MACD Histogram
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The MACD histogram gives good signals. The slope of the MACD histogram is used to determine if a trend is safe. Divergences between the MACD histogram and prices can identify shifts in momentum. Center line crossovers can also pinpoint changes in trend.
Crude Oil Takes Shot In The Arm
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Monday, November 9, was another big risk-on day for financial markets. For the first time since the pandemic, there was hope and light at the end of the tunnel that coronavirus restrictions that have been imposed across the world could soon be a thing of
Crude's 2B Top Comes To The Dailies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bearish reversal pattern that appeared on crude oil's weekly chart is now making an appearance on the daily chart.
Cup-with-Handle and the Computerized Approach by Rick Martinelli and Barry Hyman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The cup-with-handle is a chart pattern that identifies stocks preparing for uptrends. Here are the steps to convert this pattern to a set of rules for screening your stock database to identify likely candidates. The CANSLIM approach to investing combin
Cycle Analysis: A comparison of the Fourier and Maximum Entropy methods by John F. Ehler
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cycle Analysis: A comparison of the Fourier and Maximum Entropy methods by John F. Ehler The motivation for reducing price history to a mathematical expression is clear. If we can describe the prices mathematically, we have the means to extend the equat
Cycle/Trend Analytics And The MAD Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here, we introduce the moving average difference (MAD) indicator and explain the rationale behind its creation. You will find the indicator is robust yet reflects simplicity
Cycles In The Dow Emini Futures
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In the world of trading, risk, and reward, cycles are natural and so are the cycles of greed. How do you overcome these cycles or least prosper from them?
Cycles and the S&P 500 Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In all the years I have been a student of technical analysis, and I go back as early as 1967, using cycles to forecast an index's turning point has always fascinated me.
Cyclical Channel Analysis And The Commodity Channel Index by D.W. Davies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cyclical Channel Analysis And The Commodity Channel Index by D.W. Davies Trading bands and the commodity channel index, two popular indicators, are used together here by D.W. Davies, who publishes the ""Chameleon"" financial newsletter. Davies analyzes
DAT To The Future by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V. 22:3 (17-23): DAT To The Future by David Penn Electronic trading has come a long way in the six years since the SEC's display rules of 1997. How have individual traders continued to take advantage of a revolution in access and transparency? In many
DCXM Resisting the Market's Gravity
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market seems ready to implode but one stock is resisting it's gravitational pull to the downside
DJ Vu: Where Is the Next Top?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Continuing an exploration of the similarities between today's market environment and the Great Depression leads to a price target for this move up.
DJIA Reversal On The Horizon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This statistical analysis shows that the Dow Jones Industrial Average is very close to an intermediate-term trend reversal from up to down.
DJIA Starts The New Year In Final Upward Stage
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Long-term statistical analysis shows the Dow Jones Industrial Average is starting the new year in a final long-term upward stage.
DR Horton and the Head-and-Shoulders
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...DR Horton (DHI) is part of a homebuilding group that has outperformed the market over the last four years. With a head-and-shoulders reversal brewing, things could be about to change.
Dancin' Days For The Dollar?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bouncing off the lows as gold suffers through a major correction, how much upside does the greenback have left?
Darden Restaurants Eating Up The Competition
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Darden Restaurants, the world's largest full-service restaurant chain, have risen more than 190% since making a major low in November 2008. The current technicals and fundamentals suggest even more gains may be in store for this stock.
David Vomund And The World Of Exchange Traded Products
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...David Vomund is the president of Vomund Investment Management, an investment advisory company that specializes in managing exchange traded fund (ETF) portfolios. While other advisory firms are only now discovering ETFs, Vomund's firm has an exceptional n
Dawn of the Bear Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Deep retracements of stock indices could be the start of a larger decline.
Day Trading The Averages by JOHN F. KEPKA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Day Trading The Averages by JOHN F. KEPKA When Stock Index Futures trading with the Value Line contract was initiated at the Kansas City Board of Trade, futures traders suddenly gained the opportunity to trade the entire stock market. Large profitable m
Daytrading The 10am Reversal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Professional traders are always on the lookout for chart patterns that repeat. An easy one to recognize is the daily 10am reversal pattern
Daytrading The E-Mini With Point & Figure by Eugene Steele
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Daytrading The E-Mini With Point & Figure by Eugene Steele Here's a look at how you can trade the e-mini with a classic charting technique. Point & figure charting has been largely ignored as a tool for daytrading, but it is actually one of the most po
Daytrading The E-Mini by Lawrence Chan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Daytrading The E-Mini by Lawrence Chan Data Reduction - Daytrading The E-Mini See how reducing data can boost your trading system performance. I will show you how to preprocess raw data in such a way that even a simple trading system will perform with
Daytrading The FOMC Release
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's an approach you can use to daytrade major economic news or report releases using ETFs
Daytrading With The NYSE Tick Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Studying the movements on the tick indicator will help you understand what is really going on.
Death To The Death Of The Dollar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A massive, two-year head & shoulders bottom suggests an upside surprise for dollar bears.
Death To The Death Of The Dollar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A massive, two-year head & shoulders bottom suggests an upside surprise for dollar bears.
Debugging and the virtues of experimentation Part 6 by Jim Summers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Debugging and the virtues of experimentation Part 6 by Jim Summers, Ph.D. In last month's column we discussed the use of {Put} and @Index(...) menu commands in Lotus 1-2-3. These can increase significantly program speed by avoiding cursor movement and r
Debunking The Random Walk Myth
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Any technical analyst familiar with the random walk theory can tell you it has flaws. Yet the theory persists.
December Crude Crosses The Line: New Highs And Negative Divergences
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A strong bull market in 2007 took December crude to levels not seen since August 2006. Is it time for crude to come in?
December Patterns And The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...December brings presents in the form of a strong pattern that runs up the market for quick profits.
Defense Stocks On The Offensive
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the Philly Defense stocks index rallies to new 52-week highs, a number of defense stocks--including the much-beleagured Boeing--look poised to bounce.
Defense Stocks On The Offensive
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The defense stocks are showing resilience despite on and off talk of budget cuts.
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.
Defining The Bull And The Bear by Chuck Dukas
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Defining The Bull And The Bear by Chuck Dukas "Bullish" and "bearish" are terms frequently used to describe the price behavior of financial instruments. What exactly do they mean? All price action can be categorized into six phases of trends that descr
Defining The Bull And The Bear by Chuck Dukas
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Defining The Bull And The Bear by Chuck Dukas "Bullish" and "bearish" are terms frequently used to describe the price behavior of financial instruments. What exactly do they mean? All price action can be categorized into six phases of trends that descr
Defining The Commodity Channel Index by D.W. Davies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Defining The Commodity Channel Index by D.W. Davies Presented here are the ins and outs of the commodity channel index, as defined by creator Donald Lambert and modified by the author. The trials and tribulations of trading, the probability of ruin and
Defying The Divergences
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Everybody hates drug stocks. But for weeks, the pharmaceutical HOLDRS resisted succumbing to repeated negative stochastic divergences. At least, until now.
Deja Vu For The All Ords
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The current setup in the All Ords looks similar to the June-July flag and breakout that preceded an 8% surge.
Dell And The Descending Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Dell found support just above 28 over the last five months, but it means little as long as the lower highs persist.
Denying The Divergence
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A negative stochastic divergence should have sent bulls scrambling. Instead a new high in the S&P 500 made short work of the bears.
Descending Triangles: Brocade Communications Follows the Sector
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Brocade Communications (BRCD) is ready to go with the others in the sector. . .
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
Detecting the Minimum Tradable Cycle by Robert Wayman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...TRADING TECHNIQUES Detecting The Minimum Tradable Cycle by Robert Wayman Cycle theorists will tell you that there may be tradable cycles within market data. Before looking for those cycles, though, you must determine the noise level within the data. H
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
Developing And Testing A Trading Strategy From The Vault
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A dive into this magazine's vast article archives can provide you with myriad ideas for trading strategies to develop and test. Here's an example of doing just that by returning to the very first issue of this magazine to pull out a trading idea. Will it
Developing a personal trading style The Wyckoff method of trading Part 14 by Jack K. Hutson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Developing a personal trading style The Wyckoff method of trading Part 14 by Jack K. Hutson Trading the stock market with the Wyckoff Method is as much a test of personality and personal perseverance as it is a test of analytic education. Wyckoff was st
Diamonds and the CRB
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A July diamond anticipates sizable moves in the commodities index. Will grains continue to gain?
Diamonds in the Intraday S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Diamond continuation patterns act as distribution areas in declining trends.
Diamonds in the Rough for the Drug Sector
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The diamond at the bottom of the decline in the S&P Pharmaceuticals Index could mean reversal. But further declines are more likely.
Diamonds in the Rough for the Drug Sector
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The diamond at the bottom of the decline in the S&P Pharmaceuticals Index could mean reversal. But further declines are more likely.
Digging Into The Head & Shoulders Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What do you really know about this classic chart pattern?
Digging Into The Head & Shoulders Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What do you really know about this classic chart pattern?
Dip One Toe Into The Forex Pond
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's one thing to learn the theory behind forex trading but another to apply it in the markets. Here's a step-by-step approach
Discounting Sentiment In The Euro
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Excess returns from trading sentiment are only seen in the short run ... or are they? Here's a look at a sentiment trading tactic using a contrarian, indirect sentiment indicator applied to the euro ETF that shows how over the long term, you can use a se
Dissecting The Wal-Mart Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Wal-Mart broke double-bottom resistance on the weekly chart, and the stock looks as if it is headed for a familiar resistance zone.
Divergences And The Bush Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...All the post-hoc stock and election analysis you'll need is summed up in one chart and two stochastic divergences.
Divergences And The Dow Jones Utilities Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Positive divergences in the second half of July helped create a bottom in the falling DJUA.
Divergences And The Housing Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The first negative divergence led to sideways trading in the housing index. The second? So far, a sharp reversal.
Divergences Drive The Dollar Higher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Positive divergences in the MACD histogram and stochastic bring about a badly needed bounce in the greenback.
Divergences In The Dollar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Negative divergences in the US Dollar Index suggest a pullback and potential test of the May lows.
Diverging The Gold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Negative stochastic divergences anticipate softness in prices for the yellow metal.
Dividends And The Risk Of Early Option Assignment
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Selling calls on stocks always presents a risk of early assignment when the calls are in-the-money. Stocks that have dividends present an even greater assignment risk when they are in-the-money and when the extrinsic value is low. Here is what you should
Do Cycles Exist in the Market? by John F. Ehlers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This longtime S&C contributor explains the basis of the existence of cycles in market data. The markets are not always efficient; this is why trading decisions based on technical analysis work. Chart patterns that are discernible, technical events such
Do Equations Tell The Whole Story? by Gordon Gustafson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Do Equations Tell The Whole Story? by Gordon Gustafson Success in systems trading depends on having good trading systems and good money management practices. Optimal f can help you. Once you have a good trading system, wouldn't it be wonderful if you h
Do The Dogs Still Have BITE? by John Devcic
Do The Dogs Still Have Bite?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Take a look at the past performance of the Dogs of the Dow.
Do The Indexes Call For A Correction?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We know that a correction is on the cards. But what do the daily indexes tell us?
Do The Math The RSI Way
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even though there are scores of indicators, the relative strength index and the divergence still work.
Do The Math The RSI Way
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even though there are scores of indicators, the relative strength index and the divergence still work.
Do Weak Sector Funds Have A Head Start On The Summer Selloff?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the broad US markets prepare for a summer corrective move, traders shorting the stocks from the weakest industry groups might have a distinct market edge.
Do You Follow The Vix?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the Volatility Index (VIX) forecasting the movement of the market?
Does Berkshire Hathaway Anticipate The Future?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Everyone knows that Warren Buffett made his fortune buying and owning many businesses, as well as significant minority holdings in many companies. Can one use the movement of Berkshire Hathaway B shares as a trend guide?
Does China Lead The Way?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many analysts claim that Chinese stocks lead the world markets at major turning points. The chart says that's true -- at least one time.
Does History Repeat Itself In The Markets?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Seasonality or repeating patterns in financial data can come in many shapes and sizes and can put the probabilities on your side. Or does general market unpredictability ultimately undermine that edge? Here are some ideas on looking for time-based patter
Does Macy's Lead The Dow?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the US economy expected to recover in the years ahead, is it time to buy Macy's?
Does News Really Drive The Markets?
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
Does The Cycle High Approach For the Russell 2000?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Russell 2000 stock index is up by more than 110% since March 2009. Is this jig up?
Does The Cycle High Approach For the Russell 2000?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Russell 2000 stock index is up by more than 110% since March 2009. Is this jig up?
Does The Divergence Signal Dollar Weakness?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A negative stochastic divergence during the greenback's January advance suggests a pullback in the dollar's month-long rally.
Does The Financial Sector Have The Strength To Recover?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a long time, the Financials Select Sector SPDR is showing signs of recovery. Will it carry the rally ahead?
Does The Financial Sector Have The Strength To Recover?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a long time, the Financials Select Sector SPDR is showing signs of recovery. Will it carry the rally ahead?
Does The Future Lie In Canada?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...All charts of the DJIA, S&P, and NASDAQ point to a market selloff in the months and years ahead, but is the chart of the Toronto Stock Exchange suggesting otherwise for the Canadian market?
Does The Head & Shoulders Formation Work? by Martin Boot
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
Does The Market Have A Personality? by James Kellndorfer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does The Market Have A Personality? by James Kellndorfer Here's a look at how you can convert the NYSE's tick into a sentiment indicator using statistical analysis. Along with the other US stock exchanges, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) provides in
Does The RSI Give You An Edge? by Larry Connors & Ashton Dorkins
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does The RSI Give You An Edge? by Larry Connors & Ashton Dorkins The relative strength index has been heavily used since its creation, but does it work for you? The relative strength index (RSI) is one of the most popular tools used by traders. As such
Does The S&P 500 Have A Seasonal Shot At 1220?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock market is truly independent with no real agenda to push, and very hard to get a straight answer from at times. But it may be tipping its hand, offering traders a fairly low-risk long setup.
Dogs Of The Dow: Mid-Season Review
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How are the Dogs doing halfway through the year?
Doing The Wave With Jeffrey Kennedy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Jeffrey Kennedy is chief commodity analyst at Elliott Wave International (EWI). With more than 20 years of experience as an analyst and trader, he writes and edits Futures Junctures, a premier forecasting package that focuses on Elliott wave analysis of
Dollar Down Against The Yen: Revisiting The Ascending Triangle In USD/JPY
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A few days after an ascending triangle hinted at higher prices, sellers took the USD/JPY down hard. Here's how it happened.
Dollar Down Against The Yen: Revisiting The Ascending Triangle In USD/JPY
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A few days after an ascending triangle hinted at higher prices, sellers took the USD/JPY down hard. Here's how it happened.
Dollar On The Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US dollar may be starting to move up within a Fibonacci arc pattern.
Don't Always Take Investment Advice From The Radio
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The commercial advertisement says to buy natural gas now because it always goes up in the winter...but data shows that's only true for part of the winter.
Don't Ditch The Dogs Of The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With just one modification, you can create a reliable variation of a money maker.
Don't Ditch The Dogs Of The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With just one modification, you can create a reliable variation of a money maker.
Don't Fight The Candlesticks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a simple process using candlestick signals.
Don't Fight the Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Every trader knows they shouldn't fight the trend but most seem to prefer trying to call tops and bottoms rather than profiting from the easy to spot trend.
Don't Underestimate The Power Of The VIX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The recent runup in the stock market since the March lows still has the bulls giddy. But their bearish cohorts can make a pretty persuasive argument for a summer selloff in the stock market. Over the past couple of months, the S&P 500 has been busy c
Don't Underestimate The Power Of The VIX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The recent runup in the stock market since the March lows still has the bulls giddy. But their bearish cohorts can make a pretty persuasive argument for a summer selloff in the stock market. Over the past couple of months, the S&P 500 has been busy c
Doomed By The Divergence
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Negative divergences in the Russell 2000 signaled the potential for weakness in late May.
Double Bottom Patterns: Increasing The Odds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Any trading strategy can be improved. Here's a look at how trading double bottom patterns can be modified to give you better trading results
Double Top Formation on the Nasdaq
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...April proved to be a tumultuous month for the technology-based Nasdaq Composite Index. From a charting standpoint, the sharp April sell-off within the index followed a picture-perfect double top formation.
Dow 20,000 - The Elusive Nirvana
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The crowd is focused on Dow 20,000. Find out the real number to watch.
Dow And S&P 500 Find Themselves In The Same Boat
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite closing above their 10-day and 20-day moving averages, the Dow and S&P 500 have to take out further resistance if their short-term trends are going to reverse.
Dow Composite Leading The Way
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) shows signs of breaking down, its broader cousin, the Dow Jones Composite Average (DJC), remains strong.
Dow Jones Utility Average Waits For The Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow Jones Utility Average has narrowed its move with a smaller range and increasing uncertainty in market. The positive divergence provides an optimistic view.
Dow Theory And Confirming The Transport's February Down Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow Averages continue to thrash about, neither able to confirm the moves of the other.
Dow Theory And The September Highs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Another nonconfirmation to the upside keeps the question marks in place.
Dow Theory To The Downside
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Simultaneous closes below the January lows in the Dow industrials and transports is an unequivocally bearish development.
Dow To The Moon!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Higher lows in May suggest that both the Dow industrials and Dow transports are in gear to move higher as the summer season begins.
Dow Transports Losing The Battle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow Jones Transportation Average has been battling two key moving averages the last two months, and continuing relative weakness suggests that this will be a losing battle.
Down For The S&P 500's Upstroke
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Present weakness in the market most likely presages future strength.
Down Goes The Dollar!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does a falling dollar mean that deflationary risks are overblown?
Down Goes The Dollar?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A breakout from an ascending triangle in January retreats before reaching its price target.
Download The Noise! Download The Funk!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Napster or no, the MP3 revolution is still giving computer-savvy music lovers reason to rejoice. And with any one of these four portable MP3 players, you won't have to leave your tunes behind when you hit the road, Jack.
Download The Noise! Download The Funk!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Napster or no, the MP3 revolution is still giving computer-savvy music lovers reason to rejoice. And with any one of these four portable MP3 players, you won't have to leave your tunes behind when you hit the road, Jack.
Downside Potential In The AMEX Oil Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The AMEX Oil Index (XOI) looks to have additional downside potential in the near-term but I would consider a further pullback an excellent buying opportunity.
Driving A Wedge Into The Bull?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bad news/good stock action is a good omen. Good news/bad action usually spells trouble.
Dundee Precious Metals Inc. And The ABCs of Elliott Wave
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Precious metals: To buy or not to buy -- that is the question. A look at this chart may give you the answer.
EQM - The Strongest Survive And Thrive
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Like natural selection, only the strongest stocks survive and thrive the harshest environments, but this stock needs to do one thing first.
ETF/ETN Investing In The Dow Jones Industrial Average
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most well-known market index. In this article, we look at the so-called "Dogs of the Dow" strategy along with its performance record over the years. Then a handful of relevant ETFs that have Dow exposure are given
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.
Eaton Corp. And The Falling Three Methods Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The formation of a bearish candle pattern in Eaton Corp. suggests that the current short-term downtrend will probably resume its course.
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.
Edward Life Sciences: Pumping Into The Stratosphere?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This stock is probably not on your radar screen yet. Maybe it should be.
Election Cycle Bearish For Stocks And Bonds In The Short Term
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There is a well-documented cycle in markets related to Presidential elections. This pattern suggests stock and bond market weakness in the short term.
Elections As The Most Powerful Short-Term Cycle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What you don't know about politics could cost you plenty.
Electronic Data Systems And Breaking The Downtrend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Strong technicals in a fundamentally promising industry make EDS attractive.
Electronics Boutique Holdings: Is The Party Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Electronics Boutique is trending up, with a couple of gaps as well as support from various indicators.
Eli Lilly And The Corrective Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Eli Lilly has moved aggressively lower since making a yearly high in May, but it has bounced sharply in recent days as it attempts to alleviate a historically oversold position.
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
Elliott Wave and the Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In my article, "The Nasdaq: Elliott Wave and Kondratieff" (Traders.com Advantage, November 19, 2002), I explained where I believed the Nasdaq was heading, concluding that the Nasdaq was in a B-WAVE up in a long-term bear trend. The following is
Elliott Waves And The Fibonacci Sequence
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Though his theories have been criticized, Ralph Nelson Elliott broadened the field of stock market analysis with his insight into how economic waves reflect our history and existence.
Elliott Waves And The S&P 100
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Once again, it pays to err on the side of excess when counting the waves.
Emini NASDAQ Accelerates To The Downside
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An impulse to the downside has been printed during the past three sessions, indicating weakness is ahead in the short term.
Emini S&P Toward The End Of The Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Prices are consolidating close to recent highs.
Emini S&P Toward The End Of The Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Prices are consolidating close to recent highs.
Empowering Traders With The Russell 2000 by Gail Mercer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ever thought of trading the Russell 2000? Here's how retail traders could benefit from trading this index. New traders are drawn to the emini Standard & Poor's 500 like bees to honey. Go into any live trading room and chances are that the mo
End Game for the Stock Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Time cycles and momentum hint the bull market could be nearing an end.
End of Day Trading Using the Red Green Trading Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In previous articles I have written about the JM investment strategy, and the R/G trading strategy. This article shows how to analyze the market and find a stock to trade short-term using the R/G strategy.
End of the Road?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Elliott wave pattern could be signaling termination of the stock bull market.
End of the Road? - Part Two
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Early April 2021 rally in US stocks could be a blow off top.
Enhancing the Raff Regression Channel by Robert B. McKinnon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A market follows its primary trend in a zigzag form. The trend direction is easy to see; the real challenge lies in identifying the minor trends. Price channels are a technique used to discover the outer boundaries of the market's action concerning a t
Entercom Communications And The JM Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The JM strategy has been very kind to me over the years. Here's why.
Entering The End Game
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Could US stocks make a major top in early 2021?
Entering The End Game - Part Three
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Speculative mania and Transportation index imply stocks could be topping.
Entering The End Game - Part Two
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Long-term Fibonacci price relationships could be major resistance for US stocks.
Entering The Fibonacci Zone With Carolyn Boroden by J. Gopalakrishnan and B. Faber
Entering The Price Zone
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In our last article, we introduced a new oscillator that provides better guidance to buying and selling levels for securities: the volume zone oscillator (Vz o). This time, we introduce a similar, complementary indicator: the price zone oscillator
Entering The S&P 500 On Retracements
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Entering a trend on a retracement is a low risk strategy. But how do you know when a retracement will end? There is no one method that gives the exact answer but a variety of methods give a fair idea of where it could end.
Entering The Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are three steps a trader must make in entering a trade. The first is to identify the trend, the second is to determine when to place a trade, and the final step is to determine the risk involved.
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
Estimating the Market Profile Value Area for intraday trading by Donald L. Jones
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Estimating the Market Profile Value Area for intraday trading by Donald L. Jones T he prime question for every trader is whether to get into a market, or if in, whether to stay in or get out. Since these questions must be decided on the basis of inadequ
Evaluting the COMMODEX(R) System by Ronald R. Goodis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Evaluting the COMMODEX(R) System by Ronald R. Goodis The COMMODEXÒ System-- practically every futures trader has heard of it. Most serious traders subscribe to it. It remains the only daily futures system published in the world and is internationally cir
Event Trading in the Bond Market by Ben Warwick
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Event Trading In The Bond Market by Ben Warwick The financial markets frequently react with large price movements after the government and private agencies release their economic reports. Are there any reliable patterns to the way a market reacts to the
Examining the EMA by Tim Treloar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Examining the EMA by Tim Treloar You know how to apply the exponential moving average, but what do you know about its development and behavior? Here's a deeper look at the popular moving average. The popular exponential moving average (EMA) depends on
Exits: The Forgotten Component
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In many ways, a consistently successful exit strategy is more difficult to implement than an entry strategy.
Exits: The Forgotten Component by Roy M. Sidewitz
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Exits: The Forgotten Component by Roy M. Sidewitz In many ways, a consistently successful exit strategy is more difficult to implement than an entry strategy. Often, entry points are so emphasized that exits, which may be even more critical to overall
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!
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!
Exploring the Science of Technical Analysis: Thomas R. DeMark by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Interview: Thomas R. DeMark by Thom Hartle Thomas R. DeMark has been called ""the ultimate indicator and systems guy"" with the publication of his well-received book, The New Science of Technical Analysis. Who is he and what has he done that deserves su
Exponentially Smoothing The Daily Number of Declines
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Exponentially Smoothing The Daily Number of Declines This article presents an indicator that is the one-day rate of change of a triple exponential smoothing of the daily number of declines, an oscillator similar to TRIX (covered by Jack Hutson in the e
Extended To The Upside
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Lows in June have provided for tradable bounces in many markets. The next measure of strength will be in how these markets handle the inevitable distribution.
ExxonMobil: Is The Selling Overdone?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Down by 10% during the past month, shares of ExxonMobil are getting close to a key support zone.
Eyeballing The September Lows
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Having bounced away from the August lows, the Dow Jones averages find themselves falling back toward the lows of September.
FBIOX Leading The Market Higher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite having suffered a sudden pullback in April 2012, shares of Fidelity Select Biotechnology have gone on to make new highs.
Fading The Big Moves
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Whenever we see a big move in the markets, it's bound to catch our attention. But how do we protect our capital during such big moves, or better yet, profit from them? Find out here.
Fading The Greenback
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...International currencies suggest that the dollar may be down, but it isn't quite out yet.
Falling Wedge Formation for the AMEX Oil Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The AMEX Oil Index looks to be completing a falling wedge formation, which would indicate a potential upside breakout in the near-term.
Far East Flavor Part 1 - The Hammer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If you are a visual thinker like myself, you might find candlestick charts more informative than the standard bar charts. By turning the open, high, low, and close (OHLC) data of the traditional bar chart into candlesticks, daily price changes, and chart
Fears of the trader by Ron Jaenisch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fears of the trader by Ron Jaenisch In order to eliminate fear from trading it may be useful to have an understanding of what it is and how we generate it. Fear is actually a form of excitement and the only physiological difference between fear and exci
February Favors The Short Sellers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the market trending higher and higher, February favors the short sellers.
February Not The Best Time To Buy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Over the past 20 years, February has been a down month. While seasonals are just one indicator, they add to the bearish case in a down market.
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
Feeling the Momentum
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the current trend ready to end? Momentum is a good indicator to use for spotting possible trend reversals.
Fibonacci Ratios and the S&P 500 Monthly Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Much has been written about Fibonacci numbers and ratios, and many believe they are golden -- that charts will always turn at a Fibonacci number or ratio. Are they?
Fibonacci Rules To Get Ahead Of The Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Getting a feel for when market trends begin and end is a great skill to have. Gain some insight into market price moves using Fibonacci rules.
Fidelity Automotive And Technology Funds Leading The Pack
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Now that the broad US markets have made a convincing upward reversal, traders need to focus on the strongest-performing groups and sectors.
Filling The Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The rule is that the price will always fall or rise to fill the gap.
Filling The Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Meg Whitman, President and CEO of Hewlett-Packard was interviewed on CNBC last week.
Filters On The Test Bench
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this article, we analyze the effects of an indecision pattern on trend-following models and try to answer the long-standing question: Are the results of this model repeatable or the result of chance
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 Fuels The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 has now run up against key resistance and cannot seem to break through to continue its advance. The financial market sector is the fuel for the S&P 500. Has the S&P 500 run out of fuel?
Find The Biggest Winners
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Studying the winners of the past 10 years can give you an idea of the possible winners of the next five.
Find The Biggest Winners
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Studying the winners of the past 10 years can give you an idea of the possible winners of the next five.
Finding The Golden Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Do you find yourself frequently missing profitable setups? Here's one way to capture most, if not all, of them.
Finding The Next Corn Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Corn has been the trade of the summer, and now there are related markets that look ready to follow.
Finding The Perfect Mutual Fund Portfolio
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What works best for you? Here's how to diversify your portfolio and still sleep at night.
Finding The Stocks To Buy Or Short
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Finding stocks to buy or short is easy, since there are many programs out there that offer tips. But how good are those tips?
Finding The Trend in FX With Tyler Yell
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Tyler Yell, CMT, is a currency analyst and trading instructor for DailyFX.com. He began trading equities in his own account after graduating from Texas State University in 2005. He came to FXCM (which owns DailyFX.com) from JPMorgan Chase, where he began
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
Fine-tuning the demand index by Thomas E. Aspray
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fine-tuning the demand index by Thomas E. Aspray The Demand Index, which utilizes price and volume, calculates the buying pressure and selling pressure exerted on prices. These can be used to create an oscillator to identify accumulation or distribution
First Health Back In The Pink?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock took a dive around Halloween but it appears that investors may have overreacted to a make-believe ghost. Those with stronger nerve have been slowly but surely picking this one up and now the word's getting out.
First through the even by Grant Noble
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...First through the even by Grant Noble A few years ago I had the privilege of working with a former specialist, a broker's broker, on the New York Stock Exchange. He told me how fellow specialists borrowed unlimited funds at 4%, how they used ""inside da
First, You Design The System
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...To become a proficient trader you need to test and confirm your ideas before placing a trade. But how do you go about doing that? Here are the first steps you need to take when you're designing a trading system.
Fishing In The Right Pond
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Technical analysis is easy, provided that you're trading in the right market. But first, you must develop a low-risk idea to trade around.
Five Key Trading Principles From The Great Bear
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Considered to be the greatest trader who ever lived, Jesse Livermore and his trading career offers five key trading principles to help guide your success.
Fixing The Flaws In Fixed-Fractional Position Sizing by Christian B. Smart, PhD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fixing The Flaws In Fixed-Fractional Position Sizing by Christian B. Smart, PhD Fixed-fractional position sizing is a time-tested method for money management, but in the long run, it will never achieve system expectancy. Here's how you can fix this flaw
Flags Are Flying In The S&P Indexes
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Now that Santa's finished delivering Christmas gifts and the fruit cakes are eaten (or sitting curbside awaiting their final resting place) market bulls are awaiting one last gift: the vaunted Santa Claus rally.
Flaws in the roulette wheel by Curtis McKallip, Jr.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Flaws in the roulette wheel by Curtis McKallip, Jr. Few games of chance are perfectly random. To the extent they are NOT, profit may be made by betting on those states which occur with greater than random frequency and against those which occur with les
Flipping The Coin And The Road Ahead
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Events are under way that could create massive changes to the market, but if you understand what they are, then you'll know how to play them into the end of the year.
Flipping The Coin And The Road Ahead
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Events are under way that could create massive changes to the market, but if you understand what they are, then you'll know how to play them into the end of the year.
Flowing With The Markets by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Flowing With The Markets by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D. Imagine yourself flowing down a river, only you don't know that you are. You do, however, notice that when you move in one direction, with the flow of the river, you move rapidly. When you move in another
Focus On The Positive With Brett Steenbarger
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Brett N. Steenbarger, PhD, is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY. He works as a performance coach for traders and portfolio managers at hedge funds and other financial ins
Follow The Leader
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What stocks could have the most upside potential?
Follow The Leaders
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If the market declines, knowing how to spot stock leadership will be critical as the year comes to an end.
Follow The Market Herd With Elliott Wave
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If we can figure out what happened in the past, we can figure out what could happen in the future.
Follow The Trend With Dave Landry
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...David Landry has been actively trading the markets since the early 1990s. He is author of Dave Landry On Swing Trading, Dave Landry's 10 Best Swing Trading Patterns & Strategies, and The Layman's Guide To Trading Stocks. His books have been translated in
Follow the Leader - Apple
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Apple appears to have begun a decline. Where are the support levels and what effect could this have on the broader stock market?For several years Apple Inc. (AAPL) has been one of the main leaders in the stock market. As of September 22, 2017, AAPL is
Following The Crowd After A One-Day Correction by A. Trongone, PhD, CFP, CTA
Following The Money: ETFs And Your Portfolio
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Exchange traded funds can be the best way to add exposure to your portfolio.
For Baker Hughes, Was The Breakout A Bust?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Baker Hughes recently staged a bullish breakout from a large triangle pattern and now appear to be at a critical make-or-break point.
For CECE, The 200-Day EMA Assaults Keep Coming
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...All across the broad US markets, a variety of stocks are making bullish moves toward their 200-day exponential moving averages. Here's a look at an interesting trade setup in a fast-rising small-cap in the pollution control industry group.
For Citigroup, A New CEO But The Same 80-Day Cycle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Citigroup have made a new yearly high, celebrating a change in the banking giant's top brass, but its key price cycles warn of a sharp correction soon.
For Feeder Cattle Futures Who Have Considered Cup With Handle Patterns When The Rally Wasn't Enuf
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Has the bull market in cattle futures run out of steam? A look at the hourly chart of October feeder cattle suggests not.
For Gold, The High Is In - For Now
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the gold bull market dead? No one knows, but the probabilities favor at least a corrective move down toward $1,150 -- at a minimum.
For PCLN, End Of The Line For Current Rally?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Priceline.com have enjoyed an epic runup in price over the past few months. Is the current decline a buying opportunity or the start of a major trend reversal?
For Teradyne, Take The Money And Run--But Not Yet
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Of all of the stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500, Teradyne has the strongest short-term momentum. Is there still time to extract some profits on a move higher in this stock?
For The 30-Year T-Bond Contract, The Correction Might Be Over
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bonds hit a double low and presented divergences in the short and intermediate term.
For The 30-Year T-Bond Contract, The Correction Might Be Over
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bonds hit a double low and presented divergences in the short and intermediate term.
For The US Dollar, New Climate, Same Weakness by Darrell Jobman
For the US Dollar, New Climate, Same Weakness
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some things never change. Sometimes that's good, and sometimes that's not.
Ford Motor Is Ready To Weather The Storm
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ford is standing on strong historical support. The stock seem capable of undergoing any volatile action in the market.
Ford, The Survivor Of An American Industry
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This company is the sole survivor of the US auto industry, and the charts show it.
Forecasting The Financial Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Wouldn't it be nice to be able to accurately forecast stock price activity? Realistically, if that were possible, financial markets wouldn't exist.
Forecasting The US Dollar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It has now been three years since the Canadian dollar started strengthening vis-a-vis the US dollar. Can the Canadian dollar be used to determine what is going to happen to the US dollar?
Forecasting the HIGH of a Cycle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Forecasting the date for a cycle low is relatively easy as I have shown in my two previous articles, "Cycles and the S&P 500 Index" (12/13/02), and "Nasdaq and Cycles" (12/16/02), but forecasting a cycle high can be difficult. Her
Forecasting the market with the overbought/oversold indicator by Steven B. Achelis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Forecasting the market with the overbought/oversold indicator by Steven B. Achelis The terms ""overbought"" and ""oversold"" are often used to discuss market conditions. However, as anyone who has placed a short trade simply on the basis that the market
Forecasting the market with the overbought/oversold indicator by Steven B. Achelis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Forecasting the market with the overbought/oversold indicator by Steven B. Achelis The terms ""overbought"" and ""oversold"" are often used to discuss market conditions. However, as anyone who has placed a short trade simply on the basis that the market
Foreign Exchange As The Trader's Alternative by Mark Galant
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Foreign Exchange As The Trader's Alternative by Mark Galant Trading opportunities in the forex market deserve serious consideration as a diversification strategy for your portfolio. While online equities and futures trading have enjoyed exponential gro
Forex EUR/USD: What's Next For The Dollar?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Katrina's potential impact on the economy could affect investors' attitude.
Forex Focus: Determining The End Of The Trend by Jody Samuels
Forex Focus: Determining The End Of The Trend by Jody Samuels
Forex Focus: Let The Technicals Do The Talking by Jared Martinez
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Forex Focus: Let The Technicals Do The Talking by Jared Martinez Interpreting charts is an art as well as a science, which is why you need to map out all the different scenarios that can take place once you place a trade. Here's one chart interpretation
Forex Focus: Let The Technicals Do The Talking by Jared Martinez
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Forex Focus: Let The Technicals Do The Talking by Jared Martinez Interpreting charts is an art as well as a science, which is why you need to map out all the different scenarios that can take place once you place a trade. Here's one chart interpretation
Forex Focus: New President, New Trend For The Dollar? by Brent Donnelly
Forex Focus: Profiting From The Gartley by Todd Gordon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:11 (14-18): Forex Focus: Profiting From The Gartley by Todd Gordon Access to foreign exchange trading has opened up exciting trading options for the retail trader. You can now trade alongside corporations and institutions in a
Forex Focus: Surviving The Trappings Of Trends by Cornelius Luca
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Forex Focus: Surviving The Trappings Of Trends by Cornelius Luca Faced with a choppy trend? Here's how to analyze a trend and identify some realistic opportunities. AH! the dream and promise of trends! Traders rightfully seek and try to follow them. Ho
Forex Focus: The Alligator Indicator by Alexander Sabodin
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Forex Focus: The Alligator Indicator by Alexander Sabodin Here's a trading system you can apply to trending markets such as the currencies. There is a moving average?based trading system that I have found works best in trending markets, with its main i
Forex Focus: The Intraday Trade by Alexander Sabodin
Forex Focus: The RSI Miracle by Hadi Seyedinajad
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 27:01 (12-13): Forex Focus: The RSI Miracle by Hadi Seyedinajad If we had to choose just one indicator to tradethe financial markets, it would be J. Welles Wilder's RSI. It does everything you expect from an indicator. It's an ov
Forex Focus: The Trend Determining Method by Aleksey Yudin
Forex Focus: The US Dollar And Precious Metals by Donald W. Pendergast Jr.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Playing the US dollar versus the precious metals market dynamic is one of the highest-probability trading games around. This is especially significant at major trend reversals. Will the significant support area near 76.00 even hold, much less act a
Forex Trading Platforms And The Real World by Chris Melendez
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V. 22:6 (52-58): Forex Trading Platforms And The Real World by Chris Melendez Here are some of the properties and pitfalls of online retail trading platforms versus the institutional foreign exchange execution systems. Today's foreign exchange markets
Forex USD/JPY: The Currencies After China's Revaluation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The yuan was revalued, but not as expected. Are bigger changes coming?
Foundry Networks Has Turned the Corner
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Foundry Networks (FDRY) has bottomed just like most of the other networks. However, they all haven't had the same "pop" as Foundry. This equity rocketed off its bottom of $4.08 in October, 2002 and zoomed to $10.88 on December 2 in less
Fourier Series Model Of The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders are aware that cyclical activity can be observed in market data. Here's a way to use a Fourier series indicator to model the market and describe cyclic market activity so you can develop realistic trading strategy rules for swing trades
Fun With Numbers - The Joys Of Compounding
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ever wondered how much you would make in a year if you were able to sustain an average daily return?
Further Downside Risks Lurk Over The DJIA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The intraday charts could be suggesting that there is further downside risk for the DJIA. The one- and 15-minute time frames have now gotten a lower high and lower low. There is still hope for the bulls, but if the market doesn't get a shot of capit
Further To Fall On The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As I write this, the S&P 500 is down more than 3% to 1172. With the broad market continuing to fall, when might we see some relief?
GEMs Among The Talus
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Look for growth, earnings, and money flow.
GFI : Bullish Reversal In The Making?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Down by more than 60% since July 2011, shares of Gold Fields Ltd. may be in the process of preparing for a bullish turnaround.
GPS: Mind The Gap And The Flag
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With a gap down and rising flag formation, the chart for Gap Inc. (GPS) is showing signs of weakness.
GPS: Mind The Gap And The Flag
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With a gap down and rising flag formation, the chart for Gap Inc. (GPS) is showing signs of weakness.
Gail Dudack: The Technician's Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...She started out on Wall Street in the days of the ticker tape and over the years became a go-to market authority and a respected technical analyst. Here, she shares her views on her career as a technician and strategist, the historical developments she's
Gaming The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For some, trading in the market can be like betting in a casino, but here are some casino stocks that are definitely worth betting on.
Gaming The Mid-May Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The three major averages have all traced out hourly bottoming patterns in the middle of May.
Gann And The S&P 500 Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many years ago when I was knee high to a grasshopper, I lay in the sun at a hotel swimming pool at a small town called Agatha in the Northern Transvaal of South Africa. Here, I opened my first, of what was to be many books, about WD Gann.
Gann And The Time Factor by Koos van der Merwe
Gann, Elliott And The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The terrorist act in Spain has led to a change in government and the threat of a withdrawal of troops from Iraq. Has Al Qaeda won? What does the Dow say?
Gann, Elliott And The Dow Revisited
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Popular for their predictive power/capacity, Gann and Elliott wave methods reach similar conclusions in their forecasts for the spring of 2004.
Gap Higher Open Structure Led To Continuation Of The Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this article, we examine the market structure of a Gap Higher Open in the WTI futures market that resulted in a continuation of the rally to 115.40s on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Market structure provides insight into the market's dual-auction pr
Gas Prices at the Pump Should Fall under $3.10
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Futures prices are directly related to the price consumers pay at the pump.
General Electric Can't Fight The Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...General Electric (GE) is the only original Dow component from inception. How is this venerable stock competing with the newer companies?
General Electric is Ready to Light the Way!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...General Electric is about to break out topside of a 3-month ascending triangle.
General Motors Collapses -- Is It The Beginning?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When major companies start collapsing, is this telling us that the end of the financial crisis is in sight? Is this the beginning of the beginning of the end?
Generals Lead The NASDAQ Charge
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The NASDAQ advance/decline volume line has sharply outperformed the A/D line over the last few weeks, showing leadership from the generals.
Get In The Game: Invest In IPOs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...IPOs are usually reserved for institutions and high-net-worth individuals. But by investing in IPO funds, you - yes, you! - can also get a piece of the action.
Get The "CAN" In "CAN SLIM"
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Remember this classic?
Get The Big Menu With Darden Restaurants
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Darden Restaurants appear ready to move higher from a recent breakout pattern, but traders need to take a good look at other technicals before they go long.
Getting In On The AI Boom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Generative Artificial Intelligence, which hit the scenes in the early 2020s, has become the latest tech craze. With these AI learning models set to change everything from how we work to how we shop, how exactly can an investor get a toe hold in this fasc
Gilead Sciences and the Ulcer Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One of the worst performing sectors this past year has been the Health Care sector, and of its sub-sectors, Biotechnology was one of the poorest performers. Gilead Sciences (GILD), a component of that sub-sector lost about 21% over the past year, making
Go With The Flow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The maxim "Trade what you see, not what you think you see" applies to all charts, but sometimes pure common sense carries greater weight.
GoPro Flashes The Bear
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...From the time it first started trading back in June 2014, GoPro Inc (GPRO) seemed like it was on a course to the moon. But then this high-flier hit the ceiling. So what's next?
Going After the Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Moving averages, money flow and relative strength suggest that Procter and Gamble may be picking itself up from the canvas after being knocked down in March.
Going Only With The RSI Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Of all the indicators I have played with, the RSI has been my favorite, yet I watch it carefully with the JM Internal Band indicator and the XTL indicator.
Going Up: The Triangle Of Research Frontiers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After reaching a high of 40 at the beginning of 2000, Research Frontiers trended to a low of 11.25 by March 2001. Since then, the stock has almost tripled and there may be more upside to come.
Going With The Indicators
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the market correcting heavily recently, should you keep an eye on shares that could be a solid future investment?
Gold & The Yen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Different financial markets can be related in ways you least expect. Here, we'll look at the relationship between the gold market and the Japanese yen
Gold And The Business Cycle by Martin J. Pring
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gold And The Business Cycle by Martin J. Pring Well-known market analyst Martin Pring takes a look at the relationship between the price of gold and the business cycle. Why do major swings in the price of gold occur? Over the years, many views have be
Gold And The CRB Index by John J. Murphy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gold And The CRB Index by John J. Murphy John Murphy, the leading proponent of intermarket analysis, closes the current circle of tradable interrelationships by examining how gold and the CRB index interact. The gold market plays a key role in intermar
Gold And The Corrective Phase by Gary S. Wagner
Gold And The DJIA by Richard C. Forest
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gold And The DJIA by Richard C. Forest Gold has its own cycles. How best to interpret them? STOCKS & COMMODITIES contributor Richard Forest illustrates that gold cycles can be best understood when analyzed and compared to the DOW Jones Industrial Aver
Gold And The European Debt Crisis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ever since the Swiss franc was pegged to the euro, gold became the only safe haven investment in times of crisis. Here is a system to profit from the next crisis.
Gold And The New Technical Triad by Gary S. Wagner
Gold And The U.S. Dollar by John J. Murphy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gold And The U.S. Dollar by John J. Murphy Last month, intermarket analyst and veteran technician John Murphy explored the relationship between interest rates and the U.S. dollar. This month, he progresses to the interrelationship between the U.S. dolla
Gold Equities Power To The Forefront
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An update of the Fidelity Select Sector funds reveals a significant changing of the guard. Gold equities are now the top dog, with other stocks from the materials and natural resources groups also vying for the top rankings.
Gold Futures System Music To The Ears?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some markets tend to trend intraday, while others look more like financial market meat grinders. Using the right kind of trading system can help you exploit the potential in nearly any kind of market.
Gold In The RSI Danger Zone
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gold plays a key role in the intermarket jigsaw puzzle. Given its high negative correlation with the US dollar -- particularly evident in recent months -- the weekly relative strength index highlights the overbought condition of gold.
Gold Is The Big Picture
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Having turned the corner, gold is headed back down.
Gold Moves to the Big Round Numbers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After drawing some trendlines on a long-term chart for gold, it's striking to see how gold gravitates to the big round numbers.
Gold Stocks On The Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Inflation is alive and well, and gold is responding
Gold Tests The Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After returning to broken resistance with a sharp decline in July, the streetTRACKS Gold ETF formed a small consolidation, and there is a big test at hand.
Gold's Bearish Rising Wedge and The London Gold Fix
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This one-year gold chart shows the recent weakness in gold markets via a rising wedge failure.
Goldman Sachs And The Short-Term Put Sale Op
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the broad markets finding short-term support over the last two sessions, now may be the time to consider selling near-term, out-of-the-money puts on Goldman Sachs shares.
Golf Stocks Mired In The Sand
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Golf stocks have been forced into the trees lately. Is this weakness due to an industry on a secular downswing or just the result of seasonal weakness?
Gone With The Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...That's the answer. The question? Where did any hope of a week-ending rally in the $OEX go?
Goodyear Tire On the Road Again?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's been a tough four years for the tire company but the chart is showing signs that the worst may be over.
Google Feeling The Heat
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As a market leader, what GOOG does has a major influence on stocks. Recent action suggests that the recent rally may be under threat.
Half A Dollar For The DX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's the midterm outlook for the US Dollar Index.
Hammer Time For The Hourly S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Hammer candlesticks help traders trade trend reversals and corrections alike.
Hanging Out With The Junkies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Assuming that some bond and equities markets are highly correlated and that bonds affect the equities markets, could we extract information from junk bond markets in such a way as to manage our exposure and protect and increase our trading capital in vol
Hannon Armstrong Profiting From The New Economy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In my never-ending search for companies that will prosper in the new renewable energy and technology economy, I came across this momentum stock. And it looks to be breaking out to new all-time highs on above average volume again.
Harnessing The (Mis)Behavior Of Markets by Rick Martinelli
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:6 (21-30): Harnessing The (Mis)Behavior Of Markets by Rick Martinelli Do market prices vary due to large numbers of random effects such as the whims of individual traders? In 1900, Louis Bachelier was awarded a doctorate from
Hartmarx Corp. Bucking The Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This Chicago-based clothing company founded in 1872 has a bullish chart and appears headed higher.
Has Bombardier Turned The Corner?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Canadian-based Bombardier fell on hard times through poor management and a competitive industry. Is the "dead duck" starting to show signs of life?
Has Centex Corp. Turned The Corner?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After falling from $58 to $41, a bottom may be in for this Dallas, TX–based leading home building company.
Has Housing Hit The Wall?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Housing stocks have seen some big moves since October 2011. Recently the index flashed a sell signal. Is the move over?
Has Research In Motion Beaten The Bear Rally Blues?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Research In Motion's (RIM) chart shows what counts in the short term. RIM has posted a smaller-than-expected loss in its fiscal first quarter of 2002, but also lowered financial guidance for the overall year.
Has Sunopta Optimized Its Place In The Sun?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sunopta Inc. operates in three principal businesses: natural and organic food product sourcing, processing, and packaging; processing, distribution and recycling of environmentally responsible aggregate products and; engineering and marketing of a clean
Has The French Index Stabilized?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After correcting 600 points, the French CAC 40 Index has been consolidating near support. Will the index recover or take another plunge?
Has The Gold Vein Dried Up?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many investors have given up on gold at these extended levels, thinking that it is all tapped out. But certain technical signs suggest that we may soon be ushered into the next phase of the gold rush.
Has The Long Correction Ended For Gap Inc.?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The decline in Gap Inc. from July 2004 to July 2006 looks like a massive correction that the October breakout just ended.
Has The NASDAQ Bull Taken Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Last week, I wrote that I believed the Dow Jones Industrial Average had bottomed, and that the bull has taken over from the bear. This week, I see no reason to change my tune.
Has The Trend Reversed For USEC Inc.?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A combination of Elliott wave theory and pitchfork analysis may have signaled a bottom for this stock.
Has the AMEX Oil Index Put in a Significant Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The AMEX Oil Index (XOI) has been in a two-year downtrend but is now showing signs of reversing course.
Has the Gold Bough Been Broken?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As gold stocks soar toward resistance, gold futures appear to have topped out for the time being.
Have The Internets Hit Bottom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Strength in mid-February could anticipate a positive stochastic divergence.
Have the Energies Had Enough?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Six-week trendline breaks to the downside and volume oscillators turning lower are among the factors that contribute to a bearish outlook on the energies.
Head & Shoulder Pattern Reverses The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A head & shoulder pattern has developed and signals a major trend reversal for the S&P 500.
Health Care Select Sector Awaits The Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Examining different charts of the same sector suggests various technical resistances.
Heavy Is The Heart Of The Homebuilders
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Negative divergences augur lower prices ahead for homebuilding stocks.
Heavy Is The Heart Of The Homebuilders
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Negative divergences augur lower prices ahead for homebuilding stocks.
Heavy On The Hog
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bearish implications of a double top tip the scales toward a breakdown in July hogs.
Hedging The S&P 500 Index Using Low-Correlation ETFs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is a way you can improve your buy & hold returns and ease drawdowns by hedging with ETFs
Hewlett-Packard is on the Slide
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Hewlett Packard (HPQ) is completing another very nice head and shoulders pattern.
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
Ho Ho Ho! It's The Santa Claus Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can there be big price moves hidden in those stockings?
Holding The Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The meandering of the Standard & Poor's 500 in recent days may be a positive.
Holt-Winter Channel: taking the formula one step beyond by Ichu Cheng
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Holt-Winter Channel: taking the formula one step beyond by Ichu Cheng October 19,1987 witnessed the biggest one-day drop in stock prices in history. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) fell 616 points or 26% in a single day. The drop caught most inv
Home, Home On The Range by Andrew Tomlinson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:8 (70-73): Home, Home On The Range by Andrew Tomlinson Price ranges are used in signaling both reversals and breakouts. Looking at how stochastics perform in breakouts sheds light on several key characteristics of the indicato
Homebuilders: The First Rising Rate Casualties?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Builders have been a major beneficiary of the Federal Reserve's Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP) since 2008 but there are signs that they will also be early victims as easy money programs wind down.
Honeywell Is A Diamond In The Rough!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Honeywell (HON) is definitely on the move higher, but the question is when to jump into a long position while the general market conditions are short. Examining the monthly, weekly and daily charts will help you make a better decision.
How Accurate Is The A/D Line? by Lawrence G. McMillan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How Accurate Is The A/D Line? by Lawrence G. McMillan Maybe not as accurate as you think. Here's one way to get more realistic results. For much of 2001 -- especially the first eight months of the year -- market technicians were often quoted as saying th
How Do The New IRA Rules Affect You?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Thinking about taking out money from your IRA? If so, take heart. With the new 2001 required minimum distribution rules, it's easier than it used to be.
How Does The Canadian Financial System Stack Up?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Canadian banks have taken less risk than those in the United States, and so do not need the massive bailout that US banks have received, but how are they doing?
How Far Will Microsoft Move? The $64 Question
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A double bottom reversal pattern on the price chart for Microsoft [MSFT] may provide some technical clues for future price targets.
How Good is The Dow Theory? PART I by Bill Dunbar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How Good is The Dow Theory? PART I by Bill Dunbar An excellent article on the Dow Theory appeared in the December 1984 issue of this magazine, written by Timothy A. Maguire. The present article may be looked on as an extension of that one but since Magu
How Good is The Dow Theory? Part II by Bill Dunbar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How Good is The Dow Theory? Part II by Bill Dunbar I had just sat down at my desk in Advanced Design when Cliff walked In. ""Ya hear the news?"" he asked. ""What news?"" ""The rails confirmed yesterday!"" He announced it like he expected me to stand
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 High Can the S&P 500 Index Go?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 broke out of two-and-a-half month trading range early this month, indicating the potential for higher prices in the near-term.
How High The Dow?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Statistics show that since 1885, the market has never been bearish in a year ending in a '5' -- but there is always a first. What does a chart of the Dow tell us?
How I Stopped Holding And Learned To Love The Death Cross by Greg Gazurian
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How I Stopped Holding And Learned To Love The Death Cross by Greg Gazurian Check out this exit strategy, which may be what you need when a specific stock or market is weakening or bearish, compared to the (classic but not necessarily desirable) buy & ho
How Long Will The Trend Last?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...All trends begin and eventually end, but the rate at which they end is not the same across all time frames. Find out how incorporating trend failure rates into your trading can make you a more effective trader.
How Low Can The Dow Go?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow Jones Industrial Average has now moved below its November 2008 low. How low can the Dow go?
How Random Is The Dow by Tony Baker and William Arnold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How Random Is The Dow by Tony Baker and William Arnold This study looks at the market fluctuations of the DJIA to determine if there is any consistency in the markets. One of the best-known, universally reliable characteristics of the financial markets
How Sentiment And Social Media Breaks The Roof
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Have sentiment and social media data reached a tipping point?
How The Dollar Gets Its Groove Back
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Near-term rallies in the euro and aussie may presage a rally in the US dollar.
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
How The Small Survive - Laura Granger Of Oppenheimer Emerging Growth Fund
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the going gets tough, do the small get growing? That's how Laura Granger, portfolio manager of OppenheimerFunds' new Emerging Growth Fund, sees it. At the helm of the fund since October 2000, Granger has parlayed her success in turning aro
How The U.S. Dollar Relates To Gold And Crude Oil
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The dollar is going through an upward technical correction while in a downtrend, whereas gold and crude oil are going through a downward correction in an uptrend. Has the downtrend ended for the dollar and the uptrend ended for gold and crude? I don&ap
How The Utilities Got Their Groove Back
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Intraday positive divergences in the stochastic helped traders in utilities shares find a bottom.
How To Describe Corrections In The US Equity Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even when you assign a fairly concrete definition to the term "correction" or "bear market", it's still not easy to know at what point one began. Here is one proposed solu
How To Get In With The Trend ... by Bryan Strain
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How To Get In With The Trend And Out At The End by Bryan Strain Need a simple trend-following system to get you right with the market? Take a look at this. ""Good indicators must have an easily explainable, fundamental reason for working,"" trader and
How To Play Both Sides Of The Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Buy when the market goes up and buy when the market goes down. It's that simple.
How To Play The Turns In The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The trend is your friend, but navigating the turns in the market can help you make larger returns by catching tops and bottoms at just the right moment.
How To Play The Turns In The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The trend is your friend, but navigating the turns in the market can help you make larger returns by catching tops and bottoms at just the right moment.
How To Profit In The Short Term
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bull run is still climbing, and you can use this unique pattern in the short term to help you pile up the profits.
How To Stay On Top Of The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders move from euphoria to terror as markets that were once on a bullish run turn bearish at the drop of a dime. But if you understand a few concepts, you won't be caught flat-footed.
How To Still Be Profitable While Being Wrong More Than Right In The Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On the road toward profitability as a trader, both the frequency and size of your winning trades are important. But to what extent? You can use the "expected value" calculation for the trades in your account as a way of examining profitability. Find out
How the E-mini Nasdaq 100 Stole Thanksgiving
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An intraday double bottom in mid-November set up a great opportunity to the long side in the run-up to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Hunting Down Stocks On The Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At first glance, it seems like the market is gathering support and trying to mount another bull run, but a closer look reveals that all is not what it seems.
Hyliion Holdings Corp - A Laggard On The Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is it finally catch-up time for this clean energy truck manufacturer?
IBM Moving The Dow 30 Ever Higher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Of all the major US stock indexes, only the mighty Dow 30 is still making fresh post-crash highs, with IBM being the main mover within its ranks.
IBM On The Verge Of A Big Break
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...IBM failed to hold onto its early January gains and is on the verge of a major support break.
IBM: Head & Shoulders, The Sequel
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.
IHS, Inc. - The Comeback Kid
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Considered down-and-out at one time, IHS has powered back to leadership status and setting up for a new bull run.
IMAX On The Rise
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...IMAX doubled its gross box office to $546 million in 2010, and it's building an even better overall lineup for 2011.
IWM : Big Turn In The Making?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For a major stock index to rise nearly 40% in eight months is no small feat; might the time be here when the Russell 2000 index begins to retrace a third of those gains?
IWM: Could US Small Caps Join The Large Cap Rally?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The iShares Russell 2000 (IWM), which is an exchange traded fund (ETF) seeking to track the investment results of an index composed of small-cap US equities, looks poised for a bullish breakout. But will it be successful?
Identify The Start Of A Trend With DMI
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Improve on certain directional movement index signals such as identifying the start of a trending move and picking market tops and bottoms.
Identifying And Timing With The Special K, Part 2 by Martin J. Pring
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 27:01 (28-35): Identifying And Timing With The Special K, Part 2 by Martin J. Pring In part 1, you were introduced to the Special K indicator and its application on the weekly and daily charts. In part 2, we will show you how Spe
Identifying The Cup (With Or Without The Handle) by Giorgos Siligardos, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:2 (36-42): Identifying The Cup (With Or Without The Handle) by Giorgos Siligardos, Ph.D. Here's a mechanical identification formula for the rounding bottom, one of the most rewarding formations for traders. The rounding botto
Identifying The Cup (With Or Without The Handle) by Giorgos Siligardos, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:2 (36-42): Identifying The Cup (With Or Without The Handle) by Giorgos Siligardos, Ph.D. Here's a mechanical identification formula for the rounding bottom, one of the most rewarding formations for traders. The rounding botto
Identifying The Strongest To Weakest Forex Pairs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Which is the strongest and which is the weakest? Here's a straightforward concept that can help you track forex market dynamics and cross-currency relationships.
Identifying Trades With The Option Premium Ratio by Christopher Cadbury
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Identifying Trades With The Option Premium Ratio by Christopher Cadbury What is the option premium ratio? Simply, the option premium ratio is the ratio of price premiums on puts relative to price premiums on calls. It covers all listed equity options.
Identifying Trends With The KST Indicator by Martin J. Pring
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Identifying Trends With The KST Indicator by Martin J. Pring The direction of price is influenced by different time cycles. Important market turns occur when a number of these cycles are changing direction. The KST indicator is an oscillator designed to
If the Bear Has Really Ended...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Early market leadership indicates small-cap value is the best area for new investments if stocks are headed higher.
If the boss only knew technical analysis by Vincent Cosentino
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If the boss only knew technical analysis by Vincent Cosentino When a company official, director or a large stockholder buys stock in the company, this has to be a sign that green grass and blue skies are ahead. After all, who knows the company better th
Improve Your System With The Profitability Rule by Michael Harris
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Improve Your System With The Profitability Rule by Michael Harris What are the capabilities and limitations of your trading system or investment strategy? You can ensure your system or strategy has a high probability of meeting your profit objectives by
Improving The 50/200 SMA With A Simple Crossover System
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You shouldn't always assume that the default settings for your indicators are necessarily the best ones to use for all timeframes. With a little careful modification, your indicators could be greatly improved. Here is some guidance (and inspiration) to t
Improving The Win-Loss Ratio With The Relative Strength Index by Thomas Bulkowski
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Improving The Win-Loss Ratio With The Relative Strength Index by Thomas Bulkowski Here's a refresher on the relative strength index, and how to improve your win-loss ratio. Technical analysts can be divided into two basic camps -- those who rely on cha
Improving The Win-Loss Ratio With The Relative Strength Index by Thomas Bulkowski
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Improving The Win-Loss Ratio With The Relative Strength Index by Thomas Bulkowski Here's a refresher on the relative strength index, and how to improve your win-loss ratio. Technical analysts can be divided into two basic camps -- those who rely on cha
In Search Of The Best Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are so many ways to measure trends that it becomes difficult to identify which one to use. Here we compare five systems that each use a different method of determining trend, and we analyze the results to see which ones top the list
In Search Of The Next Big Game
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks go up when there are more buyers than sellers, down when the opposite occurs and short-sellers are a big part of the picture. But when a heavily shorted stock rallies, it can provide those in the know with a powerful trading strategy that works we
In Search Of The Next Big Game
In Search Of The Trendilator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When equities are trending, one group of indicators works best. When prices are stuck in a trading range, other indicators are more successful. Wouldn't it be nice to find one indicator that worked well in both types of markets?
In The US Dollar And The DJIA, Which Leads?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Much has been said that the Dow Jones Industrial Average moves contrary to the movement of the US dollar. Is that true?
In The US Dollar And The DJIA, Which Leads?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Much has been said that the Dow Jones Industrial Average moves contrary to the movement of the US dollar. Is that true?
In The US Dollar ETF, When UUP Means Down
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The inverse relationship between the Australian dollar and the US dollar comes to life as the chart tells the tale of two currencies.
In The Volume Zone by Walid Khalil and David Steckler
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a look at the volume zone oscillator, which can be applied to trending and nontrending markets. Find out how it can be used to trade the Djia, Spy, and gold.
In search of the cause of cycles by Hans Hannula, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In search of the cause of cycles by Hans Hannula, Ph.D. People have, for centuries, noticed cycles in many things, including the stock market. My own interest in cycles and their application to the market began in the early 1970s, when I read Dewey and
In search of the perfect system: Interview Jack Schwager
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In search of the perfect system: Interview Jack Schwager Jack Schwager, self-confessed skeptic and diligent debunker of ""new and improved"" commodity trading systems, is director of both research and managed trading for PaineWebber and is a not-too-rec
Indicator Deviation Bands: Extending The Bollinger Bands Concept
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Apply the concept of trading bands to technical indicators to create effective trading strategies. Here's an example
Indicators On The Test Bench: Which Price Channel Method Is Most Effective For Trading?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Let's put some popular and useful tools to the test head-to-head to see what may work best for different futures markets
Inertia & Momentum In The Futures Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The futures markets are known for their excessive price cycles. This cyclical nature attracts speculators who like to take on the high risks associated with them. That doesn't mean retail traders can't trade futures. They just need a different perspectiv
Inside Bar Patterns And The Sushi Roll
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading inside bar patterns can be lucrative, but using them in combination with this key principle can open up huge trading opportunities.
Inside day patterns in the S&P by Toby Crabel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Inside day patterns in the S&P by Toby Crabel Computer studies suggest that inside days-- where the high is lower than the previous ! day's high and the low is higher than the previous day's low-- provide very reliable t entries in the S&P 500 futures mar
Insider Buying On The Rise
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Insider selling greatly outstripped buying for the six-month period from September 2003 to February 2004 but it looks like the trend is changing. Could insiders now be telling us that it's time to buy?
Insiders Aren't Buying The Bull...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Insider selling hit another extreme level in February. If we are in a long-term bull market, insiders aren't buying it.
Intel Downside: Chipzilla Meets the Descending Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After gapping down five points in September, shares of Intel moved into a two-month trading range. Now a descending triangle threatens to send the king of the chipmakers on another ride down.
Interest Rates And The U.S. Dollar by John J. Murphy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Interest Rates And The U.S. Dollar by John J. Murphy Veteran technician and leading proponent of intermarket analysis John Murphy continues to delve into the interrelationships between markets, this time between interest rates and the U.S. dollar. Prev
Intermarket Analysis And The Deutschemark by Richard Forest
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Intermarket Analysis And The Deutschemark by Richard Forest Richard Forest, a two-time Traders' Challenge winner, becomes a S TOCKS & COMMODITIES author with this monograph on how intermarket analysis -- that is, analyzing elements across more than one m
International Paper Holds The Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...International Paper broke resistance in early March, and a successful test of this breakout points to higher prices.
Interview Henry Hank Pruden: What The Future Holds by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Interview Henry Hank Pruden: What The Future Holds by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan Hank, why don't you start by telling us how you got interested in the Wyckoff method. What attracted me to the Wyckoff method can be summarized under my notions of Wyckoff th
Interview The World Of Commodities With Carley Garner by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Interview The World Of Commodities With Carley Garner by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan Alaron broker and analyst Carley Garner has been involved with the markets for years and is actively educating traders through web content and online seminars at CommodityT
Interview: Brandon Wendell and Trading Around The World by J. Gopalakrishnan and B.Faber
Interview: Cari Lynn: Life On The Trading Floor by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:5 (56-59): Interview: Cari Lynn: Life On The Trading Floor by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan Cari Lynn is a Chicago-based journalist and the author of ""Leg The Spread: A Woman's Adventures Inside The Trillion-Dollar Boys' Club Of Co
Interview: Christopher Neely Of The Federal Reserve by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Once in a while, we hear something coming out of the Federal Reserve we just don't expect. In this case, we heard about a technical analysis?receptive individual -- an economist, to boot! Christopher Neely is a research officer with the Federal Reserve Ba
Interview: Conquering The Trading Demons With Gary Dayton
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gary Dayton, Psy.D., is a trading psychologist, trader, author, and founder of TradingPsychologyEdge.com. His book Trade Mindfully outlines the mental skills needed for high-level trading performance. In his Deep Practice Program, traders learn to confro
Interview: Daytrading With The StockBandit's Jeff White by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Interview: Daytrading With The StockBandit's Jeff White by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan Jeff White, founder and chief technical analyst of TheStockBandit.com, started trading the markets in 1998 and has since gained extensive experience in both stocks and op
Interview: Don Miller & The Ultimate Entrepreneurial Experience by J. Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:1 (58-63): Interview: Don Miller & The Ultimate Entrepreneurial Experience by J. Gopalakrishnan Don Miller toiled in the corporate world, wondering if there were more to life -- and then he discovered there was. He gave up the
Interview: Following The Trend With Perry Kaufman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Perry J. Kaufman has been involved in trading, research, and advisory functions at commercial banks, securities houses, central banks, and hedge funds since 1971. His current area of specialty is the design of trading systems, algorithms, and indexes. S&
Interview: From The Pit To The PC: Lewis J. Borsellino by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...From The Pit To The PC Lewis J. Borsellino The current, never-before-seen bull market in stocks has led to tremendous growth in trading the Standard & Poor's 500 futures pits. One top S&P trader, Lewis Borsellino, has been a runner, a clerk, a broker, a
Interview: From The Pit To The PC: Lewis J. Borsellino by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...From The Pit To The PC Lewis J. Borsellino The current, never-before-seen bull market in stocks has led to tremendous growth in trading the Standard & Poor's 500 futures pits. One top S&P trader, Lewis Borsellino, has been a runner, a clerk, a broker, a
Interview: Get The Gann Skinny From Hima Reddy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trader, educator, author, and mentor Hima Reddy, CMT, was introduced to trading by her late father and has continued on that path since the day she laid eyes on her first price chart. She applies Gann's price and time analysis to the markets with a more
Interview: Jeffrey Hirsch, The Chronicler Of Change by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:11 (66-72): Interview: Jeffrey Hirsch, The Chronicler Of Change by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan Like father, like son -- eventually. Jeffrey Hirsch is now the president of the Hirsch Organization, and editor-in-chief of The Stock Tr
Interview: Jerry Toepke Of The Moore Research Center by J. Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:10 (58-65): Interview: Jerry Toepke Of The Moore Research Center by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan Watching the rhythm of the markets, and being able to anticipate market movement, can give the involved trader a boost. Jerry Toepke,
Interview: Ken Tower And The Future Of Electronic Trading by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:3 (54-61): Interview: Ken Tower And The Future Of Electronic Trading by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan A member and former president of the Market Technicians Association (MTA), Ken Tower is chief market strategist at CyberTrader, an
Interview: Master The Markets With Gatis And Grayson Roze
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When you live and breathe the markets, it's not unusual to be a big influence on your family. Because of his deep interest in the financial markets, Gatis Roze had an impact on spreading that passion to his son Grayson. The two have a special bond becaus
Interview: Tales From The Front: Robert Zellner by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Tales From The Front: Robert Zellner Robert Zellner, whose career has ranged from academic to institutional trader to business manager before settling on full-time private trader, started off with his sights aimed on academia, despite a grandfather who
Interview: The Brains Behind A Trading System: Denis Globa
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The thought of developing a trading system can overwhelm you with words like backtesting, optimization, curve fitting, and performance results whirling through your head. But anyone who has gone through the learning process and has successfully applied t
Interview: The Brogans Of The Brogan Group Equity Research
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's a family affair: Bob Brogan Sr., Terence Brogan, and Rob Brogan Jr. run The Brogan Group Equity Research (BGER), a division of Wellington Shields & Co. The firm offers decades of experience as institutional market technicians, publishing daily resea
Interview: The Brogans Of The Brogan Group Equity Research
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's a family affair: Bob Brogan Sr., Terence Brogan, and Rob Brogan Jr. run The Brogan Group Equity Research (BGER), a division of Wellington Shields & Co. The firm offers decades of experience as institutional market technicians, publishing daily resea
Interview: The Holy Grail Of Trading Is Within Us All: Van K. Tharp by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Holy Grail Of Trading Is Within Us All: Van K. Tharp, Ph.D. Psychologist and trading coach Van K. Tharp is the president of the International Institute of Trading Mastery, Inc. He has spent the last 15 years working with more than 4,000 traders, and
Interview: The Keys To Success With Mark Minervini
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Mark Minervini has more than 37 years of market experience as an independent trader and is a market educator and performance coach for traders. He is the author of several books on trading as well as on how to develop a winning mindset. In 1997, he won f
Interview: The Nature Of The Market Is Change: Bruce Kamich by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Nature Of The Market Is Change: Bruce Kamich Technicians follow numerous markets, and some specialize in specific areas, such as equities or fixed income. With the Treasury bond yields recently hitting lows that were unthinkable by most only a few y
Interview: The Nature Of The Market Is Change: Bruce Kamich by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Nature Of The Market Is Change: Bruce Kamich Technicians follow numerous markets, and some specialize in specific areas, such as equities or fixed income. With the Treasury bond yields recently hitting lows that were unthinkable by most only a few y
Interview: The Psychology Of Trading With Claudio Demb
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Claudio Demb, MD, is a psychiatrist and has been an individual trader and investor since the 1990s. He is a frequent contributor to this magazine on the topic of trading psychology. Along with his professional practice, he has an academic appointment as
Interview: The Sell Side With James Cordier
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...James Cordier is the founder of OptionSellers.com, an investment firm specializing exclusively in selling options. He is the author of The Complete Guide To Option Selling, which was recently published in its third edition. Cordier's market commentaries
Interview: The Survivors by John Sweeney and Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Interview: The Survivors by John Sweeney and Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan As goes the Nasdaq, so does the number of daytraders. Or so it seems. Those who continue to trade as if nothing changed are those who can call themselves, with confidence, traders. For
Interview: The Way Of Trading With Ian Murphy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ian Murphy trades his own account using trend-following, swing trading, and daytrading strategies. He studied under experienced traders such as Alexander Elder and Kerry Lovvorn. Working in metal recycling early in his career led him to precious metals a
Interview: Trading Communities On The Web: Doug Fairclough by J. Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading Communities On The Web: Doug Fairclough by J. Gopalakrishnan Doug Fairclough was in the midst of a two-year stint as database guru at HotWired, the pioneering website of Wired magazine, when he became aware of the possibilities of the Internet t
Interview: Trading The Currency Market With Cornelius Luca by J. Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Interview: Trading The Currency Market With Cornelius Luca by J. Gopalakrishnan Cornelius Luca is an author and international consultant in foreign exchange and technical analysis. Luca has spent his entire professional life in international finance, an
Interview: Trading The Headlines With Kathy Lien
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Kathy Lien is managing director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management and cofounder of BKForex.com. She has more than 19 years of experience in the financial markets with a specific focus on G20 currencies. Her resume includes JPMorgan Chase, FXCM (she
Interview: Travel The Trading World With Tomas Nesnidal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Travel, eat, meditate, make money, and enjoy life. That's how Tomas Nesnidal describes his life. And it's a life many traders would covet. Nesnidal has been a full-time trader for over 11 years, specializing in automated algorithmic trading strategies. A
Interview: Tuning Into The Pits With Jack Broz
Interview: Understanding The Forex Market with P. Gotthelf by J. Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Interview: Understanding The Forex Market with P. Gotthelf by J. Gopalakrishnan Philip Gotthelf, the publisher of the COMMODEX System, the oldest daily futures trading system published, and Commodity Futures Forecast Service, which has been in existence
Interview: Vetting The Market: Price Headley by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
Interview: What Is The Future Of Trading? by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What Is The Future Of Trading? by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan At The Start Of Our 20th Year, We Ask: What Is The Future Of Trading? The trading exchanges have been going through various changes lately, shifting from member-sponsored entities to for-profi
Into The Money Flow: Sorting Out The Volume Indicators
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Which is the best money flow indicator? Here's some comparison on the subject.
Into The Money Flow: Sorting Out The Volume Indicators
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Which is the best money flow indicator? Here's some comparison on the subject.
Into the Pit by Joseph Wilson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Into the Pit by Joseph Wilson In December 1985, I was approved for membership to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. I obtained a membership to the Index and Options Market, which gave me the right to trade the S&P 500 futures. Let me digress for a moment.
Intraday 2B Tops In The June Emini S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."What we have here is a failure to follow through..."
Intraday Tops And Bottoms In The USD/JPY
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A popular reversal set-up shows itself--twice!--within six days, once from the bottom then again from the top.
Intraday Trading In The First Hour
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This system could allow you to earn consistent profits by trading during the first market hour.
Intraday swings with wave charts: The Wyckoff method of trading stocks part 12 by Jack K. Hutson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Intraday swings with wave charts: The Wyckoff method of trading stocks part 12 by Jack K. Hutson The serious follower of Wyckoff, a trader who embraces the entire scope and intricate details of this methodology, has not completed his or her analytic ars
Introducing The Modidor Spread by Jay Kaeppel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Introducing The Modidor Spread by Jay Kaeppel Here's a strategy that involves modifications to the standard iron condor spread. The world of option trading is an ever-evolving one. While the basic strategies have been around for a long time, the search
Introducing The Open Collar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the price of a stock you are holding keeps moving higher and higher to the point where you are sure a pullback will occur, do you continue holding your position, do you close it, or are there other alternatives? Here's one technique you can apply wh
Invert The VIX And Then Compare
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, a popular measure of the implied volatility of S&P 500 index options, has something to say.
Investing In The Coming Mini–Ice Age
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...No sun spots have been spotted — which, it seems, suggests that an ice age cometh.
Investing In The New Millennium
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Investing In The New Millennium
Iris International Is On The Edge Of A Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Iris international is on the support/resistance zone of the retracement level, so the strong bullish indicators could pull the stock above that area.
Iron Mountain Climbing To The Summit?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The technology sector remains strong, and one of the top-performing stocks from the business software and services industry group is Iron Mountain, Inc.
Iron Mountain: Down In The Dumps
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Iron Mountain (IRM) are down by nearly 30% in the last nine weeks, with even more downside possible.
Is A Breakout For The US Dollar Index In The Cards?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Dollar Index is consolidating after an extensive advance rally.
Is A Breakout For The US Dollar Index In The Cards?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Dollar Index is consolidating after an extensive advance rally.
Is A Correction On The Horizon?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Why is it that the bears hug the TV networks and the newspaper reporters? Is the fear of losing money the reason?
Is Biopure Set To Rise Through The Ceiling?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Biopure Corp. is a leading developer and manufacturer of oxygen therapeutics, a class of pharmaceuticals that are intravenously administered to deliver oxygen to the body's tissues. Wishful thinking, or can it be achieved?
Is Buy-And-Hold The Strategy For You?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Buying and holding stocks may not be the best approach for everyone, especially those who are unwilling to sit back and take large losses while they wait for their stocks to climb back up.
Is Buy-and-Hold The Best Strategy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is buy-and-hold really the best strategy to follow?
Is CAT The New GM Market Proxy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the world's largest maker of construction and mining equipment, where Caterpillar stock goes tells us much about the state of the market. So what is CAT telling us now?
Is Facebook On The Comeback Trail?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Most would agree that the Facebook IPO was nothing short of a disaster, especially for those who bought shares right at the beginning. But if the pattern taking shape is any indication, those who waited to buy in early June could be in for a handsome rew
Is FedEx Passing The Parcel?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Could the specter of higher interest rates be a speed bump for Fed Ex? Some bearish signs suggest a correction in the near term.
Is Glaxo Smith/Kline Medicine For The Bull?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Glaxo Smith/Kline is a research-based pharmaceutical company that may be worth watching.
Is Google On The Firing Line?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Not long after its launch in 2004, Google became a market leader. That trend remained intact through good times and bad. In 2010, it flashed a bearish head & shoulders top pattern that failed to hit the target, but it was a good trade nonetheless. It
Is Green Mountain Filling The Gap?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Filling the gap is a key technical analysis feature.
Is It Time To Invest In The Housing Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We all know that home prices have fallen badly with a recession created by banks who offered excessive mortgages, but is it time to start looking to reinvest?
Is It Time To Keep An Eye On The Nikkei?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Nikkei seems to have bottomed out for a while; look to enter a breakout for a decent move.
Is It Time To Look At The Banks?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bubble that burst in 2007 was created by the banking industry.
Is Juniper Networks on the Brink of Breaking Out?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A triangle formation on Juniper Nerworks (JNPR) chart has a bullish tendency but it will not break out unless the volume continues to increase.
Is March The Month For Higher Dow Highs?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If both the Industrials and Transports take out their February highs, then the bull market will be confirmed once again.
Is NASDAQ Showing The Way?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...I have been writing that the market is in a new bull market for more than a year now. Is the QQQQ confirming this?
Is Newmont Mining Leading The Gold Price?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Newmont Mining is regarded as one of the premium mining stocks. It is beginning to show some very interesting chart patterns. Is this a prelude to a rise in gold prices?
Is October The Season For 3-D Printers?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Like much of the market, 3D stocks took a hit leading up to the budget feud on Capital Hill. But, for traders, there is an interesting seasonal pattern that could present itself when the feud ends.
Is Oil Headed For The Dumps?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recently oil has shown signs of a top. But perhaps the larger question traders should be asking is what do falling oil prices mean for stocks?
Is Polo Ralph Lauren Bucking The Trend?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's an unusual stock to watch -- shares of Polo Ralph Lauren, even though they did sell off with the rest of the market, are still sitting near a 52-week high.
Is Recovery in Sight for the Euro?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Finally the faltering Euro saw an explosive upside move triggered mainly by the US joining forces with Japan and Europe to intervene into the currency markets to help boost the Euro.
Is Silver The Shine That Is Golden?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With Silver Wheaton, it appears so.
Is Sotheby's BID-ding The Markets Lower?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Market pundit and author Vikram Mansharamani first introduced auction house Sotheby's as an advance market indicator. Here's what that indicator is saying now.
Is The 200-Day Moving Average A Reliable Trend Indicator?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With major averages facing resistance at their 200-day moving averages, we test the reliability of this indicator.
Is The A-B Base What The Bottom Will Look Like?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is this A-B base the future market bottom picture?
Is The A-B Base What The Bottom Will Look Like?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is this A-B base the future market bottom picture?
Is The Airline Index Ready For Takeoff?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The airline index plunged 50% in the past year. Now there are signs of a bottom.
Is The Amazon.com Cyclical Turn At Hand?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite today's selloff in the broad US markets, Amazon shares managed to produce a potentially significant, bullish reversal bar.
Is The Average Analyst Average-Aware?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Such a simple term, yet easy to misinterpret. Here, we clarify the differences between mean, median, and mode
Is The Bear Going Back To Sleep?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Several weeks ago, the bear woke up. Is winter over, or is the bear going back to sleep?
Is The Bottom In Yet For CSC?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a long-running bullish money flow/price divergence finally shows signs of playing out, sharp traders and investors start to take notice and then take positions carefully.
Is The Bottom Near? - Mike Byrum Of Rydex Funds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the market bottom near? That's one of the questions we asked Mike Byrum, chairman of the Rydex Investment Strategy Committee, which oversees investment activity for all Rydex Funds. He is also the portfolio manager for the Rydex OTC Fund. Byrum w
Is The Correction Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Global unrest was the cause of the expected correction in the market. With the DJIA going strongly positive on February 28, is this suggesting the correction is over?
Is The Cycle High For .RUT?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The R2K just broke higher out of an inverted head & shoulders pattern, but is this rally attempt too little, too late?
Is The DJIA A Defective Indicator? by Max Bader, M.D., M.P.H.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is The DJIA A Defective Indicator? by Max Bader, M.D., M.P.H. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is the most popular and commonly quoted of the stock market averages used to measure market activity. This is due mainly to its long history as a marke
Is The DJIA Starting A New Leg Up?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The DJ 30 appears to have started a new leg up. How much further might be left?
Is The Dollar And Gold Decoupling?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Normally, the US dollar and gold move in opposite directions. However, in recent days they moved in the same direction. Is this a sign that the dollar and gold are decoupling, or is this just an anomaly?
Is The East Colonizing The West?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In a turnaround, in today's world, it is India and China that are "colonizing" the West — but they are doing so financially.
Is The East Colonizing The West?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In a turnaround, in today's world, it is India and China that are "colonizing" the West — but they are doing so financially.
Is The Economy Slowing?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is The Economy Slowing?
Is The End Near?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The first positive divergence in the hourly chart of the QQQQ since the late October top offers hope for the bulls.
Is The Financial Sector Ready To Break Out?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The pullback rally of the Financial Sector SPDR has moved closer to the moving average resistance. The technical check is necessary for the direction of the breakout.
Is The Four-Year-Old Bull Run In .SPX Fading?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the .SPX still trading within a few percentage points of its post-crash highs, might the impending fiscal cliff be the triggering event prior to a major decline in the US stock indexes?
Is The Gold Rush Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The gold trust shares have had an incredible run since mid-August, but is there still future upside potential? The answer lies in its trendline.
Is The Google Uptrend Finished?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Google prints a down gap on earnings news.
Is The Lehman Treasury Fund Finding A Bottom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Lehman Treasury Fund has bounced off key support levels but are prices ready to rally?
Is The Low Finally Here For UNG?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In just three and a half years, the United States Natural Gas Fund LP has fallen from $127.78 to as little as $5.06. Might not this market be closer to the ultimate low now than ever before?
Is The Market Building A Bottom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One good overall measure of the market is the Vanguard Total Market ETF. What is it telling us about the market?
Is The Market Poised For A Turndown?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For some time now, I have been suggesting that the market could start turning down, moving into a new bear market that will last two to three years.
Is The Market Really In A Trading Range?
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.
Is The NASDAQ Calling The Way?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trying to find market direction by looking at today's indexes is not easy.
Is The NASDAQ Calling The Way?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trying to find market direction by looking at today's indexes is not easy.
Is The Oil And Gas Rise Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the rise over? For the moment, yes.
Is The Oil Uptrend Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...USO has been in an uptrend since 1999, but it now looks like the upward trend is over and a sizable correction in oil is at hand, one that could drop the price of oil to as low as $53 per barrel.
Is The Philippines The Next Asian Tiger?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While the rest of the world fears a double-dip recession, this small nation is booming and is emerging into the next Asian tiger.
Is The Philippines The Next Asian Tiger?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While the rest of the world fears a double-dip recession, this small nation is booming and is emerging into the next Asian tiger.
Is The Price REIT?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Equity REITs were crushed during the last two years. Is it too soon to start buying? Are REITs going to recover soon or should you wait for the elusive interest rate cuts? To remove the guesswork, here is a strategy to trade REIT stocks based on their co
Is The QQQQ Breakout At Hand?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trapped in a trading range since early November, is the NASDAQ 100's tracking stock finally ready to move higher?
Is The Rally In Devon Energy Almost Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even though Devon has reached my ultimate upside target, current market sentiment is not indicative of a significant top.
Is The Rally In The US Dollar Index Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Dollar Index has rallied since late December, but this strength may be coming to an end.
Is The Rally In The US Dollar Index Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Dollar Index has rallied since late December, but this strength may be coming to an end.
Is The Recession Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the recession over and the economy In recovery? One way to answer this question is by looking at what the financial market sector is doing.
Is The Selling Over For First Solar?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a long and trying selloff, shares of First Solar appear to be at or near a major turning point.
Is The Slippery Slide Over For Oil?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Between the middle of June 2014 and the end of January 2015, the price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate dropped from $107 to a low of $43.55, a decline of 60%. Is there more downside to come or is the worst over for Texas Tea?
Is The Soybean Complex Slipping?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Negative divergences and parabolic moves to the upside suggest caution may be prudent for bean bulls.
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 The Tiger Losing Its Stripes?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Not long ago, Chinese growth dominated the financial news. What happened?
Is The Time Right For Fossil?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fossil offers fashion accessories all over the world, but how's the stock look?
Is The Top At Hand?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many methods can be used to determine if the stock market is still in a bull market or if a new bear market is just now getting under way. The method used here analyzes each stock within the S&P 500 and draws a conclusion as to the whole of the stock
Is The U.S. Dollar Ready To Rebound?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The U.S. Dollar Index has been in a decline for nearly three years now but various signs are pointing to a potential bounce in the near-term.
Is The US Dollar Likely To Weaken Further?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How far would the US Dollar Index descend?
Is The Wilshire 5000 Daily Index Giving Us Good News?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A look at the divergence of the commodity channel index on the Wilshire 5000 is telling us something important.
Is The Worst Finally Over For Netflix?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Netflix has been pummeled in the last few months but as 2011 ended and 2012 began, the stock began to show some signs of life.
Is There A Recession In The Cards For 2020?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What is the outlook for a recession? What indicators can be watched to continually weigh the likelihoods?
Is This The Bottom For The NYSE Composite?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After making a new low today, the NYSE Composite index staged a major turnaround. But is this truly the end of the major downtrend that began a year ago?
Is This The Bottom For The NYSE Composite?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After making a new low today, the NYSE Composite index staged a major turnaround. But is this truly the end of the major downtrend that began a year ago?
Is This The Correction?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We knew that a correction was in the offing. The question was when.
Is This The End Of An Era For GM?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...GM losses reach US$15.5 billion – is this the end of the American automaker?
Is This The Perfect Market Storm?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Alan Greenspan is no longer Federal Reserve chairman. China is a Communist country practicing capitalism. Put the two together. Do you get a perfect market storm?
Is This The Start Of The Correction?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many well-known analysts have been calling for a correction. Is this the start of the correction?
Is This The Start Of The Correction?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many well-known analysts have been calling for a correction. Is this the start of the correction?
Is This The Time To Buy Stocks?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Europe's debt problems signal a retreat to the one universal safe haven of wealth and a clarion call to take the following action as well.
Is This The Wave IV?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In my article, "Where Is The Market Heading?", that appeared in the September 2015 issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities (TASC) magazine, I concluded that market and economic patterns will still exist but without doubt they wi
Is Two Harbors Investment Corp Headed For The Rocks?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's been rough seas from some residential REITs and Two Harbors is no exception. And although the stock price has been rising since early October 2014, a chart pattern that has been building indicates possible trouble ahead.
Is VIX "Spring" Setting Up to Kick the Nasdaq Down?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Market Volatility Index's (VIX) new recent lows may mean a potentially explosive move is coming by virtue of the "spring" theory.
Is Visa Following The Basic Rule?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The basic rule is to buy at double or triple bottoms, but what happens at a quadruple bottom?
Is the Bond Bull Market Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One intermarket analysis of the relationship between gold, commodities and interest rates suggests that bonds may be loaded for bear.
Is the FTSE Trying to Tell Us Something?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The study of intermarket analysis tells us that global indexes tend to follow one another. At times they diverge but eventually they align. With that in mind, there are a few things that the FTSE may be trying to tell us about the Dow.
Is the Pig Party Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A failed 2B test of top leads to a head and shoulders breakdown in June hogs.
Is the S&P 100 Cycle Confirming A Recovering U.S. Economy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...I have written many articles on cycles, and shown how a simple cycle can be a reliable arrow in your quiver of technical analysis weapons. Here is another one.
Is the Worst Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...General Electric (GE) has been in a painful downtrend for the last two years. In fact, its stock has fallen so sharply that on June 26, 2018, it was replaced by Walgreens (WBA) as a Dow component. That GE was an original member of the 30-company index a
Is there a next support level for the Nasdaq?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Well, it looks like the Nasdaq has taken a rough beating, rougher than what was imaginable.
Island Reversal Pattern For The Nasdaq
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Island reversals are topping formations, rather uncommon they often portend considerable downside action.
Island Reversal Patterns -- Will the Triple Q's Drop?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A recent island reversal pattern on the QQQ index raises a flag of caution.
It's All In The Family: Sherman, Marian And Tom McClellan by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Interview: It's All In The Family: Sherman,Marian And Tom McClellan by Thom Hartle The McClellan oscillator and the summation index are two popular technical indicators that have been around for more than 25 years, and in fact, the daily values are broa
It's Bottoms Up in the Cotton Club
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."Summertime and the living is easy - fish are jumping and the cotton is high." Maybe not "high" yet, but if current trends hold, cotton traders may have reason to look up.
It's The Chart Stupid
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The media attributed the decline in U.S. stocks during the month of March to "security" issues. However, a look at Turkey and Pakistan suggests that the terrorist threat has little to do with stock prices.
It's The Season For Homebuilders
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Homebuilders have had a tough slog since 2007, but lately, things have been looking up. Here's a stock that's still riding the wave.
It's Topping Season - But Is the Worst Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As another Halloween approaches and with it a rising number of bearish market forecasts, is now the time to hunker down with your portfolios?
It's In The Sentiment by Ajay Jani
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:8 (28-31): It's In The Sentiment by Ajay Jani Here's a quantitative sentiment index based on trading behavior of the Rydex Sector Funds. With all the debate surrounding the effectiveness of market timing, often the underlying
JDSU On The Rise
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For those who like to trade the small cap stocks, JDS Uniphase looks like it's trading like a small up and coming company.
Janus Capital Throwing In The Towel?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When it rains, it pours -- or so it seems sometimes. Here's a look at a stock getting creamed by the uncertainty surrounding a possible government debt default.
Joe Ross And The Ross Hooks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a methodology to exploit short-term momentum.
John Bollinger: The Squeeze
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This volatility-based method makes use of an indicator derived from Bollinger Bands.
John Ehlers And The Fisher Transform
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...I bought the first MESA program sold by John Ehlers sometime in 1985-86 when I was looking for something other than Gann fans and Fourier analysis to determine cycles. That's when I first learned about John Ehlers.
Join The Band by Marco Alves
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Join The Band by Marco Alves Apply this method to moving average crossovers to get rid of the lag and the false signals. One of the first indicators that any technical analysis novice studies is the moving average crossover. Moving averages (MAs) smoot
Josh DiPietro and The Reality Of Daytrading by J. Gopalakrishnan & B. Faber
Journey to the End of the Diagonal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ending diagonal triangles are one of the many ways Elliott wave analysts bring five-wave movements to a close.
Journey to the End of the Diagonal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ending diagonal triangles are one of the many ways Elliott wave analysts bring five-wave movements to a close.
July Bounce In The Making
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If June made your stomach churn with all the up and down trading, then you might get some relief in July if you understand a few key traits for this summer month.
Jump Into The Net by Ron Berlin
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Want to do some research on the Internet but don't know where to start? Well, you're in luck. Here are some techniques currently available for finding investment information online, using search engines to navigate the Internet. By Ron Berlin The Intern
Juniper Networks (JNPR). . .What Is The Right Strategy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Juniper Networks (JNPR) is in the midst of confusion. There is a struggle between supply and demand with the supply side winning at this point.
KEG Consolidating Until The Next Rally?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Key Energy Services staged a steady 11-week rally between November 2012 and February 2013, but more sideways or downside action is likely before another leg higher can commence.
Keep The Health With Verisante Technology
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Vancouver Stock Exchange is renowned for listing companies of hope. Here's another.
Keep Your Eye On The Moving Target
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Target's significant bottom reversal and potentially bullish trading range could point to higher prices ahead.
Keeping An Eye On The Janus Mutual Fund Family
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Founder and CEO Tom Bailey has always maintained a positive, hands-on approach that focuses on teamwork and camaraderie.
Key Support For The AMEX Oil Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Limited downside potential offers a good buying opportunity in integrated oil companies.
Kicked out of the DOW
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Getting kicked out of the DOW is the most recent in a long line of ignominies for this iconic multinational conglomerate which has been in business since 1892. But bad news for a stock can be a contrarian indicator. Has GE bottomed at last or is there mo
Kiss & Touch With The Modified True Range
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What is the probability of an underlying reaching a certain price prior to expiration? Find out using this new indicator.
Kmart Breaking the Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With a breakout above its long-term downtrend in early January, Kmart has been on the rise, with its stock price gaining nearly 65%.
Know The Market With Hubert Senters
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Hubert Senters is a professional daytrader and entrepreneur. He is founder of HubertSenters.com and is CEO of Never Quit Media. His philosophy is that, "If you want to achieve something in life, find someone who is good at what you want to do and learn e
Know The Trend, Know The Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Before a decision is made to trade a particular security, the trader must know the longer-term trend.
Know The Trend, Know The Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Before a decision is made to trade a particular security, the trader must know the longer-term trend.
Know The Trend, Know The Trade (Part 2)
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...By knowing the high-probability direction of the market, we know how to trade it.
Know The Trend, Know The Trade (Part 2)
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...By knowing the high-probability direction of the market, we know how to trade it.
KraneShares Electric Vehicles & Future Mobility ETF - The Future Of Mobility?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks in the electric vehicle space have been quite volatile. Here's a way to play the sector while smoothing your equity curve.
LRS + R-Squared = The 95% Solution
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...No, this has nothing to do with Sherlock Holmes. It has a lot to do with the linear regression slope, r-squared, and how combined they can tell you whether the trend is strong.
Land Of The Falling Yen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even though the big trend remains up, a recent rising flag support break points to further weakness for the yen/US dollar.
Larry Williams And The Art Of Short-Term Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Larry Williams has taught thousands to trade the markets, won many trading championships, and has been the only futures trader in the world to repeatedly trade $1 million of his own money live at seminars around the globe.
Larry Williams And The OOPS Signal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This short-term pattern provides good trading opportunities.
Laws Of The Vital Few
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Last month in part 1, you saw that gravity and emotional capacity are two of the markets' strong underlying forces. Here in this second part, we'll explore how some hidden power laws can affect the individual trader's profits and thus why you should be a
Leader Of The MACD by Giorgos Siligardos
Learn From The Pros
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Professional traders use different analysis techniques to successfully trade price action in the currency markets. How do you achieve that professional status? Learn how one trader transitioned from an amateur trader to a successful trader
Learning From The Masters
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bernard Baruch and Jesse Livermore were the two best-known Wall Street personalities of their eras. Their contrasting approaches to investing and to life still provide useful lessons to the investors of today.
Learning From The Past With Silver
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Technical analysis is based on the idea that history tends to repeat itself and shows up as similar patterns in charts. Other commodities have acted like silver, and their charts may help navigate this current bubble.
Learning The Ropes With Stan Freifeld
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stan Freifeld traded options on the floor of the American Stock Exchange for his own account from 1994-2001. He was a market maker for options on several popular equities. As managing director of McMillan Analysis Corporate Services Division, he now teac
Learning The Technimental Three-Step
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Technicals and fundamentals: together at last.
Left brain/right brain, reality and trading the markets by R.E. McMaster, Jr.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Left brain/right brain, reality and trading the markets by R.E. McMaster, Jr. The starting point for success in trading the markets profitably is to perceive market reality accurately. While this may sound obvious enough, most traders enter the marketpl
Lehman Brothers: A Pause In The Long-Term Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a long rally, prices consolidate in the daily time frame for Lehman Brothers.
Less Stress With The JM Internal Band by Koos van der Merwe
Let The Buyer Beware
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Let The Buyer Beware
Let The Indicator Fit The Market by Martha Stokes, CMT
Let The Indicator Fit The Market by Martha Stokes, CMT
Letters To The Editor by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters To The Editor by Technical Analysis, Inc. ZIGZAG INDICATOR VS. FILTERED WAVES Editor, As one who has more gray in his beard than he'd like, I wanted to point out that the "zigzag indicator" or "zigzag filter" referred to in Norman J. Brown's J
Letters To The Editor by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters To The Editor by Technical Analysis, Inc. DISTAFF CONFERENCES? Editor, I just passed my Series 3 test. Is there a conference/ workshop for women in the commodities/futures business? ELIZABETH BRAUN ANDREINI Naples, FL There are several confer
Level 3 Communications Has Turned the Corner
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In these volatile times it is difficult to find a long position that makes you feel comfortable.
Lexmark Starts Losing the Plot
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Lexmark (LXK) has been a stellar performer over the last few months, but a series of bearish divergences in a number of indicators suggests that a top is near.
Lexmark Turning Back At The Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Lexmark (LXK) broke support with a big gap and both are now returning to haunt the stock on its recovering.
Life In The Pits With Joyce Selander
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It takes skill and ego and nerve to trade in the pits, and this was especially the case decades ago for one of the earliest female traders. Joyce Selander was the first woman to physically trade financial futures in the pits at the Chicago Board of Trade
Light At The End Of The Tunnel For BAC?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...These have been tough times for the banking sector. But there may be some light at the end of the tunnel.
Light At The End Of The Tunnel For BAC?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...These have been tough times for the banking sector. But there may be some light at the end of the tunnel.
Lightspeed POS - Point Of Sale Software Company On The Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Tech stocks were in big demand as 2020 came to a close. So what's next?
Lilly Winds Up For The Pitch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Eli Lilly has been consolidating since early June and the coil is winding ever tighter ahead of an impending breakout.
Limit Moves in the Futures Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using limit moves to forecast future direction
Linear Regression Of Price And Time Part 2: The Regression Adaptive Moving Average (RAMA)
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a novel approach to the problem of incorporating changing market volatility into a moving average
Liquidity Of The Biofuels Market by Rick Kment
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Liquidity Of The Biofuels Market by Rick Kment The ethanol futures contract is relatively young, but the market has tremendous growth potential. Here's why. Since the early 1970s, the ethanol and biofuels industry has witnessed rapid and unprecedented
Listen to the market by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Listen to the market by Thom Hartle Technical analysis encompasses a myriad of approaches and, in the face of the trend toward high-tech, I admit to being less of a computer system trader and more of a traditional chartist. I actually prefer to state th
Listening To The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are there ways that investors can listen to what the market may be trying to tell us?
Living the Dream: Trader Gary Smith by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Living The Dream: Trader Gary Smith I always dreamed of trading for a living and I finally have achieved that, but never in the way I had imagined. I always envisioned myself as one of these Jesse Livermore-tape reader types, but it's been very differen
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
Long Term Trend Of The Dow Nears End
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Statistical analysis shows the Dow Jones Industrial Average is nearing the end of its long-term upward trend.
Long-Term Look At The DJIA For August 2012
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The long-term trend of the stock market does not change very often, but it is advantageous to take a look at the market at least once a month to know what the long-term trend is doing. This analysis will use statistical analysis to determine the present
Long-Term Look At The Transports For August 2012
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Use statistical analysis to determine the health of the long-term trend of the Dow Jones Transportation Average.
Long-Term Perspective On The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders often focus on short-term charts but could benefit from looking at weekly and even monthly charts to identify the long-term trend.
Long-Term Uptrend Remains Intact For The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite the recent pullback in the S&P 500, the index's long-term uptrend remains intact, meaning that investors should continue to hold.
Looking At Gold Through The Eyes Of Gann
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gold has been making new highs as the market has been falling.
Looking At Oil For The Long Run
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Monthly charts can offer traders a different perspective.
Looking At The Indexes
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Reaching a high of 26153.42 in January 2018, the Dow Jones Index has since fallen. What now for the future?
Looking At The Market With Auction Market Analysis by Tom Alexander
Looking At The NASDAQ In A Simple Way
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sometimes we are inclined to overlook what charts are telling us because we need to be convinced by complexity. Here is a chart staring us in the face and shouting, "Watch me!"
Looking At The Sign In The Road. . .
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On June 15th, I presented an article, "New Bull Market. . . Or?" In it, I showed my preferred Elliott Wave count, but every Elliottician has an alternate strategy ready to pull it out at a moment's notice. Here are two of mine.
Looking At The Sign In The Road. . .
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On June 15th, I presented an article, "New Bull Market. . . Or?" In it, I showed my preferred Elliott Wave count, but every Elliottician has an alternate strategy ready to pull it out at a moment's notice. Here are two of mine.
Looking For The Best
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the American political agenda creating so much uncertainty in the stock market, what is the best indicator to watch?
Looking For The NASDAQ Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the NASDAQ now in a bear market trend, it is possible to use Elliott wave theory to forecast when the downward trend will come to an end.
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.
Looks Like the Dow is Set for a Possible Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A previously identified broadening pattern is now coming into play and a candlestick pattern hints at short term outcome.
Louis Navellier Of The MPT Review
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Louis Navellier Of The MPT Review Modern portfolio theory (MPT) uses statistical analysis, screening and ranking of stocks to decide what and where to invest. Louis Navellier, money manager and publisher of The MPT Review, specializes in using this meth
MEDI and the MACD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The MACD histogram can be an effective tool in spotting short opportunities as well as longs.
MMM Hits The Gap Zone
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...3M enters its make-or-break point with a consolidation at support.
Macdonald Dettwiler A Hold For The Long Term?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market is falling and the bears are running rampant, so it is time to look for stocks you would like to own and hold for the long term.
Make The Trend Your Friend In Forex by Kenneth Agostino and Brian Dolan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V. 22:9 (14-20): Make The Trend Your Friend In Forex by Kenneth Agostino and Brian Dolan So you didn't see that last headline-grabbing market move coming? Here are some techniques you can use to make sure you'll be prepared next time. Of the many marke
Making The Most Of A Trend With The Disparity Index by Dan Valcu
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Making The Most Of A Trend With The Disparity Index by Dan Valcu In volatile markets, it's difficult to forecast the formation of peaks and troughs. The disparity index is an indicator that helps you squeeze the best out of a trend whether you are tradi
Making The Most Of A Trend With The Disparity Index by Dan Valcu
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Making The Most Of A Trend With The Disparity Index by Dan Valcu In volatile markets, it's difficult to forecast the formation of peaks and troughs. The disparity index is an indicator that helps you squeeze the best out of a trend whether you are tradi
Making the Titanic Fly by Dennis Meyers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Making the Titanic Fly by Dennis Meyers The Titanic syndrome is a stock market timing system built on various stock market indicators. As with all trading systems, additional refinements are possible on the original. Here, then, is one trader's double s
Managing the Future with Managed Futures by Victor Sperandeo
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Managing The Future With Managed Futures by Victor Sperandeo The stock market has been trending higher for a record period, and a correction is long overdue. What can you do to stay in the game, besides reduce your risk? Consider diversifying your asset
Managing the Short Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Peloton (PTON) has not had along history as a public company. Its IPO was on September 26, 2019 when the shares were priced at $29 per share. Since then, its share price has seen substantial gains buoyed by Covid lockdowns and significant declines. Witho
Manhattan Associates Filling Up The Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is MANH undergoing a simple gap-filling process or a trend reversal rally?
Manias And The Madness Of Crowds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...I usually will not write about IPO's because there is simply not enough technical information available to do a halfway decent analysis. So why am I writing about LongFin Corp. (LFIN)? Because sometimes a stock acts so spectacularly that a special m
Manufacturing Breakouts And The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Manufacturing stocks are breaking out, revealing the potential to lead the market higher and offering bankable trades if you know what to look for.
Manulife Financial As A Ray Of Light In The Darkness?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How good is Manulife Financial?
March, The Unexpected, Lumbering Giants
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The SPX experienced a mild pullback in March but seems to be signaling another bull run. If so, then this stock could emerge a leader and explode higher!
Mark Douglas And The Disciplined Trader by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Interview: Mark Douglas And The Disciplined Trader by Thom Hartle The best teacher is experience, and from his experiences as a trader and a broker, Mark Douglas, consultant with his own firm, Trading Behavior Dynamics, and author of The Disciplined Tra
Market Breadth - Divergence Key In Picking The Next Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stock indexes can't continue to soar higher without the support of an increasing number of new highs in stocks. But how will breadth tell you when the music is about to stop?
Market Cycle Trifecta - What Are The Three Asset Classes Telling Us?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The business cycle can be a valuable indicator for those who know how and when to use it.
Market Diagnostic - The Yield Curve
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...During a rally, short-term interest rates (yields) on three-month bonds tend to remain well below 20-30 year bond yields. But when that relationship gets upended, it usually spells trouble.
Market Turns And Continuation Moves With The Tick Index by Tim Ord
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Market Turns And Continuation Moves With The Tick Index by Tim Ord The tick index is a little-known indicator that can be used to indicate short-term stock market reversals and provide trend confirmation. Short-term traders should consider using the tic
Market Volatility and the INDU
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On Friday, August 25, 2022, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDU) dropped a whopping 1000 points. This was a direct reaction to Jeremy Powell, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve's hawkish stance on interest rates.
Market Watch: Beware the Hydra
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the second week of May began, a number of patterns became increasingly evident that should give the bulls pause and cause the bears to lick their chops.
Market strategy The Wyckoff method of trading: Part 15 by Jack K. Hutson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Market strategy The Wyckoff method of trading: Part 15 by Jack K. Hutson The reasoning behind Richard D. Wyckoff''s classic method of chart analysis is simple and straightforward: when demand for a stock exceeds supply, prices rise; when supply is great
Martha Stewart, The Comeback Kid
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Martha is definitely the comeback kid... and I can guarantee you that her ankle bracelet will soon be fashionable. What does the latest chart say?
Martin Pring and The Relevance Of Price Trends by J. Gopalakrishnan and B. R. Faber
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Martin Pring and The Relevance Of Price Trends by J. Gopalakrishnan and B. R. Faber Martin J. Pring entered the financial markets in 1969 and has grown to become a leader in the global investment community. In 1981 he founded Pring Research and began pr
Martin Zweig Of The Zweig Forecast by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Martin Zweig Of The Zweig Forecast by Thom Hartle Martin Zweig may be a familiar name to you, and that would not be surprising, considering how many different hats he wears: one as editor of The Zweig Forecast newsletter, one as chairman of the Zweig Fu
Mastec Gives The Edge To The Bulls
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bulls & Bears are duking it out for control at Ground Zero, with one stock that looks like it will help the Bulls win the day.
Mastec Gives The Edge To The Bulls
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bulls & Bears are duking it out for control at Ground Zero, with one stock that looks like it will help the Bulls win the day.
Mastering The MACD In A Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Combine a long-term moving average with the classic MACD to create a trend-following trading strategy for trading forex pairs. Here's how
Match Your Method To The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Each trading style has market conditions in which it thrives. Match 'em and make your profit.
Matching The Markets To Your Trading Style
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders can choose to use a trend-following method or a mean-reversion method depending on the market, but how can you tell when and where to apply each? Here's a way you can know
Mattel, The Toy Company
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Christmas is four months away; is it time to buy shares of a toy company?
Maximizing The Mini by Mike Paulenoff
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:10 (16-20): Maximizing The Mini by Mike Paulenoff Here's a look at a successful short-term trade on the e-mini contract. One morning in June, with the Standard & Poor's 500 riding a nearly four week uptrend, a friend of mine
Maximizing profits with stop orders: The Wyckoff method of trading stocks part 11 by Jack K. Hutson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Maximizing profits with stop orders: The Wyckoff method of trading stocks part 11 by Jack K. Hutson No matter what technical system you use, the first rule of successful trading and investing is: Cut your losses short. No one believed more firmly in thi
Mean Reversion And The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It is generally believed that markets tend to mean-revert. But this is true for some markets more than others. Here's an in-depth look at how the S&P 500 responds to mean reversion
Measured Moves In The Swiss Franc
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One of the most straightforward ways to anticipate targets after breakouts and breakdowns helped Swiss franc traders exit profitably from a turn-of-the-year advance.
Measuring Risk With The Normalized Risk Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Risk - there are many ways to measure it, but how effective are they? Here's one measure that is versatile and suitable for just about any type of risk profile
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
Measuring The Length And Predicting The Reversal Of Trends
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is a unique way to follow a sequence of colors on a chart using different timeframes to identify trend changes as they occur
Measuring The Length And Predicting The Reversal Of Trends
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is a unique way to follow a sequence of colors on a chart using different timeframes to identify trend changes as they occur
Measuring The Markets With Pivots by Austin Passamonte
Measuring The Strength Of A Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Before entering a trade, it pays to measure one indicator that says much about a market.
Measuring the Move by Michael Kahn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Chartists often use techniques to set profit objectives as well as determine their risk points in putting on a trade. Here, then, are some guidelines for your own trading. When a market breaks out of a technical trading pattern, traders need to correctl
Mechanical Trading System and the Art of . . . by Marcello Cattaneo Adorno
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders following mechanical systems can see situations that may affect mechanically based signals. Here's how to include technical signals outside your basic trading signal. What makes it more difficult still is that often the intuitive hunch not to f
Medicals On The Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A bullish engulfing pattern in Zimmer Holdings is confirmed by positive divergences in both the stochastic and the MACD histogram.
Meeting Parameters On The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Every morning I look for certain stocks to buy, but they have to meet certain parameters. What does it mean if for the past three days, not a single stock has come up that meets those parameters?
Merck Holds Firm In The Face Of Market Weakness
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Merck is battling back with a triangle breakout and a consolidation near resistance.
Merck Shows A Positive Divergence Of The Bollinger %b Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock has been in a downtrend during the past five years.
Messages From The Transportation Stocks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A fresh perspective on a classic Dow Theory signal.
Messages From the Transportation Stocks - Part Two
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Dow Jones Transportation Average could signal bull market termination.
Mexico, the Secret Bull Market Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Learn how the Mexican stock market is giving clues to a multi-month rally for crude oil and stock markets of other nations.
Micro Cap UTS Energy Corporation on the Rise
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing a cup and handle formation can be a difficult task. Here are some steps for identifying cup and handle and rounding bottom patterns.
Micron Technology: Close To The Summit?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Micron Technology have been going like gangbusters since the fourth quarter of 2012, but it's due for another correction soon.
Microsoft Hits The Gap Zone
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After returning to its gap zone, Microsoft is showing signs of firmness. Is it poised for a breakout?
Microsoft: The Worldwide Leader In Software
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Appointment of a new chief operating officer brings prices into resistance.
MidCaps Leading The Pack
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fueled by the Home Builders, the S&P MidCap ETF is leading the market higher, but a broadening formation and waning momentum suggest caution.
Midterm Price Analysis of The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's the midterm price outlook for S&P 500.
Millennium Bucks The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While the broader market falls apart, relative strength and good upside volume point to higher prices for Millennium Pharmaceuticals.
Mind The Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gaps are periods on charts during which no trading has taken place. They are represented by blank spaces. They can form on any time frame and represent periods when high buying or selling volume, often after market close or before market open, has taken
Mind The Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Understanding gaps and their significance can be useful for getting in and staying in the trade. Here's a refresher
Mind The Gap At Ameristar Casinos
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a laborious advance over the last six months, Ameristar Casinos broke down in a big way, signaling a continuation of the prior decline.
Mind The Gap For Autozone
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Autozone has held up pretty well lately, but some bearish candlesticks and a gap may spell trouble ahead.
Mind The Gap For Home Depot
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A resistance breakout with a gap and high volume open the door to higher prices for Home Depot.
Mind The Gaps In Centex
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Centex, a leading home building stock, recently gapped higher on big volume, and this gap is close to becoming an exhaustion gap.
Mind The Merck Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Merck had a great run, but a gap down on big volume signals a shift in opinion.
Mind The NASDAQ Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The NASDAQ has been moving higher since mid-March, and the latest gap affirms this uptrend — provided it holds and does not turn into an exhaustion gap.
Minding The Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are times to sell short and there are times to refrain from doing so. Keeping track of gap support and resistance can better help you make that decision.
Mining The Web
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can we really use something that's already available on our computers to get the data we want to help us in our trading? Find out here.
Minor Rally Or Significant Fall For The S&P 500?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The major market indexes are nearing a critical juncture that will lead to either a minor rally or a significant fall. But which one?
Misleading Divergences In The S&P SmallCap Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the trend is strong and up, bearish divergences in MACD and other momentum oscillators are often misleading.
Missing The 10 Best Days by Richard Ahrens
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Missing The 10 Best Days by Richard Ahrens Would missing the 10 best days in the last 20 years have a negative impact on your portfolio? One of the standard arguments against attempting to time the market says that if you missed the 10 best days in the
Mission 1100 For The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Near-term market outlook for S&P 500.
Mixed Signals For The Canadian And U.S. Dollar Indexes
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Canadian and U.S. Dollar Indexes have been moving in opposite directions for three years now and while this trend may continue in the near-term, there are signs of long-term trend reversals further down the road.
MmM Pattern Breakout In December Silver Sends The Precious Metal Higher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A confirmed close serves as confirmation for a BOSO setup to the upside as well as a similarly bullish setup in the MACD histogram.
Mobile Trading: The M-Commerce Revolution
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You don't have to be stuck at your desk to trade online. Take advantage of the m-commerce revolution!
Modeling The Market = Building Trading Strategies by John F. Ehlers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:8 (20-26): Modeling The Market = Building Trading Strategies by John F. Ehlers The correct model can form the foundation for comprehensive trading strategies. Modeling the market is important because you can build comprehensi
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
Modeling the Markets with Nelson Freeburg by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...INTERVIEW - Modeling the Markets with Nelson Freeburg by Thom Hartle I never could claim that I was a very good technical trader using conventional chart patterns. This absence of positive results in my own trading, combined with my academic background
Modeling the markets with Bezier curves by Mark Angel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Modeling the markets with Bezier curves by Mark Angel The Bezier curve, also known as a B-curve, is a mathematical construct for tracing a smooth path between a series of key support and resistance points. B-curves, which were created as an industrial e
Modifying the Parabolic Stop and Reversal by Dennis Meyers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Modifying the Parabolic Stop and Reversal by Dennis Meyers The parabolic stop and reversal indicator is a popular trading tool, but it's subject to false signals. Here's how it can be modified to improve its performance. The parabolic stop and reversa
Modifying the Volatility Index by S. Jack Karczewski
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Modifying the Volatility Index by S. Jack Karczewski Here's the scoop on the volatility index as an analytical tool for identifying extremes in market sentiment. Every trader and investor recognizes that the stock market has some degree of volatility
Momentum And The S&P 500 by Michael Oliver and Gary Esayian
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Momentum And The S&P 500 by Michael Oliver and Gary Esayian As applied to market action, momentum is generally confined to some limited role such as measuring the relationship between moving averages. But momentum can be much more. Michael Oliver and
Momentum Trading Strategies Through The Academic Lens
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a brief survey of the dominant approaches to momentum trading strategies, with a look at comparing performance of different types of momentum strategies versus buy-and-hold over different time periods
Money Flow and the Aussie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Down under and running for cover, the Australian dollar's bull market looks all but over.
Money Flow and the Comeback of Light Crude
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a descent in late November, February light crude has begun climbing . . . again.
Money Management: The Overlooked Ingredient
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A strong approach to money management can make even a mediocre trading system do well.
Money Supply And The Leading Economic Indicators by Clifford J. Sherry, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Money Supply And The Leading Economic Indicators by Clifford J. Sherry, Ph.D. This longtime Stocks & Commodities contributor and author discusses the relationship between the money supply and the composite index of leading economic indicators. The Nati
More On Cycles And The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can technical analysis foretell the future? I don't believe it can, but I do believe that technical analysis does encompass everything that is out there, and by this I mean fundamental and emotional actions and projections - facts and feelings.
More Power To The Subordinates
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are primary indicators and there are subordinate indicators. Often we get caught up in the primary indicators and fail to see certain patterns within them. Here's how applying the subordinates can help you see something that could give you
More on the Dollar and Commodities
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How strong is the secondary correction in the commodity bear market?
Moving Average Crossovers and the Red/Green Trading Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Any moving average based strategy does not function well when the share price moves in a sideways pattern. Here is a share that has given good profits in the past using the red/green strategy.
Moving Average Crossovers: Looking Under The Hood
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's one of the most popular charting tools and is commonly used for trading signals. Make sure you are using moving average crossovers the most effective way by paying attention to one very important component. Find out what that is
Moving Averages And The Slingshot Effect by Bo Yoder
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Moving Averages And The Slingshot Effect by Bo Yoder Watch the bulls and bears battle for supremacy to determine market direction. Moving averages (MAs) are among the simplest and most effective tools in any trader's arsenal. They offer moving areas of
Moving the dollar by Eric Sharp
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Moving the dollar by Eric Sharp There's no doubt about it. The U.S. dollar isn't just an important trading vehicle in itself, but its price changes have major effects that ripple into many other markets. In essence, it's a ""dog"" with a tail that wags
Mr. Dow, Mr. Jones, And The Genesis Of Dow Theory
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How did the Dow Jones averages get their start? Meet the makers of the averages and The Wall Street Journal, and learn how Dow theory came about.
Mutual Fund Timing: Lessons From The Past
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Timing the stock market need not be a complex task. Nor should the market timing of mutual funds.
Mutual Funds For The Not So Dumb - Eric Tyson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At first glance, Eric Tyson appears to know as much about finance as he does about, well, dummies. After all, in addition to being an award-winning personal finance journalist and guest on programs such as PBS's Night Business Report, CNBC, and NBC&
NVDA Complete Retracement Of The 2010 Decline
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While it's always a thrill to see a stock launch into a near-vertical, parabolic rise, wise traders and investors will want to do some technical and fundamental investigation before blindly jumping on board at such lofty price levels.
NVDA Leading The Charge Lower?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After making an astounding run higher in late 2010 and early 2011, shares of Nividia Corp. appear to be homing in on a vitally important support area.
NYSE Takes The Lead
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Watch the NYSE for signs going forward as it is leading the way.
Nasdaq And Its Cycle: Is There A Joker In The Pack?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Last week I discussed the Dow and its cycle, the week before, the S&P 100 index and its cycle. This week I am looking at the Nasdaq index, its cycle and other technical tools.
Nasdaq And The 53-day Cycle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In my article, "Nasdaq And Its Cycles" (posted December 16, 2002, Traders.com Advantage), I showed that a simple 53-day cycle would predict the Nasdaq's cycle lows. I concluded that you should not use this technique to forecast too far in
Nasdaq Composite Index - Is It Finally Shaking Off the Bears?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the Nasdaq Composite Index (COMPQ) -and the tech sector- finally out of the woods or is it just another bear rally?
Nasdaq Leads The Way
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Could Nasdaq internal weakness lead to a bear market?
Nasdaq Versus The World
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why the Nasdaq Composites September 22, 2016 unconfirmed all-time high could be the prelude to a sharp decline.
Nasdaq and the Coppock Curve
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Edwin Sedgewick Coppock devised an indicator that compares past performance to current and may give us an insight into the Nasdaq.
Nasdaq and the Dangerous Doji
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Most traders now avail themselves to the benefits of Japanese candlestick charting to shine on the path of enlightenment. What worked for rice traders centuries ago still works today in all areas of trading. Bar and point & figure charting still work
Nasdaq and the Thrust Oscillator -- Part I
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The thrust oscillator (TO) uses market breadth measures to determine market trend.
Natural Gas: Another Look At The Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Was the summer correction in natural gas only the beginning of an even deeper descent?
Natural Gas: Trading The June Top With The 8-wave Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A basic 8-wave pattern, along with the Fibonacci ratios and a few other indicators, can be used to trade a market top. In this example, I will use the NYMEX August 2003 futures contract to show how the June 6 market top could have been traded.
Natural Gas: Trading The June Top With The 8-wave Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A basic 8-wave pattern, along with the Fibonacci ratios and a few other indicators, can be used to trade a market top. In this example, I will use the NYMEX August 2003 futures contract to show how the June 6 market top could have been traded.
Navigating The Markets With Josh DiPietro
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Josh DiPietro knows about the challenges traders will face on the road to trading successfully. He wrote about it in his 2009 book "The Truth About Day Trading Stocks: A Cautionary Tale About Hard Challenges," based on first-hand experiences. Here, he sh
Navigating The Turns With The VIX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market is in a constant state of motion, trading up and down, but using the VIX you can navigate the turns for low-risk trades with lots of profit potential.
Navigating The Turns With The VIX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market is in a constant state of motion, trading up and down, but using the VIX you can navigate the turns for low-risk trades with lots of profit potential.
Navigating Through Market Manipulations: The ICT Judas Swing Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The name of this strategy reflects that it attempts to capitalize on some of the deceptive market manipulations carried out by big market players. Here are the details of this trading strategy
Negative Divergences And The Bond Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Lower peaks in the MACD histogram accompany the advance in the September Treasury note.
Negative Divergences And The USD/JPY Breakdown
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After two months of appreciation against the yen, the USD/JPY took a hard hit in February going into March.
Negative Divergences Enjoin The Gold Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While more upside is still likely, the easy money might already have been made in gold stocks.
Netflix Off The Cliff?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Netflix have taken a real beating since peaking last July. Will the new RMO sell signal bring even more sellers into this particular market?
New Oriental Education & Technology Group Looks For The Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...EDU has formed a symmetrical triangle and is trying to break out toward the upside.
New Tricks With the Dogs of the Dow by Mark Vakkur, M.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."The Dogs of the Dow," a popular strategy based on purchasing the highest-yielding stocks each year, is reviewed here using a longer lookback period than originally used, as well as detailed analyses of the risks and rewards. On Beating the Dow, Michael
New Tricks With the Dogs of the Dow by Mark Vakkur, M.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."The Dogs of the Dow," a popular strategy based on purchasing the highest-yielding stocks each year, is reviewed here using a longer lookback period than originally used, as well as detailed analyses of the risks and rewards. On Beating the Dow, Michael
New Wave Of Selling On The Way For LLY?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a stock gaps sharply lower after a substantial gain, the party may be over.
Newmont And The Gold Bugs Are Very Oversold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After enduring months of record selloffs, Newmont Mining and the Gold Bugs index may be close to a reversal zone.
Newmont Mining On The Rise
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Newmont Mining is setting up to a breakout of a multiyear resistance level.
Newton's Cradle And The Short Butterfly
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In option trading, a "Newton's cradle" is an offsetting debit spread position. Here is a look at this type of trade and why it is us
Next Resistance For The NASDAQ 100 Shares
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The NASDAQ 100 shares have overcome several short-term obstacles.
Next Support for the Nasdaq
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Given the current weakness of the technology sector and the typical October activity, many may be thinking that you can't go wrong buying at these prices.
NextEra - Utility Of The Future?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Clean tech companies have weathered the financial downturn splendidly. This candidate also has an impressive long-term track record to boot!
Nextel Communications - The Wireless Evolution
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The wireless age is upon us, however, we aren't there yet.
Night trading: the impact on technical charts by Heidi Schmidt
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Night trading: the impact on technical charts by Heidi Schmidt The new night trading session at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) is causing worry among technical chartists. Should technical analysts adopt the new child at first sight and incorporate th
Nike And The Olympics
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An analyst interviewed on CNBC looked at NIKE ahead of the Olympic Games. Here's what he had to say.
Nikkei And The Cup-With-Handle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Nikkei 225 has stalled over the last 18 months, but some potentially bullish patterns could yield a breakout soon.
Nonconfirmation Comes To The Averages
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Dow theory nonevent or not, the lack of confirmation between the transports and industrials in June provides the bears with hopes of a summer reversal.
Nonlinearity, Chaos Theory and the DJIA by Victor E. Krynicki, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Nonlinearity, Chaos Theory and the DJIA by Victor E. Krynicki, Ph.D. Here's a fresh look on using nonlinear systems and chaos theory to understand the markets. Concepts deriving from nonlinear systems and chaos theory have begun to be applied to unders
Nortel on the Move - Time to Snag this Bottom Fish?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are both fundamental and technical clues that Nortel's worst trading days may be behind it. It would be a gutsy move but one that could reap handsome rewards if the telecom dog days are finally over.
Nortel on the Move All Right!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Scottish poet, Robbie Burns once said, "the best laid plans of mice and men come oft t'glay." It is something traders can never forget. As we see from my last alert on Nortel, it is imperative to have a 'plan B' close at hand and
Not So High On The Hogs: Divergences And Breakdowns In The October Contract
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Negative divergences in the stochastic and the MACD histogram anticipated a late summer correction in lean hog futures.
Not So High On The Hogs: Divergences And Breakdowns In The October Contract
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Negative divergences in the stochastic and the MACD histogram anticipated a late summer correction in lean hog futures.
Novice Traders' Notebook: The Eve & Eve Double Bottom Vs. The Double Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Novice Traders' Notebook: The Eve & Eve Double Bottom Vs. The Double Bottom There are different types of double bottoms, as Thomas Bulkowski's article "Eve & Eve Double Bottoms," will attest. The notable difference between the classic double bottom and
Novice Traders' Notebook: The Eve & Eve Double Bottom Vs. The Double Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Novice Traders' Notebook: The Eve & Eve Double Bottom Vs. The Double Bottom There are different types of double bottoms, as Thomas Bulkowski's article "Eve & Eve Double Bottoms," will attest. The notable difference between the classic double bottom and
Novice Trader's Notebook - The Double Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Novice Trader's Notebook -- The Double Top Consider a security or a futures contract that is in an uptrend. The price reaches a point at which all of the buyers' demand is met, and the sellers, whether traders taking profits or aggressive short sellers,
Now, Set Up The Process
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Last time, we covered the basics of what a system is, why you need one, and how to find one. This time, you will learn how to design and test a system, whether it is your own or someone else's.
OEX And The Thrust Oscillator by Stuart Meibuhr
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...OEX And The Thrust Oscillator by Stuart Meibuhr STOCKS & COMMODITIES contributor Stuart Meibuhr suggests using advance-decline data for trading the OEX contract. Is it feasible? Meibuhr explains. The four items of data that describe the advances and de
OEX Monitors The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 100 Index [OEX] is a great tool for measuring broad market action. Here's a look at some recent technical developments within the OEX.
Obamanomics And The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Obamanomics may be working better than you think.
Obstacles to Success in the Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's not what the market is doing TO you but rather what you are doing in the market
October Bottom For The Stock Market?
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.
October In The Rear View Mirror
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Europe strikes a deal and October is shrinking in our rear-view mirror, so what does it mean to you and how can you profit from it?
Of Gold And Bonds, Gold Is The Leader by Alex Saitta
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Of Gold And Bonds, Gold Is The Leader by Alex Saitta Does gold lead the bond market, or is it the other way around? Previously, we uncovered strong coincidental relationships between gold and the dollar, inflation, bonds and the CRB index. As bond trad
Oil Index Ready To Hit The Resistance?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Amex Oil Index has covered the major distance of its bullish journey. The volatile sessions of the past few months obstructed the rally heading towards long-term resistance. Will the Index hit resistance?
Oil On The Verge Of A Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Oil Fund ETF (USO) surged off support over the last few days, and the exchange traded fund is on the verge of a breakout that would signal a continuation of the prior advance.
Oil Service Holders Living On The Edge
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Oil Service Holders has been clinging to near-term support but will this price level hold?
Oil, Gold, Debt, And The Future
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are three key areas of the markets that are undergoing change right now -- oil, gold, US debt -- that offer the promise of tomorrow's above-average returns while at the same time inspire tomorrow's warnings as well.
Oil, The Dow, And Gold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The weakening price of oil has been causing the Dow to fall. Where does Gold come into the picture?
Okay, The Bill Did Pass. Why Aren't I Happy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Though the new tax bill incorporates some long-overdue appreciation to IRA contribution amounts, the bill that did pass will leave us much further behind the curve in saving for retirement than the bill that didn't pass.
On The Battlefield by Mike Burk
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On The Battlefield by Mike Burk In Elliott wave theory, the A, B and C waves refer to the reaction following the initial decline from a cycle top: The A wave is the initial decline, the B wave is a slight advance after the initial decline and the C wave
On The Bull Market Of the Century: Louise Yamada by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bull market of the end of the 20th century has been going on for some time now. How did this happen, and how much longer is it going to last? To get some answers, we turned to Louise Yamada of Salomon Smith Barney, whose recent book, Market Magic: Ri
On The Bull Market Of the Century: Louise Yamada by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bull market of the end of the 20th century has been going on for some time now. How did this happen, and how much longer is it going to last? To get some answers, we turned to Louise Yamada of Salomon Smith Barney, whose recent book, Market Magic: Ri
On The Precipice Of The Nearest Dollar Increment by A. Trongone, Phd, CFP, CTA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On The Precipice Of The Nearest Dollar Increment by A. Trongone, Phd, CFP, CTA In a bear market, any piece of information that will give traders a slight edge in performance is always welcome. Here's how a stock performs when it is trading in the vicini
On The Precipice Of The Nearest Dollar Increment by A. Trongone, Phd, CFP, CTA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On The Precipice Of The Nearest Dollar Increment by A. Trongone, Phd, CFP, CTA In a bear market, any piece of information that will give traders a slight edge in performance is always welcome. Here's how a stock performs when it is trading in the vicini
On The Rebound Train
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With covid-19 restrictions being lifted, betting on stocks that will run has become a favorite past time. This stock is flying.
On Trendlines, Money Flow Index And The Elliott Wave by Brian D. Green
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On Trendlines, Money Flow Index And The Elliott Wave by Brian D. Green Here's an example of wave and indicator analysis using the money flow index, trendlines and Elliott wave. One of the most valuable lessons I have learned over the years is to appro
On the Aerodynamic Trader: Constance Brown by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On the Aerodynamic Trader: Constance Brown by Thom Hartle Aerodynamic may seem like a peculiar description for a trader, considering what the word brings to mind at first glance: smooth and sleek, streamlined to minimize resistance. And yet, think about
On the Fundamentals of Technical Analysis Andrew Lo by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Andrew Lo, Harris & Harris Group Professor of Finance at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Sloan School of Management, director of MIT's Laboratory for Financial Engineering and founder of Sloan's Track in Financial Engineering, is a radi
On the Intuitive Trader: Robert Koppel by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Phenomenology and existentialism and trading? Oh, my! Nothing in Robert Koppel's background as a philosophy academic could have given the slightest clue that he would end up as a floor trader for 17 years before giving that up for yet another career usin
On the Principle of Parsimony: James O'Shaughnessy by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On the Principle of Parsimony James O'Shaughnessy by Thom Hartle I wanted to understand why certain stocks went up and why others went down. I went looking for literature that would explain what I could see happening in the marketplace. I found that a l
On-Balance Volume And The Dow Jones Utility Index by Daniel E. Downing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On-Balance Volume And The Dow Jones Utility Index by Daniel E. Downing Between Thursday, October 19, 1990, and Monday, October 22, 1990, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) gained more than 127 points. More important than the points gained in the DJ
OppenheimerFunds - The Right Way To Invest
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...OppenheimerFunds focuses on providing investors with long-term performance across a range of funds. The resulting variety of styles and objectives offers true opportunities for diversification - both today and as investment needs change over time.
Opportunity In The Networking Sector
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Networking sector is undergoing a correction after a huge rally to the upside. This correction is happening on a bullish falling wedge pattern.
Optimizing the Maximum Entropy Method by Anthony W. Warren, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Optimizing the Maximum Entropy Method by Anthony W. Warren, PhD This article is the second in a series on the Maximum Entropy Method (MEM) and its use in technical analysis for short data length spectrum estimation and short term forecasting. In the fir
Options: The Missing Link by Martha Stokes, CMT
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Options: The Missing Link by Martha Stokes, CMT What's the link between an option and a stock? growing numbers year after year. The Options Industry Council offers excellent free education on options, and there are good option courses out there. The lu
Outperform The Market With Sector ETFs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a long-term strategy that is similar to the dogs of the Dow strategy, except that it uses Select Sector ETFs. Find out how this strategy can be used to outperform the S&P 500.
PLAY is Eating Up The Competition
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY) has fired off a long signal and has momentum to go higher.
PPH And The Three Bears
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Three bearish patterns point to further weakness in the Pharmaceutical HOLDRs (PPH).
PR: Bollinger On Bollinger Bands: The Seminar by David Penn
PVD: Against The Wind
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A stock that can move higher even on days when the broad market tanks is a stock worthy of further investigation.
Parabolic Stop and Reverse: The Other Way of Stopping
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A creation of the futures markets, the parabolic stop and reverse helps traders get out (or in) while the getting is good.
Participation On The NYSE Narrows
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The NYSE Composite moved to new highs in September, but not as many stocks participated as before -- not a good omen.
Pattern Recognition, Price And The RSI by John Knaggs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Pattern Recognition, Price And The RSI by John Knaggs Here's how to combine price and relative strength index patterns for trading signals. Patterns can be found between price formations and such mathematical trading tools as the relative strength ind
Pattern Success or Failure - Follow the "Elephant Tracks"
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...PeopleSoft Inc. illustrates a good example of bullish pattern failure. To the alert and flexible trader, it didn't matter which way it went. The move was tradable.
Patterson's Channel Breakout Indicates Higher Prices in the Near-Term
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (PTEN) had been stuck in a trading range most of January. Now that the stock has broken above the upper channel line, higher prices should prevail.
Paul Rabbitt: The Statistical Scholar Of OpCo by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Paul Rabbitt: The Statistical Scholar Of OpCo by Thom Hartle Oppenheimer & Co. senior vice president and chief quantitative portfolio strategist Paul Rabbitt has a number of credits after his name, among which are contributing forecaster for Standard &
Petsmart Returns To The Scene Of The Crime
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Petsmart confirmed a major reversal pattern and returned to this support break, which now marks an important resistance level.
Petsmart Returns To The Scene Of The Crime
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Petsmart confirmed a major reversal pattern and returned to this support break, which now marks an important resistance level.
Pfizer Laboratories Worth The Play?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the Obama health plan coming into play in spite of opposition, is it worthwhile to invest in pharmaceutical companies?
Phase shifts in the 40.68-month cycle by Gary Zin, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Phase shifts in the 40.68-month cycle by Gary Zin, Ph.D. Phase shifts plague every cycle technician. Phase shifts, or apparent phase shifts, are often present when a high or low of a cycle is expected but doesn't occur. Sometimes, if neither a cycle hig
Picking Tops And Bottoms With The Tick Index by Tim Ord
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Picking Tops And Bottoms With The Tick Index by Tim Ord As a young trader, I first used moving averages, point and figure charts and some Gann methods and then moved on to the Elliott wave fad. But none of these methods or techniques really gave me a st
Picking Winners In The Present Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are many programs in the marketplace that are designed to pick winners. Some work, others don't, but the expense outlay can be worth it. Below are three companies that could be winners.
Pimping The Dollar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Debasing the dollar and other dirty deeds done dirt cheap.
Pinpointing Turning Points With The ChanLun Method
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are you ready for something completely different from traditional technical analysis? This methodology works in both trending and ranging markets, in any timeframe. It's all about the "rise, fall, and range." Here is an introducti
Pivot Levels And The Power Of Commonality
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Understanding how to use pivot levels will help you determine when to enter or exit a trade.
Pivot Levels And The Power of Commonality
Platinum Could Be The Strongest Metal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Platinum is undervalued on a fundamental basis and is a buy on a technical basis.
Platinum Futures Break Out Ahead Of The Pack
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Platinum futures have broken out of a consolidation pattern while their more illustrious cousins gold and silver continue to consolidate. Breakouts of stocks and commodities in the same sector should be taken as a hint that similar breakouts will occur
Play The Markets And Keep Your Day Job
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Not ready to be a full-time trader? Here's a high-probability, part-time trading strategy that will help you master the markets before you commit to it full time.
Playing Both Sides Of The Gold Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For traders who are unsure of market direction, selling high-volatility, deferred-month options can be an interesting and potentially profitable alternative.
Playing TRIX: The Triple Exponential Smoothing Oscillator by Joe Luisi
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Playing TRIX: The Triple Exponential Smoothing Oscillator by Joe Luisi Here's a look at a tried-and-true favorite, an oscillator that traders can use to determine the trend of the market. With each technical analysis software package comes a host of t
Playing The Commodities Rebound With Options
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan's dramatic decline appears to be over. Here's an interesting option play on this agriculture sector giant.
Playing The Dividend Game
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Andarko Petroleum has declared a dividend. Is it worth a buy?
Playing The Dividend Game
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Below is a trading strategy I learned in the 1980s. Applying it to Annaly can be profitable.
Playing The Forex Game
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."The forecaster is like an entrepreneur..."
Playing The Gold Bug Swings
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Amex Gold Bugs Index has been range-bound the last 12 months, but the swings within this range offer a way to play and anticipate a bigger breakout.
Playing The Gold Game
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After years of relative obscurity as an investment and trading vehicle, gold has made a dramatic comeback. Here's what you should watch out for when trading gold or gold stocks.
Playing The Index Market by Tom Gentile
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:9 (68-71): Playing The Index Market by Tom Gentile Sometimes, it helps to look beyond the market averages and at specific sectors or industry groups instead. Quiet and trendless markets often leave index traders sidelined. Wi
Playing The Pauses In The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Great musicians, like great traders, play the pauses between the notes, or price action, for runaway moves in the stock market.
Playing The Pauses In The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Great musicians, like great traders, play the pauses between the notes, or price action, for runaway moves in the stock market.
Playing The Presidential Cycle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Incumbent presidents have shown an incredible propensity for shamelessly pumping up the economy in election years. Knowing when is the essential first step to profiting from it.
Playing The Range With Qualcomm
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Qualcomm has been stuck in a trading range since August 2006, and another oversold reading from a key momentum oscillator points to a bounce.
Playing The Yield Curve by Jay Kaeppel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:6 (32-36): Playing The Yield Curve by Jay Kaeppel So what is the yield curve, and how can you use it in your trading? Find out here. Most investors are at least vaguely aware of something known in financial circles as the "yi
Playing With The ETF Spiders
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We day trade options on SPY. One outstanding stock, one simple strategy, one hour a day to earn 5-10%.
Playing the "somewhats" by Len Yate
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Playing the ""somewhats"" by Len Yates Tired of waiting for the market to do something significant and you want to steer clear of naked writing? This article describes a way to play what I call the ""somewhats"" -- times when you expect the market to go
Playing the Range On Sun Microsystems
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sun Microsystems has been range bound for almost two years and recently moved into a reversal zone.
Playing the Waiting Game
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Nowhere is it more important to cultivate patience and discipline than in trading. Entering a trade too early will often result in a stagnant trade and/or dispiriting losses which will often cause the trader to exit the trade early and miss the big break
Playing the opening range breakout Part 1 by Toby Crabel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Playing the opening range breakout Part 1 by Toby Crabel Opening range breakout is one of the most important indicators of daily market direction that a trader can utilize. An opening range breakout (ORB) is a trade taken at a predetermined amount abov
Point & Figure Analysis Of The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How to find support and resistance using Point & Figure charts.
Point & Figure For The Computerized Trader
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Point & figure charting evolved as a way to quickly chart stocks, bonds, and commodities by hand long before the day of the computer. But does this technique offer value to the computerized trader today?
Pork Bellies and the COT Index by Scott W. Barrie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Pork Bellies And The COT Index by Scott W. Barrie When presented with sentiment data, you'll need to know when to follow the crowd or be a contrarian. In our continuing look at using the COT index to predict market direction for commodities, here's a st
Position Sizing In The Spot Forex Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Wouldn't you like to know exactly how much you are risking before you enter a trade? Find out how to do just that before placing your next trade.
Position Trading The S&P by Clifton Mitchell, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Position Trading The S&P by Clifton Mitchell, Ph.D. Use linear regression to predict short-term trend changes of the Standard & Poor's 500. Psychologically speaking, bar chart lows represent the lowest price that sellers are willing to take for a secur
Power to the Paper
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the S&P Paper/Forest Products sector index coming off of a three-year low, more than a few paper products companies are having excellent years.
PpP Patterns And The MACD Histogram: Soybean Meal Makes Its Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A bullish pattern in the MACDH develops just as the December contract closes over its 50-day EMA, signaling an opportunity to the upside in bean meal.
Prechter on the Elliott Wave Theory By Melanie Bowman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Prechter on the Elliott Wave Theory By Melanie Bowman The Elliott Wave Theorist's Robert Prechter discusses his views on Elliott analysis and how he thinks the markets work. At age 36, Robert R. Prechter Jr. is, without a doubt, one of the youngest ma
Predicting Market Data Using The Kalman Filter by R. Martinelli & N. Rhoads
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Predicting Market Data Using The Kalman Filter by R. Martinelli & N. Rhoads The Kalman filter is a two-stage algorithm that assumes there is a smooth trendline within the data that represents the true value of the market before being perturbed by market
Predicting Market Data Using The Kalman Filter, Pt 2 by R. Martinelli & N. Rhoads
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Predicting Market Data Using The Kalman Filter, Pt 2 by R. Martinelli & N. Rhoads Can the Kalman filter be used to predict future price movement? In this second part of this series we answer this question. Previously, we discussed the Kalman filter and
Predicting The Future With Kondratieff Waves
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If you believe in the theory espoused by the late economist Nicolai Kondratieff, then you realize that the economic malaise in the United States is likely to last until at least 2010 and possibly all the way out until 2018.
Predicting The Market With Earnings Per Share by Randall J. Covill
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Predict The Market With Earnings Per Share by Randall J. Covill Take a look at the relationship between changes in earnings per share for each year and the performance of the market for the following year. Is there a correlation? One of Benjamin Graham
Predicting The Market With Unreliable Sources by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Predicting The Market With Unreliable Sources by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D. Joe trades Standard & Poor's 500 contracts, and at the moment he is in a quandary. He looks at a chart of the market and wonders what he should do. The market looks as though it's in a
Predicting The Santa Claus Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One of the many uses of statistical analysis in the discipline of statistics is making forecasts using known data. Here I use statistical analysis to forecast the expected price range of the Santa Claus rally.
Predicting The Shape Of A Cycle Bottom by Michael R. Burk
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Predicting The Shape Of A Cycle Bottom by Michael R. Burk I define a cycle as what happens between peaks in my New Low Indicator. Since the beginning of 1978 there have been 24 complete cycles averaging a little over 120 trading days, or 24 weeks. Cycl
Predicting The VIX By Reordering Data
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In recent years, the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) has increased in importance and use as an indicator of market direction. This article demonstrates how the direction of tomorrow's change in the VIX might be determined by restructuring readily available m
Predicting market order with the Delta phenomenon by J. Welles Wilder
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Predicting market order with the Delta phenomenon by J. Welles Wilder Does each market have an underlying order that makes it predictable? The answer is yes. That order makes a riskless trading strategy possible. The Delta phenomenon shows the underly
Predicting the Future Using Elliott Wave Analysis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Through the years, I have found that Wave theory acts better as a guiding light than a predictive strategy.
Presidential Parties and the Stock Market by Dave Dorgan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Presidential Parties And The Stock Market by Dave Dorgan Is there a relationship between the Presidential party in power and the subsequent performance of the stock market? Before you take a guess, here are the facts. Conventional wisdom would have one
Price Action And The Basics Of Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The great Green Bay Packers coach, Vince Lombardi, was a big believer in the drilling of basics to his players. For traders, a solid foundation in trading fundamentals is just as invaluable.
Price Reversal In The Works?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market is signaling that a down move may be over and a price reversal may be in the works, according to this unknown pattern.
Price, Volume, And The Road Ahead
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market is showing some interesting price action and looks like it's making an attempt to trade higher but, like everything in life, you have to consider the context surrounding certain events.
Price/Volume Cross-Correlations in the DJIA by Frank Tarkany
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Price/Volume Cross-Correlations in the DJIA by Frank Tarkany This article examines the use of a Price Percent Filter (PPF) on daily Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) closing prices from January 2, 1897 to January 2, 1987. Price changes from the filter
Price: The Ultimate Indicator? by Roger Altman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Price: The Ultimate Indicator? by Roger Altman What does it take to make consistent profits trading commodities? Roger Altman theorizes that like support and resistance levels in stock charts, historical floor and ceiling prices in commodities can be us
Priceline.com: Buyers To The Rescue?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Priceline.com have been hit hard over the past three weeks; will the "smart money" step in to buy again soon?
Product Review Bloomberg For The iPad by Wallace Wang
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Most traders spend their time in front of a desktop computer with a high-speed Internet connection. But when you're traveling or just stepping away for lunch, you may not want to cut yourself off from the latest market news. Fortunately, with
Product Review: FastTrack For The Web by David Penn
Product Review: GlobalView in the Energy Markets
Product Review: MarketGauge The Complete Swing Trading System
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...MarketGauge is a robust trading enterprise. In an earlier St o c kS & co m m o d i t iE S review, I examined Market Gauge's Opening Range Success Formula trading system. The Opening Range course focuses on strategies for daytrading, while the
Product Review: NASDAQ OMX Portfolio Manager for the iPad by Wallace Wang
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Real-time data is crucial for accurate and timely trading, but in the past, to get real-time data you had to pay a monthly fee. Now, however, if you have either a wi-fi or 3G Internet connection and an iPad, you can retrieve real-time data us
Product Review: The Bollinger Band Trading System by John Sweeney
Product Review: The Equalizer 2.3 by John Sweeney
Product Review: The Futures Academy by David Penn
Product Review: The Galactic Trader
Product Review: The Million Dollar Challenge by Sean Moore
Product Review: The Optionetics Course by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
Product Review: The Options Investigator by David Penn
Product Review: The Profile Analyzer
Product Review: The Volatility Primer by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: The Wizard
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Wizard offers self-directed investors an end-of-day investment decisionmaking and market timing system that provides specific buy and sell points for investments in four markets tracking over 9,000 stocks, 900 exchange traded funds (Et fs),
Product Review: Trading The Pristine Method Course by D. D. Peterson
Product Review: Trading The Pristine Method Course by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review:Byte Into The Market
Product review: The 3S Code
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Indicator and scanner for locating price swing top and bottom reversals
Profit Locking And The Relative Price Channel by Leon Wilson
Profiting From Tectonic Shifts In The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are major shifts under way in the market, and you can reap huge gains if you're on the right side...
Profiting From The Tick Indicator by James Kellndorfer
Profiting From the Gap With Overnight Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Do you hate entering a new trading position first thing in the morning, especially after the market has already staged a big rally in the overnight session? Why not investigate ways to trade both the day and night session automatically or on an "as-
Profiting With Nortel Using Point And Figure And The Horizontal Target Count
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In analysis of stocks today, point and figure analysis is rarely used. Yet if used correctly, it is very helpful. Here is a chart of Nortel and my analysis techniques using the strategies I teethed on in 1965.
Profiting from the Z-Score by Mike DeAmicis-Roberts
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Profiting from the Z-Score by Mike DeAmicis-Roberts What is the Z-score? You can use it to identify the types of winning and losing streaks in a trading system. Once the nature of the streaks are determined, then you can use different money management a
Programming the true range in Wilder's DMI system Part 4 by Jim Summers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Programming the true range in Wilder's DMI system Part 4 by Jim Summers, Ph.D. The March column described the fundamentals of macros. The February column detailed some major points about Wilder's DMI and the system based on it. This time the action gets
Promising The Result by Ari Kiev, M.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Promising The Result by Ari Kiev, M.D. Overcome psychological impediments to your trading. This psychiatrist discusses how to maximize trading performance by committing to specific financial results. The greatest resistance I run into when working with
Pullbacks, The Bend, And The Cryptkeeper
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are three things taking place that can lead to big profits if you know what they are and where to trade.
Pullbacks, The Bend, And The Cryptkeeper
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are three things taking place that can lead to big profits if you know what they are and where to trade.
Pulling The Plug On Pool Corp.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Pool Corp. broke triangle support over the last few days, targeting further weakness into October.
Pulling The Trigger Can Be Difficult
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We all know markets are fluid. They are constantly moving and we can never be sure what they will do next, so it is tempting for us to constantly change our minds as well, effectively moving the goal post further and further away.
Pulte Fails At The 200-Day Average
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Pulte Homes (PHM) failed to break long-term resistance, and a recent downturn in momentum opens the door to lower prices.
Pump Up The Volume by Todd Krueger
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Pump Up The Volume by Todd Krueger Here's how you can use Wyckoff volume analysis to trade the forex markets. IT is a nearly universal belief among forex traders that volume analysis techniques cannot be utilized in their market analysis. This belief
Puppies Of The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's a simple strategy, it eases the task of picking stocks to invest or trade in, and it narrows your focus to just five stocks. Here's how to apply it
Put Options As A Hedge Against The Bear
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many traders buy put options to hedge their positions against declining prices. Unlike short sellers, buyers of put options can limit losses more effectively, insofar as the put option buyer risks only the premium, the price of the option contract.
Puttin' On The Ritz With Kohl's
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With a fundamentally strong stock at a support level, signs of a bullish reversal may mean it's a good time to sell a put.
Putting Paid To The Bull Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bears continue to have a hard time writing the obituary for the bull market that began in 2003. Will it die? Not yet -- the weekly charts show that the market is on life support.
Putting The Top Down On Convertibles
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As bonds or stocks, convertible securities can provide investors with the security of fixed income or the growth of equities. Can they work for you?
QQQQ Regains The Lost Levels
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The PowerShares QQQ Trust was well equipped with the bullish factors to begin a fresh upside rally. Let's check the current and possibly the future strength in the rally.
QQQs and the SPDR Technology Index ETF
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...XLK is an exchange traded fund found on the AMEX. ETFs are index mutual funds that can be bought and sold just like common stock and are traded on the American Stock Exchange along with Standard & Poor's depositary receipts (SPDRs). XLK is a te
QualComm Returns To The Scene Of The Crime
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...QualComm (QCOM) broke double-top support with a big gap, and this broken support area has now turned into resistance.
QualComm Returns To The Scene Of The Crime
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...QualComm (QCOM) broke double-top support with a big gap, and this broken support area has now turned into resistance.
Qualcomm Shows Strength While The Other Techs Stumble
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Qualcomm has formed a rounding bottom on a weekly basis and is making multi-year highs. It can be expected to head to the $88 level once $70 is taken out.
Quantifying Divergence with the Divergence Index by Matt Storz
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...NEW TECHNIQUES Quantifying Divergence With The Divergence Index Divergence, a popular technical term used to denote a market movement in one direction when a technical indicator fails to follow it, can forewarn of a reversal in market direction. However
Quantifying The Tried And True by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Quantifying The Tried And True by John Sweeney Some people think that my use of numbers indicates a lack of respect for traditional charting techniques. Quite the opposite is true. I've found over the years that what I've come up with generally confirms
Questions Are The Heart Of The Matter by Ruth Barrons Roosevelt
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Questions Are The Heart Of The Matter by Ruth Barrons Roosevelt Questions can confound you or they can enlighten you. How can they help you in your trading? If you're not making money through your trading, you are probably not asking the right question
Questions Are The Heart Of The Matter by Ruth Barrons Roosevelt
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Questions Are The Heart Of The Matter by Ruth Barrons Roosevelt Questions can confound you or they can enlighten you. How can they help you in your trading? If you're not making money through your trading, you are probably not asking the right question
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In addition to selecting an equity, exchange traded fund (Etf), index, option, currency pair, futures contract, and so on to trade at any given time, at times you may want to select a portfolio of tradables that give you the desired results. Market
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Quick-Scan: The Winning Edge
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Quick-Scan: The Wizard
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R2K On The Way To 200-Day EMA?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Every market finds an enduring bottom at some point. Here's one way to help identify the start of a new bull market.
RIM, The Anti-iPhone
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Let's face it: the Apple iPhone is wonderful, but when you are talking to a client and they ask you for a phone number, you cannot look for it without disconnecting.
RISK MANAGEMENT: The Square Root of Sharpe's, Stone's and Okham's Ratios by FRED S. GEHM
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...RISK MANAGEMENT: The Square Root of Sharpe's, Stone's and Okham's Ratios by FRED S. GEHM One of the most important tasks of commodity market money managers is the measurement and control of risk. Currently, the most popular technique for measuring risk
RSI - The Super Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The RSI is giving a very reliable signal for the US stock market.
Rails Taking The Early Lead
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One of the top performers thus far in 2007, the Dow Jones Railroad Index caught fire over the last two weeks.
Ralcorp Bucks The Bears
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The pickings are slim during a bear market, but Ralcorp is bucking the bear with relative strength and a bullish engulfing on high volume.
Rank-and-File Lead the Advance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The NYSE AD line (advance-decline line) recently moved above its January high and reflects strong performance among the rank-and-file.
Ranking The Currency Markets by Tim Hayes
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ranking The Currency Markets by Tim Hayes The very idea of trading the currency markets can make the most seasoned traders shudder a little, but in truth, doing so could be lucrative when combined with a solid technical system. You can rank currencies b
Rational Software Corp. is Head and Shoulders Above the Crowd!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A rush of volume should push Rational Software as well as several other equities into finishing their patterns.
Reading The Bar, Identifying Momentum
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Comparing the length of each trading bar with respect to the one that came before makes it possible to identify buying and selling momentum. Having identified momentum, it becomes possible to forecast the future direction of the underlying stock or marke
Reading The Bar, Identifying The Countertrend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The main trend of a market determines its long-term trend. However, long-term trends are regularly interrupted by countertrends otherwise known as market corrections. By reading the bar of the next smaller time frame, you can determine if the market is t
Reading The Bar, Identifying The Countertrend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The main trend of a market determines its long-term trend. However, long-term trends are regularly interrupted by countertrends otherwise known as market corrections. By reading the bar of the next smaller time frame, you can determine if the market is t
Reading The Bar, Identifying The Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It is easy to get trapped in relying upon technical indicators to identify the direction of the trend when all necesssary information is embedded within the trading bar. By properly reading the bar it is possible to identify the trend of a market without
Reading The Bar, Identifying The Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It is easy to get trapped in relying upon technical indicators to identify the direction of the trend when all necesssary information is embedded within the trading bar. By properly reading the bar it is possible to identify the trend of a market without
Reading The QQQs With Elliott Waves
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Elliott waves can be misleading. What seems to be an obvious wave count can change in the blink of an eye.
Reading between the lines by John Navarte
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Reading between the lines by John Navarte Charting oscillators is one of the most powerful technical analysis tools available for the private and professional investor. In this article, we will consider two standard oscillator constructions. The first h
Reading the Palm Pilot
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Palm, Inc. is a share that from the day it was listed on the Nasdaq, has been falling, and yet everyone who is someone owns a Palm handheld computer. Reading its "palm," I ask, "What does its lifeline forecast for the future?"
Recognizing The Double Top Reversal Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How do you tell the difference between a correction and a reversal at the top before it's too late? Being able to recognize the double top pattern could be to your advantage.
Reducing The Subjectivity Of Elliott Waves
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the identification of Elliott waves too subjective? This method can reduce the subjectivity and improve your ability to forecast. The Elliott wave theory appeals to some and not to others, that goes without saying. Some adhere to it strictly, while
Reelections And The Presidential Cycle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What happens to the markets when a US President is elected for a second term?
Refining the Relative Volatility Index by Donald Dorsey
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...TRADING TECHNIQUES Refining The Relative Volatility Index by Donald Dorsey The relative volatility index was designed to measure the direction of volatilty. Since it was first introduced, however, its developer has not simply rested on his laurels; her
Reg FD is Bad for the Market and for Technical Traders
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Regulation FD (Fair Disclosure), has leveled the information playing field, but costs are potentially devastating to both large and small traders.
Relative Strength In The Gold Mining Stocks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gold mining shares continue to show weakness. Should traders focus on the gold exchange traded fund or on individual gold stocks?
Remember The Volatility Index?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The NASDAQ 100 Volatility Index has been slowly building a base, and traders should watch for a resistance breakout to solidify a trend change.
Renewable Energy ETFs: Saving the World
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Renewable energy ETFs have become a popular investment category in the past year with returns greater than those of the S&P 500 index. And during the coronavirus market plunge, these ETFs held up well. Investors have a choice of very concentrated ETFs or
Research In Motion and the Falling Wedge
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Research In Motion (RIMM) is ready to leap forward out of falling wedge patterns that appear on both its daily and monthly charts.
Rest Time Again For The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Every rally has its cycles. In a bull, prices move up for a period, take a rest and then continue to move higher. Its rest time again for the S&P 500 and traders are watching to see if it will be a brief catnap or deep slumber.
Retesting The Lows
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Assuming the market doesn't crash in the last week of May and first week of June, the NYSE is setting up for an ideal test of the recent lows.
Retracement Analysis Beyond The Horizonal by Cornelius Luca
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:6 (38-43): Retracement Analysis Beyond The Horizonal by Cornelius Luca If you are a currency trader, then you need to know your trends. Here's how you can monitor the health of a trend in the currency markets. Currencies may
Return Of The Son Of Another Rate Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An old support level turned resistance suggests that prices for 10-year notes are likely to continue lower before moving higher.
Return Of The Son Of Denying The Divergence
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A double negative divergence signaled a market top in June. Will another double negative divergence signal another top in August?
Return Of The Son Of Denying The Divergence
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A double negative divergence signaled a market top in June. Will another double negative divergence signal another top in August?
Return To The 50-50 Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Once again, the 50-day moving average helps traders out.
Return of the Diamond
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Remember the two-year diamond top hovering over the Dow Jones Industrial Average that peaked in November 1999? The bears do.
Returning To The Basics by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Returning To The Basics by John Sweeney Since November last year, I've gone through exploiting the trend-related activities -- trading the underlying trend, adding trades to the trend trades and reversing trades when wrong about the trend -- but there's t
Revenge of the Euro: A Head and Shoulders Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will the "since-inception" euro bear market end with a H&S bottom?
Reversal Patterns in the Networks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What if I were to tell you your future lies within the networks. You'd probably think, sure it does and where is that swampland in Florida for sale? Well, it's true. It's always been my intention to buy what everyone else is selling.
Reversing MACD: The Sequel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a look at a function that calculates what the price of the next bar would need to be for the MACD line and signal line to cross.
Revisiting The 3-Day Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a favorite trading strategy. Can we boost performance results by updating its parameters
Revisiting The 4% Solution
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How has the 4% model indicator performed since 2000?
Revisiting The Old Rules Of Investing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Let's revisit the old rules of investing and while we're at it, let's take a look at the lessons we learned from the collapse of the New Economy.
Revisiting The Triple Bottom Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Would a steep pullback in the S&P 500 set the stage for a resumption of the bull market?
Revisiting the "S&P 500's 60-minute Complex Head and Shoulders Top"
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How a bearish complex top got even more complex--and more bearish.
Revisiting the Cotton Club Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Double bottom becomes cup with handle, but cotton stays high.
Revisiting the Yen's Head and Shoulders Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In the land of the rising yen, it appears as if the bottom is in.
Revisualizing The ADX Oscillator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Introducing a new, re-envisioned ADX that provides more information to the trader and makes ADX readings more intuitive and easier to visualize. Find out how to create and use it
Revival Of The Gold Myth
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the dollar weakens, gold prices tend to rise, since a plummeting buck means it takes more dollars to buy the same ounce of gold. Can changes in the US interest rate serve as an important mediation? Here's how you can trade the shiny metal
Riding The Kondratieff Wave by Tim Elrod
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Riding The Kondratieff Wave by Tim Elrod Here's a glance at an often overlooked cycle theory. I first found out about Kondratieff's long wave theory in college. I was sitting in a library courtyard at University of California (Berkeley), and it occurre
Riding The Velocity Express
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Understanding the difference between momentum, velocity, and volatility in price and volume patterns will improve trading results for swing traders. Here's an in-depth look.
Riding The Waves With The Leavitt Convolution
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's an indicator that is predictive and has an associated probability function. Combine them with other probabilities to form a strategy that trades bull put spreads for SPX and QQQ concurrently
Riding The Waves With The Leavitt Convolution
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's an indicator that is predictive and has an associated probability function. Combine them with other probabilities to form a strategy that trades bull put spreads for SPX and QQQ concurrently
Riding for Profits with "Irv the Liquidator" by Richard J. Maturi
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Riding for Profits with ""Irv the Liquidator"" by Richard J. Maturi Wall Street Journal articles over the past few months have reported the financial dealings of Irwin Jacobs, better known as ""Irv the Liquidator."" Jacobs invests in companies he consid
Riding the Beast by Jean Dilling
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Riding the Beast by Jean Dilling I remember the first time I rode the ""Beast,"" the largest, scariest roller coaster ride at King's Island amusement park. When I got off, I swore that never would I ride again. A few hours later, I was back in line, tic
Rising All The Way Down
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are bear market rallies worth the bother?
Risk Management In The Real World by Ajay Jani
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Risk Management In The Real World by Ajay Jani An experienced trader takes his lumps in the market, but still comes out ahead. How? Prudent risk management. In order to generate long-term investment success, traders must adhere to several time-honored
Robert R. Prechter Jr. on the Elliott Wave Principle by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V14:1 (37-42): Interview: Robert R. Prechter Jr. on the Elliott Wave Principle by Thom Hartle It's inevitable: Anyone who enters into the realm of technical analysis runs into a reference to the Elliott Wave Principle sooner or later. Whether you're an
Robots For The Military
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The war against terrorism in the world is causing the US Army to use robots more and more.
Running With The Hype
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Batteries used in electricity powered cars are made with lithium. So you buy stock in a company that produces lithium, and if so, which company, and are you happy with your purchase?
S&P 500 Fails on the Third Fan Line (The Power of Three)
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The power of three is pervasive throughout many forms of technical analysis. Triple tops and bottoms, head and shoulder formations, fibonacci retracements (occurring in one third increments), three white soldiers and three black crows in candlestick term
S&P 500 Fails on the Third Fan Line (The Power of Three)
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The power of three is pervasive throughout many forms of technical analysis. Triple tops and bottoms, head and shoulder formations, fibonacci retracements (occurring in one third increments), three white soldiers and three black crows in candlestick term
S&P 500 At The Crossroads
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will important support hold? The Fibonacci .236 retrace level for the S&P 500 (SPX) February-to-April rally is at 2040.03. On May 6th, the SPX hit 2039.45 and proceeded to rally for three days. As of the close on May 13th that rally has been almost
S&P Index: The Risk Is Getting Higher For Bulls
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...New medium-term highs are printed in a record low-volatility environment and with multiple MACD divergences.
SCCO And The Unnoticed, Unloved
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The tectonic plates of the market are shifting, and the once unnoticed and unloved sectors are beginning to emerge with Southern Copper leading the way.
SIDEBAR: Averaging Lag and the EMA Constant
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...AVERAGING LAG AND THE EMA CONSTANT The equation to compute an exponential moving average (EMA) is: ... Picture a function that increases by 1 for each new day. Then, on the generalized i th day the function will have a value of I . Assume the EMA lag
SIDEBAR: BUILDING THE VARIABLE-LENGTH MOVING AVERAGE
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...BUILDING THE VARIABLE-LENGTH MOVING AVERAGE Seven steps to constructing a variable-length moving average, page 223.
SIDEBAR: CALCULATING THE DEV- STOP by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...CALCULATING THE DEV- STOP by Technical Analysis, Inc. Calculating the DEV-stop.
SIDEBAR: CALCULATING THE RSI by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...CALCULATING THE RSI by Technical Anlaysis, Inc. The RSI classic The first step in calculating a 14-period relative strength index (RSI) in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet is determining the up momentum and the down momentum. This is performed in columns
SIDEBAR: CALCULATING THE THRUST OSCILLATOR WITH THE TECHNICIAN
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...CALCULATING THE THRUST OSCILLATOR WITH THE TECHNICIAN Plotting the thrust oscillator (TO) requires two user formulas. The first one calculates the daily value; this formula in The Technician's language is: ...
SIDEBAR: CALCULATING THE THRUST OSCILLATOR WITH THE TECHNICIAN
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...CALCULATING THE THRUST OSCILLATOR WITH THE TECHNICIAN Plotting the thrust oscillator (TO) requires two user formulas. The first one calculates the daily value; this formula in The Technician's language is: ...
SIDEBAR: Calculating DEMA2 AND THE MACD by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Calculating DEMA2 AND THE MACD by Technical Analysis, Inc. This Excel spreadsheet (sidebar Figure 3) presents the DEMA2 along with the MACD using DEMA2 as the smoothing filters. Column B (labeled X value) is the time t. This column could be elsewhere, a
SIDEBAR: Calculating The Relative Strength-MACD Crossover
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SIDEBAR: Calculating The Relative Strength-MACD Crossover The relative strength ratio-MACD crossover indicator in this example uses the daily closing price of Boeing (BA) compared with the daily closing price of the S&P 500 index. The first day's period
SIDEBAR: Calculating the Bandpass Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SIDEBAR: Calculating the Bandpass Indicator The bandpass indicator is an oscillator-type indicator using two filters. This sidebar give the formulas for using this indicator as described in John Ehler's article, in Excel. In calculating the bandpass i
SIDEBAR: Calculating the Coppock Curve in SuperCharts
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SIDEBAR: Calculating the Coppock Curve in SuperCharts The Coppock curve in Figure 1 of the article ""The Coppock Curve"" by Elliot Middleton, labeled ""CoppockAnnual"" takes the essence of Coppock's original formulation and puts it in modern mathematics
SIDEBAR: Calculating the KST by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Calculating the KST by Techncial Analysis, Inc. KST formulas for short, intermediate, and long term daily or weekly data.
SIDEBAR: Calculating the McClellan Indicators - Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...CALCULATING THE McCLELLAN INDICATORS - Technical Anlaysis, Inc. The McClellan oscillator can be used for measuring changes in momentum of price, volume, advances and declines. The most common use is for measuring the momentum of the New York Stock Excha
SIDEBAR: Calculating the RSI
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SIDEBAR: CALCULATING THE RSI The relative strength index (RSI) is a momentum indicator that uses the net difference of closing prices for up days and down days. The following are steps by which to build a 14-period RSI, using as an example the price dat
SIDEBAR: Calculating the mean, standard deviation and cumulative
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sidebar: Calculating the mean, standard deviation and cumulative probability density functions. Calculating the mean of a series of numbers is the same as calculating the average of a series of numbers. First, sum the numbers together and divide by the
SIDEBAR: Calculating the standard deviation of closing prices
SIDEBAR: Calculating the standard deviation of the percentage change in closing prices
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SIDEBAR: Calculating the standard deviation of the percentage change in closing prices Calculating the ratio of two sequential prices in Lotus is straightforward. The natural log function is preprogrammed as @In(). The standard deviation of the logs can
SIDEBAR: Calculating the standard deviation of the percentage change in closing prices
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SIDEBAR: Calculating the standard deviation of the percentage change in closing prices Calculating the ratio of two sequential prices in Lotus is straightforward. The natural log function is preprogrammed as @In(). The standard deviation of the logs can
SIDEBAR: Capturing the Edge - Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Koppel and Abell's critical factors in capturing an edge in trading. - Technical Analysis, Inc.
SIDEBAR: DERIVATION OF THE RULE OF 72
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...DERIVATION OF THE RULE OF 72 The mathematics behind the rule of 72, stating that if an amount is invested at a compound interest rate until it doubles in value, then the product of the number of years (or periods) and the interest rate is approximately
SIDEBAR: Details of the Study.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SIDEBAR: Details of the Study. The trade timing, transaction costs and statistical tests used in the study.
SIDEBAR: EXPANDING THE AVERAGE
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...EXPANDING THE AVERAGE How to modify the start of an exponential moving average.
SIDEBAR: FIGURING THE NUMBER OF PERIODS IN AN ANNUITY
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...FIGURING THE NUMBER OF PERIODS IN AN ANNUITY Often, investors anticipate a need for a given amount of funds at some future date. One way to guarantee that such funds will be available is to put aside a series of payments at predetermined intervals, know
SIDEBAR: IMPLEMENTING THE SYSTEM
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SIDEBAR: IMPLEMENTING THE SYSTEM The system described is complex, and therefore we are implementing it gradually, starting with a small prototype that automates only a small fraction of the total system. The expert system described here programs only so
SIDEBAR: LEAST-SQUARES CYCLE AND THE TIME SERIES MOVING AVERAGE
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...LEAST-SQUARES CYCLE AND THE TIME SERIES MOVING AVERAGE The least-squares cycle oscillator calculates a regression line that is a best fit of the data for the selected time period, and then the difference between the current closing price and the current
SIDEBAR: Money supply and the S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Money supply and the S&P 500 I suspect most economists would say that M2 money supply and the S&P 500 are independent of each other. Here is evidence that there are significant serial dependencies between these two important time series. For illustrati
SIDEBAR: Ode to the Sow or Bellies Up by Wilbur Corella
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SIDEBAR: Ode to the Sow or Bellies Up by Wilbur Corella
SIDEBAR: Option price sensitivity and the Greek alphabet
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SIDEBAR: Option price sensitivity and the Greek alphabet To analyze the risk/reward profiles of option strategies, traders measure the sensitivity of option strategies to unit changes in independent variables such as the price of the underlying security
SIDEBAR: QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE SPECIALIST
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE SPECIALIST Computer parameters of the pseudo stock specialist used in the main article, page 120.
SIDEBAR: THE ARMS INDEX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE ARMS INDEX The Arms index, also known as TRIN or Trader's Index, was developed by Richard Arms in 1967 to indicate when abnormally high volume is accompanying either advancing or declining stocks. The index is based on the assumption that volume ten
SIDEBAR: THE CANDLESTICK METHOD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE CANDLESTICK METHOD The candlestick chart can be used to interpret the movement of markets from intraday out to a monthly chart format. The basic candlestick chart depicts the market open, high, low and close.
SIDEBAR: THE CANDLESTICK METHOD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Quick descriptions and definitions of candlestick charting patterns and terms, page 108.
SIDEBAR: THE CANDLESTICK METHOD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE CANDLESTICK METHOD Illustration of a basic candlestick body.
SIDEBAR: THE CANDLESTICK METHOD by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE CANDLESTICK METHOD by Technical Analysis, Inc. How to make a basic candlestick chart.
SIDEBAR: THE CANDLESTICK METHOD by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE CANDLESTICK METHOD by Technical Analysis, Inc.
SIDEBAR: THE CHL/LLF METHOD SPREADSHEET by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE CHL/LLF METHOD SPREADSHEET by Technical Analysis, Inc. Recall that the ""concurrent highest low"" filter (CHL) is a condition set up for the ""largest low to low fall"" trigger (LLF) and that the two are true/false situations. Therefore, the CHL fil
SIDEBAR: THE ELLIOTT WAVE ZIGZAG FORMATION
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE ELLIOTT WAVE ZIGZAG FORMATION --Thom Hartle, Editor An explanation of subdivisions of the Elliott Wave pattern, page 173.
SIDEBAR: THE ELLIOTT WAVE by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE ELLIOTT WAVE by Technical Analysis, Inc. The Elliott wave principle is a method for classifying and forecasting market movement. The basic tenet is that markets move in a five-wave pattern in the direction of the trend. Once the five waves have been
SIDEBAR: THE GREEKS
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE GREEKS Delta: The rate of change of option price with regard to its underlying asset. An option with a delta of 25 will move 25% as much as the underlying asset. The delta of options changes with the distance of the strike price from the underlying.
SIDEBAR: THE MASS INDEX AND MOVING AVERAGE FORMULAS
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE MASS INDEX AND MOVING AVERAGE FORMULAS The mass index is a 25-day moving sum of a ratio of two moving averages. The numerator of the ratio is the exponentially smoothed moving average of the daily ranges. The denominator is the numerator smoothed a
SIDEBAR: THE McCLELLANS' INDICATORS
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SIDEBAR: THE McCLELLANS' INDICATORS The McClellan oscillator can be used for measuring changes in momentum of price, volume, advances and declines. The most common use is for measuring the momentum of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) listing of the da
SIDEBAR: THE OPTIMISM/PESSIMISM INDEX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE OPTIMISM/PESSIMISM INDEX The Wyckoff method divides each trading session into intraday buying and selling waves.
SIDEBAR: THE OPTION DELTA by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE OPTION DELTA by Technical Analysis, Inc. Simply stated, the delta of an option is the amount by which the option will increase or decrease in price if the underlying instrument moves by 1 point. The deltas of call options have positive values, while
SIDEBAR: THE RANDOM WALK INDEX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE RANDOM WALK INDEX The channel height ratio to one day figures given show a consistent excess beyond the square root column. This excess indicates the presence of trends and hints how to create a trend ""yardstick."" If no trends were present, the ra
SIDEBAR: THE RPI by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE RPI by Technical Analysis, Inc. Applying the RPI, restoring pull indicator, which uses current cycle length and volume in its calculations.
SIDEBAR: THE RULE OF ALTERNATION
SIDEBAR: THE VERTICAL HORIZONTAL FILTER by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE VERTICAL HORIZONTAL FILTER by Technical Analysis, Inc. Formula for the 28-day VHF (vertical horizontal filter).
SIDEBAR: THE VOLUME INDEX AND ON-BALANCE VOLUME
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE VOLUME INDEX AND ON-BALANCE VOLUME --Thom Hartle A leading and confirming indicator, page 170.
SIDEBAR: THE VOLUME INDEX AND ON-BALANCE VOLUME
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE VOLUME INDEX AND ON-BALANCE VOLUME The volume index is a sum of each financial index's current on-balance volume (OBV) reading. On-balance volume is an indicator based on each day's change and the accompanying volume. ...
SIDEBAR: THE WYCKOFF WAVE
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE WYCKOFF WAVE The Wyckoff wave used as a common stock price index, page 227.
SIDEBAR: THE WYCKOFF WAVE
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE WYCKOFF WAVE The Wyckoff wave used as a common stock price index, page 71.
SIDEBAR: THE WYCKOFF WAVE
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE WYCKOFF WAVE To determine the current trend, the present position and probable future trend of the market, a means of charting the market's action to reveal the general direction of the trend is necessary. ...
SIDEBAR: TWO VERSIONS OF THE RSI FORMULA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...TWO VERSIONS OF THE RSI FORMULA Derivation of the RSI formula containing an exponential moving average, from the basic RSI formula, page 205.
SIDEBAR: The Alpha Indicator - Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE ALPHA INDICATOR - Technical Analysis, Inc. To build your own alpha indicator in Microsoft Excel, use the following steps. Column A should be the date, column B the Treasury bond futures data and column C is the Fidelity Select Chemical Fund data.
SIDEBAR: The Commitments of Traders report
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SIDEBAR: The Commitments of Traders This sidebar simply gives the address for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) where the ""Commitments of Traders in Commodity Futures"" monthly report can be obtained.
SIDEBAR: The Exchanges and Indices - Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Listing of Exchanges and indicators. - Technical Analysis, Inc. THE EXCHANGES AND INDICES New York Futures Exchange (NYFE) The New York Futures Exchange, a wholly owned subsidiary of the New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE), has approximately 359 members
SIDEBAR: The K-Ratio Precious Metals Switch Fund
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In the July 1996 STOCKS & COMMODITIES, Jay Kaeppel described a technique for evaluating gold stocks using the Barron's Gold Mining Index (GMI) relative to gold bullion. He showed that analysis of the ratio between the GMI and the price of gold bullion co
SIDEBAR: The K-ratio TradeStation Code
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE K-RATIO TRADESTATION CODE The K-ratio system includes no buy or sell signals. When run simultaneously with other trade-generating systems, it prints the K-ratio of the trade-generating system to the print log window. System Name : K-ratio VAR: Obs
SIDEBAR: The Money Flow Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How to calculate the money flow index, a volume-weighted form of the RSI. The money flow index (MFI) is a volume-weighted form of the relative strength index (RSI). Instead of using up closes versus down closes, the MFI compares today's average price to
SIDEBAR: The Pathfinder Trading System
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Pathfinder currency trading system uses the same model for trading each of four currency futures contracts - the yen, the Deutschemark, the Swiss franc and the British pound. The trading rules are based on a set of conditions, which in turn are based
SIDEBAR: The RSI and the RMI
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE RSI AND THE RMI The formula for the relative strength index (RSI) is: RSI = 100((RS/(1+RS)) where: RS = AU/AD during the last X days AU = Yesterday's AU - (AU/X) + today's up close or zero AD = Yesterday's AD - (AD/X) + the absolute value of t
SIDEBAR: The RSI and the RMI
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE RSI AND THE RMI The formula for the relative strength index (RSI) is: RSI = 100((RS/(1+RS)) where: RS = AU/AD during the last X days AU = Yesterday's AU - (AU/X) + today's up close or zero AD = Yesterday's AD - (AD/X) + the absolute value of t
SIDEBAR: The RSI and the RMI
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE RSI AND THE RMI The formula for the relative strength index (RSI) is: RSI = 100((RS/(1+RS)) where: RS = AU/AD during the last X days AU = Yesterday's AU - (AU/X) + today's up close or zero AD = Yesterday's AD - (AD/X) + the absolute value of t
SIDEBAR: The RSI and the RMI
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE RSI AND THE RMI The formula for the relative strength index (RSI) is: RSI = 100((RS/(1+RS)) where: RS = AU/AD during the last X days AU = Yesterday's AU - (AU/X) + today's up close or zero AD = Yesterday's AD - (AD/X) + the absolute value of t
SIDEBAR: The RSI and the RMI by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The RSI and the RMI by Technical Analysis, Inc. Formulas and sample spreadsheets for the RSI and RMI.
SIDEBAR: The RSI and the RMI by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The RSI and the RMI by Technical Analysis, Inc. Formulas and sample spreadsheets for the RSI and RMI.
SIDEBAR: The basics by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SIDEBAR: The basics by Technical Analysis, Inc. There is a special vocabulary of options trading that must be mastered in order to understand the uses of options and communicate with brokers and other option traders. An option is a legal contract that
SIDEBAR: The candlestick method
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sidebar: The candlestick method The candlestick chart can be used to interpret the movement of markets from intraday out to a monthly chart format. This sidebar provides an illustration of the candlestick body.
SIDEBAR: The length of runs
SIDEBAR: The long wave
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sidebar: The long wave According to Charles Kirkpatrick's award-winning ""Charles Dow looks at the long wave,"" there is a fourth wave or a cycle of a longer-term nature beyond the ""three well-defined movements,"" as Charles H. Dow himself referred to
SIDEBAR: The short-range oscillator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE SHORT-RANGE OSCILLATOR The short-range oscillator combines daily New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) market statistics with the daily closing price of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) to provide indications of overbought and oversold market condit
Safe Bets In The Face Of Uncertainty
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Economists at leading brokers are forecasting a recession, while a poll of economists by Bloomberg forecasts a slowdown. Either way, consumer staples offer potentially rewarding investment opportunities.
Sandisk On The Verge Of A Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sandisk (SNDK) held support in February and looks poised to break resistance, but low volume still haunts the stock.
Schwab Holds The Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Charles Schwab Corp. is holding its resistance breakout with a consolidation, and traders should watch the consolidation highs for a bullish continuation signal.
Search For The 10-Bagger Fundamentals
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Though they may not be particularly rare, these elusive stocks hold promise nonetheless.
Seasonal Patterns In The Markets by Robert Steelman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:2 (72-77): Seasonal Patterns In The Markets by Robert Steelman We are creatures of habit, and that affects how we approach the markets. There are many popular beliefs about how to make money in the financial markets, some pop
Seasonal Trades And The Channel Breakout System by John L.Momsen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Seasonal Trades And The Channel Breakout System by John L.Momsen Many seasonal trades have been consistently profitable over many years, but using them can be tricky because you never know if this will be the year that events won't follow the establish
Seasonality and the Presidential Election Cycle by Mark Vakkur, M.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Seasonality And The Presidential Election Cycle by Mark Vakkur, M.D. Can you combine politics with seasonality? With the Presidential election coming up, here's a review of some trading strategies for the stock market built around this event. The quadr
Seasons In The Sun
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...New energy technology companies are propelling economies and job growth around the world. So how do traders find and trade stocks that are leading this charge
Seeing The Patterns With Dan Zanger
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Dan Zanger of Chartpattern.com is a swing trader and technical analyst focused on stocks Ñ and a force in stock trading. He is the world record holder, independently audited, for the largest percent change in a personal portfolio for a 12-month period (a
Seeking Long-Term Growth With The Power Zone/Dead Zone Approach
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's an investing approach that seeks to take advantage of seasonality in the stock market
Seeking The Uncommon Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It may be to your advantage to go where others don't. Instead of looking for just another trade, it's the uncommon one you should be seeking.
Seeking The Uncommon Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are you looking for just another trade, or an uncommon one?
Selecting The Best Futures Price Series For Computer Testing by Jack Schwager
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Selecting The Best Futures Price Series For Computer Testing by Jack Schwager One problem that traders studying commodity markets face is the fact that individual futures contracts have price characteristics that are not continuous with other contracts
Selecting the best individual stocks Wyckoff method of trading stocks part 9 by Jack K. Hutson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Selecting the best individual stocks Wyckoff method of trading stocks part 9 by Jack K. Hutson Our discussion of Wyckoff's analytical methods have so far concentrated on deductive reasoning to reach investment or trading conclusions. We first determined
Selling The 10-Bagger
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The key to selling is a narrative. It's a story, composed of fundamentals, speculative foreshadowing, and technical twists and turns.
Semiconductor Index Is Losing The Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The index after consistent bearish breakouts is retesting the supports in a strong downtrend.
Sense On The Dollar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's the near-term price direction for the US Dollar Index.
Serving a trading apprenticeship The Wyckoff method of trading stocks part 13 by Jack K. Hutson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Serving a trading apprenticeship The Wyckoff method of trading stocks part 13 by Jack K. Hutson Anyone studying the stock market intends to remove themselves from the ranks of the public that dabbles with luck as their foremost rule of operation. A true
Set Up Your Trades With The Swing Indicator by Teresa Lo
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V. 22:9 (46-56): Set Up Your Trades With The Swing Indicator by Teresa Lo Knowing when and where classic chart patterns tend to form is as important as identifying the patterns themselves. Here's how one trader uses a combination of indicators and simpl
Setting Up an Excel Spreadsheet for the Forecast Oscillator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This article is reprinted from Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities magazine, Volume 10, Issue 5 to supplement my recent article "Forecast Oscillator".
She flashes signals from the pit at CBT by Phyllis Brock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...She flashes signals from the pit at CBT by Phyllis Brock At precisely 8:00 a.m. Central Time a buzzer sounds and the financial floor of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBT) bursts into life. Runners scurry about carrying messages between traders, brokers an
Shelter From The Volatility Storm?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Market-neutral funds are supposed to shelter investors from market volatility. Do they live up to expectations?
Shoals Technologies - The New Solar Kid In Town
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Company goes public facing strong industry headwinds.
Short Setups For The S&P 500's Head & Shoulders Top
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?
Short-Term 2B Bottom In The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In another sign of waning momentum to the downside in the S&P 500, a 2B pattern appears.
Short-Term Interest Rates And The Moon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An interesting lunar cycle has correctly forecast rate drops 10 out of 12 times in the past year.
Short-Term Look At The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This analysis shows that the Dow Jones Industrial Average is losing its upward momentum and looks to be in a topping process that could reverse its direction soon.
Short-Term Moment Of Truth For The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow Jones Industrial Average has corrected over the last three days, and this correction is nearing its make-or-break point.
Short-Term Pattern: Jack In The Box
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Jeff Cooper's Hit and Run methodology profits from a pause after an expansion breakout bar.
Short-Term Strategies: Fading The Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Statistics provide elements for successful strategies.
Should You Buy The Dollar?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Positive divergences, bullish moving average alignments, and overbought conditions combine to make the greenback attractive.
Shouting Silver From The Rooftops?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is it time to start shouting it again?
Sidebar: Calculating the KST by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sidebar: Calculating the KST by Technical Analysis, Inc. The suggested parameters for short, intermediate and long term can be found in sidebar Figure 1. There are three steps to calculating the KST indicator. First, calculate the four different rates o
Sidebar: Defining The Commodity Channel Index by D.W. Davies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sidebar: Defining The Commodity Channel Index by D.W. Davies Presented here are the ins and outs of the commodity channel index, as defined by creator Donald Lambert and modified by the author. The commodity channel index (CCI) can be calculated using
Sidebar: The Elliott Wave by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.14:1 (43): Sidebar: The Elliott Wave by Thom Hartle The Elliott wave principle is a method for classifying and forecasting market movement. The basic tenet is that markets move in a five-wave pattern in the direction of the trend. Once the five waves
Sidebar: The Parabolic Trading System
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sidebar: The Parabolic Trading System by Dennis Meyers The parabolic time/price system was introduced by J. Welles Wilder in New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems. The trading concept itself is an automatic reversal system, in which the system alway
Sidebar: The T-Test
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sidebar: The T-test by James Stakelum There were 24 trades produced in the simulation run using the September 1994 Deutschemark futures contract. This sidebar gives sample calculations of the T-test using these figures.
Sidebar: The geometry of chart patterns by Teresa Lo
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V. 22:9 (50-52): Sidebar: The geometry of chart patterns by Teresa Lo Pattern recognition is made simple using the swing lines of the classic swing indicator. Together with PowerSwing bars (not shown), the indicators act as visual aids, and basic geomet
Sidebar: Trading And The Emotional Boomerang by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sidebar: Trading And The Emotional Boomerang by Adrienne Laris Toghraie Negative boomerang and Mr. Hyde evaluation.
Sidestepping The Next Crash
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It may seem like it's too good to be true, but it is common sense and it is simple. What is it?
Sifting The Ashes For Tomorrow's Leaders With DBA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even though the broad markets are still enmeshed in a major bull rally, it may still pay to dig through the relative strength rankings to seek out those lagging industry groups that may be poised to be tomorrow's leaders.
Signals From The Hang Seng
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why this index could give clues for a global stock market decline.
Signals From the 200-Day Moving Average
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See how the S&P 500 200-day Moving Average generates signals.
Silver Strangle Play Both Sides Of The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Not sure which way silver will move in the next few months? Not to worry, there's a way to play such indecision by selling options.
Silver's Going Up But What's The Best Way To Play It?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Following its $48 high in April 2011, silver got hammered, dropping to a low of $18.51 in June 2013. Now that it's rising again, where is the best place to be?
Silver: Up For The Downstroke?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With a completed breakdown from a rising wedge, silver has moved to multimonth highs. Does that make it time to turn bullish?
Simple Coffee Trading System Beats The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Returns are never enough to determine whether a system idea is actually tradable.
Simple Strategy Says To Buy The Dollar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While the direction of a trend can be dictated by difficult-to-understand economic concepts, there is a simple trend-following strategy that works and doesn't require any complex knowledge of economics.
Six Stocks On The Rise
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Just when it looks like the entire world is coming apart, the markets stage a nice rally. Go figure. Meanwhile, here are six short- to medium-term momentum stocks that may merit further investigation by savvy traders.
Small-Cap Growth ETFs In The Spotlight
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are you interested in learning more about using exchange traded funds (ETFs) in your trading? Leslie N. Masonson, an active ETF trader, is president of Cash Management Resources, a financial consulting firm that focuses on ETF strategies. He is the autho
Smart Trader's Guide For The Next Nasdaq/DOW Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The main indices are coming due for a rally. Here is a prudent strategy for traders taking their cue via technical analysis.
Smith International Waiting For The Breakdown
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When you trade a trend-following system, it's usually best to wait for follow-through before initiating your position.
Smoothing The Bollinger %b by Sylvain Vervoort
Smoothing The Bollinger %b by Sylvain Vervoort
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Smoothing The Bollinger %b by Sylvain Vervoort This variation of the popular Bollinger %b indicator gives clear turning points that will help traders identify entry and exit points while prices are moving between the Bollinger bands. By now, everybody
Smoothing The Ride With Moving Averages by Edward Donie
So What IS The True Elliott Wave Count?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We should stick to the rules.
So, Is The Bottom Around The Corner?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock market has fallen heavily over the past few weeks. When will it start recovering?
So, Is The Bottom Around The Corner?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock market has fallen heavily over the past few weeks. When will it start recovering?
So, Is This The Start Of The Correction?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock market has fallen heavily over the past few days. Is this the start of the correction predicted by many analysts?
So, Is This The Start Of The Correction?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock market has fallen heavily over the past few days. Is this the start of the correction predicted by many analysts?
So, Where And When Is The Bottom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The correction looks as though it is here. If it is, then where is the bottom?
Social Mood And The Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."When the mode of the music changes," wrote Plato, "the walls of the city shake."
Solving The Portfolio Puzzle by Tushar S. Chande
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Solving The Portfolio Puzzle by Tushar S. Chande Stocks & Commodities Contributing Editor Tushar Chande presents guidelines for designing a stock portfolio. Here's my question to all those superb stock traders out there: How many stocks should you hav
Spectra Energy - Flying Below The Radar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Periodically new stock plays come along that have yet to be recognized by the wider investing public. Here's one that you probably haven't heard of yet.
Spectral Forecasting And The Financial Markets by Denis Ridley, Ph.D..
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Spectral Forecasting And The Financial Markets by Denis Ridley, PhD. Ever considered spectral wave analysis to determine cycles in the stock market? Denis Ridley tells you how. As a rule, the financial markets are not easy to forecast. While forecast
Speculating With The 10-Bagger
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Neither fundamentals nor technicals quite did the job with the 10-bagger. Will speculation do the trick?
Speeding up the oscillator by Grady Garrett
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Speeding up the oscillator by Grady Garrett In 1986, I began a study of Standard & Poor's 100-stock Index (OEX) in search of a reliable mechanical trading indicator. This was a volatile time for the OEX-- the bull market was getting its second wind and I
Spike Up The Volume by Giorgos Siligardos, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:6 (30-37): Spike Up The Volume by Giorgos Siligardos, Ph.D. A long spike appearing in the volume histogram usually catches your attention. But how do these spikes in volume really affect indicators and prices? Volume can be c
Spotting Price Reversals With The VIX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Crowds are often wrong, particularly in the market. Use the CBOE Volatility Index to be on the right side.
Spotting Price Reversals With The VIX by John Zachary
Spread Investing Tools of the trade part 2 by Frank Taucher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Spread Investing Tools of the trade part 2 by Frank Taucher In part one, I discussed some of the pitfalls of traditional studies on the seasonality of spreading and how I attempted to correct them in my spread trading. The objective of the program is to
Spread trading the CRB Index by John J. Murphy and David J. Hirschfeld
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Spread trading the CRB Index by John J. Murphy and David J. Hirschfeld This article really has two aspects. The first is to introduce the concept of relative strength analysis to commodity markets utilizing CRB Index futures. The second aspect is to sho
Spying On The SPY
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Most of the signals that traders rely on for the equities market are derived from the equities market itself (such as price, patterns, volume, and breadth indicators). But there's another dimension you can use. Get an independent window into the stock ma
Spying the black hole by Carl Wyman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Spying the black hole by Carl Wyman The stock market spiraled into a black hole on October 19, 1987, hurting investors and destroying many put writers. For most traders the plunge was an incredible concepts which could have warned a trader of a potentia
Squeeze, Pop Goes The S&P
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For those who have been following volatility using Bollinger Bands, an interesting thing happened to the S&P500. . .
Squeezing The Juice
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A month ago, I announced "Run OJ! Run!" in reference to the early stages of a rally in long-beleaguered orange juice futures. And run they did.
Stalking The New Highs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will the running negative divergences in the Dow Jones Industrial Average end the current rally — or merely slow it down?
Starbucks Unable To Fill The Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While the broader market recovered in February, Starbucks has yet to fill its gap and remains oversold.
Starbucks: Making The Short Case
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Love it or hate it, Starbucks has been a star stock performer since it went public more than 20 years ago. But there are growing signs that the stock's future may not be so bright.
Stay In The Market With Stop-And-Reverse
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If you hate being out of the market, you should take a look at this system.
Stay On Track With The Supertrend Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The supertrend indicator combines price and volatility information to help traders stay in tune with the larger trend. Find out how to calculate and use it
Staying with the markets by Eric L. Sharp
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Staying with the markets by Eric L. Sharp Experience is a great teacher, but she charges such horrendous fees. Traders in both the cash and futures markets know that better than anyone. Anything that increases your insight into directions and targets fo
Stealth Stock: The Blackstone Group
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There is one stock whose assets are actually benefiting from the Fed's money printing and is set to be next best trade that no one has ever heard of.
Step Up To Trade At The NYMEX by Victoria Woolley
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Step Up To Trade At The NYMEX by Victoria Woolley How do you get to be a floor trader at the New York Mercantile Exchange? Like Broadway, it's practice, practice, practice. Ever wonder what the training process is for new options traders, how their per
Step up to the window by Alan Hanson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Step up to the window by Alan Hanson As a newly-licensed floor broker handling orders for a major Chicago commodity broker, I enjoyed expressing my own market theories and opinions to the older members of the exchange. My ideas were important to me, but
Stephen Leeb Of Personal Finance And The Big Picture by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Interview: Stephen Leeb Of Personal Finance And The Big Picture by Thom Hartle If a diverse educational background ever lent itself to analyzing the markets, surely that of Personal Finance and The Big Picture newsletters editor Stephen Leeb would do so
Steve Nison's Profiting In Forex: Using Candlesticks To Catch The Next Move
Stick To The Trend With Tina Logan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Tina Logan (www.tinalogan.com) is the author of Getting Started In Candlestick Charting and Profiting From Market Trends. She has more than 23 years of combined experience as a trainer in corporate settings and as a coach for traders
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 Hit List And Sizing Up The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One of the biggest edges you can give yourself is knowing who the strongest stock leaders are and how to spot them.
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 Ending the Year with a Bang?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How to take advantage of a late year stock market decline.
Stock Market Into The Cross Hair
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 could reach strong price resistance on an important cycle date.
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 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: The Wall Street Trading Game
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Learn how trading works - the fun way!
Stock timing to the discount rates by Jay Kaeppel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stock timing to the discount rates by Jay Kaeppel The course and direction of interest rates have long had a direct and often profound effect on the course of stock prices. When interest rates are rising, investors tend to turn away from the stock marke
Stocks & Commodities V. 26:6 (26-30) The Overlooked But Profitable Volume by Cory Mitchell
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Overlooked But Profitable Volume by Cory Mitchell It's ubiquitous, easy to use, and can lead to outstanding results. The number of stock shares that change hands over a given length of time is one of the most significant pieces of information we ha
Stocks & Commodities V. 26:8 (98, 97) At The Close by Sarp Cercioglu
Stocks & Commodities V.14:7 Product Review The Edge
Stocks And The Art of Charts
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are you trying to decide whether to buy or sell a stock? If you are, get out your stock charts. This simple method of analysis will make your decision easier.
Stocks For The Long Term? Looking At Value Line
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Value Line Index shows that stocks have gone nowhere for 16 years, but traders have enjoyed sizable moves in both directions.
Stocks, Interest Rates And The MACD by Kent Perkers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks, Interest Rates And The MACD by Kent Perkers The notion that markets are interlinked is gaining widespread acceptance. However, the technique of timing trades in one market based on the price direction of another market still requires further fin
Stop Shooting Yourself In The Foot
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The idea of following the trend is nothing new, yet we often tend to ignore it. Here's why you shouldn't
Straightening The Curves
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Consistently making a small profit on one contract is the first step to becoming a successful trader. Here's a strategy that shows you how to do that using crude oil contracts as an example.
Strength In The U.S. Dollar Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The U.S. Dollar Index has been showing signs of reversing for some time now but is the recent bounce the beginning of a more serious correction or is it just a weak attempt to push prices higher?
Strong Price Patterns In The Current Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This week, you should know the direction of the overall market and spot price patterns like these to succeed.
Sturm Ruger And Keeping Money Flow In The Crosshairs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Keeping an eye on a stock's money flow trend can help you identify market turning points well in advance.
Subscribing to Lists Over the Internet
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Readers often ask how they can get in touch with other traders to discuss trading ideas. In this age of electronic communication, one way to connect with other traders is through the Internet, by subscribing to E-mail-based ""lists."" The following infor
Sugar's In The News
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With sugar near 28-year highs, many individual investors have their first opportunity to invest in the commodity directly.
Summertime ... And The Cotton Is Slipping ...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Do oversold readings in October cotton make the case for value--or merely further declines?
Support For The Yen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the yen really turning around?
Support Is Close At Hand For The FTSE
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some indicators suggest that support is close at hand for the FTSE and that traders should prepare for a bounce.
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
Supporting Gold and the Greenback
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After making major bullish moves January and February respectively, both the dollar and gold find support.
Surfing The Linear Regression Curve . . . by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Surfing The Linear Regression Curve With Bond Futures by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. Linear regression, a statistical technique that fits a straight line to data points, can also be a proxy for a market trend. Here's a trading system that uses the measured per
Survival Of The Fittest by Don Bright
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Survival Of The Fittest by Don Bright What do we do now? A new era in the market has dawned, and we have to figure out how best to adapt to it. Take a look around. The market bubble has burst, and we must learn how to adapt to the new era of trading th
Survival of the fittest by Philip Gotthelf
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Survival of the fittest by Philip Gotthelf With the proper tools and right attitude, the ""Crash of '87"" represented one of the greatest profit opportunities in history. A single short S&P 500 futures position could have delivered an amazing $60,000-- w
Surviving The Test of Time With J. Welles Wilder by Brian Twomey
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Surviving The Test of Time With J. Welles Wilder by Brian Twomey J. Welles Wilder is an author, market technician, and inventor of indicators and trading systems that have become classics over time. Without Wilder's contributions to technical analysis,
Sustaining The Trader's Momentum by Ari Kiev, M.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This psychiatrist, who teaches strategies for successful trading, explores various strategies for overcoming obstacles to continued success. by Ari Kiev, M.D. It's not uncommon for traders to blow up after successful runs just as they're about to reach
Swing Trade With The Gann Hi-Lo Activator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's an indicator that swing traders can use to help find peaks and valleys of price movement, which is crucial to their success
Swing Trading In The 50/200MA Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You can use the popular 50-day and 200-day moving averages for more than looking for crosses of the two lines. You can also use the channel that the two lines create to swing trade in a continuous uptrend. Here's how
Swing Trading The 50/200 SMA Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this month's column, we'll look at using the channel formed by the 50 and 200 SMA to help make trading decisions
Swingin' With The Trade With Toni Hansen by J. Gopalakrishnan & B. Faber
Sycamore Networks Has Seen the Light
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Like so many other stocks, Sycamore Networks (SCMR) has bottomed out. A 7-month bottom reversal-ascending triangle has formed on their daily chart with perfect volume on the creation of the pattern.
Symmetrical Triangles - How the Mighty Have Fallen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In recent months, several symmetrical triangles have broken to the downside on the chart for BCE Incorporated. What's in store for BCE, Inc., the Canadian telecom company?
Symmetrical Triangles And The MACDH
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can a symmetrical triangle be directional? Other tools in the technical toolbox may be able to tell you.
Synaptics Consolidates For The Next Upmove
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks moving in strong uptrends correct sideways when the overall market corrects, and they continue their uptrends once the markets start rallying again. Synaptics (SYNA) has consolidated while the markets corrected and now may be ready to move up.
TA For The Longer Term With Boon Chin Low
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...BC Low has been a teacher and practitioner of technical analysis since the 1980s. He is one of Singapore's earliest practitioners to attain the Chartered Market Technician credential. At Singapore Polytechnic, he created and taught two modules of "Techni
THE INSIDE MAN by Bill Dunbar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE INSIDE MAN by Bill Dunbar Inside Broker: Listen now, Charley, that stock moved up 5/8 yesterday and 1/2 the day before! You better grab it before it gets outa reach. Charley: Do ya really think I should? I haven't even plotted the price ranges over
THE S&P 100 Index and GEORGE BUSH.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The recent terror in Russia has almost assured George Bush of re-election. His polls are up, and voters appear to be saying that the world must be rid of the scourge of terrorism, and that George Bush is the man to do it. What are the charts telling us?
TRIN, The Contrarian Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In recent years contrarian indicators have become increasingly popular with traders, but the Arms index stands out as one of the favorites. Knowing how to interpret the index correctly can help provide a trader with timely entry and exit points.
Tactical asset allocation with the Market Forecaster by Mark Hallinan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Tactical asset allocation with the Market Forecaster by Mark Hallinan When used as an allocator, the Market Forecaster program, produced by William Finnegan Associates, Inc., may produce higher profits than a simple buy-and-hold strategy and at less ris
Take A Look At The Dow by Daniel E. Downing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Take A Look At The Dow by Daniel E. Downing In the past, one of the first requirements of being a technical analyst was a promise of sorts to ignore the price action of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. A technician had to focus on the action of more br
Take The First Step
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...So you want to become a trader? Don't miss the critical first step that can make you the trader you want to be.
Taking The Tech Sector Apart --Technically by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Taking The Tech Sector Apart -- Technically by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan The recent downfall in technology stocks came as a shock to some traders. Here's how you could have protected your profits. You would find that a picture is truly worth a thousand wo
Taming The Effects Of Whipsaw
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...By filtering market whipsaw, the trading performance of a trend-following strategy could be greatly improved. Here's how
Taming The Effects Of Whipsaw, Part 2
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Last time in part 1, we presented a filter to help protect your trend-following strategy against whipsaws. This time, we show how to include the effects of volatility to further improve filtering effectiveness and trading performance
Taming The New Zealand Dollar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The New Zealand dollar (NZD) often moves in a predictable manner when in a strong trend, and it brings opportunities when it undergoes short-term corrections. Here's a trading method that allows you to recognize those corrections
Taming The Volatility Beast by Kevin Lund
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Taming The Volatility Beast by Kevin Lund Take advantage of volatility and play those options. If you've traded options for any length of time, you've probably experienced the following scenario: You spot a stock that seems to have some good swings. Af
Taming the indicators by Arthur A. Merrill
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Taming the indicators by Arthur A. Merrill An indicator is often difficult to read because of its wild fluctuations. It may appear optimistic and then dive into bearish territory. Then it might reverse again and turn bullish. Frustrating! A wild indica
Technical Analysis For The Masses
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...From charts and breakouts to trends and moving averages, technical analysis offers average investors a window looking onto Wall Street.
Technical Analysis of the Futures Markets by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Technical Analysis of the Futures Markets by John Sweeney Author: John J. Murphy Publisher: New York Institute of Finance 70 Pine Street New York, NY 10270 (212) 344-2900 Price: $45 plus $2 shipping (U.S. only) Mr. Technician, John Murphy, has writt
Technical Signals In The S&P
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the S&P in an uptrend or a retracement? The average directional movement index and other indicators can show you where the market is going.
Technical Studies And The Primary Cycle by Raymond A. Merriman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Technical Studies And The Primary Cycle Cycle analysis offers the opportunity to identify windows of potential market bottoms and tops. Technical indicators can be used to time entries and exits in the stock at key points in the cycle. How well does thi
Technical Tools For Day Traders, Part 4: The Use of Prior Day Highs and Lows
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Each of the intraday trading techniques discussed in Parts 1 through 3 have relied on reference levels arrived at by means of mathematical calculations. In contrast, the technique discussed in this section will deal with a set of support and resistance l
Technical analysis of the Dow 20 Bond Index by Howard Waxenberg
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Technical analysis of the Dow 20 Bond Index by Howard Waxenberg Over the years, the correlation between moves in the bond market and moves in the stock market has been tremendous. In the last several years, we have repeatedly seen the condition where bo
Technically Trading The Yen With Money Management by Timothy L. Krehbiel, Thomas P. Drinka, and Gise
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Technically Trading The Yen With Money Management By Timothy L. Krebiel, Thomas P. Drinka, Gisele F. Hamm Any good trading methodology includes selecting the best indicators for a tradeable and applying money management techniques to hold on to profits.
Technically trading the ¥en by Thomas P. Drinka, Timothy L. Krehbiel, Stephen Ptasienski
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Technically trading the ¥en by Thomas P. Drinka, Timothy L. Krehbiel, Stephen Ptasienski Speculators and commercial hedgers who trade currency futures often use technical analysis to determine trading signals. We statistically tested 34 of these indicat
Technicals Can Lead The News
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Relative strength warned investors that the outlook for Cisco might not have been as rosy as investors hoped.
Temporary Triangle Trouble In The Hourly S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A symmetrical triangle in the hourly S&P 500 suggests higher volatility in the near-term. But is direction a complete unknown?
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.
TerraForm Power - A Short-Term Trade Or One For The Long Haul?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This new economy stock is rallying. But can it keep up this performance?
Tesla - Is the Parabolic Run Done?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Between the first trading day of 2013 and the end of May, Tesla Motors Inc. enjoyed a three-bag run -- the stock was up more than 300%. But as the spring stock rally began to unravel, TSLA looked increasingly vulnerable.
Tesla After The Cybertruck Reveal - Where To From here?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Tesla stock took a hit after the Cybertruck reveal and window demo fail but there are some powerful reasons why this reaction might just be temporary.
Testing The Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The NASDAQ 100 drifts toward support at the level of its recent breakout.
Testing The Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The current correction in the Dow Jones Industrial Average so far reflects little more than testing former resistance for present support.
Testing The Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For all the concern over the January 2005 correction, the market is still just testing its November 2004 breakout.
Testing The Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An early November channel breakout + an early December test of resistance-turned-support = higher prices for the S&P 500 in the near term.
Testing The Engulfing Bullish Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Identifying chart patterns is often subjective. Is there a way to objectively backtest chart patterns? It can be a challenge but here's one way to do it
That Cat In The Bag
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Wave 5 top signals the end of a bull trend and can be followed by a nasty correction.
That Signpost Down The Road
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It looks as if the indices have come to the next signpost.
The Battlefield
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here are significant points the stock bulls must hold.
The DJIA Breakout Collides Into Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A muscular breakout on the DJIA at the opening of June has carried prices into smack-dab into a hornet's nest of resistance. If this industrial powerhouse bulks up and presses prices through these heavy weights of resistance, the DJIA could continue
The "Day Drop" Patte
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is a price pattern you may not have heard of that you can use as a trade filter to improve system performance. In this article, we'll step through the process of writing some code to develop a trading strategy, we'll test adding some rules and condi
The "Other" Asia Bottoms
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As emerging markets step back into the light, Indian closed-end funds look to be climbing back onto the bright side.
The '94 Rules
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ten years ago, rising interest rates sent stocks and bonds reeling. What does the specter of higher interest rates in 2004 suggest about stocks going forward?
The 1-2-3 Wave Count
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this second part of a seven-article series, find out about the 1-2-3 wave count system that's part of the indicator rules for a swing trading strategy (IRSTS).
The 10 Principles Of Successful Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In spite of the available resources to help traders trade successfully, a majority of traders still lose money. Here, we look at why that may be the case and how to rectify it
The 10% Swing Filter by Mark Vakkur, M.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The 10% Swing Filter by Mark Vakkur, M.D. Price filters identify trends while eliminating noise below a certain percentage change. Here's a trading method using a 10% price filter for the S&P 500 stock index. Although trend-following systems work well
The 10-Bagger Prelaunch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can we grab hold of the 10-bagger right before the stock skyrockets?
The 10-Year Note's Temporary Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The rally in the 10-year Treasury note yield nears its second month amid growing negative stochastic divergences.
The 10-Year Treasury Note's Head And Shoulders Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A temporary respite in long rates flows from a head and shoulders top.
The 10-Year Treasury's Head and Shoulders Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There may be more to trade than the downside breakout when it comes to head and shoulders tops.
The 10-Year Treasury's Hourly Head And Shoulders Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How intraday technical analysis saw the collapse in Treasury notes.
The 18.5-Year Economic Cycle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some believe that W.D. Gann was able to make accurate economic predictions based on the 18.5-year lunar cycle. Here is a look at this concept, with a study that plots lunar cycles against the stock market
The 1st And 2nd Cross
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders know it is not possible to perfectly capture a full trend from its exact beginning to exact end. Here's a way you can capture a small but profitable portion of it, and with low drawdowns
The 2/20-Day EMA Breakout System by David S. Landry
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The 2/20-Day EMA Breakout System by David S. Landry Moving average systems seek to capture meaningful trends. Here's a modified exponential moving average system that uses pattern recognition as a filter for entry rules. Technical approaches to tradin
The 21st Century Technician by Henry "Hank" Pruden, PhD
The 21st-Century Covered Call
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are you tired of writing covered calls only to see your stock get called away as it heads into the stratosphere? Here is a strategy that professional traders use to kill two birds with one option
The 28% Rule by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The 28% Rule by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. A bear market is interrupted by rallies, which cheer the spirits but are then followed by a resumption of the bear market. Finally, one of the rallies turns out to be the first upswing of a new bull market, and
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 4% Indicator Revisited by Michael J. Collins
The 4% Model: Using The Value Line Composite by Bob Kargenian, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The 4% Model: Using The Value Line Composite by Bob Kargenian, C.M.T. Looking for an indicator that doesn't predict huge booms or busts, but tells you what the safest course of action is? Here it is. For this model, all you need is the Value Line Index.
The 4% Model: Using The Value Line Composite by Bob Kargenian, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The 4% Model: Using The Value Line Composite by Bob Kargenian, C.M.T. Looking for an indicator that doesn't predict huge booms or busts, but tells you what the safest course of action is? Here it is. For this model, all you need is the Value Line Index.
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-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
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The 40.68-month stock price cycle by Gertrude Shirk Of the thousands of possible rhythmic cycles in hundreds of subjects that the Foundation for the Study of Cycles has studied over the years, one we have reported on repeatedly since November 1951 is th
The 411 On 911 Funds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Protect your standard of living and pave the way for your investment plan. How? Set up an emergency fund using staggered certificates of deposit.
The 42/49/55 day reaction technique by Chuck Carpino
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The 42/49/55 day reaction technique by Chuck Carpino The 42/49/55 day reaction technique is a trading method I have used for years to buy a stock or index. Although the signal is infrequent, its reliability for a substantial profit is extremely high. In
The 50-50 Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Use moving averages to follow the trend.
The 62% Key For Micron
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The 62% retracement has worked well for Micron, and the stock is testing this level yet again.
The ADX And DMI
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Setting the ADX and the DMI may not forecast trends early, but once forecasted, the strength of the trend will be powerful.
The ADX by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE ADX The calculation of the average directional movement (ADX) indicator is built on the intuitive notion that a trend is a series of price ranges extending in a consistent direction. In sidebar Figure 1, example A, the second day's trading range is
The ADX by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE ADX The calculation of the average directional movement (ADX) indicator is built on the intuitive notion that a trend is a series of price ranges extending in a consistent direction. In sidebar Figure 1, example A, the second day's trading range is
The AMEX Oil Index is Facing Significant Trendline Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The AMEX Oil Index (XOI) gave a false buy signal last week when it broke a double top in the 460 to 465 range. Significant trendline resistance would have alerted traders to an upcoming reversal in the Index.
The AMEX Oil Index is Testing Key Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The AMEX Oil Index (XOI) has been capped by its 50-day moving average since July of this year. With this moving average coming into play once again, could the XOI be setting up for a short-term top?
The Abundance Of Pullback Tests
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the markets struggle for direction, traders are seeing plenty of pullback tests, showing what a crucial spot we are in.
The Accumulative Swing Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Rather than using the closing prices alone to determine market trends, the accumulative swing index incorporates the relationship between the open, close, high, and low of each day's trading to give a more complete picture of market activity.
The Accumulative Swing Index by Bruce R. Faber
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Accumulative Swing Index by Bruce R. Faber Here's an indicator developed by J. Welles Wilder that determines the true direction of the market by comparing today's trading range with yesterday's activity. Each day a market has an opening, high, low
The Adam theory of markets by Lesley B. Orr
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Adam theory of markets by Lesley B. Orr Author: J. Welles Wilder Jr. Publisher: Cavida Ltd., N.C. The Adam Theory of Markets by J. Welles Wilder Jr. is a book about ""making profits trading...any freely traded markets anywhere in the world."" It s
The Adjustable-Bands Z-Test
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Markets generally trend or move in a range. If you apply a trending algorithm to a ranging market, you will end up with whipsaws that yield losses. This indicator can help you avoid some of those false entry whipsaws and capture a new trend early.
The Advance-Decline Line
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the current chart of the advance-decline line of the Dow Jones Industrial Average trying to tell us something?
The Advance-Decline Line Redux by Robert Kinsman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.14:1 (29-33): The Advance-Decline Line Redux by Robert Kinsman The advance-decline line is an ongoing sum of the difference between the number of stocks closing higher minus the number of stocks closing lower each day. Here's a primer on how to use a
The Advance-Decline Line: NYSE, AMEX, And NASDAQ
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This indicator helps traders assess the participation in market moves, identifying market breadth.
The Advance-Decline, New-High, New-Low Market System by D. Meyers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.14:2 (69-75): The Advance-Decline, New-High, New-Low Market System by Dennis Meyers Try combining popular technical stock market indicators - the advance-decline line, the number of stocks making new highs and the number of stocks making new lows - to
The Advance/Decline Line by Mike Burk
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Advance/Decline Line by Mike Burk The advance/decline line, used with the volume percentage ratio and the new high/new low indicator, two indicators I've developed, helps me distinguish cycles in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and other ind
The Airlines' Complex Head and Shoulders Top
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.
The Alarming Oil-Light Crude Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a long rally, crude oil is consolidating and is ready for breakout. This breakout may lead to a bloodbath in global financial markets.
The All-Season Income Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many investors only consider "growth" for their investments. Don't let the word "income" deter you from considering this strategy. It is possible to obtain outstanding returns, with extremely low volatility, by rotating among a family of income funds tha
The Alter Ego Of Swing Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With so much coverage of blue-chip companies coming from popular media channels, tweets, or social chat rooms, traders often overlook small-cap stocks, which provide wider spreads and more liquidity. Find out how to capitalize on them
The Alternative Wave Count Cometh
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What if the market topped in the first quarter of 2004?
The Amazing Price Moves Of Qualcomm
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recent surge of its stock could be the final piece of a nineteen-year pattern.
The Amex Computer Index Looks Toppy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Amex Computer Index formed a head & shoulders reversal pattern over the last three months, and a neckline break at this point would be bearish.
The Anatomy Of A Brexit Appointment
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A trade occurs every day, hour, and minute. However, it's not very often that you get to trade by appointment. Here, we look at the entry, management, and target of a Brexit trade
The Anatomy Of The 10-Bagger
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shh! We're hunting for these elusive (but not particularly rare) stocks.
The Anatomy Of The 10-Bagger
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shh! We're hunting for these elusive (but not particularly rare) stocks.
The Andrews Line by Ron Jaenisch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Andrews Line by Ron Jaenisch Here's a charting method to determine market trend and identify reversal points to set up trading opportunities. When Alan Hall Andrews taught investors how to use what is now referred to as the Andrews pitchfork charti
The Andrews Pitchfork Vs. Speed Resistance Lines
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can you ever have too much support?
The Angle Of Ascent by Martha Stokes, CMT
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Angle Of Ascent by Martha Stokes, CMT Understanding the concept of the angle of ascent will help you make strong entries and protect your profits. Successful traders know that technical analysis skills require an understanding of buy signals and in
The Apple Split
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In late April, the iPhone and iPad maker announced plans to split its stock for the first time in nine years.
The Apple Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An ascending triangle interrupts a rally in shares of Apple Computer. Is it the pause that refreshes?
The Arithmetic Nasdaq Versus the Semi-Logarithmic Nasdaq
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With all the uncertainty in the world today, investors are scared to take the plunge and market moves in either direction- up or down- are on low volume. A semi-logarithmic chart of the Nasdaq once again proves that a picture is worth a thousand words.
The Arithmetic Nasdaq Versus the Semi-Logarithmic Nasdaq
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With all the uncertainty in the world today, investors are scared to take the plunge and market moves in either direction- up or down- are on low volume. A semi-logarithmic chart of the Nasdaq once again proves that a picture is worth a thousand words.
The Arms Index by Bruce R. Faber
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Arms Index by Bruce R. Faber Here's the scoop on the Arms index, a stock market indicator that incorporates the number of advancing and declining stocks with the advancing and declining volume. The index is widely used as an indication of overbought
The Aroon : A Case For The Bears
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Aroon recently flashed a bearish signal. Could we be headed for a bear market?
The Aroon : A Case For The Bears
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Aroon recently flashed a bearish signal. Could we be headed for a bear market?
The Attack In Syria
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The attack in Syria by America was something that caught everyone off guard.
The Auction Market Theory by Donald Jones
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Auction Market Theory by Donald Jones Thanks to the Internet, even when you are far removed from the floor of the exchange, you can still hear what the market is saying. At some point, every trader benefits from a surprisingly fast, good trade. Whe
The Automated Daytrader by Lee Leibfarth
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:3 (22-28): The Automated Daytrader by Lee Leibfarth Here's how daytraders can use different levels of trade automation. Technology has played a vital role in allowing retail traders to compete in markets where, traditionally,
The Availability Heuristic
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When we want to judge the likelihood of something occurring, it is often the case that we will attempt to recall instances of its occurrence from memory. If retrieval is easy and many instances can be readily retrieved then we are more likely to judge t
The Average Age Of Averages
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Have you ever considered why you use 2/(n+1) as a smoothing parameter when using exponential moving averages? Here you will find a simple explanation.
The Average Directional Movement Index (ADX) by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Average Directional Movement Index (ADX) by Thom Hartle Directional movement, according to technician J. Welles Wilder, is one of the most interesting aspects of market analysis. Markets clearly move from trending periods to trading ranges, but dete
The Average Peak Excursion by Chris Young
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:4 (42-46): The Average Peak Excursion by Chris Young With a multitude of stocks to choose from, how do you know which ones are the best to trade, and how do you determine the best time frame to trade them? As traders, your ob
The Baby Bulge Begins by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Baby Bulge Begins by John Sweeney Our Technical Editor opines about the demographic effect the baby boomer generation is having on the stock market. Is 38% of the value in the market unaccountable? What could explain such a discrepancy? Goldman, S
The Bad, The Good, And The Profitable by John L. Momsen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Bad, The Good, And The Profitable by John L. Momsen Here's why you have to research your trades as thoroughly as possible. In February 2003, I received an intriguing email from one of my friends. He said he had discovered a nearly perfect, 94% prof
The Bad, The Good, And The Profitable by John L. Momsen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Bad, The Good, And The Profitable by John L. Momsen Here's why you have to research your trades as thoroughly as possible. In February 2003, I received an intriguing email from one of my friends. He said he had discovered a nearly perfect, 94% prof
The Bad, The Good, And The Profitable by John L. Momsen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Bad, The Good, And The Profitable by John L. Momsen Here's why you have to research your trades as thoroughly as possible. In February 2003, I received an intriguing email from one of my friends. He said he had discovered a nearly perfect, 94% prof
The Bailout Plan And The VIX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the VIX telling us that the bailout plan will be passed by Congress? Is this plan an effective-enough Band-Aid?
The Bailout Plan And The VIX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the VIX telling us that the bailout plan will be passed by Congress? Is this plan an effective-enough Band-Aid?
The Bandpass Indicator by John F. Ehlers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Bandpass Indicator by John F. Ehlers Here's an indicator that can be adjusted to be a leading indicator of market reversals based on the cycles in the price data, presented by a longtime S&C contributor. The bandpass indicator is an oscillator-typ
The Bank Index Fails To Confirm Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Philadelphia Bank Index is a broad financial index that usually mirrors the Dow.
The Basics Of Developing A Neural Trading System by Lou Mendelsohn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Basics Of Developing A Neural Trading System by Lou Mendelsohn As traders begin to experiment with and apply artificial neural systems to financial forecasting, there are pitfalls to avoid in the design and training of these systems so this new tech
The Basics Of Managing Money by Robert P. Rotella
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Basics Of Managing Money by Robert P. Rotella A trader can score that one big win, but it's all for naught if he can't hold onto his profits. Money management is the step both before and after trading, the study of risk and reward and how best to ut
The Basics Of Moving Averages by George R. Arrington, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Basics Of Moving Averages by George R. Arrington, Ph.D. Moving averages are one of the most common technical tools that technicians, both veteran and novice, may take advantage of. But for those novices, the concept may be somewhat confusing. What i
The Basics of Managing Money by Mark Vakkur, M.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Why is money management one of the first items that profes-sional traders stress? Why would you think? Here's an overview of risk and several simple mechanical approaches to money management. Preserving capital is essential to a trader's long-term survi
The Bear Awakens
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the May 16-18 sharp stock market decline the start of a bear market?
The Bearish Force Sustains For XLB
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Material SPDR has been under bearish clouds for more than six months. The moving average resistances and the head & shoulder top may suppress any pullback rally.
The Bearish Time
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...US stocks have rallied into a potentially bearish time zone.
The Bears Have Spoken. Is It Time To Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a well known bear interviewed on Bloomberg or CNBC and shouts, "sell, sell, sell", is it time to buy?
The Beauty Of A Gann Fan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...I have always believed in a Gann fan as an indicator forecasting the future.
The Beazer Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Should you hold through earnings or not? Here's an examination of a trade made in a home construction stock, together with the notes and trading journal entries that support and explain the thinking behind the trade every step of the way
The Beginning Trader by Thomas Bulkowski
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:10 (40-44): The Beginning Trader by Thomas Bulkowski Here are some tips to help a beginning trader become profitable. You may be approaching retirement and want to supplement your income or earn enough money to afford the ris
The Bell May Be Ringing For Cincinnati Bell
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...During the last great bubble of 2000, this was a $40 stock... now it's spent considerable time below $5. However, things are looking perkier now as the stock is coming off a two year low.
The Belthold Signal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This candlestick signal will give you an idea of where you're going.
The Benefit Of Hindsight
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Find out how a hypothetical ideal trader who has the benefit of hindsight can help you make everyday trading decisions.
The Benefits of Diversification by Lars N. Kestner
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Benefits of Diversification by Lars N. Kestner The question of how to increase returns while decreasing risk has fascinated investors for decades; after all, the goal is of trading or investing is to maximize return per unit of risk accepted. Here's
The Beneish M-Score
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Beneish M-score is a statistic that can suggest when irregular accounting activity may be occurring in a publicly traded company. And for a group of stocks, the M-score could suggest a coming recession. Find out how it is calculated and how you can u
The Best And The Brightest Go To Washington
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Technicians and traders from around the world met in Washington, DC, during the first week of November 2003 to discuss the latest techniques and markets. For those serious about the practice and application of technical analysis, it was an event not to
The Best And The Brightest Go To Washington
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Technicians and traders from around the world met in Washington, DC, during the first week of November 2003 to discuss the latest techniques and markets. For those serious about the practice and application of technical analysis, it was an event not to
The Best And The Brightest Of Technical Analysis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders are a lonely breed. Most of their days are spent alone, their eyes glued to an array of computer screens, fingers poised over the keyboard and "Do not disturb" signs hanging over their desks. Continually enhancing your trading
The Best And The Brightest Of Technical Analysis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders are a lonely breed. Most of their days are spent alone, their eyes glued to an array of computer screens, fingers poised over the keyboard and "Do not disturb" signs hanging over their desks. Continually enhancing your trading
The Best Chart Pattern Entry
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can traders better time the entry?
The Best Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Today there are many indicators out there that suggest when to buy or sell a share.
The Bid In The Bubble
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Housing bubble or no, an oversold market with plenty of short interest is one that is likely to bounce.
The Bid In The Bubble
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Housing bubble or no, an oversold market with plenty of short interest is one that is likely to bounce.
The Big Hitters by Dr. Alexander Elder
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Big Hitters by Dr. Alexander Elder Author: Kevin Koy Publisher: Intermarket Publishing 401 S. La Salle Chicago, IL 60605 Price: $26.95 ""The rich are different from you and me,"" wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald during the Roaring Twenties. At that time
The Big Indices Reach Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the year comes to a close, the major indices approach resistance levels and the technicals show signs of weakness.
The Big Picture For Natural Gas
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Natural gas is entering a critical stage right now, as key support and resistance levels are converging upon one another.
The Big Picture For The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How will the head & shoulders pattern play out in the days ahead for the S&P 500?
The Big Picture For The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How will the head & shoulders pattern play out in the days ahead for the S&P 500?
The Big Picture for US Stocks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A multi-month rally may have begun for US stocks. Learn how one trendline can keep your trading on the right path.
The Bill That Didn't Pass
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...So why isn't your IRA limit $5,000 instead of $2,000?
The Biotech Bet Is Back
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does the current test of support mean that biotech stocks are finally ready to move?
The Biotech Index: A Long-Term Opportunity
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The growth strategy provided very good returns to investors in the long term.
The Bird That Shrunk After Swallowing Its Rival
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...May 18th, 2016 makes it a year since Ascena (ASNA) announced its acquisition of ANN stores for a mixture of cash; financed by debt and stock. The deal created one of the largest specialty retailers in North America with a total of over 4,900 stores. In
The Bitcoin Craze
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The share price of Bitcoin has reached levels where financial experts around the world are stating that the cryptocurrency is "the very definition of a bubble."
The Black-Scholes Model Demystified
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Black-Scholes formula looks complicated but understanding its key components actually only requires some basic arithmetic and elementary algebra. Since trading derivatives always involves this model in one way or another, we'll break down the logic b
The Blue Sky Index - Another Market Top Warning Signal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If you suspected that markets might be getting frothy a few months ago, this should interest you.
The Boast
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You are at a cocktail party, listening to a quiet unassuming young man tell everyone how he made a profit of $100,000 trading. . . what?
The Boeing Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This former high-flier comes down 30 points for a buying opportunity.
The Bollinger Band And Trend by John Forman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Bollinger Band And Trend by John Forman Here are ways to use Bollinger Bands to judge the trending tendency of markets, using the distance between the upper and lower bands. Never be afraid to look at an old technical indicator in a new way. In my
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 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 Bond Futures Noise Channel-2 Breakout System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Bond Futures Noise Channel-2 Breakout System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. Here's how to develop a system using a filter to remove the random price movement and identify the trend of the Treasury bond market.
The Bounce In Homebuilding
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Weekly directional movement points to more upside for homebuilding stocks.
The Bounce Trade by Thomas Bulkowski
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Bounce Trade by Thomas Bulkowski A double bounce following a long decline spells a trading opportunity. Find out why. I 'm not sure exactly how I happened upon this chart pattern. I noticed that after a long, perhaps straight-line decline, stocks o
The Bowl Pattern Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The winner for 2005!
The Brain Drain At Yahoo!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When CEO's announce that they are leaving a company, do you sell the share?
The Breakout In JPM Tumbled
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The upside breakout would have been much more successful under healthy technical conditions. The stock is back below its historical resistance with a huge gap down, so what does that say about the trades in hand?
The Breakout Of MSPD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The breakout is likely to initiate the new trend reversal rally for MSPD.
The Breakout Rallies Of ADC
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After the bullish breakout, Agree Realty Corp. is moving on up.
The Breakout Relative Strength Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's not easy to determine if the price of a stock is about to break out. Here's one way you can determine the relative strength of a breakout, enabling you to act early and realize higher profits
The Brexit Factor
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can the Brexit vote effect the trend of US stocks? Technical analysis has the answer.
The Brexit Factor - Part Two
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Technical analysis forecasted an S&P 500 bottom at 2000 on June 27, 2016. What are the indicators pointing to now?
The British Pound Cubed, Redux
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading systems involve several components to make sure they perform as well as you would like them to. Here's how you can apply these components using the least-squares cubic system.
The British Pound's Ascending Triangles
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gaining eleven cents over the summer, the British pound could be headed higher.
The British Pound, Cubed by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Currency markets are popular with trend-followers because of the tendency for currency markets to follow long-term trends. Here's how to smooth out the trend and recognize the major turns. The British pound (BP) is a major currency traded worldwide by
The British Pound: Is The Smart Money Accumulating?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After tracing out a distinct five-wave pattern of reasonable proportion, price-momentum divergences suggest that the British pound may be due for a reversal.
The British Pound: Is The Smart Money Accumulating?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After tracing out a distinct five-wave pattern of reasonable proportion, price-momentum divergences suggest that the British pound may be due for a reversal.
The Broadening Formation And The Bond Market by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Broadening Formation And The Bond Market by Thom Hartle Trading the bond futures market offers opportunity to the skilled chartist because a diversity of price patterns occurs over time. In reality, chart patterns are accumulation, distribution, con
The Broadening Formation And The Bond Market by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Broadening Formation And The Bond Market by Thom Hartle Trading the bond futures market offers opportunity to the skilled chartist because a diversity of price patterns occurs over time. In reality, chart patterns are accumulation, distribution, con
The Broadening Formation On The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In an article I wrote in July 2009, I addressed the need for closure in order to confirm the complex head & shoulders pattern that was setting up. That pattern failed due to an 11th-hour decision to change course by the bulls. So the deal was never o
The Broadening Formation On The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In an article I wrote in July 2009, I addressed the need for closure in order to confirm the complex head & shoulders pattern that was setting up. That pattern failed due to an 11th-hour decision to change course by the bulls. So the deal was never o
The Bull Is Dead, Long Live The Bull - Part Two
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Additional evidence US stocks may have begun a multi-month rally.
The Bull Is Dead, Long Live The Bull - Part Two
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Additional evidence US stocks may have begun a multi-month rally.
The Bull Market Is Not Over
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Taking a long-term view of the markets, I came to a surprising conclusion: The bull market that began more than two decades ago is not over, even though the sting of the year 2000 "meltdown" is still painfully etched in the minds of many trader
The Bull is Dead, Long Live the Bull
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why the 2020 crash could be the shortest bear market in US history.
The Bull is Dead, Long Live the Bull
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why the 2020 crash could be the shortest bear market in US history.
The Bullish Bears Of Summer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With stocks down and foreign currencies looking toppish, is there any hope left for a summer rally in equities?
The Bullish Breakout Of Alliant Techsystems
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a long time span, Alliant Techsystems has moved into a bullish zone. A few bearish indications are visible on the charts.
The Bullish Breakout Of Cempra
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cempra is ready to initiate a fresh breakout rally.
The Bullish Case For JP Morgan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After stepping in to buy Bear Stearns, JP Morgan stands to profit if the worst is over.
The Bullish Percent Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why this indicator could be warning of a sharp decline in US stocks.
The Bulls Of 1987
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Two bull markets entered in 1987. Only one got out alive. Was that a lesson for today's markets?
The Bump-And-Run Reversal by Thomas Bulkowski
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Bump-And-Run Reversal by Thomas Bulkowski Here's a new chart pattern that suggests when to take profits before a trend change begins. Included is a review of past performance. Isn't it strange how an idea occurs? Being hit by a falling apple led Si
The Business Of Trading by Don Bright
The Butterfly Setup by Rudy Teseo
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Pinpoint This Pattern The Butterfly Setup There's more than one way to use harmonic patterns to find likely buy/sell candidates. by Rudy Teseo If you've looked for Gartley patterns while scrolling through your charts, it's more than likely that you've
The Buyers And Sellers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The rise and fall of equity prices can be seen as a battle between buyers and sellers that can reveal information on supply and demand.
The Buying Myth Debunked
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The greatest factor separating the successful market player from the rest may well be his or her systematic approach to selling.
The CAC Breaks Out Of A Consolidation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The CAC (French index) broke out of the 3720 level to target the next level of 3840. Most European indexes entered a consolidation before the Dow and are breaking out before the Dow completes its consolidation. Looking for such intermarket relationship
The CAM Indicator For Trends And Countertrends
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Prices are always moving - up, sideways, down; they pull back, and change direction. What are some hints that conditions are changing? Here's a look at how you can use patterns that appear in indicators and add an indicator to help identify the changing
The CCI Trade by Thomas Bulkowski
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The CCI Trade by Thomas Bulkowski It's not when you buy but when you sell that counts. These two trades used the commodity channel index as a sell signal. Many traders will tell you it's easy to buy a stock but difficult to sell. When you sell determin
The COT Index and Corn by Scott Barrie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The COT Index and Corn by Scott Barrie Here's a study on using the Commitments of Traders index as an indicator for trading the corn market. The clearing houses for futures exchanges list the current number of outstanding contracts as the open interes
The CRB Index In Wide Range
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bullish journey of the CRB index was stopped by the two robust moving average resistances. The index has broken out of the rising wedge formation.
The CRB Index/Bond Ratio by John J. Murphy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The CRB Index/Bond Ratio by John J. Murphy Veteran technician John J. Murphy, whose trailblazing work on technical analysis and intermarket analysis are classics of the field, has delved into how bonds and commodities are interrelated and then how bonds
The CRB Is Breaking Down
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With a sharp decline over the last three weeks, the CRB Index broke the lower trendline of a rising wedge, and a bigger ABC pattern points to further downside in the coming months.
The Calendar King
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In options, consistency wins. Here's how one option trader fared using this concept.
The Call Me "Mini E" by Afshin Taghechian
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V. 22:9 (92-95): The Call Me "Mini E" by Afshin Taghechian Well, actually, it's e-mini, and this article has nothing to do with Dr. Evil. You might find it informative anyway, especially if you're looking for a new instrument to trade. Since March 2000
The Calm Before The Storm In AMD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading in AMD has turned ever so boring as a tight trading range evolves. Look for a break above this range for the next signal.
The Calm Before The Storm In AMD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading in AMD has turned ever so boring as a tight trading range evolves. Look for a break above this range for the next signal.
The Canadian Dollar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the recent strength in the Canadian dollar a type I or a type II move?
The Canadian Dollar Topping Out
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A head and shoulders pattern is a very powerful accumulation and distribution pattern. The Canadian dollar futures are showing just such a distribution pattern, both on the daily and weekly chart. The following weeks are going to be crucial for the Can
The Canadian Dollar's Complex Head and Shoulders Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even on an intermediate basis, chart patterns often hold form.
The Canadian Gold Index Gives Clear Clues
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The TSX Gold Index is giving clues to gold traders via its trend channel and 200-day exponential moving average.
The Canadian Income Trust Conundrum
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Income trusts are popular in Canada, especially in this low interest rate environment.
The Canadian Income Trust Debacle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On October 31, Jim Flaherty, the Canadian Minister of Finance, effectively wiped off $30 billion from the Canadian stock market. What does this mean for you?
The Canadian REIT Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US market housing prices may be collapsing, but the Canadian REIT index looks far more encouraging.
The Canadian Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Deteriorating Credit Markets - Harbinger of Recession.
The Candlestick Kicker
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is it the most powerful candlestick signal?
The Case For Higher Prices
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A higher low follows a lower high in the S&P 500 ... could a triangle send the market higher?
The Case for New Highs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An alternative Elliott wave count suggests that the summer 2006 correction is a prelude to even higher stock prices.
The Cash Cow by Carley Garner with Paul Brittain
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:8 (24-27): The Cash Cow by Carley Garner with Paul Brittain Here's a look at a side of short option trading that you cannot ignore. On the surface, selling options for the sole purpose of premium collection appears irrational
The Cat's Ears Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a rare but reliable bearish formation: the cat's ears. A visual hybrid of double-top and failed-cup formations, the cat's ears formation occurs during downtrends, predicting further price decline with a price target.
The Center Of Gravity Oscillator by John F. Ehlers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Center Of Gravity Oscillator by John F. Ehlers Here's an indicator that identifies every major turning point without much lag. This new oscillator is unique in that it is smoothed and has essentially zero lag. The smoothing enables clear identifica
The Chaikin Oscillator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Chaikin Oscillator can be a very useful indicator when applied under the right conditions.
The Challenge Ahead For The US Dollar Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Dollar Index has fallen substantially in the past two years. Now it faces some challenges if it hopes to turn around.
The Challenge Ahead For The US Dollar Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Dollar Index has fallen substantially in the past two years. Now it faces some challenges if it hopes to turn around.
The Channel Breakout System by Mark Vakkur, M.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Channel Breakout System by Mark Vakkur, M.D. This is one of the simplest and oldest trading techniques, where trades are initiated based on price exceeding a given historical level. Here's how the channel breakout system works using the Value Line i
The Chart Tells The Story
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sometimes we can learn all we need to by looking at the chart, even without knowing the name of the company.
The Chart Tells The Story
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sometimes we can learn all we need to by looking at the chart, even without knowing the name of the company.
The Chartist by Edwin Polokoff
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Cautionary Tale The Chartist Charts don't lie, just in case you needed a reminder. by Edwin Polokoff I shall never forget George. When I first met him, he was a man in his late 50s, somewhat paunchy, of medium height, dark hair streaked with gray, si
The Chartists' Fundamental Helper
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...To many market pundits and traders, technical and fundamental analyses mix about as well as oil and vinegar. But here is one match-up that works nicely for those who know the recipe.
The Chartmill Value Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Oscillators identify overvalued and undervalued situations. They have their advantages, especially in short-term valuations, but also struggle with recurring disadvantages. In this, the first of a series, we will look at how to overcome these disadvantag
The Chase Of Volatility
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The fear of missing out (FOMO) can create a psychological challenge for traders. Here are some steps you can take to help prevent emotions from entering into your trading decisions and wreaking havoc on your trading plan
The Cheapest Trading Method In The World?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Who says you need to spend $5,000 to buy a system? Here's a rough outline of a system idea that shows great promise, but it's up to you to do the hard work of getting it into tradable condition.
The Cheapest Trading Method In The World?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Who says you need to spend $5,000 to buy a system? Here's a rough outline of a system idea that shows great promise, but it's up to you to do the hard work of getting it into tradable condition.
The Cisco Kid's Gap Down Negative Divergence Special
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is it time to empty the chamber on Cisco?
The Closing Score: Extracting Sentiment From Price
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gauging the emotions and sentiment of traders in any market can be one of the most important predictive indicators you can extract from available information. But what drives sentiment and how can you make any sense of it? Well, that can be a little tric
The Cocoa Correction Cometh
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Negative divergences in the MACD histogram and stochastics augur a change in course for March cocoa's nearly two-month advance.
The Cold War Bear
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bear market of 1962-82 kept the Dow Jones Industrial Average pinned in the triple digits for a generation of stock investors.
The Cole Method For Trading Stocks by Alan Friedman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Cole Method For Trading Stocks by Alan Friedman Is there a code that is used by insiders to alert each other as to which stock will move and to what price? As far-fetched as it seems, the late Roger Cole discovered such a code in the earlier part of
The Coming Confirmation?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A major Dow theory showdown looms as the averages test the March 2002 highs.
The Coming Correction
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...So we know that a correction is due. How long will it last?
The Coming Stock Crash
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On Friday, April 15th, Ted Cruz stated why he believed a stock crash will be coming.
The Commitment Of Traders Report by Jon Anderson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Commitment Of Traders Report by Jon Anderson The numbers reveal plenty about market participation. There are two basic ways to analyze the futures market: technically and fundamentally. Many traders have a purely technical approach, with total disr
The Commitment To Trading by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Commitment To Trading by Adrienne Laris Toghraie How far would you go to succeed in your trading? Commitment and achievement go hand in hand but they must be balanced. Top traders know, either instinctively or as a result of experience, that all a
The Commodity Channel Index Revisited by Jeanette Schwarz Young
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Commodity Channel Index Revisited by Jeanette Schwarz Young Traders use technical tools in different ways at different times. Here, then, is one trader's idea on how to use this technical tool to identify major market trends. Technical tools continue t
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 Common (But Useful) RSI by Herbert S. Hall, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Common (But Useful) RSI by Herbert S. Hall, C.M.T. The relative strength index (RSI) is one of today's most popular indicators and is available in virtually every technical analysis software package sold. While the RSI indicator has become so common
The Compare Price Momentum Oscillator (CPMO), Part 1
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is a way you can compare at a glance the momentum of two different market indexes or securities in the same chart. It could also be used to help generate trading signals. In this first part of a three-part series, we'll look at comparing index momen
The Complete Idiot's Guide To Technical Analysis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Proven techniques to help you identify the right times to buy and sell.
The Composite Man's Bull Market Campaign
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will the principles of 20th-century chartist Richard D. Wyckoff still work in today's markets? You might be surprised. Here's a reenactment of Wyckoff's original campaign as applied to the 2008-14 stock market.
The CompuTracâ Corvusâ Hard Disk by JOHN ROSENSTOCK
The Compulsive Trader Part 1 by Van K Tharp, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Compulsive Trader Part 1 by Van K Tharp, Ph.D. Compulsiveness is perhaps the most serious of all trading problems. I have evaluated psychological profiles on thousands of commodity and option traders. Despite the fact that about 50% of the traders I
The Computer Technology Index Still Bearish
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After the descending triangle breakout, the Computer Technology Index is undergoing bearish consolidation.
The Concept Of Equivalence by Giorgos Siligardos, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Concept Of Equivalence by Giorgos Siligardos, Ph.D. Try this to avoid using two indicators that are equivalent. Let me present an objective, mathematical way to determine when two indicators are equivalent with respect to divergence. Knowing when t
The Confirmation Next Time
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will the Dow industrials follow the Dow transports to a break below the August lows?
The Confused S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are times when a market or security is in a bullish trend and there are times when it is in a bearish trend. However, there are also times when a market or security is simply confused. This is one of those times.
The Consumer Discretionary SPDR Stalls At Key Retracement
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a big move in November, the Consumer Discretionary SPDR has stalled over the last few weeks and underperformed the S&P 500.
The Continuous Curse of the Rising Wedge
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The SPY has produced at least five bearish rising wedges since the meltdown began in late 2000. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but it looks like number six may be nearing completion.
The Continuous Curse of the Rising Wedge
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The SPY has produced at least five bearish rising wedges since the meltdown began in late 2000. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but it looks like number six may be nearing completion.
The Continuous Lead Contract by Frank Suler
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Continuous Lead Contract by Frank Suler A trading champion shares one of the tools he uses to analyze the markets. Since the introduction of the spreadsheet, I've used its abilities in the continuing search for a profit-making trading system. In th
The Contracting Fibonacci Spiral
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are the markets trapped? Find out about contracting Fibonacci spirals and their implications for the financial markets going forward.
The Contrarian Put/Call Ratio
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A trader who thinks outside the box can bet against the crowds when they become irrational, and the put/call ratio can tell you how.
The Cooper Companies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Pharmaceutical companies spend millions of dollars in developing products that can be wiped out by the Powers That Be that decide whether the product is safe enough to be sold to the general population.
The Cooper Companies, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Cooper Companies' (COO) financials come in mixed for Quarter 2; beating on a share basis but shy on revenue.
The Copper Road To China And Impact On Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Copper, a powerful indicator of global manufacturing demand, has been falling and not by just a little. Why and what does it mean for markets?
The Copper Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A symmetrical triangle in copper futures sets up the possibility for a dramatic increase in volatility when prices break free.
The Coppock Curve by Elliott Middleton
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Coppock Curve by Elliott Middleton The Coppock formula was introduced in Barron's in 1962, devised by a San Antonio, TX-based technician named Edwin Sedgwick Coppock. Since then, the Coppock oscillator has been adopted and adapted by technicians aro
The Coppock Guide by Tim Hayes
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Coppock Guide by Tim Hayes One of the best megaphones of market action is the Coppock guide, a long-term price momentum indicator that effectively filters out short-term and intermediate-term market swings to issue a clear message on the market's un
The Copy Book Recovery Of Xerox
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Xerox Corporation raised its full year outlook, citing second quarter performance and strong demand for Xerox's new technology and value-added services.
The Corn Correction
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A 2B top is in the making as the corn bull market begins a well-deserved break.
The Corn Correction
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The divergence after the divergence suggests a potential test of summer lows.
The Count Comes Back
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The first rule of wave counting: when wrong, go long(er).
The Count Right Now
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An hourly Elliott wave count of the S&P 500 late in February suggests higher prices in March.
The Count Right Now, Redux
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Truncated fifth or extended fifth? What can we make of the March highs?
The Crash Of VMWare
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On October 15, 2007, when VMWare's price was $102, I wrote an article asking, "Making A Bet, Or Is It A Sure Thing?"
The Crash Trigger
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The past month has seen two more members of the Presidential cabinet replaced. How does this affect the stock market?
The Critical Eye Of Laszlo Birinyi by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Critical Eye Of Laszlo Birinyi by Thom Hartle Laszlo Birinyi of Birinyi Associates is a most unusual technician, one who is critical of most technical methods. Birinyi, a former director of Salomon Brothers, is currently head of his own market resea
The Critical Head & Shoulders Test
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
The Crude Mini Cometh by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V. 22:9 (78-82): The Crude Mini Cometh by David Penn Minis? Energies? For the little guy, trading energy futures just got easier. What were you doing in the autumn of 1990? Well, if you were a futures trader, and it was sometime in late August or early
The Crude-Natural Gas Disconnect
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Oil prices took a big dive in late 2014. But any recovery probably won't benefit natural gas or LNG prices much.
The Cumulative Market Thrust Line by Tushar S. Chande, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Cumulative Market Thrust Line by Tushar S. Chande, PhD. STOCKS & COMMODITIES contributor Tushar Chande originally introduced the concept of market thrust in August 1992 as a method by which to overcome the limitations of the Arms index. Since then,
The Cup-with-Handle Pattern by Gregory Kuhn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Cup-with-Handle Pattern by Gregory Kuhn Most technically based traders become familiar with the classic chart patterns because those patterns give the trader visual evidence of the demand/supply balance of a stock. Interpreting the chart accurately
The Cycle Of Seven
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does the market really move in a cycle every seven years? Let's find out.
The DJI ETF Nears Long-Term Reversal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Statistical analysis is used here to show that the uptrend of the Dow Jones Industrial Average is in its final stage.
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 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 DJIA Bear Market Continues
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Now that the market rally off the mid-March lows is complete, the DJIA bear market continues.
The DJIA Is A Fata Morgana
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Complexity Of It All - Here's an interesting perspective on the oldest stock index in the US.
The DJIA Signals Better Days Ahead
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The DJIA has had a nice run from its March low, but does the move have longevity? The DJIA chart indicates there should be plenty more upside.
The DJIA's Divergence And Descending Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The DJIA's descending triangle may turn sour if the bulls continue to thrust prices higher above key areas of resistance. However, prices could be extending their pullback.
The DJIA's Double Top Test
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow Jones Industrial Average is currently trying to find support from its 50-day moving average. This coincides with a possible double-top formation.
The DJIA's Moment Of Truth
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a sharp four-day rally, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is nearing resistance, and the moment of truth is approaching for the bulls.
The DJIA's RSI Divergence
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The DJIA and other major equity indexes appear to be forming a bullish RSI divergence.
The DJIA's Test Of Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The intraday charts magnify the short-term tug-of-wars between the bulls and the bears that causes day-to-day price fluctuations. The intraday charts provide a swing trader a wealth of information, such as key levels of support and resistance. But the in
The DJIA's Weekly Key Reversal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow Jones industrials completed a weekly key reversal last week, which may support the seasonal bottom that often occurs in October.
The DMH: An Improved Directional Movement Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The directional movement indicator originally developed by J. Welles Wilder has been a mainstay in technical analysis. It's time to modernize it
The DMI Stochastic
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a trend has already begun, does that mean it's too late to get in? Not necessarily. This trading technique can help you get into a trend so you don't have to miss trading opportunities.
The Daily Factor: A Volatility Filter
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The "daily factor" metric relates the high and low to the open and close of the daily bar. Here is a way you can use this information to filter trade signals and improve your trades for some instruments. This article includes code to calculate the daily
The Damping Index by Curtis McKallip Jr.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Damping Index by Curtis McKallip Jr. Variety is the spice of life -- except when you're trying to optimize a trading system. This new indicator identifies those places on the price graph where highs and lows are getting closer and closer together, an
The Danger Zone With Gregory Morris by J. Gopalakrishnan and B. Faber
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Danger Zone With Gregory Morris by J. Gopalakrishnan and B. Faber As chief technical analyst for Stadion Money Management, Gregory Morris educates institutional and individual clients on the merits of technical analysis, and it is why Stadion utiliz
The Dead Cat Bounce by Thomas Bulkowski
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dead Cat Bounce If you trade stocks long enough, you might have an event take your stock down 25% to 70% in a single session. Then the situation gets grim. Here's a review of the dead cat bounce chart pattern and a strategy to minimize any additiona
The Death Cross
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See the effectiveness of the Death Cross and Golden Cross signals.
The December Dollar's Diamond Bottom: Pullback or Failure?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What started as a diamond bottom reversal has begun to retrace as quickly as it broke out.
The Declining Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bank index and the related stocks have been rising as the RSI was descending. What does that suggest?
The Decomposition Method by Giorgos Siligardos, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V. 22:9 (22-29): The Decomposition Method by Giorgos Siligardos, Ph.D. You never know what you might find by studying high, low, and closing prices separately. In this article, I will introduce the decomposition method of price information, and show ho
The Defensive Trader by Adrienne Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Defensive Trader by Adrienne Toghraie Not trading as well as you would like to? Can you take some constructive criticism? No? Sid had a problem with his trading that was losing him money. Instead of waiting for the buy signal from his system, Sid w
The Delta-Delta Crude Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is an interesting trading strategy you can consider for crude oil that is based on term structure patterns
The Derivative Degree
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How will supply & demand unfold? Here's a new tool that may help you to look at a chart in a new way
The Descending Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are many reversal patterns and among them, the triangle pattern is one of the most significant. However, reversals do not always occur.
The Detrend Reveals The True Friend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We would all like to trade bottoming and topping markets. Here's one way to do it.
The Detrend Reveals The True Friend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We would all like to trade bottoming and topping markets. Here's one way to do it.
The Developing Uptrend In IWR Seems Weak
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Russell Mid-Cap iShares has weak indicators and slowly developing uptrend to pull bullish rally higher.
The Development Of A Futures Trader by Thomas Drinka, Nathan Losey, and Ryan Lauer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:11 (34-38): The Development Of A Futures Trader by Thomas Drinka, Nathan Losey, and Ryan Lauer Here's a look at the trading methodology implemented by two futures traders. By using Market Profile, they successfully traded the
The Deviation-Scaled Moving Average
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Moving averages have two characteristics -- they lag and they smooth data. But there are different ways to tweak them. Here's one way to make them more adaptive to current prices and make the smoothing heavier
The Devil's In Your Debit Card
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Plastic money is plastic money. Right? Nope, not even close. While credit cards might let you overspend your income, debit cards can let others clean out your entire bank account. Come and see.
The Diamond In Lincoln National
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does the diamond top in Lincoln National anticipate broader weakness through the insurance industry?
The Diamond in the Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow 30 is breaking out from a 16-day diamond. But is the break up or down?
The Diamond in the Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow 30 is breaking out from a 16-day diamond. But is the break up or down?
The Diamond's Diamond
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The wide-range bar on April 1 was the first tipoff that this pattern might develop. But are there any clues about the direction any break from this diamond will travel?
The Directional Cross Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here we introduce a simple chart-based strategy you can consider
The Discerning Trader: Linda Bradford Raschke by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Discerning Trader: Linda Bradford Raschke by Thom Hartle Contrary to popular opinion, dreams can come true. For every trader who's wished that he or she could just stay home and trade, there's one trader who succeeded in doing so. Linda Bradford Ras
The Discrete Fourier Transform Illusion by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...TheDiscreteFourier Transform Illusion by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. The Fourier transform is a mathematical technique for analyzing data to determine cyclical component. Take a close look. The Fourier transform is a mathematical technique named after mathema
The Disposition Effect
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The psychology behind our tendency to sell winners and keep losers.
The Diving Board Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What is a diving board pattern and can you profit from trading one
The Do Or Die Dollar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Support for the U.S. Dollar Index at 93-92 will be sorely tested in the weeks to come.
The Dollar Also Rises
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What do debt and the short squeeze have to do with the possibility of an advancing greenback? Over the next several months, the answer might be: everything.
The Dollar And Deflation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the dollar moves toward a test of long-term lows, fears of inflation have completely eclipsed the possibility of a reversal in the greenback.
The Dollar And The Risk
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As usual, we want to look at things with different tools. The dollar will be the subject of our analysis today as we look at the volatility of its volatility.
The Dollar And The Risk
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As usual, we want to look at things with different tools. The dollar will be the subject of our analysis today as we look at the volatility of its volatility.
The Dollar Conundrum
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US dollar looks poised to continue its ascent — or does it?
The Dollar Divergence
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Dollar Index is forming a divergence with the relative strength index. Is this a warning?
The Dollar Firms Up And Gold Melts
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The U.S. interest rate scenario has a profound effect on the U.S. dollar as well as gold. As the Fed changed a couple of words in its policy statement, the effect on the charts is clearly visible. While the U.S. dollar has started to firm up, gold has
The Dollar Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The dollar is still hanging in the balance without a clear direction.
The Dollar Is At A Critical Juncture
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While the US dollar has been undeniably strong recently, it is now at a critical juncture that may temporarily halt its uptrend.
The Dollar Points To Cheaper Gas
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Over the long term, the US dollar has shown a tendency to peak several months ahead of peaks in the price of unleaded gas futures.
The Dollar To Move Higher Still
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Statistical analysis is used to show that the dollar is in an uptrend with an expected price target of 25.
The Dollar and the Deep Blue Sea
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Relative strength and moving averages suggest that the mighty U.S. dollar may be on the verge of sinking.
The Dollar and the Deep Blue Sea
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Relative strength and moving averages suggest that the mighty U.S. dollar may be on the verge of sinking.
The Dollar's Ascending Triangle Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In the words of Jesse Livermore: "Never too low to sell, never too high to buy."
The Dollar's Last-Ditch Divergence
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The target from the symmetrical triangle reached, dollar bears try to plow through a positive stochastic divergence.
The Dollar's March Divergence
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does a strong move off the lows in early March provide greenback bulls with the break they've been waiting for?
The Dollar's Triangle Breakdown
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If you found yourself missing the glory days of greenback gloom and doom, then have I got a symmetrical triangle for YOU!
The Double Calendar Spread by Jay Kaeppel
The Dow And A Key Reversal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On November 13, the Dow Jones Industrial Average started the day by testing the low of October 10. It then reversed upward, strongly forming a key reversal. Does this signify the completion of wave C?
The Dow And CNBC
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Very few traders do NOT listen to CNBC.
The Dow And Its Cycle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Last week I presented a chart and analysis of the S&P 100 index (OEX). This week I'll look at the Dow.
The Dow Breakout: 1-2-3
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The resolution of a 1-2-3 trend reversal is a 200-point-plus breakout.
The Dow Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The last few weeks have brought little clarity to the direction for the Dow Jones 30, but a trading range can still be useful.
The Dow Days Of Summer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Back together again, the Dow industrials and Dow transports take out their July 2004 lows on the same day. But if that's so bearish, then what's up with the bounce?
The Dow Explanation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Over the past several weeks I have observed few who would actually make a prognostication on the Dow. I did hear analysts mention the number 7400 once or twice as the bottom but did not see an acceptable chart to back them up. Here's my analysis
The Dow Industrial's Head and Shoulders Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This bearish reversal pattern is just another sign that the October rally is over.
The Dow Industrials' Hourly Rising Wedge Breakdown
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A negative stochastic divergence confirms a breakdown from a rising wedge.
The Dow Is Down. Is It Time To Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow has fallen heavily, but with so many companies coming out with excellent financial results, is it time to start bottom picking?
The Dow Jones Industrial Index's Bear Market Low
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Based on my Elliott Wave count, it is highly unlikely that the Dow Jones Industrial Index has completed its bear market.
The Dow Jones Pitchfork View
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow Jones Industrial Average has declined some 800 points from its 14,000 high. What is the next likely move?
The Dow Revisited
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Yes, I do watch the Dow like a hawk, simply because top analysts preach the bear on CNBC.
The Dow Revisited
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At the end of 2004, I wrote: "Hopefully, 2005 will follow tradition and be a very bullish year..."
The Dow Update
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...All charts on the Dow seem ready to jump topside.
The Dow Update!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In my recent article "The Dow Explanation" (July 26, 2002), I discussed the last drop on the Dow and how the bounce up and inevitable drop down once again would unfold. It's been two months and we are pretty much at the point I expected.
The Dow Utilities' Head and Shoulders Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Like the S&P 500, the DJUA also developed a multi-year head and shoulders top.
The Dow's Bearish Broadening Formations Persist
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Broadening tops are a bearish formation and the Dow has two it may be working on-- A large long term one with scary implications and a smaller one contained within.
The Dow's Bearish Rising Wedge
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The outcome of this potentially bearish pattern is crucial to the Dow in the short-term and the closing action the next two days should be very telling.
The Dow's Descending Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Repeated summer tests of support at 102 may signal a breakdown dead ahead in the Dow.
The Dow's Diamond Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Nearly 20 months in the making, a diamond top towers over the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
The Dow's Dogs, Undaunted
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A bearish sawtooth pattern in stocks in 2004 couldn't hold back the littlest underdogs of the Dow 30.
The Dow's Dragonfly Doji And Double Dose Divergences
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Technical analysis can offer us a glimpse into the future when we spot a divergence or candlestick reversal patterns and they offer clues to potential price swings and fluctuations. Either signal has credibility on its own merits, but when they have a b
The Dow's Tempting Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After weeks of uncertainty, does a symmetrical triangle in the Dow Jones industrials signal a return to trending markets?
The Dow(n) Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow Jones Industrial Average has formed a very steep downsloping channel.
The Dow: Breakout or Bull Trap?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The rally in the fourth quarter of 2001 may be luring bulls into a 2002 trap.
The Down Friday/Down Monday Signal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Taking a larger view you can spot price patterns within key trading days that indicate new trends and emerging or potential market crashes.
The DownLoader 2.0 by Steve Notis
The Dreaded Wedge Appears In Hewlett-Packard
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Hewlett-Packard have enjoyed a nice advance since August, but the move appears to be nearing its end as momentum wanes.
The Dumpling Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This candlestick pattern projects the selloff.
The Dynamics Of Candlestick Patterns by Shijoong Sung
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:12 (46-49): The Dynamics Of Candlestick Patterns by Shijoong Sung Candlestick patterns have been used for centuries, but given that they have received so much attention among technical analysts, can they still be used in the c
The E-Factor
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Take a look at the most significant driving forces of investment management.
The EU Ratings War And Its Repercussions
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Several credit agencies have been rattling their sabers over the EU debt crisis but in the end, who will be the winners or losers and, more important, how do you profit?
The EZ Guide `To Selecting ETFs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Decisions, decisions, decisionsÉ the best ones are based on knowledge.
The Early Chartists: Schabacker, Edwards, Magee
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a look at some of the earliest technical analysts.
The Edge In Chart Patterns, Part 1
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When you see a chart pattern forming, most likely, others will see it too. What gives you an edge when you trade a chart pattern? This two-part article will help answer that question
The Edge In Chart Patterns, Part 2
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Part 1 of this article showed how you can use a trading system to define the edge that a chart pattern gives you. This concluding part will elaborate on three practical issues relating to this subject: market frictions, sample populations, and capital re
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 Effect Of Tilt On Mutual Fund Investing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Overcome invisible limits and find your own positive tilt.
The Effects Of Unexpected Events
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See how markets react to tragic surprise news.
The Eight Best-Performing Candles
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After removing rare candlesticks and combining reversal or continuation rates with performance after 10 days, surprising winners emerge.
The Eight-Year Presidential Election Pattern by Adam White
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Eight-Year Presidential Election Pattern by Adam White That seasonal patterns exist cannot be denied. But there may be patterns within those patterns, depending on how you look at them. The four-year Presidential cycle is a prime example or are we o
The Elapsed Time Calculator by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Elapsed Time Calculator by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. Veteran technician Arthur Merrill explains how to derive the number of days, actual or calendar, between two dates using a simple table and some elementary steps. Do you need to know the number o
The Election Cycle Meets Mean Reversion
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It has been called the most powerful stock market cycle. So what is it telling us about where stocks are headed?
The Election Cycle: Bad News - Good News Story
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Election Cycle has been called the most powerful short-term stock market cycle and it's saying stocks are headed lower. But there is some light at the end of this tunnel if history is any guide.
The Election Nears
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Always anticipate the election cycle.
The Electric Utility Bond Market Indicator by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.14:1 (11-18): The Electric Utility Bond Market Indicator by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. There's a close relationship between the performance of the electric utilities stock index and the bond market. Technicians use this relationship to forecast the directio
The Elliott Wave Rule
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ralph Elliott had rules to follow when preparing an Elliott Wave.
The Elliott Wave Vs. The Random Walk In The Battle Of The Century
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Elliott wave theory proves once again that the market is no random walk in the park.
The Elliott Wave Vs. The Random Walk In The Battle Of The Century
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Elliott wave theory proves once again that the market is no random walk in the park.
The Elliott Wave Vs. The Random Walk In The Battle Of The Century
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Elliott wave theory proves once again that the market is no random walk in the park.
The Elliott Wave Vs. The Random Walk In The Battle Of The Century
The Elliott Wave Vs. The Random Walk In The Battle Of The Century
The Elliott Wave Vs. The Random Walk In The Battle Of The Century
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Elliott wave theory proves once again that the market is no random walk in the park.
The Elliott Wave Vs. The Random Walk In The Battle Of The Century
The Elliott Wave Vs. The Random Walk In The Battle Of The Century
The Elusive B-Wave Of The S&P Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here are some adages to remember: "Sell in May and go away." "The second year of a Presidential cycle sees the most corrections."
The Elusive B-Wave Of The S&P Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here are some adages to remember: "Sell in May and go away." "The second year of a Presidential cycle sees the most corrections."
The Emini S&P's Cup With Handle Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Blood on the streets in Tokyo leads to a short-term buying opportunity in New York.
The Emotional Volatility Trap by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here are some simple guidelines for avoiding volatile emotional swings due to the stresses of trading. By Adrienne Laris Toghraie Traders are placed under unique stresses, making them particularly susceptible to emotional swings, and as a result, they m
The End Of The Bull Run For Silver?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Who would have believed in early 2003 that the price of silver -- at $5 an ounce -- was destined to rise to nearly $50 an ounce in only eight years? Is this latest plunge merely a blip, or is it warning of a structural change in the status of the epic bu
The End Of The Bull Run For Silver?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Who would have believed in early 2003 that the price of silver -- at $5 an ounce -- was destined to rise to nearly $50 an ounce in only eight years? Is this latest plunge merely a blip, or is it warning of a structural change in the status of the epic bu
The End Of The Trend by Cornelius Luca
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:12 (14-18): The End Of The Trend by Cornelius Luca You're riding along with the trend, watching your returns consistently increase. You know it's not going to go on forever? but how do you know when it'll end? As much as we l
The End Of The Trend by Cornelius Luca
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:12 (14-18): The End Of The Trend by Cornelius Luca You're riding along with the trend, watching your returns consistently increase. You know it's not going to go on forever? but how do you know when it'll end? As much as we l
The End Point Moving Average by Patrick E. Lafferty
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...INDICATORS The End Point Moving Average by Patrick E. Lafferty Moving averages have been used for decades to smooth out the noise in the prices of tradables. Here's an entry in the category, one that may provide a more accurate representation of market
The End-Of-The-Month Effect On The "Cabl
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's an example of observing a pattern in the market, programming it into an algorithm, analyzing the results, and capitalizing on it in your trading account--in short, what we as technical traders seek to do
The End-Of-The-Month Effect On The "Cabl
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's an example of observing a pattern in the market, programming it into an algorithm, analyzing the results, and capitalizing on it in your trading account--in short, what we as technical traders seek to do
The End-Of-The-Month Effect by Ben Warwick
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The End-Of-The-Month Effect by Ben Warwick Back-testing has radically changed the way traders view the markets. Although no one has yet found the Holy Grail of trading, the ultimate goal remains the same: to create a system that consistently yields prof
The Endowment Effect
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The endowment effect is a bias which accounts for why traders and investors will sometimes allow themselves to get married to a position.
The Endpoint Fast Fourier Transform System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Endpoint Fast Fourier Transform System Last time, we explored the Fourier transform, a mathematical technique for analyzing data to determine cyclical component. This time, we use the fast Fourier transform as a trend determinant for a model for tra
The Engulfing Pattern For Swing Traders
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This swing trading strategy can be applied to currency markets, common stocks, and exchange traded funds that track commodities and track indexes.
The Essence Of Dow Theory: Confirmation And Divergence by Richard L. Evans
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Essence Of Dow Theory: Confirmation And Divergence by Richard L. Evans The Dow theory tenet that the Dow Jones Industrials and Dow Jones Transports must ""confirm"" one another is listed perfunctorily in most Dow theory discussions, but confirmation
The Essence of Market Profits by Victor Sperandeo
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Essence of Market Profits by Victor Sperandeo The key to making money in the markets is having the major trends at your back. This well-known money manager points to the importance of looking at the big picture. Popular beliefs about investment pr
The Euro And The Dollar, Midterm
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a midterm outlook for the euro and the US dollar index futures.
The Euro And The Dollar, Midterm
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a midterm outlook for the euro and the US dollar index futures.
The Euro Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Breaking beneath the support of two trend channels, the euro enters a dangerous stage in its descent.
The Euro Currency Share
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The question on everyone's minds today is the survival of the euro.
The Euro Pullback
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The dollar strenghening, gold slipping ... euro bulls have seen this act before.
The Euro's Broadening Wedge, Descending
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The euro's persistent downtrend has been made interesting by the European Central Bank's efforts at intervention. But are we going up or down?
The Euro's Cup With Handle Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An intraday breakout in the EUR/USD sets the stage for an important test of the October highs.
The Euro's Cup with Handle Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The greenback's loss has been the euro's gain.
The Euro's December Symmetrical Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading setups and patterns can work together to spot and manage winning trades.
The Euro's Diamond Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An important test of top awaits the euro.
The Euro's Head and Shoulders Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The most recent rally in the common currency has stalled short of the August and September highs.
The Euro's Post-Breakdown Positive Divergence
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How soon after a breakdown is it time to think about buying?
The Euro's September Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Negative divergences in the stochastic and MACDH anticipated an end to the EUR/USD's summer rally.
The Euro: Triangles, Flags and More Triangles
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...From a February bottom of 0.8560 to a recent high of 0.9560, the euro has climbed chart pattern after chart pattern on its way up.
The Euro's True Colors by Walter Bressert and Doug Schaff
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Euro's True Colors by Walter Bressert and Doug Schaff How do you analyze the Euro, a currency that sprang to life with no price history? How do you analyze a full-fledged currency that came into being overnight? Despite its literal lack of price h
The Euro's Weekly Cycles by Walter Bressert and Doug Schaff
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Euro's Weekly Cycles As a followup to last month's introduction to the newborn European currency, here's what may happen to the Euro. n January 4, 1999, the 40odd years of planning and 10 years of political and economic work paid off as the Euro bega
The Ever So Fashionable Mini Contracts
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Mini maybe, but its benefits boom!
The Evolution Of The Euro's Trend Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The dramatic fall and fall and rise of the EUR/USD as seen through the lens of a trend channel.
The Evolution Of The Euro's Trend Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The dramatic fall and fall and rise of the EUR/USD as seen through the lens of a trend channel.
The Evolving State of Technical Analysis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Evolving State of Technical Analysis Leafing through a back issue of ""Success Farming"" magazine the other day, I was quite surprised to run across a fairly sophisticated article on the technical analysis of some of the meat and grain futures. The
The Expanding Triangle by Kit Webster
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Expanding Triangle by Kit Webster Classic chart analysis and Elliott wave theory both consider the expanding or broadening triangle chart pattern to be a reversal of a long-term trend, and further, that such an event may be occurring in the Dow Jone
The Expiration Trade by Joe Luisi
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this world of algorithmic trading, how can an independent trader stand a chance? Here's one way you can trade options to get an edge in the markets. We have all heard that 70% to 80% of all options expire worthless. Many of us have purchased op
The Extreme Point Rule Triggers The Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The directional movement indicator recently flashed a sell signal on the S&P 500. Savvy traders can use the extreme point rule to find the precise entry point to act upon.
The Extreme Point Rule Triggers The Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The directional movement indicator recently flashed a sell signal on the S&P 500. Savvy traders can use the extreme point rule to find the precise entry point to act upon.
The FTSE Bottoms Out On The Weekly Chart
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The FTSE is consolidating between 4360 and 4520. A breakout above 4520 could lead to 5000 for the FTSE in the medium-term. Indications are this could happen soon.
The FTSE Bottoms Out On The Weekly Chart
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The FTSE is consolidating between 4360 and 4520. A breakout above 4520 could lead to 5000 for the FTSE in the medium-term. Indications are this could happen soon.
The FX Daily Conundrum by Kristian Kerr
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The FX Daily Conundrum by Kristian Kerr Hours And Days - The FX Daily Conundrum In a 24-hour market, what is the best time frame to use when looking at charts? The rising popularity of foreign exchange trading over the past few years has been impressi
The Fading Swiss Franc
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Its "B" wave all but complete, the Swiss franc looks set to renew a correction of its three-year bull market.
The Failed Trade by Thomas Bulkowski
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Failed Trade by Thomas Bulkowski Sometimes a trade doesn't work out the way you hoped it would, but you can always learn from your mistakes if you take the time to review your trades. Take a lesson from this failed trade. After I began trading in t
The Fall Of Feeder Cattle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cattle futures tumble toward a source of potential Fibonacci support.
The Fall Of The Euro
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The 10th largest price drop in market history was made and the specter of another recession looms on the horizon but while markets decline, money flows to new opportunities if you know where to spot them.
The Fall Of The Euro
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The 10th largest price drop in market history was made and the specter of another recession looms on the horizon but while markets decline, money flows to new opportunities if you know where to spot them.
The Fallacy Of Adjusting The Stop-Loss To Breakeven
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Tightening the stop-loss is a key risk management concept, but moving it to breakeven for no technical reason invites subjectivity into your decision-making, potentially preventing yourself from making a profit
The Fallacy Of Adjusting The Stop-Loss To Breakeven
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Tightening the stop-loss is a key risk management concept, but moving it to breakeven for no technical reason invites subjectivity into your decision-making, potentially preventing yourself from making a profit
The Falling Three Method
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This candlestick pattern, which is quite rare and usually reliable, has provided some wrong signals lately.
The Falling US Dollar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The darkest scenario of the past few years for the world has been a falling US dollar. How much farther?
The Fan Principle On The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The fan principle can be applied to corrective swings to help determine when an intermediate reaction has concluded. The breaking of the third fan line signals a reversal and that a new uptrend is about to begin.
The Fan Principle On The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The fan principle can be applied to corrective swings to help determine when an intermediate reaction has concluded. The breaking of the third fan line signals a reversal and that a new uptrend is about to begin.
The Fate Of Currencies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The global economy was nurtured back to health after the credit crisis by China. Now it's time to see if the world can stand with a drop in China's demand
The Fate Of Pfizer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Drug companies have suddenly decided to bare their souls, and those of their drugs. Will they bounce back, and is the risk worth taking?
The Father Of Security Analysis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...To buy when others are selling takes nerve, but this legendary investor, one of the most respected in the investment arena over the decades, taught a generation that value investing works.
The Fear Index Or The VIX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The VIX is a volatility index registered by the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) which has come to be known in the popular press as the fear index or the fear gauge.
The Fear Index Or The VIX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The VIX is a volatility index registered by the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) which has come to be known in the popular press as the fear index or the fear gauge.
The Fed And The Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...During the recent past, the best-performing sectors have been those who benefit from a stable-to-lower interest rates environment, anticipating a change of monetary policy.
The Fed And The Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...During the recent past, the best-performing sectors have been those who benefit from a stable-to-lower interest rates environment, anticipating a change of monetary policy.
The Feng Shui Of Abundance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can the Chinese art of placement and honoring your ch'i work for your financial benefit?
The Final Pieces Of A Ten Year Puzzle?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why the US stock market could be near a significant turning point.
The Financial Volume Index Expanded For The l990s by Patrick Cifaldi, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Financial Volume Index Expanded For The l990s by Patrick Cifaldi, C.M.T. The financial volume index, which was first introduced by Patrick Cifaldi in the pages of STOCKS & COMMODITIES in 1989, takes on and uses the study of volume, surprisingly unde
The Financial Volume Index Expanded For The l990s by Patrick Cifaldi, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Financial Volume Index Expanded For The l990s by Patrick Cifaldi, C.M.T. The financial volume index, which was first introduced by Patrick Cifaldi in the pages of STOCKS & COMMODITIES in 1989, takes on and uses the study of volume, surprisingly unde
The First Drops Of Blood?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."Buy when you see the blood running in the streets" -- or so goes the quote. Do we see any now?
The First Five Down?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Could the first five waves of the next bear market have already begun?
The First Rule
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The first rule of Elliott wave analysis is "The chart must look right."
The Folding Rule by Viktor Likhovidov
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Folding Rule by Viktor Likhovidov How about a simple charting technique to ride the wave and get off in a timely manner? Here's a reversal pattern I frequently observe on hourly charts of currencies and sometimes use in trading. I call it the foldi
The Followers Of The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One theory, many interpretations. Here are four of the earliest interpreters.
The Followers Of The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One theory, many interpretations. Here are four of the earliest interpreters.
The Force Index by John A. Sarkett
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Force Index by John A. Sarkett Here's a little-known indicator that combines price change and volume to create a short-term and an intermediate-term trading tool. Like ocean waves, prices have an ebb and a flow. Once in a while, however, a huge sh
The Forex Gambit by Walter T. Downs
The Four Lines Trading System by Viktor Likhovidov
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Four Lines Trading System by Viktor Likhovidov Here's a simple, reliable, universal system for trading the markets. The creation of a personal trading system requires a personal understanding of the nature of the markets and the peculiarities of ma
The Four Market Dimensions
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Improve your trading by combining the dimensions of price, time, momentum, and sentiment
The Four-Month Rule
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What is good for General Motors (GM) is good for America, or so the old saying goes. There is even an indicator that uses GM as an early warning of market changes. Here's a look at the "Big Three" US automakers and what they could be try
The Four-Month Rule
The Four-Year Cycle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How accurate and consistent is the four-year cycle? Judge for yourself.
The Fundamental Disconnect
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The technical versus fundamental argument has been around almost as long as the stock markets. But here is a reality that fundamental efficient market hypothesis devotees will be hard pressed to explain.
The Fundamentals of Sector Rotation by Paul and Carole Huebott
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Fundamentals of Sector Rotation by Paul and Carole Huebott Maintaining an optimized portfolio of strong blue-chip stocks is one way to invest. Here are the basics of how stock groups move through a typical business cycle. Our new Dow strategy, des
The Funnel Formation by ORY J. CANAL
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Funnel Formation by ORY J. CANAL The Funnel formation is a technical analysis tool that you may find very useful in analyzing stocks. To begin this discussion of the Funnel, let's locate one on a chart. For this we will use the chart in the back of
The Future Of PSX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...PSX has been Warren Buffett's darling for the last two years but can it continue? There are signs that the bulls are ready to take this stock higher.
The Future Of The Financial Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders and market technicians tend to assume that the financial markets will always be available to them. After all, trading markets have existed during much of history, and today's traders have experienced open-access free trading markets of many kinds
The Future Of The Financial Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders and market technicians tend to assume that the financial markets will always be available to them. After all, trading markets have existed during much of history, and today's traders have experienced open-access free trading markets of many kinds
The Future's So Bright: New Opportunities In MSCI Indexes
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Never before has the typical futures market participant had so many trading opportunities available -- and all under one roof.
The GMI Bond Market System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The GMI Bond Market System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. This S&C Contributing Editor details a trading system for predicting Treasury bond yields that uses Barron's Gold Mining Index (GMI) to signal changes. He compares the performance of the trading system
The Gang Of Four Method For Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Successful trading is a function of having a system that gives you an edge at each step of the trading process, and the Gang of Four method can give you that winning edge.
The Gann Method by John J. Blasic
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Gann Method by John J. Blasic W.D. Gann's trading methodologies are not always easy to define or to analyze, which is a pity, since they can be applied to everyday trading principles across many different markets when interpreted correctly . John Bl
The Gann Quarterly Chart by Jerry Favors
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Gann Quarterly Chart by Jerry Favors Longtime newsletter publisher Jerry Favors introduces a long-term indicator called the Gann quarterly chart, which will signal a turn up from bear market lows when the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) rallies
The Gann Quarterly Revisited by David C. Reif
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Gann Quarterly Revisited by David C. Reif The Gann quarterly chart, a trend-following indicator like other range breakout techniques, was previously described by Jerry Favors in the January STOCKS & COMMODITIES. Most trend-following indicators give
The Gann Quarterly Swing Chart And Trend Duration by Jerry Favors
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Gann Quarterly Swing Chart And Trend Duration by Jerry Favors The Gann quarterly swing chart - which is a trend-following indicator and not a trading system as presented in the August Stocks & Commodities - is best used as a compliment with other an
The Gap and Patience
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the approach of Christmas, and the shopping that goes with it, is it worth buying shares of The GAP?
The Gartley Setup by Rudy Teseo
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 German Mark Noise Channel Breakout System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The German Mark Noise Channel Breakout System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. Interested in a trend-following method for currency markets? Currency markets generally exhibit the strongest tendency to trend, a key feature for trend-followers. Here's a method tha
The Glitter Of Gold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gold has made a bullish move the past week. It's time to consider what the longer term charts are saying.
The Global Recovery, Asian-Style
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Revisiting Asian Tigers as the recovery takes hold in the U.S.
The Global Trend: Mark Boucher by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When S&C first spoke to hedge fund manager Mark Boucher in 1996, he shared some of his techniques for analyzing the economy, picking stocks, and money management. See what he says this time. Refresh our memories with a bit of your history. Sure. I sta
The Godfather Rules Of Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Everybody wants to give you trading advice. How about some advice you can't refuse?
The Gold Bug Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the mid-March lows hint at a bottom in gold, gold stocks head higher.
The Gold Bug and the Ascending Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The triangle in the gold bugs index ($HUI) is the best thing going for gold bulls. But the index's bearish divergence with the MACD--along with a declining gold price--give plenty of pause for thought.
The Gold Bug and the Ascending Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The triangle in the gold bugs index ($HUI) is the best thing going for gold bulls. But the index's bearish divergence with the MACD--along with a declining gold price--give plenty of pause for thought.
The Gold Bugs Index And The Bullish Weekly Setup
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After jumping more than 100% since making the major October 2008 low, the Gold Bugs Index has spent several months in a bullish consolidation pattern.
The Gold Bugs Index And The Bullish Weekly Setup
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After jumping more than 100% since making the major October 2008 low, the Gold Bugs Index has spent several months in a bullish consolidation pattern.
The Gold Bugs Index Hits Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The December decline in the Amex Gold Bugs Index hit support and recent firmness could foreshadow a break higher.
The Gold Correction
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Divergences tell the tale of the March bounce in June gold.
The Gold Miner And The Pitchfork
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One of the useful aspects of the Andrews pitchfork is that it can be drawn from any series of three alternating high and low pivot points. With each pitchfork drawn, a story about the trend is told. With each of the pitchforks drawn as seen here, the sto
The Gold Miner And The Pitchfork
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One of the useful aspects of the Andrews pitchfork is that it can be drawn from any series of three alternating high and low pivot points. With each pitchfork drawn, a story about the trend is told. With each of the pitchforks drawn as seen here, the sto
The Gold Rush Is Over
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Through the use of Elliott wave theory, we can see that the market trend for gold has clearly reversed from one of bullishness to one of bearishness.
The Gold Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Technical triangles, the "McTeer Put," and the battle for reflation.
The Gold and Silver Bond Fund System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Gold And Silver Bond Fund System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. Building on his previous Gmi system article, this Contributing Editor develops a system using the Philadelphia Stock Exchange daily gold and silver stock index to trade a long-term government
The Gold/US Dollar Ratio At Major Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After completing a major third wave up, the gold/US dollar ratio sits right at major support, which may also be the low of corrective wave A.
The Golden Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Hourly charts of gold and gold stocks underscore the turnaround in late May.
The Golden Cross
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How effective is an S&P 500 Golden Cross signal? On April 1, 2019, the S&P 500 (SPX) 50-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) crossed above the 200-day SMA, known as a Golden Cross. This is only the sixth such signal since the major US stock market bot
The Golden Pullback
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Take a look at the mid-June bounce in December gold.
The Golden Section
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's how this mathematical ratio can be used to find the next important stock market bottom.
The Goldman Roll by Scott Barrie and Kevin Warner
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Goldman Roll by Scott Barrie and Kevin Warner Does it affect the commodities markets? The Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (GSCI) is a world production?weighted index that measures commodity market returns. The quantity of each commodity in the index
The Google Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the Great Goog-angle tradable?
The Grand Illusion
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the economy as strong as it looks? The charts may suggest the economy is strong but the real answer lies between the price bars. Let's take a peek
The Gravity Of Trading by Adrienne Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:13 (18-21): The Gravity Of Trading by Adrienne Toghraie Make money in the markets? and keep it. Do you want to make money in the markets and learn how to keep it? Then learn to appreciate gravity. There is an oftencited corre
The Green Line
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Knowing when to exit a trade can work wonders for your trading returns. Here's one tool that can help you make that critical decision
The Greenback Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A cup with handle bottom clashes against a 1-2-3 trendline break to the downside.
The Greenback Lows
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a 10-month correction, could the US dollar's fortunes be on the verge of improvement?
The Greenback and the CRB
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What are dollars and commodities saying about inflation and economic recovery in 2002?
The Greenback and the CRB
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What are dollars and commodities saying about inflation and economic recovery in 2002?
The Greenback's 2B Test of Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Dollar index approaches a major test of lows set back in October 1998.
The Hammer is About to Fall at Home Depot
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The previously invincible home improvement behemoth Home Depot (HD) is ready to drop in spite of a strong housing market. Is this a contradiction or a sign of things to come?
The Happy Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Happy Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie What does happiness have to do with being a successful trader? Nothing, it seems. In fact, for most traders, successful trading and happiness may actually be in perpetual conflict. Over the years, I have wor
The Harami: A Strong Reversal Signal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking for a better indication that the trend is going to reverse? Here's a pattern that can help.
The Haul Ahead For HHH
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Has the May rally gone too far, too fast? Not as far as the Internet sector is concerned.
The Haurlan Index by Paul E. Carroll
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Haurlan index, which was originated by the Trade Levels, Inc., advisory service, has received comparatively little attention unfortunate, as it has proved to be effective in signaling tops and bottoms. By Paul E. Carroll The number of advancing and
The Head And The Shoulders
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?
The Head And The Shoulders
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?
The Head and Shoulders Formation by JESSE H. THOMPSON/Technical Analysis staff writer
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
The Head-and-Shoulders Formation by Thomas Bulkowski
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Head-and-Shoulders Formation by Thomas Bulkowski I was doing research in the public library when a staffer asked me if I could help an elderly lady find a chart of TWA [TWA]. The investment materials are sparse at the library and the periodicals th
The Hewlett Packard Rally - Is It Sustainable?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Hewlett Packard had a tough time from 2010 through early 2013 but since then it has shown steady gains. It's recently flashed an impressive bullish chart pattern that's worth examining.
The Hidden Measure Of The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Want to find out where the market is headed? Market breadth reveals plenty.
The Hidden Measure Of The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Want to find out where the market is headed? Market breadth reveals plenty.
The High-Performance Dividends Stocks Of The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dogs of the Dow scanner template in TradeStation can help you find megacap stocks that pay a handsome dividend yield.
The High-Performance Dividends Stocks Of The Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dogs of the Dow scanner template in TradeStation can help you find megacap stocks that pay a handsome dividend yield.
The Highs And Lows Of Trading by Edward Robert Florez
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Highs And Lows Of Trading by Edward Robert Florez Here's a war story that illustrates some mistakes that all traders have made at one time or another -- and should keep in mind.. The best-laid plans and analysis can become catastrophically skewed w
The Histogram And A Hollow Red Candlestick Heighten Volatility
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the VIX, a contrarian indicator of the stock market, turns bullish, that implies that volatility in stock market is on the rise. A bullish P-p-P on the VIX's MACD histogram and a hollow red candlestick could cause more nail-biting among those w
The Historical Dow by Carl Sundquist
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Historical Dow by Carl Sundquist Recently, The Wall Street Journal completed 94 years of continuous publication of the Dow Jones Industrial and Railroad (now Transportation) averages. Quite a record. Charles Dow, the first editor and founder of The
The Holy Grail Is Not for Sale
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If you use a trading system or are connected with system design--such as a system developer, a vendor, or are looking to purchase a system--you will want to read this. Here, we introduce how to apply forensic analysis to algorithmic trading systems. It m
The Homebuilding Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...I don't know if there is a bubble in housing. But there's been an exhaustion gap in the homebuilder's index. And it just got filled to the downside.
The Hot Market in 2007 -- China
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...China delivered incredible returns in 2007, but what about next year?
The Hot New Mutual Fund Tool
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How do exchange traded funds, the newcomer to the investment scene, stack up against index funds? Compare the costs and find out which fund fits your investment strategy.
The Hot War Bear
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression initiated the first secular bear market of the 20th century. Do those events hold any lessons for investors in the 21st?
The Hourly Liquidity Data Bank As A Tool For Day Traders by Donald L. Jones & C. Young
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Hourly Liquidity Data Bank As A Tool For Day Traders by Donald L. Jones & C. Young How hourly data from the Chicago Board of Trade's Liquidity Data Bank can help day traders manage their positions. A typical day trader takes a position and then wa
The Housing Market Bubble: Impact On Mortgage And Bank Sectors
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Although the housing sector presents negative conditions currently, the mortgage and bank sectors should remain in a trading range environment.
The Hunt For Tomorrow's Top Performer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even in bad economies, there are companies that can excel and outperform the market such as this compelling stock.
The IRA After Your IRA: The Roth Conversion
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If you've ever wished the benefits of individual retirement accounts could continue after you've retired, then the Roth IRA may be for you!
The IRA After Your IRA: The Roth Conversion
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If you've ever wished the benefits of individual retirement accounts could continue after you've retired, then the Roth IRA may be for you!
The Impact of Currency Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Performance of the currency markets can affect stock prices.
The Impeccable Timing Of Intraday Charts
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A good trader is always looking for clues of a reversal, trying to piece together the technical jigsaw puzzle.
The Importance Of Being Sufficiently Capitalized
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Making money from trading can be very difficult. There are several reasons for this, but one root cause is not starting with enough capital. Here's a way to boost confidence and your account size
The Importance Of Pitchfork Analysis For The Oil Services Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Pitchfork analysis has been accurate in determining support and resistance levels for the index. Where could prices be headed next?
The Importance Of Pitchfork Analysis For The Oil Services Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Pitchfork analysis has been accurate in determining support and resistance levels for the index. Where could prices be headed next?
The Importance of Stop Orders by Patrick Cifaldi, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Importance of Stop Orders by Patrick Cifaldi, C.M.T. Some traders view stop orders as an affront to their analytical skills, but they shouldn't. Here are some simple guidelines on using stop orders and saving yourself some painful and costly lessons
The Industry Leaders Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Do you know how your money is being managed?
The Inflation Indicator by John A. Lohman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Inflation Indicator by John A. Lohman Former Amex trader John Lohman delves into an inflation indicator that leads the Consumer Price Index (CPI) by about six months. In 1992, technician John J. Murphy wrote a series of articles in STOCKS & COMMOD
The Inflation Story: Separating Fact From Fiction
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Policy makers would have us believe that inflation is contained and that deflation is the greater threat to our economy. Remembering the fate suffered by those who trusted policymakers' statistics and advice on the housing market in 2005 and 2006, i
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 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 Inner Trader And You
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Whether you are an emotional or mechanical trader, understanding your own personality is a worthwhile investment.
The Ins & Outs Of Moving Averages Part 1
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...They are ubiquitous on price charts and an integral part of technical analysis. Do you know everything you should about using them?
The Ins & Outs Of Moving Averages Part 2
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...They are ubiquitous on price charts and an integral part of technical analysis. Do you know everything you should about using them? Here in part 2, we go a little deeper into the topic of moving averages
The Inside Bar: The Calm Before The Storm
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some price patterns can be used to filter trades. Find out what impact the "inside bar" has on some trend-following strategies and how useful this can be. This article includes code to discover inside bar frequency in various markets, and sample code to
The Inside Bar: The Calm Before The Storm
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some price patterns can be used to filter trades. Find out what impact the "inside bar" has on some trend-following strategies and how useful this can be. This article includes code to discover inside bar frequency in various markets, and sample code to
The Inside Bar: The Calm Before The Storm
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some price patterns can be used to filter trades. Find out what impact the "inside bar" has on some trend-following strategies and how useful this can be. This article includes code to discover inside bar frequency in various markets, and sample code to
The Instantaneous Trendline by John F. Ehlers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Instantaneous Trendline by John F. Ehlers, Ph.D. Is it possible to have an instantaneous trendline? To say that a trendline is "instantaneous" may be presumptuous, but because you can compute a continuous trendline with modern technology and thus a
The Insync Index by Norm North
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Insync Index by Norm North Here's a method to graphically display the signal status for a group of indicators as well as an algorithm for generating a consensus indicator that shows when these indicators are in sync. The methods described can be use
The Internal Dynamics of TRIN by Jack Rusin
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Internal Dynamics of TRIN by Jack Rusin Consider four simplified trading days on the New York Stock Exchange: Day 1: 1000 issues advance, 100 decline, with 1,000,000 shares up volume and 100,000 shares down volume. TRIN = (1000/100)/(1,000,000 /100
The Intersection of Price and Time
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Find out why the S&P 500 reaching 1950 on January 8, 2016 could be an important bottom.
The Intra Day Analyst A Report by TIMOTHY C. SLATER/President, Intra Day Analyst Company
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Intra Day Analyst -- A Report by TIMOTHY C. SLATER/President, Intra Day Analyst Company The last version of The Intra Day Analyst has been in the field for five months. During this time, it has undergone several revisions responding to users requests
The Inverse Fisher Transform by John F. Ehlers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Inverse Fisher Transform by John F. Ehlers How often have you been indecisive about entering or exiting a trade? Here's one way to get a clear indication. The purpose of technical indicators is to help time your decisions to buy or sell. Ideally, t
The Inverted Yield Curve by Kathy Lien
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:4 (20-24): The Inverted Yield Curve by Kathy Lien An inverted yield curve has implications in regards to the US dollar and the economy. Will they both suffer? The potential of a yield curve inversion has been a major topic in
The Investor Preference Index by Cyril V. Smith Jr.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This indicator, a long-term stock market investment tool, compares the performance of the S&P 500 to the New York Stock Exchange index to measure sentiment. The theory is that investors have a preference for certain types of invest-ments, blue chips vers
The Iron Condor by Jesse Chen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Iron Condor by Jesse Chen Being neutral on the market is different from being unsure. Here's a strategy to take advantage of your view. Neutral options are a sound strategy in options trading. They combine a balanced risk and reward ratio with a hi
The Island Reversal Pattern: Research In Motion
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This chart pattern provides reliable indications of a trend reversal. Here's an example.
The Itsy Bitsy SPDRs and the Year-long Decline
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the April rally gone (but not forgotten), will the June correction mark the beginning of the end of the year-long decline?
The Itsy Bitsy SPDRs and the Year-long Decline
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the April rally gone (but not forgotten), will the June correction mark the beginning of the end of the year-long decline?
The JK HiLo Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...No single indicator will accurately forecast or coincide with every market top or bottom. Here, two indicators have been combined to form one indicator that can increase your chances of identifying buy or sell points.
The JSA Moving Average by George R. Arrington, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The JSA Moving Average by George R. Arrington, Ph.D. Presenting the JSA, a unique moving average that could provide an early warning that other technical indicators may have an impending signal. In addition, comparing the JSA with other moving averages
The January 5-Day Trading Rule
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Predictions are plentiful at the beginning of 2014, but could lead you to disaster unless you use this relatively unknown pattern.
The January Barometer May Not Work This Year
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A market adage claims, "As goes January, so goes the year." Are we likely to see more declines over the next 11 months?
The January Barometer: Myth And Reality by Jay Kaeppel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The January Barometer: Myth And Reality by Jay Kaeppel Some claim the January Barometer is a great forecasting tool, while others say it is totally without value. As usual, the truth lies somewhere in between. First, let's define exactly what the Janua
The January Effect
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is there some predictability to what will happen in January based on what happens in December?
The January Effect
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The year 2011 is rapidly coming to a close, but a phenomenon that always outperforms during a weak market may be setting up for an explosive move some time until mid-February 2012.
The January Effect
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The October massacre paid its regularly scheduled unwelcome visit to the markets in 2000. Considering how the markets suffered from the sharp market correction in April, many market participants felt the October massacre would be mild in contrast. Was it
The January Effect
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You've probably heard of the Santa Claus rally. What about this one?
The January Reversal: 2B or Not 2B?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...New highs need follow-through in order to be trusted.
The Jean Coutu Group
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Jean Coutu Group (CA: PJCA) is the second largest drugstore chain in Canada and the eighth-largest in North America, with 311 pharmacy stores in Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick, and 332 Brooks pharmacies in the U.S. northeast. The company may be makin
The Joy Of Trading with Statistics by Ben Warwick
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Joy Of Trading with Statistics by Ben Warwick For many of you who have traded in the past, the title of this article may take you by surprise. How can trading be work of joy? Only when you are winning, obviously, but there's more to it than that. Sy
The Joys Of Juice
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Wanna know where the bulls have been running recently? Try the orange groves.
The Kairi Relative Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's pretty much been forgotten over the years. But can this indicator still be useful?
The Kelly Hotline by Bob Bukowski
The Key To Land's End's Rise & Future
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Price direction reveals the trend but this stock's relative strength is the fuel to keep it going
The Keys To Technical Conditions by James S. Gould, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Keys To Technical Conditions by James S. Gould, Ph.D. In the beginning, before personal computers routinely made trading decisions, there were traders who were able to decipher the language of the markets and earn trading profits. Today, traders hav
The Keys To Trend-Following by Donald W. Pendergast Jr.
The Kicker Signal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some candlestick chart graphics illustrate when trend reversals are occurring. One important reversal signal to know is called the kicker signal, and it tells you when investor sentiment has been "kicked" in the opposite direction. Find out how to recogn
The Kilroy Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a solution to a serious taxonomic problem. Or maybe not. In any case. . .
The Knight-Ridder CRB Index by Raymond T. Murphy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...STATISTICS The Knight-Ridder Crb Index The Knight-Ridder-Commodity Research Bureau Index - the CRB to you and me - has been updated to reflect today's commodity markets. Here's an explanation of the changes to this industry barometer. by Raymond T. M
The Kondratieff Wave And The Presidential Cycle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...History has shown that the stock market and the four-year Presidential election cycle follow strong predictable patterns. What can we expect going forward?
The Kondratieff Wave And The Presidential Cycle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...History has shown that the stock market and the four-year Presidential election cycle follow strong predictable patterns. What can we expect going forward?
The Kondratieff Wave Revisited
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Given the recent market volatility, is the decade-long bull market over? And if we did enter a bear market, in what year might the market bottom and a new bull market begin? Here's a market outlook based on an updated look at K-waves and Elliott waves
The Kuala Lumpur Composite Enters Big Support Zone
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a sharp decline in the last two to three months, a few chart signals have come together to suggest support for the Kuala Lumpur SE Composite.
The Language of Money by Walter T. Downs, PhD
The Last-Hour Trading Technique
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This trading strategy can be used to enter the market in the last hour of the trading day and exit in the first hour of the next.
The Late Great Dollar Divergence
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In spite of recent weakness, a month-long indicator divergence still points toward a higher dollar.
The Latest Rally - So Where's The Beef?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a short correction, US stocks began to rebound as the Dow experienced a number of impressive triple digit days. But not all is well in stock land.
The Latest Rally - So Where's The Beef?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a short correction, US stocks began to rebound as the Dow experienced a number of impressive triple digit days. But not all is well in stock land.
The Laws Of Cyclicality
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trends do not continue forever. The life of a trend comes to a point where it stalls and reverses or temporarily stalls before resuming. How do you recognize when the trend has ended? Let's explore
The Laws Of Momentum
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In the financial markets, there are underlying forces investors and traders need to know about and handle with respect. This is the start of an article series that will aim to line up the underlying forces that drive the markets and link them with what i
The Lazy Man's Guide To Long-Term Investing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are you a buy-and-hold believer? Enhance your returns by using this simple technique.
The Light Crude Oil Hits Crucial Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The declining rally of the Light Crude Oil Index has retraced towards robust supports. Will the index surge or break support?
The Lightning Spread And Other Strategies by Jesse Chen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:9 (54-55): The Lightning Spread And Other Strategies by Jesse Chen Here are some strategies you can apply by combining two or more options. Options spreads are essentially the combination of two or more options. There are six
The Limited-Risk Reversal Spread Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a trade the big hitters of Wall Street might use to control shares without making their activity obvious to the market. It's similar to creating a synthetic long position, but it has a couple of major differences. Find out how you can construct th
The Lindsay A-D Indicator by Jerry Favors
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Lindsay A-D Indicator by Jerry Favors The advance-decline line is handy for picking market tops, but lead time is a recurring problem, you say? Favors suggests this variation as an alternative to overcome that bothersome predicament. Most stude nts
The Linear Regression-Adjusted Exponential Moving Average
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is a new tool you can use that combines a linear regression indicator with exponential moving averages to filter price movement and help define turning points
The Link Between Bollinger Bands & The Commodity Channel Index by N. Harrington
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:10 (32-38): The Link Between Bollinger Bands & The Commodity Channel Index by N. Harrington Bollinger Bands and the commodity channel index (CCI) have been employed independently, in conjunction with other indicators, and with
The Link Between Bollinger Bands & The Commodity Channel Index by N. Harrington
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:10 (32-38): The Link Between Bollinger Bands & The Commodity Channel Index by N. Harrington Bollinger Bands and the commodity channel index (CCI) have been employed independently, in conjunction with other indicators, and with
The Link Between Bonds And Commodities by John J. Murphy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Link Between Bonds And Commodities by John J. Murphy Like a set of tumbling dominoes, intermarket analysis is based on the theory that one instrument affected will in turn affect another. Technical pioneer John Murphy, best known for his trailblazin
The Link Between Bonds And Stocks by John J. Murphy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Link Between Bonds And Stocks by John J. Murphy Intermarket analysis is based on the premise that all markets are linked. Last month, technical trailblazer John J. Murphy explored the inverse interrelationship between commodity and bond prices; this
The Livermore System by JESSE H. THOMPSON/Technical Analysis staff writer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Livermore System by JESSE H. THOMPSON/Technical Analysis staff writer Livermore is one of those names you might hear floating around among the chatter and ticks inside the local brokerage office. Or maybe you will catch a reference to him in some ob
The Logarithmic Scale. by JACK K. HUTSON
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Logarithmic Scale. by JACK K. HUTSON Semi-Logarithmic (ratio, proportion or percentage paper) graphic rulings are used when the analyst wants to compare percentage price changes rather than absolute price changes. By plotting the logarithm of price
The Logic Of Pivot Trading by Jim White
The Lone Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Lone Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie The stresses built into the profession of trading isolates traders from their natural emotional supports. Here are some ways to ensure those pressures don't reach a boiling point. If you were to make a movie o
The Long And The Short Of Gold?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Whereas my long-term view for gold is not that positive, my short-term forecast is very positive. What do I mean by long term and what do I mean by short term?
The Long And The Short Of Gold?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Whereas my long-term view for gold is not that positive, my short-term forecast is very positive. What do I mean by long term and what do I mean by short term?
The Long Play
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How long is too long to hold a stock? Many people who seek to use technical analysis to trade have very short-term outlooks. Technical analysis is often conflated with day trading. But there is no reason not to use technical analysis to spot and enter lo
The Long Turn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See how the Gold bear market of 1980-1999 could provide clues to the direction of the US Bond market in 2018.
The LookSmart Squeeze
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...During its heyday in March 2000, this stock hit a high of $69.50. By September 2001, it had plummeted to a meager $0.31. Slowly but surely, it has been making a comeback in both price and respectability.
The Lowdown On LoJack
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With headlines like "$150,000 of Hijacked Fish" and "The Great Cookie Caper," this company draws attention to its niche of vehicle recovery.
The MACD And False Signals
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using a single indicator to trade is not a wise decision. Here is an example of a possible false signal for Ebay Corporation (EBAY).
The MACD Indicator Revisited by John F. Ehlers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The MACD Indicator Revisited by John F. Ehlers The moving average convergence-divergence (or MACD, as it is familiarly known), one of the more popular technical indicators, was invented by technician Gerald Appel to trade the 26-week and 13-week cycles
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 MACDH And Copper's Autumn Correction
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A major MACDH trough in the daily chart of December copper suggests lower prices to come. But first, a word from the countertrend bounce ...
The MAD Indicator, Enhanced
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here, the MAD indicator introduced last month is made even better for technical traders. We'll explain how the MADH is created and how you can put it to use
The MEGAN Ratio by Oscar Cagigas
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 27:01 (19-22): The MEGAN Ratio by Oscar Cagigas Which system will generate more return? Here's a metric that will help you answer that question. Many metrics can evaluate the performance of trading systems. These include net pro
The MIDAS Touch, Part 1 by Andrew Coles, PhD
The MIDAS Touch, Part 2 by Andrew Coles, PhD
The Magic Of Time Value by Jesse Chen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Magic Of Time Value by Jesse Chen With this simple method you can sort through various option spreads and find the best conversion spread. Too often in the world of option analysis, simple indicators are overlooked for more advanced mathematical mo
The Manic Marriage Between Bonds And Stocks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can this long-term intermarket match survive the strain?
The Many Faces Of Loew's
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even major bear markets sometimes offer attractive, low-risk swing trade setups. Here's an especially alluring short-term buy setup in shares of Loew's Corp.
The Market And Functional Structures
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Price action is the study of movement, not the past, and how it makes up the underlying structure of the market itself.
The Market As The Eye Of The Storm
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market is trading like the eye of a storm -- calm and quiet -- but a typhoon of trading could be right around the corner, along with big profits.
The Market As The Eye Of The Storm
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market is trading like the eye of a storm -- calm and quiet -- but a typhoon of trading could be right around the corner, along with big profits.
The Market As The Eye Of The Storm
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market is trading like the eye of a storm -- calm and quiet -- but a typhoon of trading could be right around the corner, along with big profits.
The Market At A Critical Impasse, And Those Rising Wedges
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At a glance, the market looks like it's having just another pullback, but in fact, it is reaching a potential impasse that could reverse its current trend.
The Market Begins To Break Away
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Good news from the European Union and the US sent the stock market soaring, with stock leaders offering solid trades for big profits.
The Market Direction Indicator Anticipating Moving Average Crossovers by DONALD R. LAMBERT
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Market Direction Indicator Anticipating Moving Average Crossovers by DONALD R. LAMBERT Over the years, trading methods have evolved from the very simple (such as the CHANGCHENG BANFA or ""Great Wall Method,"" which dates back to the Orient of the 17
The Market Facilitation Index Update: 1/89 to 3/90 by Charles F. Wright
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Market Facilitation Index Update: 1/89 to 3/90 by Charles F. Wright I have noticed through the years that when a technique is disclosed in the popular press you can count on it to stop working for some time after the disclosure. You can speculate as
The Market Facilitation Index by Gary Hoover
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Market Facilitation Index by Gary Hoover Here's how trader Gary Hoover uses the Market Facilitation Index for day trading. Applying technical analysis to developing trading signals begins with the investigation of price movement and often incorpor
The Market Facilitation Index by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Volume, one of the key elements in technical analysis, is used to analyze the power behind a trend. Heavy volume days may indicate a strong trend, while light volume days could indicate the lack of a trend. Here's a method to connect volume and price mov
The Market Forecaster by Mark Hallinan
The Market Forecaster by Thomas R. Sewell
The Market Guru of The Gilded Age
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Over a century ago, James K. Medbery insisted that earnings and interest rates matter. He was right then, and he still is.
The Market Guru of The Gilded Age
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Over a century ago, James K. Medbery insisted that earnings and interest rates matter. He was right then, and he still is.
The Market Instrument Function by A. Ershov and A. Gerasimov
The Market Knew Sharper Image Was In Trouble
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Long before a bankruptcy filing, the stock of Sharper Image showed signs of trouble for the retailer.
The Market Structure Shift Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Based on the market structure concept written about by Larry Williams and making use of his Williams %R indicator, this strategy offers a type of trade that can be executed on a 15-minute timeframe in any currency pair of your choice
The Market Surges Higher But Remains Cautious
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market got some good news that sent it higher. But is it enough to keep it going?
The Market Thrivor's Secret Weapon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There comes a time in every novice trader's life when he or she makes a fateful realization.
The Market Wizard of Interviews: Jack Schwager by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Market Wizard of Interviews: Jack Schwager by Thom Hartle Jack Schwager, director of futures research for Prudential Securities, coprincipal of Wizard Trading and author of Market Wizards, The New Market Wizards and A Complete Guide to the Futures
The Market's Second Chance by Donald Jones
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:11 (28-34): The Market's Second Chance by Donald Jones In my STOCKS & COMMODITIES articles on auction market analysis (see suggested reading), I gave examples of making trades with value-based information. Implicitly, these we
The Mass Index by Donald Dorsey
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Mass Index by Donald Dorsey Range oscillation, not often covered by students of technical analysis, delves into repetitive market patterns during which the daily trading range narrows and widens. Examining this pattern, Donald Dorsey explains, allow
The Math Behind The System
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What's the benefit of mechanical trading systems?
The Math Behind The System
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What's the benefit of mechanical trading systems?
The Maximum Favorable Excursion Strategy by D. Stendahl and L. Zamansky
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Maximum Favorable Excursion Strategy by David C. Stendahl and Leo J. Zamansky Maximum favorable excursion (MFE) is the peak profit that a trade earns before the trade is closed out. Reviewing the performance of a trading system allows us to measure
The May Count
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With a minute ii wave peak in late April, look for the current decline in the S&P 500 to bottom near 1045.
The McClellan Oscillator by Richard Mogey
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The McClellan Oscillator by Richard Mogey The earliest chartists used price data to evaluate markets and found that market prices continually move from overbought to oversold and back again as if they were oscillating about an invisible, neutral line. T
The McGinley Dynamic by Brian Twomey
The Measure Rule For Price Prediction
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You stare at a chart to try and figure out where prices will go. Will they go up or down? Here's one way to make a prediction using the height of common chart patterns, and the nice thing is, you can do it with a high degree of probability
The Metaverse's Rosy Future Lies Ahead, Or Does It?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In newer technology spaces such as the "metaverse", investors need to consider whether they want to get in near the ground floor or take a "wait and see" approach to find out if the technology truly takes off. Here's a close look at ETFs related to the m
The Micro And Macro Of QIHU
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US markets have been taking some hits lately but Chinese stocks are surging and one stock is setting up to explode higher.
The Microsoft Effect
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The charts for Microsoft (MSFT) and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) are at critical junctures and deserve a closer look.
The Microsoft Outlook
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's been a sideways meander since 2003. In the short term, Microsoft's stock may challenge a trend shift.
The Middle-High-Low Moving Average
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sure, you know moving averages inside out, but maybe it's time to change things up a bit. Here, we look at how you can apply a moving average to an existing moving average
The Midpoint Oscillator by Tushar Chande, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's an indicator based on the concept used in %K and %R. The Midpoint Oscillator by Tushar Chande, Ph.D. I would like to share one of my own indicators based on the same underlying concept used in the popular stochastics (%K) and Williams' %R overbo
The Mighty 200-Period Simple Moving Average
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's an example of why the 200-period simple moving average is so powerful.
The Mindful Trader
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How can a busy trader fit mindfulness practice into the trading lifestyle?
The Mini-Pitchfork Technique
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This technique can help traders determine short-term entry and exit points.
The Missing Cycle
The Missing Link, Part 1
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The relationship between time and price has a direct influence on trading profitability. Here's a look at how you can gain an insight by looking at the euro and the Romanian leu.
The Missing Link, Part 2
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this second part of a two-part series, you see the time & price relationship develop in real time on a chart of gold futures.
The Moment Of Truth For Small-Caps
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Russell 2000 declined sharply over the past five days, and this key index is now trading at an important make-or-break level.
The Moment Of Truth Looms For The FTSE
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The FTSE is holding its uptrend, but the August pullback carried it back to key support, and a big test looms.
The Moment Of Truth Looms For The FTSE
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The FTSE is holding its uptrend, but the August pullback carried it back to key support, and a big test looms.
The Monday Effect, Revisited
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stock indexes tend to perform differently on different days of the week. This tendency has delivered trading opportunities to investors over many decades. The "Monday effect" is the best known pattern, but this study demonstrates other patterns exist for
The Money Flow Oscillator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When is there more buying or selling pressure? Here's an indicator that answers that question
The Money Tree Grows Slowly -- At First
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Face it. Odds are you will never win the lottery. With a little foresight, though, you can retire in style -- with even more monthly income than you would have if you picked the winning numbers in a million-dollar jackpot. Here's how.
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.
The Most Dangerous Game
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In the high-risk trading world, we are confronted with fear, greed, and hope. Understanding why may help us embrace some of our emotional shortcomings and incorporate them into our trading.
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 Moving Average Convergence/Divergence by Mark Vakkur, M.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Moving Average Convergence/Divergence by Mark Vakkur, M.D. Here's a novel way of using the moving average convergence/divergence (MACD) histogram to generate buy and sell signals for stock and mutual fund traders. Not only that, included is a simple
The Moving Average Trilogy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A short-covering rally in the $OEX runs into resistance at the 20-, 50- and 200-day simple moving averages.
The Moving Average Trio
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...By incorporating a trio of moving averages into a 15-minute price chart, traders can be alerted to strong signals when the market is gaining or losing momentum. Using this system allows a trader to capture the sweet spots when momentum is gaining or wani
The Moving Trend by William Rafter
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Moving Trend by William Rafter Here's a look at a nonlagged filter that can be used as a forecasting tool. Data smoothing has long been likened to taking the first generation of allergy medication. The medication relieved the symptoms, but slowed y
The Mystery Of W.D. Gann
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Was he an astrological or analytical technician?
The NASDAQ 100 Winds Up For The Pitch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A narrowing consolidation can't last forever, and the NASDAQ 100 looks poised to break the recent trading range. Here's what to look for.
The NASDAQ 100 Winds Up For The Pitch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A narrowing consolidation can't last forever, and the NASDAQ 100 looks poised to break the recent trading range. Here's what to look for.
The NASDAQ Composite's Monthly Chart
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's been a hard week for the indexes. The NASDAQ, for one, lost 4.66% for the week, or 125 points. What does the monthly chart reveal?
The NASDAQ Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Last week I offered readers a wave count of the Standard & Poor's 500, and my projection for the future. This week I discuss the NASDAQ index.
The NASDAQ's Pre-September 11th Mindset
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The "chopped liver" bull market from the late 2002 lows reaches a major milepost in late 2005.
The NYSE Composite Has Bullish Divergences In Two Time Frames
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Like every other broad market index, the NYSE Composite has taken a severe beating. However, signs of life on both the daily and weekly time frames suggest that a significant low has been made.
The NYSE Composite's Make Or Break Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sticking to a single trend channel since rising from the October lows, the stocks of the NYSE ride support higher and higher.
The NYSE Summation Index Suggests A Summer Selloff
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The McClellan summation index of the NYSE is diverging with the NYSE Composite. The summation index gave a much earlier crossover signal than many other trend-based indicators such as the MACD, giving some advance warnings of an upcoming reversal.
The Name Is Bond: Government Bonds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Watching bond yields can lead to some helpful insight into the stock market.
The Nasdaq = Canary In The Coal Mine
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Nasdaq is the farthest along in the race to test the powerful 200-day EMA overhead resistance. What happens here may determine the fate of the other main indices.
The Nasdaq = Canary In The Coal Mine
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Nasdaq is the farthest along in the race to test the powerful 200-day EMA overhead resistance. What happens here may determine the fate of the other main indices.
The Nasdaq And Three Elliott Wave Counts
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Elliott wave theory is simply that: a theory--and yet so many analysts swear by it. ...
The Nasdaq Bottom This Spring?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Technical reasons abound for another countertrend rally.
The Nasdaq Composite: Where Is It Heading?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Nasdaq composite has been trading sideways ever since its sharp drop in April. A question dwelling on most minds is "When is the Nasdaq going to resume its upward trend?"
The Nasdaq Leading the Race to Weekly Trend Change
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As their daily charts move above their 200-day moving averages, the indices are showing a short-term trend change.What are the weekly charts showing with their longer-term views?
The Nasdaq Leading the Race to Weekly Trend Change
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As their daily charts move above their 200-day moving averages, the indices are showing a short-term trend change.What are the weekly charts showing with their longer-term views?
The Nasdaq Powers Higher With Another Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Nasdaq seems to relish announcing bullish intentions with gaps. If this current gap (11/14/02) doesn't close or start to close in three days, a strong move may be in store.
The Nasdaq and the Four Day Corollary
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The only thing more amazing about the Nasdaq's rally since March is that it hasn't featured more than four consecutive up days.
The Nasdaq and the Four Day Corollary
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The only thing more amazing about the Nasdaq's rally since March is that it hasn't featured more than four consecutive up days.
The Nasdaq's "Don't Look Back" Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A breakout beyond and test of resistance at a 20-day high signals more upside ahead for the Nasdaq.
The Nasdaq's 2B Test of Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does failure to follow-through on the April 29th highs mean the Nasdaq is finally headed lower?
The Nasdaq's 50% Solution
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While the Dow and S&P 500 soar toward new highs, the Nasdaq continues to lag behind.
The Nasdaq's Broadening Bottom Formation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the Nasdaq in a trading range with bullish upside or will it possibly succumb to a potentially bearish broadening formation?
The Nasdaq's Failed Head And Shoulders Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a pattern breaks down, standing aside is one option. Taking the other side is another.
The Nasdaq's No Contest
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While other averages raced toward new yearly highs, the Nasdaq continues to lag. Is that an intimation of a reversal?
The Nasdaq-100 Head-And-Shoulders
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A most peculiar pattern was completed in the Nasdaq-100 (NDX) last week (10/29/01-11/2/01). Peculiar not for the pattern itself, but peculiar for the levels at which the pattern was formed. It was a head-and-shoulders pattern. And it's peculiar b
The Nasdaq: A Tough Call
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."Further, of bearish importance is that the Nasdaq has itself failed for the second time at a level below the previous top, while making new and lower lows. Bull markets make higher highs and higher lows; bear markets do the opposite."
The Nasdaq: Elliott Wave and Kondratieff
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...I discovered Elliott wave theory in 1969, and since then have been hooked. Has Elliott made money for me? No, but it has forewarned me of what to expect in the future, and that helps, but only if I accept what it tells me. That is difficult most of the
The Nature of Price Resistance by JESSE H. THOMPSON/Technical Analysis staff writer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Nature of Price Resistance by JESSE H. THOMPSON/Technical Analysis staff writer Most of us involved with speculative markets often are so preoccupied with ""effect"", or price activity, that we ignore ""cause."" But an understanding of cause can cla
The Nature of Risk: Justin Mamis and the Meaning of Life by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.13:08 (359-365): The Nature of Risk: Justin Mamis and the Meaning of Life by Thom Hartle Looking back on decades of market activity can give anyone a certain perspective, and Justin Mamis, who writes the Mamis Letter, a newsletter for Hancock Institut
The Nature of Risk: Justin Mamis and the Meaning of Life by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.13:08 (359-365): The Nature of Risk: Justin Mamis and the Meaning of Life by Thom Hartle Looking back on decades of market activity can give anyone a certain perspective, and Justin Mamis, who writes the Mamis Letter, a newsletter for Hancock Institut
The Neural Network Financial Wizards by Steve Ward and Marge Sherald
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Neural Network Financial Wizards by Steve Ward and Marge Sherald What techniques do some of today's money managers using neural nets use? Here's a glimpse. In these days of more and more ways of applying neural networks, financial experts using neu
The New Chairman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The new Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, took the reigns of the Federal Reserve with a depleted board and a list of challenges.
The New Dow Strategy in 1996-97 by Paul and Carole Huebotter
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The New Dow Strategy in 1996-97 by Paul and Carole Huebotter The Dow dividend strategy - or, more idiomatically, the ""dogs of the Dow"" - has garnered a lot of attention lately. It, or one of its variations, has been the subject of at least five full-l
The New Gann Swing Chartist by Robert Krausz, MH, BCHE
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The New Gann Swing Chartist by Robert Krausz, MH, BCHE This is more than an article that teaches technical analysis. It's also a story about how one professional trader, a New Market Wizard, came into possession of a rare technical method, and the steps
The New Gold Bull Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are gold bugs mis-reading EWT in order to arrive at a bullish outlook for gold?
The New Normal & How To Profit From It
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is there such a thing as a "normal" market environment anymore? From the looks of it, probably not, but that may not be a bad thing. There are still opportunities to make a lot of money. We'll explore them he
The New Ticker-Tape by CHARLES F. KRINKE
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The New Ticker-Tape by CHARLES F. KRINKE THERE IS ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE MARKET AND IT IS NOT THE BULL SIDE OR THE BEAR SIDE, BUT THE RIGHT SIDE. --JESSE LIVERMORE These words from one of the world's great traders are even more appropriate today as we ha
The New Volatility Futures by Larry McMillan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The New Volatility Futures by Larry McMillan They just might be the stock owner's delight. The CBOE has created a new futures exchange (the CBOE Futures Exchange, or CFE) to trade volatility products. Its first and only product at this time is futures
The Next Discount Rate Change by Steven M. Morris
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a review of the changes in the discount rate, and the implications for investors. The Federal Reserve Act of 1913, modified by the banking acts of 1933 and 1935, created the Federal Reserve System, the central bank of the United States. The resp
The Next Leg Up For The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A bullish consolidation pattern and a recent break in resistance could lead to higher prices for the index.
The Next Leg Up For The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A bullish consolidation pattern and a recent break in resistance could lead to higher prices for the index.
The Next Step For The QQQs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On July 18, I wrote an article about the QQQs and suggested that we should start accumulating them.
The Next Step For The QQQs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On July 18, I wrote an article about the QQQs and suggested that we should start accumulating them.
The Night/Daymares Of Traders by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Night/Daymares Of Traders Your mind doesn't shut down when you go to sleep. Sometimes, the trading from the daytime can stay with you into the dreamtime. Here are ways to cope with trading nightmares. If trading is a high-stakes game of skill, psyc
The Nikkei Nosedive
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Dropping beneath a four-month trendline and its 50-day moving average, the Nikkei 225 Index just keeps falling, and falling, and falling . . .
The Nikkei Outperforms World Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Nikkei broke out of the 11,000 level the last week of February 2004 and held that level, moving sideways throughout the correction in the global markets. It is now breaking out from a consolidation at the 11,600 level, ahead of all other markets.
The Nikkei's Potential Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Japanese financial markets are a technician's ideal stage. The Nikkei is no exception and is currently manifesting a symmetrical triangle formation.
The Nikkei's Technical Litmus Test?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the Nikkei rises to test its down trendline, will it get a reversal at resistance? Or will prices break out? A technical litmus test should be applied to any breakout to determine if it is legitimate.
The Noose Tightens For Micron Tech
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Micron Tech has underperformed the market over the last few months and appears on the verge of moving even lower.
The Noose Tightens On Sandisk
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Bollinger Bands are narrowing on Sandisk, and traders should prepare for a directional move as volatility contracts.
The OEX's 1-2-3 Trend Reversal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Do trendlines work? When markets are accommodating, trendlines--and their breaks--are as easy as 1-2-3.
The OIH Island Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A gap up in oil service stocks leads to a low-volume island consolidation and a gap up breakout.
The Oil Pipeline
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares in USO have formed a trend channel, but may be due for a small pullback.
The Oil Service HOLDRS DLB Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As far as meaningful breakouts are concerned, you can't go home again.
The Oil Services Index Tries To Regroup At Key Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Oil Services Index (OSX) has been in a steep correction the last several weeks but is now showing signs of bottoming out.
The Option Premium Ratio And The DJIA by Christopher Cadbury
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Option Premium Ratio And The DJIA by Christopher Cadbury The discussion on the option premium ratio continues, with more examples on forecasting short-term movements in the DJIA. Previously, I introduced the option premium ratio, which is the rati
The Option Premium Ratio And The DJIA by Christopher Cadbury
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Option Premium Ratio And The DJIA by Christopher Cadbury The discussion on the option premium ratio continues, with more examples on forecasting short-term movements in the DJIA. Previously, I introduced the option premium ratio, which is the rati
The Option Premium Ratio by Christopher Cadbury
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Option Premium Ratio by Christopher Cadbury Christopher Cadbury, member of the American Stock Exchange and book author, explains a sentiment indicator generated from the equity options market that identifies trading opportunities in the stock market
The Options Risk Curve Part 1
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If you've tried to make profits out of option decay, you may have found yourself waiting patiently to eek out even a bit of profit. Find out what some pros have to say about this
The Options Risk Curve Part 2
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Your beautiful risk curve didn't provide you with the beautiful profits it seemed to promise on day one. Why? We asked the experts. In part 1, we covered nine of those 12 reasons. Here, we look at the next three
The Other Way Of Stopping (A Decline)
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bears were livid as a piercing pattern put an end to a three-day decline in Yahoo.
The Out Of The Money Butterfly Spread by Jay Kaeppel
The Out Of The Money Butterfly Spread by Jay Kaeppel
The Outside Bar: A Rare And Powerful Filter
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some price patterns can be used to filter trades. Find out the impact the "outside bar" can have on some trend-following strategies and how useful this can be. This article includes code to discover outside bar frequency in various markets, and sample co
The Overlay Profile For Current Market Analysis Part 2 by Donald Jones and Christopher Young
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Overlay Profile For Current Market Analysis Part 2 by Donald Jones and Christopher Young Perhaps the best way to learn how to apply long-term overlays to trading is by example. Normally, the trader follows the overlay until an equilibrium time perio
The Overnight Return Study
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Anomalies in the markets appear on occasion and challenge the efficient market hypothesis. Here's a look at the overnight return anomaly, with some findings that may surprise you.
The Palm Beach Traders
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Expand your resources and learn more by connecting with other like-minded traders. Here's a group to emulate
The Paper Index Forms Neckline Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After consolidating for about a month and a half, the US Paper Index rallied higher. The index turned downward without hitting the potential target. What's next for the index?
The Parable Of Coffee And The Blind Traders
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The end of a downtrend and the resumption of an uptrend loom in coffee futures.
The Parable Of Coffee And The Blind Traders
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The end of a downtrend and the resumption of an uptrend loom in coffee futures.
The Parabolic Trading System by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Parabolic Trading System by Thom Hartle Traders are always searching for methods with which to manage risk through the use of stop-loss orders. One method that has been proposed for determining stops is by using a mechanical formula based on the par
The Path Less Traded by Scott Brown
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Good trading is as much a state of mind as it is a set of procedures. Novice traders will find it hard to survive, let alone flourish, unless they learn to think and act in an appropriate manner. This means developing mental models and behavioral rules
The People's Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's "Down With Gloom Day" and everybody's celebratin'...
The Perfect Storm
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why conditions from all four stock market dimensions indicate a sharp decline September-October 2017.
The Perfect Trader by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D., and Jennifer Benson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Perfect Trader by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D., and Jennifer Benson What is a perfect trader and is such a condition desirable? Does such a creature exist? Psychologist Van K. Tharp of Investment Psychology Consulting says not and further, you're far more li
The Pernicious Effect Of The Loss Of Opportunity
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Oh, the money you could have made if you had stayed in the trade longer! We all know that feeling, and here are some steps you can take to overcome that pain
The Pernicious Effect Of The Loss Of Opportunity
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Oh, the money you could have made if you had stayed in the trade longer! We all know that feeling, and here are some steps you can take to overcome that pain
The Pessimism Bash
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...People throw all kinds of parties. How about a maximum pessimism bash?
The Phase Method: 1998 by Christopher L. Cagan, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Phase Method: 1998 by Christopher L. Cagan, Ph.D. Here's a unique technique to understand the cycles prevalent in the markets. The broad movement of the stock market, as measured by the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), tends to rise and fall o
The Pivot Detector Oscillator, Simplified by Giorgos Siligardos
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Pivot Detector Oscillator, Simplified by Giorgos Siligardos See how you can use a simplified version of the Pid oscillator to improve your timing by leaps and bounds. A coherent unification model for trend indicators and oscillators is to technical
The Pivot Point For Trading by William I. Greenspan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Pivot Point For Trading by William I. Greenspan Want to know what the pros use in trading? Well, you're in luck. William Greenspan, the founder of the Commodity Boot Camp and a Chicago Mercantile Exchange floor trader, explains how he uses the pivot
The Politics Of Money Management
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here are five simple steps to refreshing your money management skills.
The Portfolio Risk Dilemma: Let It Run Or Rebalance?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When volatility becomes too high, how can you reduce portfolio exposure without sacrificing your winners? Here is a smart solution you can consider
The Possibility Of Grexit
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The past few weeks have been stressful with the anticipation of Greece leaving the European Union.
The Power Of Drawing Tools
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Used long before computers, these simple tools can be key in enhancing your understanding of how price action works.
The Power Of Fusion Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Applying a trading system can be simple or complex but you have to start somewhere. Here's how one trader combines elements of different types of trading styles to create a trading strategy that outperforms his previous trading strategies
The Power Of Growth Stocks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How can you measure the strength of a growth stock? Can this be quantified? Here's a way to help measure it using concepts from digital signal processing
The Power Of Implied Volatility by Sam Bhugaloo
The Power Of Price And Volume Trends
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...To get a better sense of where the security's price is headed, you should consider volume along with price changes. Price changes are viewed with more significance when the volume accompanying the change is high, and conversely with less significanc
The Power Of Volatility Contraction Patterns In Breakout Trading Strategies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You can filter trades to improve signal quality. Here, we focus on situations where volatility has decreased in the market to be traded. Here's how to code, test, and implement this concept
The Power of Knowledge: James O'Shaughessy by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Money manager and author James O'Shaughnessy is best known for the astute research presented in his books. We spoke to him about what the individual investor should focus on. So how did you start out, anyway? I started out like everyone else, wanting t
The Power of Multiple Negative Divergences
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When stocks or indexes make or challenge new highs they can possibly foretell coming failure by way of diverging or conflicting signals.Traders can do well following these indications that all is not well with the current rise.
The Power of the Double Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The double top formation can be an early warning of ID (impending doom) to come. A few recent examples of this formation can be seen on the charts of Cisco (CSCO) and Broadcom (BRCM).
The Power of the Double Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The double top formation can be an early warning of ID (impending doom) to come. A few recent examples of this formation can be seen on the charts of Cisco (CSCO) and Broadcom (BRCM).
The Predictability Of Patterns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here are two patterns historically observed in the S&P 500 that have met their conditions for this year and that you might want to take note of. But don't bet the farm on these patterns just yet
The Presidential Election Cycle by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Presidential Election Cycle by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. It's an election year again. What does history say about them ? This famous technician tells you that what you've heard about Presidential election years may very well be true. An election ye
The Presidential Leap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Every four years, we get an extra day to do with as we please. It's the same year when incumbent US Presidents throw open the floodgates on spending and print money like there's no tomorrow. Here's what it all means for the market.
The Price Oscillator by Bruce R. Faber
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Price Oscillator by Bruce R. Faber What is this indicator and how can it be used? For neophytes to learn and seasoned traders who want to refresh their memories, check this out. The price oscillator. Don't let the fancy name throw you. Simply, this
The Price is Right
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Three Fibonacci price coordinates could indicate the end of the eight-year stock bull market.
The Principle Of Contraction/Expansion by Toby Crabel, CTA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Principle Of Contraction/Expansion by Toby Crabel, CTA I define the principle of contraction/expansion as the market phenomenon of change from a period of rest to a period of movement back to a period of rest. This interaction between the phases of
The Pring Money Flow Indicator by Martin Pring
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Pring Money Flow Indicator by Martin Pring Interest rates often lead the stock market. Here's a technique to compare the yield on three-month commercial paper to the Standard & Poor's 500, creating an indicator for the stock market. Over the past
The Professional Option Trader's Manual by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Professional Option Trader's Manual by John Sweeney Author: David L. Caplan Publisher: Opportunities in Options P.O. Box 2126 Malibu, CA, 90265 Price: $70 (or $150 with a three-month subscription to Opportunities in Options) Despite its name, thi
The Profit Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How to discover and profit from a very reliable Elliott wave pattern.
The Profit's In The Details by Bryan Babcock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Profit's In The Details by Bryan Babcock Minimize the effects of greed with the trader profit equilibrium equation. For many traders, success always remains just around the corner, just a step away. All too often traders allow one bad trade to ruin
The Profit's In The Details by Bryan Babcock
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Profit's In The Details by Bryan Babcock Minimize the effects of greed with the trader profit equilibrium equation. For many traders, success always remains just around the corner, just a step away. All too often traders allow one bad trade to ruin
The Prospect For Higher Interest Rates in 2017
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why interest rates could rise in the new year.
The Prospect for Higher Interest Rates and Inflation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How to prepare for a trend change that could continue for decades.
The Prussian Helmet
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Most traders are familiar with double and triple tops, head and shoulder tops and a host of other topping patterns, but a Prussian Helmet? What is it and how does it work?
The Pseudo Trader by Mark Harris
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Pseudo Trader by Mark Harris How can you model stocks without stocks? By using random numbers to drive the simulation. In previous articles (STOCKS & COMMODITIES, December 1990 and January 1991), first I demonstrated the modeling of stock charts usi
The Psychology Of David Ryan by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Psychology Of David Ryan by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D. David Ryan won the U.S. Investing Championships three years in a row. I first interviewed David in May 1988 and again in August 1989. Q: What makes you successful as opposed to the average trader? A:
The Psychology Within Patterns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Experienced traders appreciate the connection between technical analysis of the financial markets and the psychology of the market participants. Find out how psychological drivers lead to pattern formations that are used regularly by traders and investor
The Psychology of the Decision Bee by JESSE H. THOMPSON
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Psychology of the Decision Bee by JESSE H. THOMPSON A round the market ""hives"" buzz the forever listless market observers, the ""bees"". The hedgers, scalpers, brokers, analysts, traders, speculators, you and I. Within the general category of thes
The Psychology of the Decision Bee by JESSE H. THOMPSON
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Psychology of the Decision Bee by JESSE H. THOMPSON A round the market ""hives"" buzz the forever listless market observers, the ""bees"". The hedgers, scalpers, brokers, analysts, traders, speculators, you and I. Within the general category of thes
The Put/Call Ratio And Price Cycles
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The put/call ratio and open interest can be used as a leading indicator to predict the next index move. In this, the first part of a three-part series, the put/call ratio is defined and the cyclical phases this indicator goes through.
The Puzzling Paget And His Cycles
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cycles can be something of a mystery.
The Q's Hourly Double Bottom And Successful Test
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...March came in like a lion ... with a market bottom in tow.
The QQQQ Gets A Top Failure Swing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The relative strength index gave an early signal to the current weakness on the QQQQ by forming a top failure swing. Additional clues in other time frames suggest that there may be further downside to come.
The QQQQ Tests Its Secondary Trendline
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a recent encounter with the rising minor trendline, the bears managed to run roughshod over the bulls, puncturing a hole in the minor rising trendline on the QQQQ's hourly chart. But a secondary trendline may be just the springboard needed to
The QQQQ's 2B Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A classic reversal pattern helped traders anticipate the February 27th market meltdown in the NASDAQ 100.
The QQQQ's 50% Solution
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Too clever by half? The NASDAQ 100 tracking stock finds support halfway between where the rally began in the spring and where it ended in the autumn.
The QQQQ's Broadening Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This pattern suggests even more upside for the NASDAQ 100.
The QQQQ's Descending Triangle Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Horizontal support + downwardly sloping resistance trendline = descending triangle. But that's the easy part.
The QQQQ's Intraday Head & Shoulders Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The rally in the NASDAQ 100 lasted almost a month before a head & shoulders pattern signaled a correction.
The Queen Of The Iron Condors
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Find out what one trader did when her favorite trading vehicle was down 43 points one Monday, en route to a 25% JulyÐOctober, top-to-bottom loss.
The Queen Of The Iron Condors
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Find out what one trader did when her favorite trading vehicle was down 43 points one Monday, en route to a 25% JulyÐOctober, top-to-bottom loss.
The Quest For Reliable Crossovers by Sylvania Vervoort
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Quest For Reliable Crossovers by Sylvania Vervoort Moving average crossovers should be reliable and they need to have minimal lag. Here's a technique to achieve it. Generally, it's a contradiction to have a smooth reliable moving average crossover
The Quotient Transform
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's one way to detect a trend early and know how long to stick with it.
The R2K And The EMA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some people are so rich that the gyrations of the financial markets don't mean a thing to them. But for mere mortals possessed of ordinary financial means, whenever a stock or stock index closes below its all- important 200-day EMA, traders and inve
The R2K And The EMA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some people are so rich that the gyrations of the financial markets don't mean a thing to them. But for mere mortals possessed of ordinary financial means, whenever a stock or stock index closes below its all- important 200-day EMA, traders and inve
The R2K Finally Tips Its Hand
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The long-awaited intermediate top in the broad US markets may finally be in place, with a weekly cycle low due in about a month.
The RSI & Price Trends
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The relative strength index (RSI) is well known among technical analysts. As with all indicators, it tends to work better on some stocks or at certain times. Can it be modified to give better results? We'll find out
The RSI Smoothed by John F. Ehlers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The RSI Smoothed by John F. Ehlers Here's how you can enhance the performance of the RSI. Smoothing an indicator usually means a tradeoff between the amount of smoothing you desire and the amount of lag you can stand. In this article I will show you ho
The Rally In AMAT Halts
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bearish engulfing and shooting star may shove down the rally in the stock.
The Rally Rolls On
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Transports, triple bottoms, and third waves: the three Ts of higher stock prices in the near term.
The Rally That Was
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Intermediate top patterns suggest declines are nearer than further advances.
The Random Walk Revealed
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Most indicators are correlated to the cyclical movements of the market. Here is an indicator that can identify trends without considering where in the cycle the market is located.
The Range Indicator by Jack L. Weinberg
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.13:06: (238-242): The Range Indicator by Jack L. Weinberg Here's a new indicator based on the change in a day's trading range as evidence of the start of a new trend in a market. Markets tend to trade in relatively tight price ranges most of the ti
The Rap On REITs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In a bull market since May 2004, REITs have been the real rally kings. So what can traders make of recent weakness in the group?
The Rate Of Change Indicator by Bruce R. Faber
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Rate Of Change Indicator by Bruce R. Faber The rate of change is an indicator that measures the pace at which price is changing. Tracking the rate of the change of price can confirm trends and forewarn of market reversals. Here, then, are some guide
The Rate Rally Cometh
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Remember those lazy, hazy, crazy days of falling long-term interest rates?
The Ratio Of Inflation Rates And Currency Trends by John Kean
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.13:06: (252-254): The Ratio Of Inflation Rates And Currency Trends by John Kean Exchange rates fluctuate on a second to second basis, but the long-term trends can be understood by using an indicator based on the ratio of inflation rates. The case in p
The Real Advance Decline Line by Frank Barbera Jr., C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Real Advance Decline Line by Frank Barbera Jr., C.M.T. Each day, stock market analysts calculate the number of stocks closing up versus the number of stocks closing down, resulting in the advance-decline line. This simple arithmetic exercise can hel
The Real Estate Market In Canada And In The US
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The real estate market may be in trouble in the United States, with house prices dropping and mortgage companies that gave risky loans facing serious problems, but in Canada, it is still up, up, and away.
The Real Estate Market In Canada And In The US
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The real estate market may be in trouble in the United States, with house prices dropping and mortgage companies that gave risky loans facing serious problems, but in Canada, it is still up, up, and away.
The Real Reason Crude Oil Is Dropping
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the price of crude oil is steadily declining you will hear pundits come up with numerous reasons for the decline. Some have merit, but the majority fail to truly understand why the bears are out in full force.
The Real Reason Traders Lose Money (And What To Do About It)
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Why do traders lose money? The answer may surprise you. Here's a look at the core of the problem and how you can arrive at a profitable strategy.
The Reality Of REITs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are you interested in learning more about using exchange traded funds (ETFs) in your trading? Leslie N. Masonson, an active ETF trader, is president of Cash Management Resources, a financial consulting firm that focuses on ETF strategies. He is the autho
The Recent Potential 2B Top And What It Means For Stocks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."Trader Vic" Sperandeo wrote about a pattern that he said had been a big money maker for him over the years. It recently appeared on a number of indexes. What does it mean?
The Reckoning
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Dow theory, revisited. Yes, this concept from a century ago still applies to today's markets
The Reflation Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Which of the three trains running--gold, bonds, or stocks--will continue to go investors' way?
The Relative Strength Index (RSI) by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here, one of the most popular indicators found in most analytical software packages is explained. When the relative strength index (RSI) became popular in the 1980s, it was touted as the indicator that led every turn in the market. Indeed, for certain f
The Relative Strength Index by Bruce Faber
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Relative Strength Index by Bruce Faber Here's a primer on the relative strength index, which helps identify market reversals and trends. The relative strength index (RSI), which was created by J. Welles Wilder, was first presented in his New Conce
The Relative Strength Index by J. Welles Wilder, Jr.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Relative Strength Index by J. Welles Wilder, Jr. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a tool which can add a new dimension to chart interpretation when plotted in conjunction with a daily bar chart. Some of these interpretative factors are: Tops an
The Relative Strength Ratio-MACD Crossover by Gilbert Raff
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Relative Strength Ratio-Macd Crossover by Gilbert Raff Here's an indicator to identify positive and negative trading signals for stocks and mutual funds. The heart of the indicator involves applying an oscillator to the relative strength line. Tradi
The Relative Volatility Index by Donald Dorsey
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Relative Volatility Index by Donald Dorsey This author modifies the basic relative strength index to measure volatility instead of daily net price change to generate trading signals. Technicians are often tempted to use one set of indicators to con
The Repeated Median Velocity Strategy, Part 1
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It sounds complicated, but it's actually simple. In this first part of a two-part series, find out how to use this strategy to place buy & sell orders as well as the best way to test the strategy.
The Retail HOLDRs Diamond Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is it time for bargain-hunting in the retail sector?
The Return Of High Momentum
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There's no right or wrong way to look at the market. The reality is that with so many choices, you can get creative with your analysis techniques. Here's a look at how to combine two related indexes and use opposite strategies for each
The Return Of How The Dollar Gets Its Groove Back
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will a positive stochastic divergence in September result in a rally in U.S. dollar futures?
The Return Of How The Dollar Gets Its Groove Back
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will a positive stochastic divergence in September result in a rally in U.S. dollar futures?
The Return Of Tempting Triangles
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The last tempting triangle prepared Dow investors for a 386-point ride. Now an ascending triangle in the weekly S&P 500 suggests more upside.
The Return Of The Count Right Now
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With a close above the 1215 level, the S&P 500 closes in on a 100% retracement of the spring declines.
The Return Of The Count Right Now
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With a close above the 1215 level, the S&P 500 closes in on a 100% retracement of the spring declines.
The Return Of The Son Of The Bearish Confirmations
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's all about the March 2004 lows for the Dow Transports and Industrials.
The Return Of The Son Of The Bearish Confirmations
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's all about the March 2004 lows for the Dow Transports and Industrials.
The Return Of The Son Of The Bearish Confirmations
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's all about the March 2004 lows for the Dow Transports and Industrials.
The Return of Copper Tops
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bearish in February, bullish in May, is it time to get bearish again on copper futures?
The Reversal That Didn't Reverse
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What the MACD appears to giveth, it also can taketh away.
The Reverse EMA Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The exponential moving average is a popular indicator among technical analysts. But it has its shortcomings. Here's a look at how the indicator can be used so it results in minimum lag and provides crisper trading signals
The Reverse Journey Of Gold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The technical chart of SPDR Gold Trust is likely to retrace toward its lower support.
The Rhyme Of History And Tesla
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One-hundred years ago, the world found itself in almost the same place as it is now and Tesla stands ready to usher in an Economic Golden Age
The Right Indicator To Succeed
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The result of this analysis shows that the trader must select the right indicator in order to be successful in trading.
The Right Mix
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Given their single-digit returns, are bonds worth investing in?
The Right Time programs
The Rising Wedge of Worry!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With a rising wedge formation forming on the chart for Krispy Kreme doughnuts, the stock could be in for a downward move.
The Road Ahead
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite a cynical outlook as 2012 began, the market has steadily risen but with pessimism in the air. The question remains: What lies on the road ahead?
The Road Ahead In October
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...October has been referred to as the "jinx month," but for traders, it can offer spectacular profits if you are prepared.
The Road Ahead With Two Indicators
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market is entering a new phase that can lead to enormous profits or massive drawdowns based on Keltner channels and Bollinger Bands.
The Role Of Evolutionary Psychology In Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We can always learn and change and grow, but how much can we stretch ourselves, given the limitations we've inherited from our ancestors? How much is hardwired? We'll examine it from a practical standpoint for investing and trading
The Role Of Gold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What are gold and gold shares telling traders and investors about the current environment?
The Roots Of Periodicity
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It may seem ancient, it may seem complex; but it works and it's simple. Here's a look at how to analyze the markets using an insight gleaned from thinking about W.D. Gann's squaring of price and time technique.
The Rounded Top Of $XTC
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...During the September to November price movement, the North American Telecommunication Index formed a rounded top -- a rare event.
The Rubber Band Effect
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SpikeTrade.com is a group of 20 professional and semiprofessional traders involved in a weekly competition. Each member submits his or her pick along with the entry, target, and stop. The picks are submitted in private, and then all is revealed on Sunday
The Rubber Band Effect by Alexander Elder, MD
The Rucker Park Of Capitalism by Jonathan Hoenig
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Rucker Park Of Capitalism by Jonathan Hoenig A venerable part of the traders' world is threatened, but its tricks and techniques will live on. The best players in the National Basketball Association (NBA) have all played in Manhattan's Rucker Park,
The Rule of Eight
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Markets have moved to decimals. Is W.D.Gann's Rule of Eight still effective?
The Russell 2000 Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Russell 2000 broke consolidation resistance this month and the breakout signals a continuation of the ongoing uptrend.
The Russell 2000 Breaks Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A temporary top appears to be forming on the Russell 2000 as it sinks below support.
The Russell Reconstitution: Plan For 2008 by Don Bright
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Russell Reconstitution: Plan For 2008 by Don Bright Are there still profit-making opportunities in the Russell 2000? Find out here. There has been a lot of discussion about the "Russell reconstitution" and whether there would still be a good profit
The Russell's Road To Recovery
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Russell 2000 (small cap stocks) has been on the road to recovery and is now testing the highs made in early June. It looks poised to clear June's overhead resistance in the near future, but might need a pullback to build the momentum to get the
The S&P 100 Index Bounces Back
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...$OEX has turned positive, leaving behind some of its resistance.
The S&P 500 And Its Lines
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Support and resistance levels on a chart can be excellent areas to place buy or sell signals. They should not be confused with trendlines that connect the lows or highs of a trending range. Here is a chart of the S&P 500 Daily Index and various &quo
The S&P 500 In 2015 Tracks 2011
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is there evidence the trend will continue?
The S&P 500 Looks Susceptible To A Breakdown
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Though the S&P 500 has been resilient in recent months, the index is showing signs of vulnerability.
The S&P 500 Nears A Major Decision Point
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As of late, discussion about the Standard & Poor's 500 index has been rife with citations from THE STOCK TRADER'S ALMANAC that cede 2005 to the bears based on its poor January performance. Unfortunately, articles also tell of the great retu
The S&P 500 Seasonal Day Trade by William Brower, C.T.A.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 Seasonal Day Trade by William Brower, C.T.A. Is there a particular day of the week within a month that offers the most opportunity? Here's a trading system based on the best days of the week for trading Standard & Poor's 500 futures. Much
The S&P 500 Weekly Chart
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Following up on my Nasdaq chart of the June 10th, where I suggested that the Nasdaq does look bullish, but with nothing cast in stone, here is a chart and analysis of the S&P500 index.
The S&P 500's 2B Test of Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How could a technician have caught the mid-March rally?
The S&P 500's 30-Minute Head And Shoulders Bottom
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.
The S&P 500's 50-Week Lid
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A long-term moving average threatens the index's spring rally.
The S&P 500's 60-minute Complex Head and Shoulders Top
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.
The S&P 500's 90-Minute Head And Shoulders 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.
The S&P 500's Ascending Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is this the way the rally ends? Not with a bang, but a triangle?
The S&P 500's Bernanke Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Positive divergences in the MACD histogram and stochastic hint that an end to the first major correction of 2006 may be at hand.
The S&P 500's Cup With Handle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A classic chart pattern suggests more upside for the S&P 500 as the holiday season begins.
The S&P 500's Fibonacci Foraging For A Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will a key Fibonacci retracement level provide support for the falling S&P 500?
The S&P 500's Five-year Head and Shoulders Hangover
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Believe it or not, the equity bubble of the 1990s may have only begun to burst.
The S&P 500's Intraday Ascending Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A pair of 2B tops helps mark the upper boundary of an ascending triangle.
The S&P 500's Intraday Diamond
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bulls jump up to get beat down as an early breakout to the upside leads to a late afternoon market meltdown.
The S&P 500's Intraday Pennant
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An eight-hour consolidation in the S&P 500 helped the market resume its bullish ways.
The S&P 500's Kick Save At Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Dipping lower in response to a negative stochastic divergence, the S&P 500 finds support at old highs and old trend channels.
The S&P 500's MACD Triple Bottom Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bears might not like it, but the bulls are taking the S&P 500 higher.
The S&P 500's Make or Break Diamond
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The break from an intraday diamond formation should tell traders and investors all they need to know about the S&P 500's near-term direction.
The S&P 500's Other Head and Shoulders Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An intraday look at the S&P 500 anticipates a near-term correction in the index's July-August advance.
The S&P 500's Spring Channel Surfing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The failure to hold above the upper boundary of the old trend channel suggests a new channel--and a test of a new lower boundary.
The S&P 600 Small Cap Index Hits Target
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 600 Small Cap Index has reached the target on a head & shoulders top reversal pattern. After the prolonged fall, the index shows bullish signs for the rally.
The S&P's Intraday 2B
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A 2B bottom and a positive divergence show how the SPOO got its groove back in time for the New Year -- the Chinese New Year, that is.
The S&P's Weekly 2B
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Relatively unconvinced by the 2B top displayed on the daily S&P 500 chart? Try a weekly chart on for size.
The S&Ps Not-So-Symmetrical, Not-So-Perfect Intraday Triangle Breakdown
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Pattern perfection is sometimes not all it's cracked up to be.
The SOQ And The S&P 500 Settlement by Thomas Cronin
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The SOQ And The S&P 500 Settlement by Thomas Cronin R J. O'Brien research director and market letter writer Thomas Cronin marks his first appearance in STOCKS & COMMODITIES with some trade possibilities in options based on the difference between the clo
The SOQ And The S&P 500 Settlement by Thomas Cronin
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The SOQ And The S&P 500 Settlement by Thomas Cronin R J. O'Brien research director and market letter writer Thomas Cronin marks his first appearance in STOCKS & COMMODITIES with some trade possibilities in options based on the difference between the clo
The SPX And A Jump Out The Window
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The SPX looks like it could reverse at any point, and the decline could fall as hard as jumping out of a window.
The SPX And A Jump Out The Window
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The SPX looks like it could reverse at any point, and the decline could fall as hard as jumping out of a window.
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Spotting And Trading Breakouts
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Before Risk And Return
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Reviewing Market Volatility
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Keep Your Market Outlook Based In Reality
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Is The Presidential Cycle Still Relevant Today For Stock Market Analysis
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Sideways Markets Are Dangerous
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Cultivate The Art Of Perception
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Where Is The Bear
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Markets And News
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: History Never Repeats
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Investing In Artificial Intelligence And Robotics Stocks
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Year-end Market Analysis
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Overcoming The Dunning-Kruger Effect In Trading
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: The Put/Call Ratio For Market Breadth And Sentiment
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Reversal Or Reaction: Which Is It
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Self-Trust Is Self-Empowerment
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Reading Volatility Using The ATR
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Trust The Charts, Even When It's Hard
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: History Doesn't Repeat
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Deconstructing the Hindenburg omen
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Why You Must Trust The Chart And Not Yourself
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Anticipating Downtrends
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Buy When Stocks Are Cheap
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: How Fearful Are You
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Remembering To Take Profits
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Lessons From Mr. Market
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: How many eggs can one basket hold
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Don't Ignore Negative Divergences
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Tariffs And The Stock Market
The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Do Not Invest In The Present
The Schannep And Sahm Recession Indicators
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Getting ahead of the next recession can set you up for profitable trading opportunities. But how do you detect when a recession arrives? One indicator in the news recently is the Schannep recession indicator, and it's easy to calculate. A related indicat
The Scoring Trade by Thomas Bulkowski
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Scoring Trade by Thomas Bulkowski Here's a scoring system for symmetrical triangles that helps predict performance. How do you make money in a bear market without selling short? By picking winners. How do you gain the experience necessary to pick w
The Search For The 10-Bagger Begins
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...These promising stocks are elusive but not particularly rare.
The Search For The 10-Bagger Begins
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...These promising stocks are elusive but not particularly rare.
The Search For Your Trading Style by Donald Pendergast
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Search For Your Trading Style by Donald Pendergast Here's a simple trading method you can apply if you trade with a longer-term outlook. I hope my recent article, "Crash Course For Novice Traders," caused you to reflect on the critical decisions
The Seasonal Cycle by Hans Hannula, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Seasonal Cycle by Hans Hannula, Ph.D. I use natural cycles to help me trade stocks and commodities profitably. One of the most obvious and powerful of nature's cycles is the cycle of the seasons. Its effect is obvious not only in commodities, but in
The Secret Of (Old and New) Pros
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading secret of the pros: Have a plan before you trade -- Then work it!"It is literally true millions come easier to a trader after he knows how to trade, than hundreds did in the days of his ignorance" - Jesse Livermore, 1923
The Secret To Breaking The Code
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many people get duped into believing that by participating in the markets, success will be right around the corner. Here's a more realistic look
The Secret To Breaking The Code
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many people get duped into believing that by participating in the markets, success will be right around the corner. Here's a more realistic look
The Secret To Success? Small Losses
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Taking small steps, being patient, and following a well-thought-out plan makes all the difference.
The Seduction of Leverage by Jesse H. Thompson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Seduction of Leverage by Jesse H. Thompson ""Leverage 'o Leverage. Ye siren of the speculative sea..."" --Anon. Rule: Do Not Overtrade! I must have bumped into this time worn dictrum a thousand times before I began to understand more fully the imp
The Self-Adjusting RSI by David Sepiashvili
The Selloff Tsunami
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow Jones Industrial Average put in its worst week in history. Is the tsunami of selling over?
The Sentiment Dimension
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You can use market sentiment readings to help locate turns in the market. Here are some to pay attention to
The Sentiment Flow Index: Confusion Or A Conviction Indicator?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Introducing a new indicator to filter the signal from the noise
The September Greenback's 1-2-3 Reversal?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the world tilted toward expectations of a lower dollar, this trend reversal strategy will help tell a mere bounce from a real reversal in the greenback's fortunes.
The Shark Attack Strategy And Fibonacci Levels
The Shark Attack Strategy And Fibonacci Levels
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Discovered long before there were stock markets, the Fibonacci method has proved to be useful for traders.
The Short Squeeze
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a company is heavily shorted with expectations that its poor fundamentals will push the stock's price lower, the large number of shorts can be a reason for the exact opposite to occur; a quick rise in the stock. This is called a short squeeze.
The Short- And Long-Term Trading Itinerary For The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 looks poised to rally for the short term, but such a rally may prove to be its demise over the long term, should a large head & shoulders pattern form on the daily chart.
The Short- And Long-Term Trading Itinerary For The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 looks poised to rally for the short term, but such a rally may prove to be its demise over the long term, should a large head & shoulders pattern form on the daily chart.
The Short-Range Oscillator and the DJIA by Christopher Cadbury
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...TRADING TECHNIQUES The Short-Range Oscillator And The DJIA by Christopher Cadbury Oscillators come in many shapes and forms. Here, one unique oscillator is analyzed to determine patterns and the results in the stock market after a particular pattern
The Short-Range Oscillator and the DJIA by Christopher Cadbury
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...TRADING TECHNIQUES The Short-Range Oscillator And The DJIA by Christopher Cadbury Oscillators come in many shapes and forms. Here, one unique oscillator is analyzed to determine patterns and the results in the stock market after a particular pattern
The Short-Term Outlook For Crude Oil
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Crude oil prices recently bounced off support around the $45.00 level but now face resistance at $50.00.
The Short-Term Rally Of GS
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Goldman Sachs Group is extremely bullish.
The Signature of an Important Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Momentum and sentiment indicators signal that on January 15, 2016 an important bottom for both stocks and Crude Oil may be in place.
The Signpost Has Changed
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Elliott wave has become a signpost in the wilderness, and the sign, just down the road, has changed.
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 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 Simple ABC Correction by Thomas N. Bulkowski
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:1 (52-55): The Simple ABC Correction by Thomas N. Bulkowski This chart pattern reliably signals an extended move up. Take a look. An old joke says that if an investor buys land in an earthquake zone, it will be his own fault.
The Siren Call of Optimized Trading Systems by Dennis Meyers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Siren Call Of Optimized Trading Systems by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. Today's software for trading systems can take you down some dangerous paths. Here's how to avoid one mistake. With the advent of today's high-performance desktop computers and software
The Skimming Discussion Continues by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Skimming Discussion Continues by John Sweeney Remember the moving average ""skimming"" discussion that's gone on over the last several issues? I received another cogent letter describing the effect for a half-wave moving average. Amos Newcombe of Ma
The Slow Relative Strength Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...J. Welles Wilder's classic relative strength index has enjoyed a large following of technical analysts over the years. Here's a slow version of it.
The Slow Stochastic
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stochastic oscillator can be used to help predict range tops and bottoms. Many variations of the indicator can be used for different trading strategies. Look for divergence between the stochastics indicator and the price to produce a solid buy/sell
The Slow Volume Strength Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a momentum volume oscillator that's similar to the relative strength index (RSI), but there's a difference. Let's take a look at how this indicator works
The Small Cap Index Likely To Outperform
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After breaching the resistance, the S&P 600 Small Cap Index entered a healthy uptrend.
The Smaller They Come?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Do negative divergences anticipate a reversal in the Russell 2000?
The Sniper MACD Trading Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a daytrading forex strategy that's designed to be hassle-free
The Solstice
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...December 21st is the solstice and in the Northern Hemisphere, December 22nd is the start of Winter.
The Sonar Trio Bottom Sounder
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many trading programs offer tools that promise to help you pick bottoms. The problem is, a single indicator may work well sometimes but poorly at others. Here is a set of indicators that do a respectable job consistently.
The South Sea Bubble
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You didn't think the Internet stocks bubble was the first one, did you? Manic speculation has been around a long time.
The Spearman Indicator For Technical Analysis by Dan Valcu
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This indicator is a very old statistical tool that even to this day helps determine trend strength and turning points. Here's how to apply it to your trading. Technical analysis can be considered both a science and an art; patterns and chart rea
The Special K, Part1 by Martin J. Pring
The Squeeze For Toys R Us
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Following an uptrend that started in January 2003, Toys R Us entered a narrow trading range. The formation of a Bollinger Band pattern known as the "squeeze" suggests that a sharp directional movement is likely to occur, and further analysis le
The Standard & Poor's 500 Revisited
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Those who are not technicians are looking at a triple top.
The State Of Price Action In The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In trading, knowing the difference between being an interpreter and a predictor can translate into huge results when looking for profitable trades.
The State Of Price Action In The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In trading, knowing the difference between being an interpreter and a predictor can translate into huge results when looking for profitable trades.
The Step Candle Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this third part of a seven-part series on indicator rules for a swing trading strategy (IRSTS), we look at how to identify a candlestick pattern that appears at turning points.
The Stepchild Of Chart Patterns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The inverted cup with handle may be the chart pattern that does it for you, if only you’d let it!
The Steve Jobs Of Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In 2015, Kanye West told style.com that he wanted to be "the Steve Jobs of the Gap." In 2020, it was announced that Gap, Inc. (GPS) and Yeezy have struck a 10 year collaboration deal. The news sent shares of GPS soaring on Friday, June 26, 2020
The Stiffness Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Find out how stiff your stocks are, or identify the next FAANG stock with this new indicator
The Stochastic Distance Oscillator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is a new variation on the classic stochastic oscillator, based on price maxima and minima over a range of days. It indicates overbought and oversold levels and helps to identify bull and bear trend changes
The Stochastic MACD Oscillator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The moving average convergence/divergence (MACD) is a well-known oscillator used to signal trend changes and indicate trend direction. Combining the stochastic oscillator and MACD allows you to define overbought/oversold MACD levels. Here's how to do it
The Stochastic Oscillator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Identify overbought and oversold levels with this popular indicator.
The Stochastic Oscillator by Amy Wu
The Stochastic Oscillator by Joe Luisi
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stochastic oscillator is one of the more popular indica-tors available on today's software. This technical tool tells you where the current closing price is relative to the recent range of the market. Here are some techniques for using this classic i
The Stochastic RSI
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stochastic RSI is an oscillator of an oscillator useful in managing trending markets.
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.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Stock Market and Seasonality by Bob Kargenian, C.M.T. Is there a message that can be gleaned from the performance of the stock market during the 1996 election year? There may be. In 1990, this writer discussed the seasonal movement of the stock mark
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 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 Stock/Bond Yield Gap by Jay Kaeppel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Stock/Bond Yield Gap by Jay Kaeppel STOCKS & COMMODITIES contributor Jay Kaeppel presents an indicator using the yield for high-grade corporate bonds and the yield for the DJIA to predict the stock market. Investors have often wondered if some si
The Story Is In The Charts Not The News
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Kylie Jenner, the social media maverick with over 250 million followers, looks set to become one of the youngest billionaires in U.S. history. Ulta Beauty, Inc. (ULTA) has helped in no small way to amplify her fortunes. This is because with 970 stores sp
The Story Is In The Charts Not The News
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Kylie Jenner, the social media maverick with over 250 million followers, looks set to become one of the youngest billionaires in U.S. history. Ulta Beauty, Inc. (ULTA) has helped in no small way to amplify her fortunes. This is because with 970 stores sp
The Story Is In The Charts Not The News
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Kylie Jenner, the social media maverick with over 250 million followers, looks set to become one of the youngest billionaires in U.S. history. Ulta Beauty, Inc. (ULTA) has helped in no small way to amplify her fortunes. This is because with 970 stores sp
The Strength Of My Beliefs About The Markets, IGD Edition
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...I believe that the market is in a Wave II correction before the start of a bull run that will last six years, so can we look at investments that carry a higher risk? Look at ING.
The Strength Of My Beliefs About The Markets, IGD Edition
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...I believe that the market is in a Wave II correction before the start of a bull run that will last six years, so can we look at investments that carry a higher risk? Look at ING.
The Strength Of Support And Resistance by Christopher Narcouzi
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Strength Of Support And Resistance by Christopher Narcouzi Measuring Overhead Supply Here's how to quantify support and resistance so you can get a good idea ahead of time whether they will hold up when tested. Stocks run up and down between suppo
The Subtle Aspects Of Expectancy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What exactly is it, when is it applicable, and when isn't it? Here we remove the confusion surrounding this often-misunderstood term
The Sucking Before The Tsunami
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Anyone standing on a beach knows that before a wave crashes on the shore, there is always a pullback of the water. The greater the pullback, the greater the wave.
The Sucking Before The Tsunami
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Anyone standing on a beach knows that before a wave crashes on the shore, there is always a pullback of the water. The greater the pullback, the greater the wave.
The Sugar Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A look at how a symmetrical triangle in sugar futures heralded the end of a major rally.
The Summer Correction In Natural Gas
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A negative divergence in the MACD and a broken trendline conspire to send natural gas futures reeling.
The Summer Rally This Fall
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Nothing could be finer than a head and shoulders bottom in the SPDRs ...
The Summer Rally: Fact Or Fiction? by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Summer Rally: Fact Or Fiction? by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. The ""summer rally"" appears in some years and is completely absent in others. Does it deserve its name? I've consulted the record back to 1885 and find that there is a good case for a bull
The Super Bowl Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Should stock market investors care about who wins the National Football League's championship game?
The Super Bowl Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does the winner of the Super Bowl determine a bullish or bearish market for the year that follows?
The Super Passband Filter
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are low and high frequencies getting in your way? Here's a filter that will reject both of these extremes so you can focus on what really matters
The Sweet Suffering Of Sugar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will sugar find a bottom in springtime?
The Swing Rule
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a technique that looks for a particular pattern of price swings to project a price target as the exit
The Swing Thing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Swing rule targets in the hourly Standard & Poor's 500 and Nasdaq anticipate a showdown with trend channel support.
The Symmetrical Triangle And The Regional Banks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A symmetrical triangle develops during the course of the downtrend in RKH. Is an upside breakout any more or less likely than a downside breakdown?
The Symmetrical Triangle And The Regional Banks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A symmetrical triangle develops during the course of the downtrend in RKH. Is an upside breakout any more or less likely than a downside breakdown?
The System Behind The System by Merlin Jeffries
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:2 (68-70): The System Behind The System by Merlin Jeffries Tired of finding systems that worked well in the past but are deficient in predicting the future? Back when I was a novice system developer, I would get excited by ev
The System Behind The System by Merlin Jeffries
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:2 (68-70): The System Behind The System by Merlin Jeffries Tired of finding systems that worked well in the past but are deficient in predicting the future? Back when I was a novice system developer, I would get excited by ev
The Systematic Trader: Richard Saidenberg by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Systematic Trader - Richard Saidenberg How many times have you heard that developing your own rules and following them is the way to trade? By now, probably plenty. It's not just idle speculation, either; Richard Saidenberg, a Commodities Trading Ad
The TD Range Expansion Index (TD REI): by Thomas DeMark
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The TD Range Expansion Index (TD REI) by Thomas DeMark Here, the author of The New Science of Technical Analysis and the brand-new New Market Timing Techniques explains how to use the TD REI and the TD Price Oscillator Qualifier. Throughout my 26-yea
The TEM Trading Systems and how it all began by William Cruz
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The TEM Trading Systems and how it all began by William Cruz The last thing on my mind when I started trading futures in the mid-1970s was developing and marketing a trading system. In fact, if someone had told me back then that I'd be trading full-time
The TSX Composite's Monthly View
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Toronto Stock Exchange has outpaced the Dow Jones Industrial Average since the big runup started late in 2002.
The TSX Energy Index Still Gushing Higher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The year 2007 will be remembered by Canadian traders for two main events. First, this year the TSX rose above the DJIA for the first time (currently at 14,332 vs. Dow 13,888). In addition, the loonie started trading higher than the US dollar, which is re
The Tactical Trader by Walter T. Downs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Tactical Trader by Walter T. Downs Trading can be compared to the game of chess -- a good player wins by implementing a tactical strategy that entails sacrifices when the sacrifice is justified. Here, a professional trader presents some tactical tra
The Taking of Time Warner TLC
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A descending triangle follows an intermediate head and shoulders top as the bears drag Time Warner Telecom down.
The Tape-Reading Edge by Thomas Carr, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:7 (16-24): The Tape-Reading Edge by Thomas Carr, Ph.D. Tape-reading skills are a product of your intuition. Here's how you can sharpen your intuitive power into a tremendous profit-making talent. First, it must be said that
The Technical Basis Of Risk-Reward Analysis by Victor Sperandeo
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Technical Basis Of Risk-Reward Analysis by Victor Sperandeo Author and money manager Victor Sperandeo offers details on his investment approach in this excerpt from his latest work, Trader Vic II: Principles of Professional Speculation. Here, Speran
The Technical Song of Bernadette Murphy by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Technical Song of Bernadette Murphy by Thom Hartle ""The investor is in conflit, right now, because we've had the tremendous advance of consumer stocks throughout the 1980s. What we have is this battle: Should you be following capital goods? Or shou
The Ten-year Treasury Yield's Diamond Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Lower long rates look likely in the short term. But after that, a run up to 5.6% or higher might be what the market is gearing up for.
The Theory Of Runs by Robert P. Rotella
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Theory Of Runs by Robert P. Rotella Are you the kind of trader who assumes that everything will go your way, only to be hit with a string of disastrous losses? Or are you the kind of trader who assumes that the worst scenario is the most likely one,
The Third Dimension Of Option Trading by Don A. Singletary
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Third Dimension Of Option Trading by Don A. Singletary Here's how you can profit from trading volatility. Sometimes when you purchase an option, you might see the underlying futures contract move in your favor, perhaps enough to overcome the time d
The Third Wave by Mircea Dologa, M.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:5 (64-67, 76): The Third Wave by Mircea Dologa, M.D. Does the crowd always behave the same way? According to Elliott wave theory, they do, and this is what forms the basis of the impulse pattern of five waves. Here's part 1 of
The Thirty-Four Day Mini Crash Phenomenon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Could September 11, 2017 mark the bottom of a stock market mini crash?
The Thorn At The Bottom by Alexander Sabodin
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Thorn At The Bottom by Alexander Sabodin Here's a reversal pattern that occurs frequently but is difficult to discern during its formation. The thorn pattern is encountered quite frequently, but it is difficult to discern while it is being formed
The Thorn At The Bottom by Alexander Sabodin
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Thorn At The Bottom by Alexander Sabodin Here's a reversal pattern that occurs frequently but is difficult to discern during its formation. The thorn pattern is encountered quite frequently, but it is difficult to discern while it is being formed
The Three 2Bs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For picking tops and bottoms, always bet on 2B.
The Three Billion Dollar Fraud
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In February 2020, Wells Fargo (WFC) agreed to pay $3 billion to settle criminal and civil charges which resulted from its fraudulent treatment of some bank customers over a 14-year period, from 2002 until 2016. Because of impossible sales targets set by
The Three Major Price Gaps For Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Price gaps don't just reflect changes in demand for a stock but can indicate whether a stock will break away, gather momentum, or signal a trend reversal, which is why you need to know these three types of gaps.
The Three Moving Averages Forex Trading Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a trading strategy you can use for trading high-volatility markets such as forex, cryptocurrencies, or stocks. It's based simply on three simple moving averages
The Three Real Factors To Profitable Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In an industry where indicators flash buy and sell signals, there are only three real factors that make up successful trading.
The Three Things 2011 Teaches You About Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The year 2011 started with a bang and ended up a bust, but for the professional speculator, it left three key lessons on how to approach 2012.
The Tide Has Turned for Procter & Gamble
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It has been a good ride up since April 2001. Now it is time for a breather for Procter and Gamble (PG).
The Tide Is Turning At Tidewater
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A recent gap off support with big volume and a strength in two key indicators point to higher prices for Tidewater.
The Time Factor
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Clues of why late December 2015 could be a terrific time to buy stocks.
The Time Price Oscillator by Tushar S. Chande
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Time Price Oscillator by Tushar S. Chande Technical indicators, and oscillators in particular, measure the behavior of price relative to time. For example, the rate of change oscillator calculates the percentage change in price over a set period. That
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.
The Time-Tested Adjustable Moving Average
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When pursuing profits, the trader must decide which markets and instruments to trade, and then decide which analysis tools to apply to each market. So which technical indicators are best to use with which markets, and which markets offer the best profits
The Titans Of Technical Analysis by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Titans Of Technical Analysis by David Penn A not-so-random walk through the history of charting the markets. Many years ago, a poet friend who was editing a collection of contemporary verse noted to me that "about half the working poets in America
The Tools Of The Trade by Martha Stokes
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:10 (68-70): The Tools Of The Trade by Martha Stokes Here's an overview of the array of tools you need in order to trade successfully. Every professional knows that the right tools are essential to success. A carpenter wouldn'
The Tools Of The Trade by Martha Stokes
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:10 (68-70): The Tools Of The Trade by Martha Stokes Here's an overview of the array of tools you need in order to trade successfully. Every professional knows that the right tools are essential to success. A carpenter wouldn'
The Tools to Find Market Turns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See how to use Bollinger Bands and trend lines to discover market tops and bottoms.
The Top in the Japanese Government Bond
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The recent pullback in the JGB affords another opportunity for bears to get on board for another leg down.
The Top in the Japanese Government Bond
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The recent pullback in the JGB affords another opportunity for bears to get on board for another leg down.
The Toronto 300 Index And The Fiscal Cliff
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Toronto 300 has many gold mining stocks in it, which can affect and definitely does influence the movement of the index. Can it be used to determine the movement of the Standard & Poor's 500?
The Toronto 300 Index And The Fiscal Cliff
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Toronto 300 has many gold mining stocks in it, which can affect and definitely does influence the movement of the index. Can it be used to determine the movement of the Standard & Poor's 500?
The Toronto Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Movement in the TSX300 index is heavily influenced by movement in the oil and gold prices. As both fell, so did the TSX -- is the index now a thing of the past?
The Toronto Stock Exchange Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Canadian stock market is heavily weighted with resource companies, so why does it follow the Dow Jones 30 so closely and not the S&P 500?
The Trader and the Internet by Suzanne Withers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Trader and the Internet by Suzanne Withers, Ph.D. By now, much has been written about the Internet, the international computer users' network. But details have not been as forthcoming. How can Internet help traders and investors? The profitable us
The Trader and the Internet by Suzanne Withers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Trader and the Internet by Suzanne Withers, Ph.D. By now, much has been written about the Internet, the international computer users' network. But details have not been as forthcoming. How can Internet help traders and investors? The profitable us
The Trader's Commitment by Ari Kiev, M.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are you willing to explore the ramifications of your trading? Trading in terms of your objectives is a key to enhancing your success as a trader. Here's how to use your goals to develop powerful trading strategies. By Ari Kiev, M.D. The dictionary defin
The Trader's Dilemma: Dealing With Zones Of Uncertainty
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using the statistical concepts of sample size and population, we offer a better way to filter out whipsaws in a trend-following system based on moving averages
The Trader's Psyche
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Three parties are involved in trading: the buyer, the seller, and you. Your behavior and actions play an important role in your trading results. Here's how you can use them to your benefit.
The Trader's Reason vs. Emotion by Terry S. Brown
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Trader's Reason vs. Emotion by Terry S. Brown In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Victor Sperandeo had a brilliant track record day trading stocks, commodities and especially the Standard & Poor's 500 and NYFE futures. He had an idea. ""I was trading
The Traders' Psyche: Tom Basso by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Traders' Psyche: Tom Basso by Thom Hartle Why do traders trade? Is it for the potential profit? Is for the love of the hunt? Or is it simply for the challenge? Jack Schwager, who interviewed Tom Basso, president of Trendstat, for his book The New Ma
The TraderÕs Mindset
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's not just the mechanical skills that keep you in the game and your account in the black, it's the mental skills as well. Is your mind in the correct state to trade?
The Trading Ecosystem
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Have human traders become an endangered species?
The Trading Plan by Cory Mitchell
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Trading Plan by Cory Mitchell When creating a trading plan, you have to take into account all the possible contingencies. Here are the steps you should go through when designing your game plan. Atrading plan is your carefully thought-out and tested
The Trading Plan by John Jay Norris
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Trading Plan by John "Jay" Norris We all know that creating a trading plan is the first step in trading. Find out how one futures trader creates a plan and follows it. Combining analytics and execution is not new for individuals or professional ent
The Trading Resolution
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading involves more than just using a trading system. There are several characteristics and traits traders need to develop to help them become better traders. Here's a look at what to consider
The Trading Saboteur by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Trading Saboteur by Adrienne Laris Toghraie STOCKS & COMMODITIES contributor Adrienne Toghraie discusses how traders may not realize they are sabotaging their own success. Here's how to change that behavior. Adam's roller-coaster wins and losses fo
The Transportation's Broadening Formation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The broadening formation on the Dow Jones Transportation Average could act as a continuation pattern or a reversal.
The Treasury Yield Curve Inverted Again - Should We Be Worried?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Since the 1960s, recessions have followed every time 10-year Treasury yields have dropped below 3-month yields and stayed there. This ratio turned negative in May. In this article we explore how to track this indicator using free, publicly available data
The Trend Compression Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The three-day compression (3DC) pattern can be used to filter trade entries for improved system results. Here, we explain this useful pattern and how to code it, and we show step-by-step how you can design, test, and optimize a trading system with trade
The Trend Is Your Friend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Like most Wall Street wisdom, these words are commonly spoken but rarely defined.
The Trend Is Your Friend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...All trends aren't created equal. How do you know if a trend is truly your friend? Here are a couple of pointers that'll help you have a long and sustained relationship with the trend
The Trend Is Your Friend by Alexander Sabodin
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Trend Is Your Friend by Alexander Sabodin In this, the first part of a price model series, we look at trends. The fundamentals of technical analysis have been discussed to great lengths in the past. This includes topics such as support, resistance
The Trendless DJIA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This statistical analysis shows that the Dow Jones Industrial Average has no intermediate-term trend.
The Triangle Breakout in Beans
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Now that they've broken out, how far will they move up?
The Triangle In January Feeder Cattle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The resolution of this October/November triangle will tell a great deal about the bull market in cattle.
The Triangle In Ten-Year Yields
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the homebuilders' index breaks out on the upside, are yields on ten-year notes headed lower?
The Triangle in Treasuries
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is there finally a reason to fear the bull market in the 10-year Treasury note?
The Triangles of September Wheat
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Upside triangle breakouts send September wheat on a summer rally.
The Trillion-Dollar Correlation Chart
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Want to know where gold and precious metals prices are going? Look to Washington for the answer.
The Trin-5 by Jerry Favors
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The TRIN-5 by Jerry Favors Whether you know it as the trading index (TRIN) or the Arms index, this particular indicator has inspired variations ranging from an issue/volume-weighted long-term index to this, a short-term trading indicator based on a five
The Trouble With THC's Double Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How a bearish engulfing candlestick warned double-bottom bulls that the party was over.
The Trouble With Tech
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Disfavored seasonally, tech stocks struggle to make progress to the upside.
The Trouble With Tilray
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The trouble with Tilray, Inc. (TLRY), the Canadian based grower, processor and researcher of medical cannabis, is that its share price has hit a very rough patch.
The Trouble With Triangles
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Have you traded ascending, descending, or symmetrical triangles and lost money when the trend reversed? Here's a look at how often triangle patterns fail.
The True Cost of a Bad Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking at losing trades as learning opportunities is the best way to refine your market skills.
The Truth About Dollar-Cost Averaging
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does dollar-cost averaging work? And what is zero-cost averaging? Find out more about these two concepts here.
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 Truth About Trendlines by Thomas Bulkowski
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Truth About Trendlines by Thomas Bulkowski Many of the rumors about trendlines are true. Find out what the facts are here. Is it true that the longer a trendline is, the more significant it becomes? The answer is yes, but this in turn raises other
The Truth About Volatility by Jim Berg
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:2 (14-20): The Truth About Volatility by Jim Berg Many indicators can help identify volatility. But can you use them to target specific price areas for entry signals, trailing stops, and profit-taking opportunities? Typically
The Truth Behind PEG
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The computation of the PEG ratio is so seemingly simple and yet is often reported in different ways, sometimes unbeknownst to the user. Let's look at how PEG should be calculated and why
The Turbo A/D, NH Market System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Turbo A/D, NH, NL Market System This Contributing Editor has looked into using the internal market statistics to generate stock market trading signals. Here, he upgrades one of his previously published market timing systems and discusses optimizatio
The Turning Points
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Resistance & support levels can suggest turning points for price. Here, we offer a simple model, inspired by the work of W.D. Gann, for projecting market turning points
The Two Sigma Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Standard deviations are a common tool used in financial analysis as a measurement of risk. It is the mathematical principle behind Bollinger bands, a widely used technical indicator.
The Two Trendlines Of Starbucks Corp.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Breaking down below a short-term trendline, Starbucks stock finds support above a long-term one.
The Two-Period Rate Of Change
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A short-term methodology to identify buy and sell-short setups.
The US Dollar Chart Shows More Downside Coming
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The long-term triple top has brought the USD down rather dramatically in the form of a bearish three black crows candlestick formation as shown on this monthly chart.
The US Dollar And The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the US dollar strengthens, the market weakens and when the US dollar weakens, the market strengthens. Is this talk or is the present movement in the market really tied to the movement of the US dollar?
The US Dollar And The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the US dollar strengthens, the market weakens and when the US dollar weakens, the market strengthens. Is this talk or is the present movement in the market really tied to the movement of the US dollar?
The US Dollar Index For Spot Forex by Joseph James Gelet
The US Dollar Index's Bullish Engulfing Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Dollar Index completed a bullish engulfing pattern that may stall the decline in the near term.
The US Dollar Index: Is A Breakout Or Reversal At Hand?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After an impressive three-month bull rally, the US Dollar Index is approaching an important resistance barrier: the upper Keltner band on its weekly chart.
The US Long Wave
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...History plays an important role. Can 224 years of US economic history predict the stock market for the next seven years?
The US Long Wave Revisited
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Want a long-term cyclical outlook for the US stock market? Here's one way to do it
The US Paper Index Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Paper Index is a good example of the consolidated formations and strength in a consolidation range.
The USD/JPY Breakout Stalls At Target
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bulls exit as a swing rule projection from a recent breakout in the greenback/yen is reached.
The Ulcer Index by Gary H. Elsner, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Ulcer Index by Gary H. Elsner, Ph.D. A good risk index can be useful in the selection of stocks, funds, and trading systems. Here, then, is the ulcer index, why it is superior to the standard deviation statistic, and how it can be used in a variety
The Ultimate Oscillator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In a recent article, we introduced a new method to eliminate lag in smoothing indicators. Here, we apply that method to achieve, at last, a no-lag oscillator that you can use
The Ultimate Oscillator by Larry Williams
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Ultimate Oscillator by Larry Williams There is nothing more intriguing to the beginning commodity or stock trader than the discovery of oscillators. At first, oscillators appear to be the perfect trading tool because so often they give excellent buy
The Ultimate Smoother
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...First, we introduced you to a super smoother. Here, we introduce an ultimate smoother. It's an advancement you won't want to miss
The Unfinished System by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.14:2 (65-68): The Unfinished System by Adrienne Laris Toghraie Do you spend all your time trying to develop the perfect system instead of taking the plunge with a simple system? Is avoiding risk no matter what the cost at the heart of your problem? Ta
The Upper Right Of The Chart Is Not Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One mistake that some people make is to look at a chart in a defined trend and think because it has reached the top of the chart (in an uptrend), price has to decline. The upper right of the chart is not resistance. It is simply a line generated by the c
The Upper Right Of The Chart Is Not Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One mistake that some people make is to look at a chart in a defined trend and think because it has reached the top of the chart (in an uptrend), price has to decline. The upper right of the chart is not resistance. It is simply a line generated by the c
The Upper-Right Of The Chart Is Not Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What goes up comes down, but when
The Upper-Right Of The Chart Is Not Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What goes up comes down, but when
The User's Guide To Buy And Sell Orders
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Expand your trading expertise with this handy guide to orders and how to use them.
The Utility Average Stock Market Indicator by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.13:08 (321-328): The Utility Average Stock Market Indicator by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. Here's a new indicator for trading the Standard & Poor's 500 index, based on the relative performance of the Dow Jones Utilities Average to the S&P. Trading rules and
The V-Bottom Buy Setup
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While at least 90% of trades should be taken in the direction of the trend, there are also opportunities to enter and profit from countertrend trades. Here's one setup you can take advantage of.
The V-Trade Part 10: Trading With Leverage
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Parts 1 through 9 of this series covered the building blocks for a complete trading strategy, including the technical analysis used and the trading rules. The series continues here with some practical information on getting started and setting up a tradi
The V-Trade Part 10b: The Expert System
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this continuation of an ongoing series on setting up a system to trade, we'll present a run-through of all the specs involved in the expert system that could help you place your trades
The V-Trade Part 10b: The Expert System
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this continuation of an ongoing series on setting up a system to trade, we'll present a run-through of all the specs involved in the expert system that could help you place your trades
The V-Trade Part 11: Expert Manual Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this series, we've discussed trading concepts and techniques, technical analysis, and getting set up to trade. In this part, which continues with using an expert system to trade, we'll look at using the expert system for manual and semi-automatic trad
The V-Trade Part 12 : Expert Automatic Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In part 11 of this series, tools for manual and semi-automatic trading with trendlines using an expert system were presented. In this part, which is the third on using an expert system, we look at technical analysis techniques that can be used with autom
The V-Trade Part 14: Expert Automatic Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As we continue with this series that explains step-by-step a set of techniques to use for trading--including the building of an expert system for automatic or semi-automatic trading--here, we look at a strategy where mechanical trading is based on a modi
The V-Trade Part 1: Five Basic Trading Rules
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Technical analysis, money management, and trading rules--these are the three basic components to a technically based trading system. But even if you've got these three components down, you still need to stay alert to
The V-Trade Part 2: Technical Analysis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Making buy and sell decisions are critical for any trader. But in some market environments, it's difficult to gauge which way prices will move. Are institutional traders just pushing prices to make a quick buck? What's a retail trader to do? Here's one w
The V-Trade Part 3: Technical Analysis - Fibonacci Projections And Daily Pivots
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this third part of a multipart series, we look at passive support & resistance with Fibonacci projections and daily pivots
The V-Trade Part 4: Technical Analysis--Trends & Reversals
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this fourth part of a multipart series, we continue with the discussion of an important technical analysis concept, passive support & resistance. We'll look at price trends, trend channels, the Andrews pitchfork, and applying a stop-loss, all with the
The V-Trade Part 5: Technical Analysis -- Moving Average Support & Resistance And Volatility Bands
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this fifth part of an ongoing series that outlines one trader's comprehensive approach to trading, we look at the next technical analysis portion of the method -- support & resistance and volatility bands
The V-Trade Part 6: Technical Analysis--Divergence Indicators
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this sixth part of a multipart series, we'll continue with our look at one trader's techniques for making both manual and automatic buy and sell decisions. We'll also investigate the stochastic RSI indicator (SRSI) to identify divergences
The V-Trade Part 7: Technical Analysis--V-Wave Count
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Counting waves in price charts doesn't have to be complex. In this seventh part of a multipart series of articles, we consider a method that simplifies the art of counting waves so you can make more successful trades. Find out how
The V-Trade Part 8: The Basic Trading Rules
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this eighth part of a multipart series, we look at the V-Trade trading rules
The V-Trade Part 8: The Basic Trading Rules
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this eighth part of a multipart series, we look at the V-Trade trading rules
The V-Trade Part 9: Trading Examples
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this ninth part of a multipart series, we look at some example trades using the V-Trade trading rules
The V-Trade, Part 13: Expert Automatic Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this ongoing series on the V-Trade system, we are presenting this author's method of making manual and automatic buy & sell decisions (or a combination of both). Now that we have set up the expert system and shown how to use it for manual and semi-aut
The VIX & SPX Are At Key Levels Once Again
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Near-term action in both the VIX and SPX will likely determine whether current weakness in the market will continue.
The VIX Hints Of Irrational Exuberance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A bullish P-p-P pattern on the MACD histogram hints that volatility is on the rise. But market sentiment remains very bullish at these levels as the indexes make fresh highs, drawing the bulls into a false sense of security.
The VIX Triggers A New Sell Signal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The VIX is known as the fear gauge and is a contrarian indicator. It is a yardstick that measures the markets expectations of near-term volatility. The recent low readings on the VIX suggests that there are too many bulls, which means that the buying pow
The Value Line Arithmetic Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What can the Value Line Arithmetic Index tell us about stocks?
The Vanguard Group
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Spotlight on The Vanguard Group.
The Vertical Rally Halts
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bullish rally of Office Depot has reached an important support area. Will the stock resume the existing upward action?
The Very Basics Of Technical Analysis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A mini-refresher course on the very basics of technical analysis.
The Visual Investor -- How to Spot Market Trends
The Visual Investor -- How to Spot Market Trends
The Volatile US Dollar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...During consolidation, the US Dollar Index is likely to enter wild volatile sessions and may retrace to a previous low pivot.
The Volatility (Regime) Switch Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's how you can construct a simple Excel spreadsheet for the volatility switch indicator.
The Volatility Edge by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Designing a profitable trading system is key, but the way that profits and losses vary can have an impact on your long-term success. In my previous article, I wrote that, other things being equal, a trading system with lower volatility would triumph ov
The Volatility Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the Volatility Index a market leader or is it a follower?
The Volatility Index As A Forecasting Tool
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can the volatility index be used to predict market direction?
The Volatility Index Continues To Point To Lower Stock Prices
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 Volatility Index by David C. Stendahl
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Volatility Index by David C. Stendahl David Stendahl explains the volatility index (VIX), which measures volatility based on the implied values of eight Standard & Poor's 100 (OEX) options from which the weighted volatility index is derived when com
The Volatility Index: How Low Can it Go?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Lower now than during the bull market peak in 2000, is this what bull markets are made of?
The Volatility Stop System by Mark Vakkur, M.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Volatility Stop System Here's a step-by-step through the development of a robust trading system for capturing major market moves. Volatility systems have a long and honored history in technical trading. Here, I'll show you a simple, robust version
The Volcanic Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Volcanic Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie Your temper can torpedo your profitability. Find out if itÕs a problem and how to handle it. When a trader buries his or her emotions because he does not know how to express himself appropriately, these e
The Volume Indicators by Bruce R. Faber
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Volume Indicators by Bruce R. Faber In spite of its importance, much less is written about volume than about price. Here's an introduction on the subject for the novices and a refresher for the veterans. To technical analysis, volume is as importan
The Volume Momentum Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Volume plays an important role in momentum analysis. Here's an indicator you can plot to easily incorporate volume information in your analysis
The Volume Oscillator by Martin Pring
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Volume Oscillator by Martin Pring Price and volume is important for technical analysis of markets. Here's how noted author and technician Martin Pring presents two of his favorite ways of looking at volume. Most technical indicators we deal with
The Vortex Indicator by Etienne Botes and Douglas Siepman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Vortex Indicator by Etienne Botes and Douglas Siepman The search for a reliable technical indicator for trading a change in market direction seems to be a never-ending quest. Ideally, such an indicator should be on time; neither lagging the market n
The Wall Street Week index by Arthur A. Merrill
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Wall Street Week index by Arthur A. Merrill Every six months I have been checking the accuracy of more than 40 indicators over a span of several years. On the last test, the indicator that came out on top was the Wall Street Week Technical Market In
The Walt Disney Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bullish breakout of Walt Disney is likely to open fresh buying opportunities.
The Warrior's Discipline Of Trading by Richard D. McCall
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Warrior's Discipline Of Trading by Richard D. McCall This occupational psychologist and a master of martial arts compares the disciplines that traders need in order to trade effectively with the disciplines of the samurai. When was the last time yo
The Wave 4 Correction
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Republicans have taken the US House of Representatives. How does this affect the market?
The Web World In Your Hands
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bigger than a Palm but smaller than a laptop, web pads and tablets combine portability with multifunctionality to offer computer users the best of both worlds.
The Weekly Factor Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In the markets, price expansion often follows price indecision. The "weekly factor" metric helps to capture this pattern. Find out how you can use it to filter trades for improved succe
The Weekly Options, Part 1
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...They were introduced in 2005 and have gained a strong following. How do you trade them? In this first of two parts, see how one trader uses these options.
The Weekly Options, Part 2
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Last month in part 1, we tracked the growth in weekly options and presented one trader's success story trading AAPL iron butterflies. Here, we look at three more ways to trade weeklys.
The Wheat Diamond
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A diamond breakout in September wheat begins another leg higher.
The Whole Brain Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.13:07 (313-314): The Whole Brain Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie Does the part of the brain that influences you the most affect how you trade? The founder of Trading on Target explains the importance of using skills that are built on both intuitive
The Will Rogers Theory Of Point & Figure Trading by J. Adam Hewison
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Will Rogers Theory Of Point & Figure Trading by J. Adam Hewison When I first started trading, moving averages were pretty much the epitome of high-tech computer analysis. Since then, we have seen the birth of computerized studies for Gann, Fibonacci
The Williams Companies Income
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...I am a fan of natural gas. I believe it is a by-product of decay, and that there is plenty around. The world is looking for a cheap energy source, and here it is.
The Wilson Relative Price Channel by Leon Wilson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:7 (48-52): The Wilson Relative Price Channel by Leon Wilson Several indicators quantify the relationship between price action and strength. Here's one adapted from the relative strength index. For technical analysis to adapt
The Wisdom Of Wyckoff
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At the root of all markets are the participants. Human nature does not change and therefore there is much to appreciate and learn from the observations Richard D. Wyckoff made nearly a hundred years ago
The World Of Technology: QQQ Powering Ahead
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Do you want to participate in the possible future growth of technology stocks without having to take on the effort and risk of individual stock selection? Here's a close-up look at the QQQ, the ETF that holds many Nasdaq technology stocks. We look at its
The Worst June Since 1930
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While news reports tell us how bad things are, the fact is provided without context. We need to look at what came before and after June 1930 to decide if we can draw any conclusion from this sound bite.
The Wounded Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:4 (62-64): The Wounded Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie Don't let your past affect your present performance in the markets. The business of trading forces you to face the psychological baggage that you carry. It also makes y
The Wyckoff method Trading and Investing in Stocks by Jack K. Hutson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Wyckoff method Trading and Investing in Stocks by Jack K. Hutson The first in a series of articles which outline the Richard D. Wyckoff method of trading stocks. This method provides a foundation for analyzing the fundamental relationships between t
The X'd Trade by Joe DiNapoli
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The X'd Trade by Joe DiNapoli What you see is not necessarily what you get. What you see for prices on your computer screen may not be what's really going on in the commodity pits. Some prices that appear on your screen may even be canceled. How's that?
The Yahoo Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This is not a pipe ... and Yahoo is not Google.
The Yen's Head and Shoulders Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does an appreciating currency suggest more deflation for the land of the rising yen?
The Yen's Power Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The recent surge in the yen reversed a 14-month downtrend to signal a continuation of the multiyear uptrend.
The Yen, Recursed by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Combine the exponential moving average with a trend estimate to identify changes in the direction of the market. The Japanese yen (JY) is a major currency traded worldwide by corporations, institutions, banks, commodity funds and futures traders. The y
The Yield Curve
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can the bear market in US interest rates continue?
The Yield Curve and What It Can Tell Us About Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In every major correction, rumors surface that a recession is in the wings. These same rumors have been circulating of late. If we are indeed in a true bear market and headed for recession, the yield curve will provide valuable warning.
The Zigzag Trend Indicator by Spyros Raftopoulos
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Zigzag Trend Indicator by Spyros Raftopoulos Zigzag is a powerful noise filter, but it's not without its problems. Here's a technique that incorporates the power of zigzag into a more valid and tradable indicator. The popularity and usefulness of
The advanced chartist by John F. Kepka
The algebra of inequalities by Donald D. Bump, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The algebra of inequalities by Donald D. Bump, Ph.D. Many technical systems, simple and complex, come down to a decision based on inequality. For example, ""If the 10-day moving average for today is greater than that of yesterday, go (or remain) long.""
The average maturity of money market funds and Eurodollar futures by Glenn Mancher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The average maturity of money market funds and Eurodollar futures by Glenn Mancher The high interest rate environment of the early 1980s resulted in great swings in the average maturity of money market funds (Figure 1). As the yield on short-term instru
The best trading indicator- the media by Grant Noble
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The best trading indicator- the media by Grant Noble Anyone who has studied technical analysis knows that what has been written about it stems from a limited number of approaches. Most of the books, systems and seminars on the market boil down to 12
The best trading indicator- the media by Grant Noble
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The best trading indicator- the media by Grant Noble Anyone who has studied technical analysis knows that what has been written about it stems from a limited number of approaches. Most of the books, systems and seminars on the market boil down to 12
The c-Test by William Eckhardt
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The c-Test by William Eckhardt We all know that thorough testing is the only way to determine whether a particular trading system or indicator is viable. William Eckhardt, the mathematician whose conversation with Richard Dennis helped bring about the T
The compulsive trader Part 2 by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The compulsive trader Part 2 by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D. ""When water passes over your head, it makes no difference if it does so by an inch or afoot. You're drowning. You don't want to admit that it is easier to get out of a $100,000 debt than a million dol
The danger in profits by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The danger in profits by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D. Have you ever wondered why you can paper trade successfully, but fail miserably when real money is at stake? The reason is simple. The trader who concentrates on profits will have difficulty winning, as will
The electronic bulletin board comes of financial age by Marshall Rens and Federico L. Brown
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The electronic bulletin board comes of financial age by Marshall Rens and Federico L. Brown If you've never explored one, computer bulletin boards must seem b-o-r-i-n-g -- a bunch of hacker nerds earnestly arguing via their personal computers the merits
The futures market game Speculator
The handbook for no-load fund investors by Bill Dunbar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The handbook for no-load fund investors by Bill Dunbar This book is up-to-date and effective in almost all respects. I'd say it's well worth the money to anyone interested in mutual funds. Also, if there is an investor left among us who still thinks he
The i-Unit That Is Gold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On Tuesday, February 7, the morning fix of the London gold price dropped suddenly from $568.25 to $548.65, a drop of 3.45%. What happened?
The last wild ride of the gold bears is upon us by Joseph Holleman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The last wild ride of the gold bears is upon us by Joseph Holleman Holleman, a CTA and CPO, offers his opinions on where gold prices may be headed. These predictions demonstrate how positions in the market are developed and show the factors that shape a
The last wild ride of the gold bears is upon us by Joseph Holleman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The last wild ride of the gold bears is upon us by Joseph Holleman Holleman, a CTA and CPO, offers his opinions on where gold prices may be headed. These predictions demonstrate how positions in the market are developed and show the factors that shape a
The loss trap by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The loss trap by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D. Do you remember playing with a toy called the Chinese Finger Trap when you were a child? This toy is a woven straw cylinder with an opening at each end just large enough for a finger. Once you insert a finger in each
The n-method by Clifford J. Sherry, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The n-method by Clifford J. Sherry, Ph.D. Are large increases or decreases in the price of a given stock or commodity evenly distributed throughout the trading day? The trading week? The trading month? Or are there detectable patterns in these price cha
The optimization of a trading program by Robert C. Pelletier
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The optimization of a trading program by Robert C. Pelletier Many people have purchased software which gives the opportunity to test various parameter combinations to achieve the maximum profit results. For example, a system which may use three moving a
The overlay profile for current market analysis by Donald L. Jones and Christopher J. Young
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The overlay profile for current market analysis by Donald L. Jones and Christopher J. Young Market analysis seeks to determine the condition of the market because the trader who knows whether a market is trending, bracketing or in transition is better a
The relative strength quality factor by Donald Jones and Tod Stromquist
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The relative strength quality factor by Donald Jones and Tod Stromquist The relative strength index (RSI), as popularized by J. Welles Wilder in his book and later by a chart service, is possibly the most widely used technical indicator in futures tradi
The secret of trading success: COMMITMENT by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The secret of trading success: COMMITMENT by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D. Jack had a successful business, but he wanted to be a trader. Still, he wasn't willing to give up his annual $75,000 salary until he was certain he could be successful as a trader. So, he
The secrets to stock option success by Patrick D. Bosold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The secrets to stock option success by Patrick D. Bosold Author: Kenneth R. Trester Publisher: Institute for Options Research, Inc., P.O. Box 12340 Reno, NV 89510 (800) 334-0854, Ext. 840 Contents: Ten cassette tapes, 270 page manual, Future Value
The seven best brokers in America by Norm Zadeh, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The seven best brokers in America by Norm Zadeh, Ph.D. The vast majority of brokers do not make their own investment decisions. When they phone a client with a recommendation, it is that of the firm, not their own. Out of roughly 65,000 brokers, perhaps
The trade facilitation factor by Donald L. Jones
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The trade facilitation factor by Donald L. Jones A cardinal rule for traders using the Chicago Board of Trade's daily Liquidity Data Bank report is to avoid markets that are not ""facilitating"" trade. Over a period of days, such markets are characteriz
The tragic neglect of the old masters by James Alphier
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The tragic neglect of the old masters by James Alphier I still become physically queasy when I recall my shock and surprise as I read a short article written by James Dines some years ago. In it, he related how he had asked an assemblage of Market Techn
The tragic neglect of the old masters by James Alphier
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The tragic neglect of the old masters by James Alphier I still become physically queasy when I recall my shock and surprise as I read a short article written by James Dines some years ago. In it, he related how he had asked an assemblage of Market Techn
The value of optimization by Louis P. Lukac and B. Wade Brorsen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The value of optimization by Louis P. Lukac and B. Wade Brorsen Optimization based on historical data is used widely in the futures industry to determine the most profitable parameter sets for a trading system. The underlying premise is that if some par
There's The Exit
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What type of stops and profit targets do you use for emini trades?
Third Time's The Charm?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's the midterm price outlook for the US Dollar Index.
Thomas Donovan And Patrick Catania Of The CBOT by John Sweeney
Thomas Fortune Ryan: The Great Opportunist
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...He was described 100 years ago as "the most adroit, suave, and noiseless man" who would "have all the money in the world" if only he lived long enough. His remarkably successful career provides a cautionary tale for today's inve
Those Losses that the Trader Creates by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Those Losses That The Trader Creates by Adrienne Laris Toghraie Traders may move from periods of success to periods of loss, but the losses may be created by the trader and not the markets. Here are some guidelines to identifying this problem and how to
Three Alternative Elliott Wave Counts For The S&P 500 Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Analyzing a chart using Elliott waves is not always easy.
Three Lessons For Trading In The New Bull Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It has been 14 years since we've had a full-fledged bull market and to maximize your opportunity there are three lessons to keep in mind.
Three Red Flags For The Nasdaq Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Three strikes and you're out. Could this be the fate for the Nasdaq?
Three Strikes For The NASDAQ?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a stock or index is overextended, it can suddenly correct at the first candlestick warning or defy gravity a while longer.
Three Tips For Removing The Noise From Price Action
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Take your chart-reading skills to the next level with these three tips
Three Tips When The Market Is Doing Nothing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the market is in limbo, when you don't know what to do till the trend emerges, do these three things to succeed.
Through The Forex Trenches With Wade Hansen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Wade Hansen has been involved in investor education his entire career. Most recently, he cofounded Learning Markets and Pf x Global (Profiting With Forex) to help individual investors learn to take control of their investment portfolios. He has also
Through The Stratosphere On The @NQ
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A system that gives you exceptional results is a keeper. But when you come up with one that gives even better results, it becomes a "keeper to the power of two." Find out how this author came up with this stellar strate
Through The Stratosphere On The @NQ
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A system that gives you exceptional results is a keeper. But when you come up with one that gives even better results, it becomes a "keeper to the power of two." Find out how this author came up with this stellar strate
Through the Years: Jim Yates Of Dyr Associates by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Through the Years: Jim Yates Of Dyr Associates by Thom Hartle As an options market analyst with a quarter century in the securities business, Jim Yates takes us back to when the listed options markets first began. Yates is president of DYR Associates, a
Tim Hayes: Running With The Trend by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Tim Hayes: Running With The Trend by Thom Hartle Ned Davis Research strategist Tim Hayes spoke with S&C about the firm's approach and emphasis on models and trend-sensitive indicators. Ned Davis Research uses a three-part market model, among others. ST
Time For Oracle Corp. To Change The Channel?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Oracle Corp. have remained within the bounds of a remarkably steady uptrend channel for more than four months now, but is that about to end?
Time For The Bear Market To Resume
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The NASDAQ as well as the overall stock market has been in a secular bear Market since 2000. However, from early 2009 to the present the NASDAQ has been moving upward in a bear market correction. It is now time for this correction to end and the bear m
Timing Techniques Using The Bullish Percent Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bullish percentage index is a powerful tool that will increase your odds of determining directional moves in the stock market. Timing is everything, and using market breadth indicators such as the bullish percent index will make you a punctual trader
Timing The Bond Market With Elliott And Fibonacci by Roger Farley
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Timing The Bond Market With Elliott And Fibonacci by Roger Farley Fibonacci ratio analysis offers the Treasury bond trader an excellent long-term picture of the market. A rudimentary understanding of the Elliott wave theory and Fibonacci retracements al
Timing The Market With COTS by Alex Roslin
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 25:5 (34-37): Timing The Market With COTS by Alex Roslin Who says you can't time trades using the Commitments of Traders reports? This COTS-based mechanical system beat the NASDAQ by 728 percentage points -- with only one trade ne
Timing The Market With Distribution
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Spotting distribution can help you spot stress fractures in the current uptrend and avoid losses.
Timing The Market With Pairs Logic
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fundamentally different strategies, drawing from a broad set of markets, will offer better risk protection during times of market stress than any one strategy, regardless of the markets selected for the portfolio. In this article, you will get an overvie
Timing The Market With Walter Deemer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Walter Deemer began his Wall Street career as a Merrill Lynch research trainee in 1963 and moved into their market analysis department in 1964, where he worked directly under technician Robert Farrell. He has been a full-time market analyst ever since.
Timing The Move by Lorne W. Rae
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Timing The Move by Lorne W. Rae All traders want to know in advance how long a price trend will last. Try predicting it with this technique. A note in Robert Edwards and John Magee's Technical Analysis Of Stock Trends states, "Volume is of the utmost i
Timing The Old-Economy Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The recent rally from late September lows has been watched more closely for failure than any I can remember for years. Seems like the momentum players of 2001 have learned to sell every rally in the same manner each dip was bought in 1999 - 2000. But eve
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 The Trade - Knowing When To Switch Horses
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Careful analysis is one essential component of making successful trades. Admitting you were wrong is another.
Timing The Trade: Knowing When To Switch Horses
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Careful analysis is one essential component of making successful trades. Admitting you were wrong is another
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
Timing the Next Gold (XAU) Upleg
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's time to take another look at the XAU gold index.
Toilet Paper Shortages in the Age of COVID-19
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."We're all sick and the kids' schools are closed, so we're all home. And it's raining. And the stores are out of toilet paper and we have seven butts to wipe and no toilet paper to be found," so said the celebrity actress an
Tom McClellan And The Oscillators by J. Gopalakrishnan and B. Faber
Topping And The Energy Complex
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recent price trends in crude oil, unleaded gasoline, and heating oil suggest an opportunity to review these techniques for anticipating market tops.
Topping The Pound
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bearish candlestick patterns anticipate a correction in the British pound/US dollar currency pair.
Tough Days Ahead For The NASDAQ
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stiff overhead resistance for the high-tech composite index looks likely.
Tough Times Ahead For The Dow 30?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Was last week the start of the meltdown?
Tough Times Ahead For The Dow, Updated
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...My question for November 11, 2007: "Was last week the start of the meltdown?" Looks like it was.
Trade Against The Gap by Stephane Reverre
Trade Of The Day
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Qualcomm, Inc. (QCOM) offered a few good trading opportunities on 5/30/00. Considering that the broader indices were up and QCOM was one of the most actively traded stocks on the Nasdaq, it was certainly one to consider trading.
Trade Of The Day-Exodus Communications [EXDS]
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When it comes to day trading, it's a matter of being there at the right time.
Trade Patterns With The Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Chart patterns are both a reflection of volatility and market psychology, which can offer easy entry points in the direction of the market.
Trade Stocks In The Direction Of The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cup & handle patterns are the mother's milk of successful momentum trading, but you have to be on the right side of the market to avoid unnecessary losses.
Trade Stocks In The Direction Of The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cup & handle patterns are the mother's milk of successful momentum trading, but you have to be on the right side of the market to avoid unnecessary losses.
Trade System Metrics And Time In The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How much time does your trading system spend in the market? Ideally, you want to deploy systems that make the maximum amount of money in the least amount of time, thus limiting your amount of exposure to the market.
Trade The Chart, Not The System by Anthony Trongone, Ph.D., CFP, CTA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:6 (44-47): Trade The Chart, Not The System by Anthony Trongone, Ph.D., CFP, CTA This is why you need to constantly monitor the performance of your trading system. Changing economic conditions can affect the performance of any
Trade The Chart, Not The System by Anthony Trongone, Ph.D., CFP, CTA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:6 (44-47): Trade The Chart, Not The System by Anthony Trongone, Ph.D., CFP, CTA This is why you need to constantly monitor the performance of your trading system. Changing economic conditions can affect the performance of any
Trade The Dow Minis by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trade The Dow Minis by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan Risky, yes. Worth a try? Definitely. or those who find comfort in trading equities, the thought of trading futures may be intimidating. And who wouldn't be nervous when competing against the pit traders, w
Trade The Opening's Reaction by Perry R. Stevens, MD, MBA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Early Bird Does Get The Worm Trade The Opening's Reaction Here's a simple, profitable trade you can make during the opening 30 minutes of the market. by Perry R. Stevens, MD, MBA The first 15 to 30 minutes after the stock market opens are usually t
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
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.
Traders' Tips "The 1-2-3 Wave Count."
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is Sylvain Vervoort's article in this issue, ""The 1-2-3 Wave Count."" Here we present the June 2013 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various softwa
Traders' Tips - In the Volume Zone
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is Walid Khalil and David Steckler's article in this issue, "In The Volume Zone." One additional Traders' Tip is contributed for Koos van der Merwe's article in the December 2010 issue of S&C, "Less Stress
Traders' Tips The Step Candle Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is Sylvain Vervoort's article in this issue, "The Step Candle Pattern." Here we present the July 2013 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various software
Trading And The Emotional Boomerang by Adrienne L. Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...rading And The Emotional Boomerang by Adrienne L. Toghraie How are your emotions affecting your trading? They don't, you say? But they do. Even though you may not be aware of it, your emotions are always influencing your trading. Since we are forever in
Trading And The Senses by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading And The Senses by Adrienne Laris Toghraie Successful trading requires a mind balanced between intellect and intuition. Here are some ideas toward developing a balanced mental approach to trading. One of the Market Wizards once told me that he
Trading By The Numbers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many traders are happy to backtest their trading systems, but how often do they study the statistics behind their trading setups prior to implementing a strategy? Here's a look at how taking this step can help determine whether it's worth developing a tr
Trading Edges Are The Foundation Of Success
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Certain key factors have to be in place to succeed at trading the markets, and having a trading edge is the most important of them all.
Trading Forex: Understanding The Basics, Part 1
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this first part of a new series on foreign exchange trading, you'll get an overview of the basics of trading currencies.
Trading GLD In The Age Of Zero Commission Part 1
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Come follow along on a quest to discover profitable trading rules you can use, based on a few technical indicators. In this two-article series focusing on two different markets, we'll conceptualize some strategies and technical trading rules, test them,
Trading In The 21st Century
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Equipment, education, and method -- three necessities for successful trading.
Trading In The 21st Century by Tom Busby
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading In The 21st Century by Tom Busby Equipment, education, and method -- three necessities for successful trading. It wasn't so long ago that it was very important to buy stocks with dividends and only sell on an annual basis. Then in the early 1980
Trading In The Forex Trenches by Matt Blackman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading In The Forex Trenches by Matt Blackman Foreign exchange markets offer great liquidity, are less prone to being pushed around by major market players, and adhere to technical trading rules more closely than equity markets. So why aren't they more
Trading In The Last Half Hour
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Identifying reversals are the key to satisfying results whether you are a position trader or day trader. Generally, the first and last half hour of the trading day reveal great trading opportunities. Here is an example of how to take advantage of the l
Trading In The Middle Zone by Anthony Trongone
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:12 (32-36): Trading In The Middle Zone by Anthony Trongone Having trouble trading at the start of the day? This strategy will help you find your trading spot. There are many articles about entering the market at the open; the
Trading In The Swing Of Things
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This science teacher-turned-trader is still learning and still teaching, but these days, about the science of trading.
Trading Indexes With The Hull Moving Average by Max Gardner
Trading Indicators: Exploring The Potential Of ADX To Boost Trend-Following Strategies On DAX Future
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here, the potential for using the ADX indicator in an automated trend-following trading system is demonstrated and applied to trading stock index futures
Trading Insights From "The Last Samurai"
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders can take some tips from the ultimate warriors.
Trading Options With Bollinger Bands And The Dual CCI by D.W. Davies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading Options With Bollinger Bands And The Dual CCI by D.W. Davies Combining two classic indicators, the commodity channel index (CCI) and Bollinger bands, can be a potent timing tool for options trading. This author was inspired by John Bollinger's a
Trading SLV In The Age Of Zero Commission Part 2
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this two-article series, some possible trading rules based on a selection of technical indicators are evaluated, and the best three are presented. In part 1, the focus was on trading a popular gold ETF. Here in part 2, the focus is on trading a popula
Trading Secrets Of The Consistent Losers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A few tips on getting started right.
Trading Secrets Of The Successful Losers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stay away from these common pitfalls when trading.
Trading Signals and the Commodity Channel Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Donald Lambert developed the Commodities Channel Index, which as the name implies was originally intended to be used with commodities trading. However, this indicator has been successfully applied to other markets, including stocks.
Trading System Logic: Considering The Power Of A Long-Term Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even a garden-variety trading system can outperform, if you know how or when to deploy it in a strongly trending market. Here are a few ideas that might help improve the performance of the trading systems you use.
Trading Systems 101: Can You Handle The Drawdowns?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...I'll bet you've seen a hundred ads for various trading systems in the past month, especially if you're an active trader who reads most of the trading-related magazines and papers out there. But could you really stay with a good system when
Trading The 10-Bagger
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this, the latest installment of the 10-bagger series, we look at the phenomenon from the viewpoint of the trader.
Trading The Aussie by Markos Katsanos
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading The Aussie by Markos Katsanos This system exploits the traditionally strong correlation between the Australian dollar and commodities. The Australian dollar, along with the Canadian dollar, the New Zealand dollar, and the South African rand, is
Trading The Cup & Handle by Larry Swing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading The Cup & Handle by Larry Swing Guidelines For A New Classic...Cup & handle patterns may be tricky to identify. But if you follow these guidelines you will be able to identify them more easily and accurately. Although it didn't come from the tr
Trading The Deutschemark's Gaps by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading The Deutschemark's Gaps by John Sweeney Talk about humiliation! Looking at a Deutschemark chart, I figured I'd trade with the direction of any gap for short small gains. The evidence showed I was 180 degrees wrong! I asked my computer to look at
Trading The E-Mini by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading The E-Mini by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. Here's a technique you can use to trade the e-mini futures intraday. In my April 1999 article, "The Discrete Fourier Transform Illusion," I demonstrated the misuses of the mathematical technique called the Fou
Trading The ETF Horizon S&P TSX 60
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Horizon BetaPro S&P/TSX 60 Bull ETF offers a daily investment equal to 200% the daily performance of the S&P/TSX60 Index before fees and expenses. Good deal?
Trading The Eclipse Cycle by Hans Hannula, Ph.D., C.T.A.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading The Eclipse Cycle by Hans Hannula, Ph.D., C.T.A. The ancients saw eclipses of the sun and moon as something mysterious and magical. The high priest of the day controlled the masses by telling them: ""Look out, there is an eclipse coming. Do as I
Trading The Electronic Futures Market by Charles M. Steiner
Trading The Elliott Wave
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Elliott Wave Tutorial: Part IV -- Setting up Elliott wave projections on a spreadsheet can help you make your trading decisions.
Trading The Elliott Wave by Rudy Teseo
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading The Elliott Wave by Rudy Teseo Setting up Elliott wave projections on a spreadsheet can help you make your trading decisions. So far we have covered wave theory (part I), wave patterns (part II), and channels (part III). It will be helpful to h
Trading The Equity Curve
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A trading system that brings in consistent profits is a keeper. But if it stops giving you the results you want, is it best to stop using it? We take a look.
Trading The Equity Curve by Joe Luisi
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading The Equity Curve by Joe Luisi Technical analysis is typically applied to prices to determine the trend and changes in the trend. Now consider applying the same concept to analyzing your equity curve to determine those times when your equity may
Trading The Failure Of Candle Patterns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As all traders know, chart and candle patterns may or may not follow through in an ideal fashion. But not all is lost when they don't. Sometimes, you can observe quite a lot about market action and market participants even with failed patterns. Here, we
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.
Trading The Failure Of Technical Patterns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Yes, you can potentially trade patterns profitably even when they fail. Here's how to spot and take advantage of these types of opportunities
Trading The Fakeout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can you profit from fakeouts? Here's one trader's take on how to identify these patterns and trade them profitably
Trading The False Break Effectively
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A false breakout - or a fakeout - is when price momentarily moves above a previous high or below a previous low, but then goes back within the existing range. This happens when there isn't enough demand above the old high, or enough supply beneath t
Trading The Fear Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is a long-short strategy to capitalize on stock market volatility using volatility-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs or ETNs)
Trading The Forex Wave by Raghee Horner
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:9 (19-24): Trading The Forex Wave by Raghee Horner Chart patterns are powerful tools and it is important to identify them by finding their building blocks. Here's how. Only after I embraced market cycles did I truly begin to
Trading The Golden Ratio
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The golden ratio to chart analysis is useful, and you should try to incorporate it within your strategy wherever possible. In this article I want to discuss one simple way of doing this. I will not go into much detail here about the origins of th
Trading The Loonie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a trading system that exploits the strong correlation between the Canadian dollar and crude oil
Trading The MACD Histogram, Part 1
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As good as the moving average convergence/ divergence is, adding the histogram might make it even better.
Trading The MACD Histogram, Part II
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a look at trading histogram divergences and crosses of the zero line, targeting specific entries, and examining exit strategies.
Trading The Moving Average Convergence Divergence
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The moving average convergence divergence (MACD) is a popular indicator found on just about all software trading packages. Even though it is widely used, sometimes it is useful to return to basics, to ensure that we master the core principles to effectiv
Trading The News With Adam Button
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Adam Button is the managing editor of ForexLive, a website devoted to foreign exchange news and analysis. He was previously the chief currency strategist at XForex and has also worked with Intermarket Strategy. Button believes there's an edge in knowing
Trading The Nikkei
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's no surprise there is a correlation between the Nikkei 225 index and the Japanese yen. Find out how you can exploit this correlation using this intermarket divergence system
Trading The Open
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The open of any trading day sets the tone for the rest of the trading day. Here's how you can take advantage of volatility at the open and generate profits from it
Trading The Opening Gap by Stephane Reverre
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading The Opening Gap by Stephane Reverre Is it possible to profitably trade a gap opening from the previous close? Here's one trader's test of that idea using Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) stocks as the subjects. Profitably buying an openi
Trading The Presidential Cycle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's another election year but can we expect the market to perform well?
Trading The QQQ
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a vehicle that will allow you to track the Nasdaq 100.
Trading The QQQ
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What's keeping you away?
Trading The Ratio Of The RSI by Russell Rhoads
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading The Ratio Of The Rsi by Russell Rhoads Here's a method for trading the spread between the Swiss franc and the Deutschemark. The technique involves using the ratio of the relative strength index (RSI) of each currency to identify trading points.
Trading The Ratio Of The RSI by Russell Rhoads
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading The Ratio Of The Rsi by Russell Rhoads Here's a method for trading the spread between the Swiss franc and the Deutschemark. The technique involves using the ratio of the relative strength index (RSI) of each currency to identify trading points.
Trading The Regression Channel by Gilbert Raff
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading The Regression Channel by Gilbert Raff Every trader has had the experience of selling a stock or commodity too soon during a rapid price reversal, only to realize in retrospect that this was a consolidation within a trend. Or just the opposite:
Trading The Russell 2000 Emini by Austin Passamonte
Trading The S&P With A Neural Network by Jeremy G. Konstenius
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading The S&P With A Neural Network by Jeremy G. Konstenius Here's an example of the steps that one trader took to use a neural network to trade the stock market index futures. Today's technical traders have the opportunity to use sophisticated meth
Trading The SPX Visually
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some trading systems rely on neural nets or heavy-duty algorithms, but not this one. All that's really needed are your eyes and MetaStock 11.
Trading The Santa Claus Rally by Michael D. Sheimo
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading The Santa Claus Rally by Michael D. Sheimo 'Tis the season to be jolly and make a profit. What could be finer? Michael Sheimo explores the whys and wherefores of this seasonal phenomenon. Holiday rallies in the stock market are a fact of life.
Trading The Stars
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Morning and evening star patterns in the daily USD/CHF suggest opportunities for candlestick traders in foreign exchange.
Trading The Tech Emini With The Leavitt Convolution
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a trading strategy applied to the emini Nasdaq futures that uses analytical tools based on linear regression rather than traditional ones associated with moving averages. The new indicator presented here has some unusual properties. Read on to fin
Trading The Tech Emini With The Leavitt Convolution
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a trading strategy applied to the emini Nasdaq futures that uses analytical tools based on linear regression rather than traditional ones associated with moving averages. The new indicator presented here has some unusual properties. Read on to fin
Trading The Trend In An Overbought Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It can be nerve-wracking when looking to enter a long position in an overbought market, but there are key factors to consider to do it successfully.
Trading The Trend In Wave 3 by Mircea Dologa, MD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:6 (56-61): Trading The Trend In Wave 3 by Mircea Dologa, MD Here's a refresher course on techniques you can use to trade wave 3, in part 2 of three. When trading wave 3, any number of methods could be used, so many that it's
Trading The Turtle System On Currencies by Guy Brys, Anja Struyf, and Luc Van Hof
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading The Turtle System On Currencies by Guy Brys, Anja Struyf, and Luc Van Hof The system was developed two decades ago on the basis of a bet, but since then, it's been a proven winner. The Turtle system was developed on daily data but it has some pr
Trading The Unpredictable Without Indicators
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is it possible to trade using no indicators at all? Here's a five-point plan that you can apply to look for strong entry opportunities in the forex markets.
Trading The Upper Half Of The RSI
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As a novice trader, I'm looking for a simple, straightforward indicator to help me make trading decisions. The RSI is just that- simple and straightforward. Here's how I use the RSI to stay on the safer side of the price movement.
Trading The Upper Half Of The RSI
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As a novice trader, I'm looking for a simple, straightforward indicator to help me make trading decisions. The RSI is just that- simple and straightforward. Here's how I use the RSI to stay on the safer side of the price movement.
Trading The Yen by Linda Satterfield
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Do you feel frustrated sometimes in your trading and wish you could get a blow-by-blow of what someone else is doing? Well, here's Linda Satterfield to take Stocks & Commodities readers through a series of trades she executed in the September 1994 yen fu
Trading The Zone
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Retail Sector Index (RLX) is currently consolidating its most recent advance. So is Autozone (NYSE:AZO). Which way will the wedges break?
Trading Trends With The Bollinger Bands Z-Test by Jacinta Chan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:3 (46-52): Trading Trends With The Bollinger Bands Z-Test by Jacinta Chan Standard deviation bands are helpful in determining trends. Here, the author develops a trading system based on this idea that yields high returns with
Trading Vs. Forecasting: What's The Difference?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading is about recognizing present opportunities where the risk-to-reward is favorable. Forecasting, on the other hand, is outcome dependent. Find out how you can use both and take advantage of those opportunities
Trading With The ADX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Markets do not always trend. Sometimes they are range bound and as a result the tools which will be most suitable for analysis in these types of market differ from those that are useful in a trending market. A popular tool that is helpful in determining
Trading With The Directional Ratio by John Jay Norris
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading With The Directional Ratio by John "Jay" Norris Whether you trade long term, short term, or intermediate term, you need to know the direction of the trend. Here's a simple way to find out. If you are an active trader, or if you manage traders,
Trading With The Heikin-Ashi Candlestick Oscillator by Sylvain Vervoort
Trading With The Major Players
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If you want to profit big in the market, then make sure that you are trading along with the major players.
Trading With The True Strength Index by William Blau
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading With The True Strength Index by William Blau The true strength index, which was introduced late last year in these pages, may be considered to be a cross between a relative strength indicator and a moving average convergence/divergence indicator
Trading Within The Cup by Rick Martinelli and Barry Hyman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading Within The Cup by Rick Martinelli and Barry Hyman The classic approach to trading the cup-with-handle pattern is buying on a pullback during an uptrend before price breaks out. But what about traders who prefer to begin taking a position in a st
Trading in the Moment by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading in the Moment by Adrienne Laris Toghraie You don't have choices regarding the past, but you do have choices regarding your future. Here are some ideas about how you can change your perception of the future. When a trader lets his imagination t
Trading the Cusp of a New Year
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking to profit from the new year? Learn what opportunities 2017 offers.
Trading the Eurodollar by George Panagakis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading the Eurodollar by George Panagakis Trading methods don't have to be complex; indeed, they can be very simple. Here's one that will help you trade Eurodollars. When I was working in the futures industry, I spent most of my free time analyzing t
Trading the Failure of Technical Patterns: Double Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...All is not lost when a reversal chart pattern like a double top fails to materialize.
Trading the I-Unit S&P/TSE Gold Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...I-Units are exchange traded funds that are traded like stocks on the Toronto stock exchange. They mirror the underlying index.
Trading the MACD by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading The MACD You can trade Gerald Appel's moving average convergence/ divergence profitably in relatively flat markets. Here's how. The moving average convergence/ divergence (MACD) is a momentum oscillator developed by Gerald Appel in the early 19
Trading the Nonfarm Employment Report
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading the nonfarm employment report can be dangerous and result in a margin call if you are on the wrong side of the market. Here's a better way to take advantage of high volatility using binary options
Trading the Trend by Andrew Abraham
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a volatility indicator, presented with simple trend rules for trading various markets. New traders quickly become familar with two adages: "The trend is your friend," and "Let your profits run and cut your losses." Many of us, however, have lear
Trading the Wheat/Corn Spread by Scott W. Barrie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading The Wheat/Corn Spread: by Scott W. Barrie Here's a seasonally and statistically based intermarket spread trade. Within a short time, every futures trader learns strategies that go beyond the simple long or short position. In riding the learning
Trading with the Cup-with-Handle by Gregory Kuhn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.13:07 (292-297): Trading with the Cup-with-Handle by Gregory Kuhn Here are some more nuances for trading stocks based on the charting pattern called the cup-with-handle pattern introduced by William O'Neil. How much would you pay for a trading syst
Transports Hesitate At The Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are the Dow transports failing to confirm the new highs in the Dow industrials?
Transports Take the Lead (Again)
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A breakout in the Dow transports again raises the bar for the Dow industrials. Will the Dow industrials — and the rest of the market — follow suit?
Treasury Bond Yields and the S&P 500 by Mark Vakkur, M.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Interest rates have long been tied to movement in the stock market. Here's how to test trading rules for the stock market based on a six-month moving average of the 30-year Treasury bond yield, showing us when it may and may not be profitable to invest i
Trend Alert! With The CCI by Martin Boot
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trend Alert! With The CCI by Martin Boot The trend is your friend -- or is it? How do you know when a trend has turned against you? There are only so many indicators that can alert you. Among them, one of the most helpful is the commodity channel index
Trend Direction And Probability: The Bull Bear Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Have you ever thought of defining trend in terms of probability rather than in terms of momentum? Here's a different way to think of trend
Trend Ending For The Dow Jones Industrials?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Statistical analysis shows the Dow Jones Industrial Average is nearing the end of its long-term upward trend.
Trend Reversal for the Nasdaq?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does the action in the Nasdaq Composite during the last few days indicate a trend reversal?
Trend Strength: Measuring The Duration Of A Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Getting a good reading on trend strength is an important and useful metric to have when trading. Here, we introduce a new technique that makes use of a less common approach to measuring the strength of a trend
Trend of the trend by Gregory L. Morris
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trend of the trend by Gregory L. Morris Most indicators of trend are taken for granted even though many times they are used successfully by stock and commodity traders. It has been my experience that blindly following canned indicators can lead you into
Trend-Following And The Interest Carry Trade by Russell Sands
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trend-Following And The Interest Carry Trade by Russell Sands Here's a look at how the Turtle system can be combined with forex trading. Forex trading has been around quite a while, and so has the Turtle system. But it has only been in the last year or
Trend-Following The Corn/Wheat Spread by Scott W. Barrie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Grain markets offer profit opportunities due to the seasonal nature of their planting, crop development and harvesting cycle. During certain times of the year, the price of the grain crops are especially vulnerable due to these seasonal tendencies. Here
Trend-Following With The ADX by Martin Boot
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trend-Following With The ADX by Martin Boot Have you ever been interested in a system, but weren't quite sure how it worked? Here's a simple and robust trend-following system using the ADX, with only one entry condition and one exit condition. To desi
Trend-Spotting In The Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Identifying the beginning and end of trends is a challenge that many traders face. This technique will help you determine when a trend begins and when it ends. Most stock market data can be thought of as combinations of trends of various lengths and d
Trendline Test For The Dow Jones Industrial Average
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...So far in 2006, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has swung up 1,000 points, only to lose it all again. Where is it going now?
Trends And The 4% Solution
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can you improve your odds of buying bottoms and selling tops? Use both trend-following and momentum-shift approaches to learn when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em.
Triangles Take The $HUI Higher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A summer triangle consolidation provided a floor for unhedged gold company shares. Now a smaller autumn triangle sets up a test of the ceiling.
Triangles and Fan Lines: Are All the Box Makers Heading Lower?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A look at Gateway Inc. and Apple Computer Corporation brings up the question, is a weak sector getting weaker?
Triangles and the British Pound
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Penny-wise and pound-foolish? Not if these triangles have anything to say about it.
Triangles and the Run of the Rand
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A symmetrical triangle heralds the end of a greenback rally against the South African currency.
Triangles and the Run of the Rand
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A symmetrical triangle heralds the end of a greenback rally against the South African currency.
Trident Bucks The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The major indexes fell sharply on March 13, but Trident recorded a sharp gain on good volume and the January breakout is holding.
Triple Top and Bottom Formations in Gold and the US Dollar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One of gold's main influences is movement in the US dollar.This can be readily seen comparing the long term charts of the gold index (XAU) and the US dollar index (USD).
Trusting The RSI Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Relative Strength Index (RSI) developed by Welles Wilder is considered to be a core indicator in technical analysis.
Turn Up The Volume
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Most traders use some form of volume analysis; here's a look at a unique way to measure the current momentum of the volume trend in your favorite markets.
Turnover & Urgency In The Futures Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If you are long or short the market, you'll want to gather clues to help time your exit and maximize your profits. Here, we introduce a new, dimensionless variable called "urgency" that helps quantify how pressing the need is for current shorts or longs
Tweaking The T3 Trading System by Steve Burns
Twitter - On The Comeback Trail But For How Long?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Since its launch in 2013, Twitter (TWTR) has had its ups and downs. But could the worst now be over for this newest Internet poster child?
Twitter Will Lead The Next Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Naysayers say the bull market will end but Twitter just keeps shrugging off their predictions and will help lead the next bully rally.
Two Bullish Breaks For The NASDAQ 100
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Breakouts above a three-month downtrend line and a one-month uptrend line are positives.
Two Counts For The S&P 100
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Elliott waves are only a signpost in the wilderness and can change at the next sign.
Two For The Price Of One
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's how you can enhance a momentum indicator to show momentum and congestion
Two Pattern Tests For The S&P 500 Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This broad index is testing two patterns at the same time. Success or failure here could result in a bold move up or down. Which will it be?
Two Patterns At Play With The January Effect And The Presidential Cycle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Two patterns at play could take the market higher despite current shifts under way if you know what they are.
Two Patterns At Play With The January Effect And The Presidential Cycle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Two patterns at play could take the market higher despite current shifts under way if you know what they are.
Two Reasons To Buy The USD/JPY Now
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here are two technical indicators trigger for a bullish swing trade.
Two Reversal Candlestick Patterns For The US Paper Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...$DJUSPP reflects the effect of two reversal candlestick formations.
Two Wave Counts For The Canadian TSX Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A look at long-term charts of the DJIA and S&P 500 shows a recovery after the recent correction lasting into 2007 before a strong autumn. Two possible counts for the index are both suggesting strength AFTER a spring general election in Canada. Who wi
Two-Point Problem Of The Rate Of Change by Martti Luoma and Jussi Nikkinen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 25:4 (26-30): Two-Point Problem Of The Rate Of Change by Martti Luoma and Jussi Nikkinen Here's a look at a modified version of the rate of change indicator, free of its detracting problem. The rate of change indicator (ROC), on
U.S. Dollar Showing Signs Of Breaking Out North Of The Border
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The U.S. dollar has made up ground against the Canadian dollar in recent days but is this just a bear market rally or the beginning of a trend reversal?
UAL Outperforming The XAL And The NYA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Having made its low months before the broad market did, it's little wonder that UAL Corp. looks poised to soar in the wake of falling energy prices.
UAL Outperforming The XAL And The NYA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Having made its low months before the broad market did, it's little wonder that UAL Corp. looks poised to soar in the wake of falling energy prices.
UPS and the ADX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...ADX is one of the indicators used to determine whether a stock is in a trend or not. This UPS example shows how to use the ADX along with chart patterns to enter high probability trades.
US Dollar Index May Boost the Indices Higher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The strength or weakness of the USD often impacts the equities markets. Everyone knows that the greenback has taken a beating- has it bottomed?
US Dollar Index: Running Out Of Gas In The Fast Lane?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Dollar Index has suffered a decline of 33% from the highs of 2002 to 2005. A reversal attempt is under way.
US Dollar Leads The Way Higher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Again the USD shows a turn in market direction. Clues as to how far the Dow and Nasdaq run may be revealed in this chart.
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 Small Cap Stocks Lead the Way
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Russell 2000 small cap stock index has been leading the way up. See why it may soon lead the way down.
USD/JPY: Breakout And Pullback Off The Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An ascending triangle bottom in August and September hints at higher prices for the greenback against the yen.
Uncovering The Layers With Jea Yu
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Jea Yu is cofounder of UndergroundTrader.com, a virtual trading desk and trader education site. Yu is the author of several books and videos on trading, including his latest, Way Of The Trade. We spoke with him about how the markets have changed since he
Underdog Of The Three Amigos
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As other market leaders have recovered, Apple is struggling.
Understanding The Bullish Percent Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How bullish or bearish is the market at any point? Is a current market trend likely to continue or reverse? Comparing the current number of buy signals to the current number of sell signals in a market of stocks provides an easy indication of the general
Understanding The Yield Curve, Part 1
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this two-part series, you'll get a comprehensive review of yield curve analysis and how it can be applied to making decisions in the stock market. In this first part, we'll look at basic theory as well as some guidelines for how discretionary investor
Understanding The Yield Curve, Part 2
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Last month in part 1, we presented the basics of yield curve analysis. Here, we review its historical performance in various countries through the use of yield spread indicators.
Unemployment And Derailing The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The jobs report falls short -- can it drag the market down and derail the bulls?
Unisys And The Three White Soldiers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After basing and underperforming over the last three months, Unisys (UIS) is starting to show signs of life.
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
Updating The Dow And S&P Indexes
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Once again Europe is affecting the US market. This time it is Cyprus. What now?
Upside Opportunities In The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Intraday divergences and candlestick reversal patterns hint at a higher S&P in the early days of August.
Use The CBOE's Options Analysis Calculator -- Gratis by Rudy Teseo
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Use The CBOE's Options Analysis Calculator -- Gratis by Rudy Teseo Here's how to use the free option calculator offered by the Chicago Board Options Exchange to set up your positions. Option strategy diagrams are the standards used in the industry to re
Using An Inverted Put/Call Ratio To Trade The QQQs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Put/Call ratio is simply the number of put options contracts traded in a given day divided by the number of call options contracts traded that same day. The put volume divided by the call volume yields the Put/Call ratio.
Using Bollinger Bands With The VIX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bollinger Bands are a brilliant tool that can be used to identify reversals, so using them with the VIX makes sense
Using Correlation To Trade The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Do you want to trade assets that are positively correlated or are you better off trading assets that move in different ways? Here's a look at how a correlation strategy compares with a moving average crossover strategy and a buy & hold strategy
Using History To Forecast The Future
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See how the S&P 500 in 1998 could give clues to 2019.
Using LEAPS In The Dogs Of The Dow Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dogs of the Dow is a simple, well-known strategy that picks stocks based on yield and trades once a year. Here's a twist on the strategy that buys call options on the strategy's stock picks. Find out how you can implement this approach and how it per
Using LEAPS In The Dogs Of The Dow Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dogs of the Dow is a simple, well-known strategy that picks stocks based on yield and trades once a year. Here's a twist on the strategy that buys call options on the strategy's stock picks. Find out how you can implement this approach and how it per
Using Money Flow To Stay With The Trend by Markos Katsanos
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V. 22:6 (40-51): Using Money Flow To Stay With The Trend by Markos Katsanos Avoid impending disasters and stay on the right side of the trend with the volume flow indicator. In their classic Technical Analysis Of Stock Trends, Robert Edwards and John M
Using Price Channels To Confirm Price Reversals In The Bond Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Price channels reveal both trends and trading ranges but also powerful trend reversals such as what may be happening in the bond market, right now.
Using Relative Strength To Outperform The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Take advantage of the performance differential of a stock versus the market with this new indicator
Using Scaling Laws For The Development Of FX Trading Models
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can the fractal properties of financial time data be used to develop effective trading models? Here's a look at using scaling laws, which describe fractal behavior, for the development of trading models for forex
Using Technical Analysis to Manage a REIT Portfolio Part I -- The RSI Oscillator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does technical trading apply to REITs? Using three classic technical indicators, I will show you how technical analysis can be effective.
Using The ADX For Determining Trends
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When trading trends, it's common wisdom that "the trend is your friend." Recognizing trends as early as possible is the key to finding these "friends" for larger profits. The average directional movement index (ADX) can be an exc
Using The Andrews Trendline Technique
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Alan Andrews became famous for the Andrews pitchfork, but he also developed many other trading techniques. One such technique is his unique way of using trendlines. This article uses Andrews' trendline technique to determine the future direction of
Using The Arms Index In Intraday Applications by Richard W. Arms Jr.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using The Arms Index In Intraday Applications by Richard W. Arms Jr. A few weeks ago, I received a call from an analyst who had read a number of my recent articles in STOCKS & COMMODITIES and had an interesting question. ""I've developed a new index to
Using The CBOE Volatility Index In Bull And Bear Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Techniques to discover trend changes.
Using The Commodity Channel Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The commodity channel index (CCI) is a popular indicator developed by Donald Lambert and first published in an edition of Commodities magazine in 1980. It is named the CCI because Lambert developed the index to help him identify cyclical turns in the com
Using The Commodity Channel Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Commodity Channel Index (CCI) is a popular index developed by Donald Lambert and first published in an edition of the Commodities magazine in 1980. It is named the CCI because Lambert developed the index to help him identify cyclical turns in the com
Using The Emini S&P 500 To Trade Options by Tom Busby
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using The Emini S&P 500 To Trade Options by Tom Busby Here's a technique one veteran S&P futures trader uses to trade options. I rarely come across a trader who has not traded options at one time or another. Option strategies come in many shapes and f
Using The Euro To Trade Gold by Anthony Trongone
Using The Fisher Transform by John F. Ehlers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using The Fisher Transform by John F. Ehlers Looking for better trading results? This indicator shows you how to identify price reversals in a timely manner. he common assumption is that prices have a Gaussian, or normal, probability density function (
Using The Heikin-Ashi Technique by Dan Valcu
Using The Lower Low Strategy Plus Volume
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Finding a share out of the many thousands listed on the exchanges that could be a profitable trade is a matter of determining a trading strategy to use. There are many out there, and I have written a number of articles on various strategies, but one stra
Using The Moving Average Convergence/ Divergence (MACD) Indicator
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Look at the chart for International Business Machines(IBM) There seems to be a buy signal created by using the MACD crossover.
Using The News To Find Trades
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Earnings releases and the biggest movers lists can highlight stocks ready to move.
Using The RSI
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are several misconceptions about the relative strength index. Let's get rid of them.
Using The Simple Moving Average by Martin J.Pring
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using The Simple Moving Average by Martin J.Pring Moving averages are the mainstay of technical analysis, and at the heart of moving averages is the perennially useful simple moving average. It can help smooth out random fluctuations in the financial ma
Using The Tick In A Short-Term Indicator by Daniel E. Downing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using The Tick In A Short-Term Indicator by Daniel E. Downing The tick index, the net difference of the number of stocks last traded on an uptick from those last traded on a downtick, is a well-known indicator, but it's got a problem. The raw number res
Using VIX To Forecast The S&P 500
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Finding a trading system that beats the buy & hold method is a good find, especially in a volatile market. Here is a trading system that uses the volatility index as a forecasting tool and outperforms the buy & hold approach.
Using the Bearish Sentiment Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Have we evaded another wave of extreme pessimism? Traders and investers like to monitor sentiment indicators. One of the longer standing ones is the Bearish Sentiment Index that measures the sentiment of investment newsletters. Started in the sixties, i
Using the Bullish Percent Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading success often comes from looking at indicators that others fail to consider. The bullish percent index (BPI) may have value because so few traders understand its importance.
Utilities Hold The Channel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A trend channel from the April lows continues to define price action for the utilities sector.
Utilities, Divergences, And The StochRSI
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What does Tushar Chande and Stanley Kroll's marriage of the stochastic and the relative strength index tell us about the potential for a bottom in utilities stocks?
V.10:9 SIDEBAR: Calculating the KST by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Calculating the KST by Technical Analysis, Inc. KST formulas for short, intermediate, and long term daily or weekly data.
V.12:6Calculating the KST
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sidebar: Calculating the KST The suggested parameters for short, intermediate and long term can be found in sidebar Figure 1. There are three steps to calculating the KST indicator. First, calculate the four different rates of change. Recalling the form
V.14:6 (241-243) Seasonality And The S&P 500 by Mark Vakkur, M.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking at the seasonality of the stock market from different viewpoints can give you new insight into an old concept. Here's a look at the best and worst months in which to invest as well as some suggested investing guidelines. By Mark Vakkur, M.D. One
V.14:6 (253-257) The Derivative Moving Average by Adam White
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a strategic variation of the tried-and-true simple moving average that uses a moving average for entry signals and the trend analysis index for exit signals. By Adam White To get that all-important edge over other market participants, the creativ
V.14:6(248-252) The High, Tight Flag by Greg Kuhn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...During a strong trend, a stock will still spend some time in a consolidation period before the next run. Here's a chart pattern that can be found during a consolidation of a strong stock. By Greg Kuhn In most cases, when a stock skyrockets 40%, 50% or e
V.14:7 (294-297) Three Turns On The Pivot Point by William Greenspan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.14:7 (294-297) Three Turns On The Pivot Point by William Greenspan This floor trader updates his previous article on the pivot point technique with additional insight on how he uses the method for day trading S&P futures. Several years ago, I wrote a
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
V.15:11 (516-521) The Weekly Reversal by Thomas Bulkowski
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What's a weekly reversal and how does it work? Here's a refresher on this intriguing formation. Maybe you've felt it. Every once in a while, you feel really good. You begin to believe that you know everything there is to know about a subject. You know
VIDYA and the Nasdaq (Part 1)
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...VIDYA, the variable index dynamic average, provides the means to dynamically change the period of an exponential moving average. Its application to the Nasdaq provides some interesting insight to Nasdaq behavior.
VIDYA and the Nasdaq (Part II)
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In Part II you will find the mathematical and Metastock formulas for VIDYA, the variable index dynamic average.
VIX and the Lemming Effect by John Zachary
VIX: The Agony of Ecstasy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The VIX suggests that people are feeling better about stocks. Is that good news for the market?
VRSN: Beware The Bouncing Short
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Be wary of selling into an extended decline, particularly as a stock approaches a major support zone.
Value At Risk For The Small Investor
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Protecting your capital and limiting losses is fundamental to trading. But how can you estimate your possible losses for better risk management? Here's a method you can use
Value In The Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...K-Mart Corporation [KM] has been in a steady downtrend for over a year. When will this long-term trend be broken? Well, there's not much sign yet, but the stock could be considered a good value.
Variations On The Gold Momentum Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We saw good results from a simple momentum strategy where the investor switches between investing in the S&P 500 and a gold ETF. Could that strategy be improved upon?
Velocity of the S&P 500 by Robert A. Wood
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Velocity of the S&P 500 by Robert A. Wood Structural changes in security markets resulting from the introduction of derivative instruments, namely options and futures, have been the focus of extensive study in recent years. More recently, the introducti
Virgin America Airlines Shares Take To The Air
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's been flying passengers since 2007 but on November 14, 2014 the company, founded by entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, began trading on the NASDAQ.
Volatility In The News, But Not The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Large daily swings in the major stock market indexes seem to be grabbing headlines, but indicators show volatility is unusually low.
Volatility In The News, But Not The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Large daily swings in the major stock market indexes seem to be grabbing headlines, but indicators show volatility is unusually low.
Volatility, Bollinger Bands, And The Yen by Matt Blackman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:4 (38-41): Volatility, Bollinger Bands, And The Yen by Matt Blackman Combine volatility with your favorite trading signal, and your trade will become a whole lot easier. Here's an example using the yen. Traders are taught fro
Volatility: What's The Best Measure?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Volatility has often been measured by standard deviation but there are other ways to look at volatility. Here we look at how true range can be used as a reliable volatility measure
Volume Analysis With The SPY
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When something is trading at or close to its all-time highs, you need to know whether to sell it or continue holding it. Viewing the markets in terms of supply & demand areas is one way to do it
Volume Called the Market by R. Stuart Thomson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Volume Called the Market by R. Stuart Thomson By going back to October 1986 we can better understand the market explosion that occurred in January 1987, thanks to our cumulative volume (CV) charts. (See ""Cumulative Volume"" in the June 1986 issue of St
Volume, The Forgotten Oscillator by Martha Stokes, CMT
Volume-Weighted Moving Averages And The P&F
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When crossovers and Xs together mark the spot.
WM: Arbitrary But True: Hidden Influences On The Stock Market by James A. Maccaro
WM: Elections As The Most Powerful Short-Term Cycle by Matt Blackman
WM: Into The Money Flow: Sorting Out The Volume Indicators by S. Yamanaka
WM: Into The Money Flow: Sorting Out The Volume Indicators by S. Yamanaka
WM: Search For The 10 Bagger Fundamentals
WM: The Best And The Brightest Of Technical Analysis by Matt Blackman
WM: The Best And The Brightest Of Technical Analysis by Matt Blackman
WM: The Buying Myth Debunked by Mike Carr, CMT and Matt Blackman
WMB: Weak On The Hourly Time Frame
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After setting a fresh five-year high during the last week of 2013, shares of Williams Companies are reversing lower.
WPI On The Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The third-largest generic drug maker just got a shot in the arm that could take it higher -- and the market with it!
WTI Order Flow Weekly: A Look Into The Market Insights Into This Week's EIA Release
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this article, we examine the order flow and limit order book data in the WTI futures market that provides insight into the development of support for the Wednesday, March 20, 2019 auction. Market structure and order flow provide insight into the actua
WTI Order Flow Weekly: Structural Insight In The Market Profile Provide Trend Continuation Clues
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this article, we examine the order flow and limit order book data in the WTI futures market that provides insight into the development of support for Thursday, April 11, 2019's auction. Market structure and order flow provide insight into the act
WTI Weekly: Key Support Fails Driving Price Lower To The Daily Statistical Low Target
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this article, we examine the order flow and limit order book data in the WTI futures market that provides insight into the rotation between resistance and support in Tuesday, April 7, 2020's auction. Market structure and order flow provide insigh
WTI Weekly: Market Structure Signaled The Selloff To Statistical Support Was Halted
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this article, we examine the order flow and limit order book data in the WTI futures market that provides insight into the rally from key support on Thursday, October 15, 2020. Market structure and order flow provide insight into the actual transactio
WTI Weekly: Mind The Gap - How Market Structure And Order Flow Can Confirm Directional Potential
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this article, we examine the order flow and limit order book data in the WTI futures market that provides insight into the sell-side price discovery and development of support for Wednesday, June 12, 2019's auction. Market structure and order flo
WTI Weekly: The $65 Option Wall Served As Support Into Late November.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this article, we examine the order flow and limit order book data in the WTI futures market that provides insight into the sell-off and subsequent rally at key support on Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Market structure and order flow provide insight into
WTI Weekly: The Iran Attacks Drive Price Higher, Then Lower As Market Structure And Order Flow Guide
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this article, we examine the order flow and market structure data in the WTI futures market that provides insight into initial breakout higher and subsequent price discovery lower for Wednesday, January 8, 2020 as the Iran attack narrative became know
WTI's COT & Seasonal Trends Foreshadowed The Autumn High
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Analysis of derivatives informs a risk management process. Recent COT data reflected extreme bullish posture by leveraged participants. COT data and seasonality suggested a corrective phase was likely. In this article, we examine significant futures and
Waiting For The Fed
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How are monetary-based stock market timing models holding up in the Age of the Bear Market?
Waiting For The Fed by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Waiting For The Fed by David Penn How are monetary-based stock market timing models holding up in the Age of the Bear Market? One of the most powerful tools for analyzing the financial markets is an understanding of the Austrian School of economics. W
Waiting For The Harvest
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When selecting a trading system or method, be sure you can actually learn to live with its advantages and disadvantages.
Wal-Mart Is Off To The Races
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a correction and consolidation, Wal-Mart broke resistance on big volume and is ready to challenge its 2005 highs.
Wal-Mart and the Great Retail Recovery
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Maybe "great" is a little much. But Wal-Mart is rallying alongside its retail brethern and taking advantage of the new interest rate environment.
Walk Forward With the Xau Bond Fund System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Walk Forward With the Xau Bond Fund System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. The system developer has various optimization techniques to choose from. Here, Contributing Editor Dennis Meyers updates his previous work using the walk-forward optimization method. P
Walmart And The Economy In Trouble
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The long-term uptrend of Walmart looks to be coming to an end, and with it the doom of a recovering economy.
Walt Disney Company: The Entertainment Leader
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Prices have little directionality and low volatility.
Walter Industries, With Buying Based On The Long-Term View
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As this stock moves out of a long-term base, shareholders may enjoy long-term profits from this diversified company.
Was Thursday, May 6's Selloff The End Of Wave II?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One lesson I have learned over the years is that when a major selloff occurs, a market bottom is usually signaled.
Watch The Commercials by Sam Bhugaloo
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:10 (24-32): Watch The Commercials by Sam Bhugaloo The Commitments Of Traders report has long been used among futures traders. Here's why you should follow the commercials and how you can incorporate the information into your t
Watch The NYSE Market Leader
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The NYSE has been very strong, but now it's a hold at best until it corrects.
Watch the Fed! by Arthur A. Merrill
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Watch the Fed! by Arthur A. Merrill The actions of the Federal Reserve are vitally important to investors and speculators. When the Fed tightens the money supply, interest rates rise, bonds and stocks fall. The reverse occurs when the Fed eases the supp
Watching The Divergences: Picking A Short Point In The December T-Note Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Waiting for a confirming close can make all the difference between getting whipsawed and getting rewarded in the market.
Watching The Divergences: Picking A Short Point In The December T-Note Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Waiting for a confirming close can make all the difference between getting whipsawed and getting rewarded in the market.
Watching the 50- and 100-Period Moving Averages
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are the 50-period and 100-period moving averages indicators to be watched when it comes to market indices?
Water ETFs: Go With The Flow Or Not?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Water is a lifesaver around the world and will always be an essential and critical element of our lives and the planet's survival. Some investors may wish to consider adding a small position of one of these ETFs to their portfolio Since two of these ETFs
Wave Counts and the S&P's Next Leg Down
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Do the declines of the first half of September augur even steeper declines before month's end?
Waving The Biotechs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An Elliott wave analysis of the consolidation in biotechnology stocks underscores the potential for weakness.
Waving The Gold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Competing theses on gold nevertheless suggest going lower before higher.
Weak Relative Strength Stocks In The .SPX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We've seen a nice relief rally in the .SPX over the past few sessions. Now is the time to start getting your list of weak relative strength stocks to sell short list going again.
Weather And The AG Markets by Joseph S. D'Aleo and Todd Crawford
Websites For Traders: The Big Picture by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:7 (96-98): Websites For Traders: The Big Picture by David Penn THE BIG PICTURE http://bigpicture.typepad.com Think Jim Cramer is the only former hedge-fund gunner turned media star who's got a flair for language? ""Last wee
Websites For Traders: The KirkReport.com by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:3 (72, 93): Websites For Traders: The KirkReport.com by David Penn THEKIRKREPORT.COM I have no idea who in the world Charles E. Kirk is. But after only a few months of peeking in on his website/blog, TheKirkReport.com, I'm so
Weekly Nasdaq Hits The Wall
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The strongest reason for the overall markets to stall can be found on this weekly chart. If The Nasdaq stalls here and stumbles, the others will likely follow.
Welcome To The New Year
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What can you expect to happen in the financial markets in 2015?
Weyerhaeuser Pumps Up The Volume
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Signs of relative strength and increased buying pressure point to a resistance breakout in Weyerhaeuser.
Weyerhaeuser: A Spike At The Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Spikes are emotional patterns. When they are printed after a long trending period, they may represent a long-term reversal point.
What About The NASDAQ?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the technology sector crashed in 2000, the NASDAQ index crashed heavily along with it. But in the recovery phase, the Elliott wave B-wave , the index rose only as far as the 38.2% Fibonacci correction.
What Do Sector Rankings Tell Us About the Economy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The jury may still be out among analysts regarding whether this rally will be sustained or not but a look at the sectors tells a revealing tale about the state of the economy.
What Does The Junk Bond Sell-Off Mean For Stocks Going Forward?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While large-cap stocks have continued their merry march higher, the same can't be said for other sectors, especially the high-yield bond market. What implications does this have for the stock rally?
What Does The Russel 2000 Index Tell Us?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Where is the market going from here?
What Does The Stock-Commodity Disconnect Mean For Markets?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Intermarket analysis tells us that stocks, bonds, and commodities generally move together in trends. Was does it mean when they don't?
What Happened To The Golden Season?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Year-end has historically been a good time to own gold thanks to seasonal jewelry demand. So what happened in 2013?
What Has October Got To Do With The Bailout?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...September is known as the month the market usually slows down, and October is known as the month for drama. What does a Gann chart say?
What Is Driving Stock Prices Into The Stratosphere?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bigger question is what can we expect going forward?
What Is The Best Purchase Price?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Have you analyzed your trading setup to determine what the best price is for buying a security? Here we explore some ways to do that
What Is The Real Meaning Of The EMA Alpha?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In an exponential moving average, the smoothing fac tor, also known as a weighted multiplier or alpha, is the parameter that determines how values in the lookback period are weighted. Weights decline exponentially as the data points get older. How
What Is The Real Meaning Of The EMA Alpha?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In an exponential moving average, the smoothing fac tor, also known as a weighted multiplier or alpha, is the parameter that determines how values in the lookback period are weighted. Weights decline exponentially as the data points get older. How
What Is The Real Risk Of System Trading?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...By knowing the risk of being in the market, you can hedge and control portfolio volatility better. Here is a rundown of the most popular ways to evaluate and measure risk, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of each. In the end, you'll find out what'
What Is The VIX Telling Us?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the VIX now telling us to be prepared?
What Next for The Juggernaut That is Amazon?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With Amazon's (AMZN) recent purchase of Wholefoods Market, it looks like there is no stopping this juggernaut of a stock. But what does a study of the price chart reveal about the performance of this stock?
What Now For The Much Maligned Cruise Industry?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As of April 12, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in over half a million cases in the US and over 20 thousand deaths. While these numbers look set to climb higher, governments around the world have taken unprecedented actions to try to slow the sp
What Now For The S&P 500?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There is now no doubt that the S&P 500 is in a new bull market, but ...
What The VIX And S&P 100 Could Be Telling Us
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The VIX and OEX are both approaching key price levels, which could dictate if the market sees a bounce in the near term or the January correction continues.
What The VIX Could Be Telling Us
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Though pessimism is growing in the marketplace, the S&P 500 could see further weakness before putting in a temporary bottom.
What is the Impact of the S&P 500? by Clifford J. Sherry, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What is the Impact of the S&P 500? by Clifford J. Sherry, Ph.D. What impact does the variability of the market have on the price behavior of an individual stock? Technicians often use the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index as a model for the market when
What is the Impact of the S&P 500? by Clifford J. Sherry, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What is the Impact of the S&P 500? by Clifford J. Sherry, Ph.D. What impact does the variability of the market have on the price behavior of an individual stock? Technicians often use the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index as a model for the market when
What's Controlling The Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the movement of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Fibonacci levels are in line, what's it telling you? Let's take a look at the Dow's history and see if its movements are truly random
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.
What's Next For The Lehman Treasury Bond Fund?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Lehman Treasury Bond Fund has ignored typical bearish patterns on the chart by continuing to move higher. However, there are some key price levels to watch in determining which direction the fund will move next.
What's Next For The Markets?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Thanks to falling yields and de-escalation in US-China trade dispute, the S&P 500 has hit fresh uncharted territories. But with corporate earnings outlook deteriorating, a correction could be on the way soon. For now, dip buyers are in control.
What's Next For The World's Energy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With oil prices this high scaring us away from the gas pumps, what's next on the cards?
What's The Best Way To Play The Gold Rally?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Since hitting bottom in late June, gold and precious metal prices have posted impressive gains. But the best way to play this rally may be to not buy the metals themselves.
What's The Best Way To Play The Gold Rally?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Since hitting bottom in late June, gold and precious metal prices have posted impressive gains. But the best way to play this rally may be to not buy the metals themselves.
What's The Best-Fit?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The linear regression trendline and linear regression channel can help identify market trends as well as areas of support and resistance.
What's The Fib Pinball?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When you pull the lever in pinball, the ball caroms between the game's bumpers, like stock market prices zigzagging within price channels and meeting resistance at Fibonacci levels. Here's a look at how market sentiment, Elliott wave analysis, and Fibona
What's The Next Target For Dow?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The immediate target for a particular stock or index can be measured by using simple technical tools or trendlines. A long-term and very short-term target for the DJIA can be identified using these simple techniques.
What's The Problem With Cannabis Stocks?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For the last year cannabis stocks can't seem to do anything right. They have mostly been on a decline with some stocks losing 50% and more of their valuations from their 2018 peaks. This article will take a look at one such stock, Canopy Growth Corp
What's Up With The Intermarket Disconnect?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks continued to ignore the usual September perils to mid-month. But here is another indication that not all is going swimmingly in global markets.
Whatever The Final Outcome, The DJIA Looks Positive
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are many programs out there that analyze the stock market. When they eventually justify what you believe, you feel relieved.
Whatever The Final Outcome, The DJIA Looks Positive
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are many programs out there that analyze the stock market. When they eventually justify what you believe, you feel relieved.
What's The Difference by John F. Ehlers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:3 (28-29): What's The Difference by John F. Ehlers What's the difference between the median and the average? It's what drives this new adaptive smoothing filter. Remember back in school when your teacher asked you what the di
When America Sneezes, Does The World Still Catch Cold?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The saying is, "When America sneezes, the world catches a cold," but considering the current worldwide turmoil, is this still true?
When Did The Bull Market Officially Begin?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market rally off the March low began as a market correction in an ongoing bear market. Later it started to be called a bull market. When did the bear market officially end and the bull market begin?
When GE Bottoms Out, It Bodes Well For The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...GE broke out of weekly head and shoulders pattern and is now heading towards $44. When GE, a heavyweight on market indexes, bottoms out and breaks out into a new 52-week high, the entire market is strengthened.
When The Market Falls, Look For Income
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market is falling. You can either go to cash and earn a low interest, or you can look for a stable share that pays a reasonable interest.
When The Market Speaks, It Pays To Listen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Why care about market internals?
When The Smart Money Fails
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Commitments Of Traders aggregated report is a handy tool for watching the moves of the most significant players in the markets. But what happens when the "smart money" fails? You may be able to gain some insights from the reports. Find out ho
Where Are The Markets Headed From Here?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Divergence analysis using momentum indicators can assist traders in spotting potential trend changes weeks before they occur. Here, we examine what the Chaikin money flow indicator may be trying to tell us.
Where Are The Real Investors?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Increases in volume, prices, and supply? What's going on?
Where Is The Market Heading?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If you're wondering when the markets will correct, here's one forecasting method to use that has stood the test of time
Where Is The Price Of Oil Going?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...To determine the movement of the oil price, I looked at the oil ETF.
Where Is The Weakest Link? by Damir Smitlener
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:12 (42-45): Where Is The Weakest Link? by Damir Smitlener With the year coming to a close, it's a good time to revisit your trading system. Here are a few things to consider that you may never have thought of. Varied and vari
Where Next for the Dow?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The last few months have seen increased volatility in the stock market. When caught up in the stress that several hundred points in daily swings can bring, it is tempting to wade deeper into the tall grass amid all the uncertainty and lose sight of the f
Where Technicals And Fundamentals Sing The Same Tune
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Technical signals are good and can often be used to anticipate future price movement. But when technicals and fundamentals agree, your probability for success goes up.
Where To Now For The S&P 500?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The broad market indexes have tumbled significantly in the last few weeks, so how much lower can they go?
Where Will The Markets Open? by Ihor Vysotskyy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Where Will The Markets Open? by Ihor Vysotskyy Here's how you can use fair value to determine where the market will open. Turn on CNBC before the market opens and you will see the S&P futures quotes. How important are they? If you are an experienced tr
Where Will The SPY Land?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In the likely event that the S&P 500 and other equity indexes continue to fall, we can calculate support levels for them based on Fibonacci levels.
Which Is Better: The N-Day Breakout Or The Swing Breakout?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a study that compares the classic method of using swing highs and lows for trading signals versus a modern approach of signals based on new highs and lows over a given number of days. Which will you choose
Which Is Better: The N-Day Breakout Or The Swing Breakout?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a study that compares the classic method of using swing highs and lows for trading signals versus a modern approach of signals based on new highs and lows over a given number of days. Which will you choose
Which Is The Best Trading System For You?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some trading systems appear to be almost a tailor-made fit for a given stock's trading characteristics.
Which One Is The Correct Count?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We all know that the year ahead until the Presidential elections is going to be a nail-biter.
Which Way For The Forex Carry Trade? by Brian Twomey
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Which Way For The Forex Carry Trade? by Brian Twomey Apply this very popular trading strategy to 2009 trades. The foreign exchange carry trade has been a popular trading strategy for the past 10 years due to growing economies and rising interest rates.
Which Way For The NASDAQ Composite?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While moving in a downward channel, $COMPQ established support at a low pivot and a moving average.
Which Way Is The Nasdaq Headed?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A descending right triangle seems to have formed.
Which Way Will The Market Go?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If you've ever looked at a stock price chart, you know that prices can move erratically. Take advantage of oscillators to determine the momentum of this price change. Knowing when to use them and which ones to use is critical.
Whirlpool Breakout From The Reverse Head & Shoulders
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A head & shoulders pattern can be both a consolidation and a reversal. You'll see why.
Whirlpool and the Relative Strength Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Three successively higher peaks don't mean a thing when the relative strength index has a failure swing . . . Here is a tale of two trends.
Whither The Santa Claus Rally?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There have been a host of calls from both bull and bear camps as to where stocks are headed. The S&P500 and SPY are now at a critical point, the resolution of which could signal a major move from here.
Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad VIX?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The markets are driven by fear and greed. When have these emotions reached an extreme? The VIX may have the answer.
Why Doesn't The Fat Lady Sing?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the stage is obscured by smoke and mirrors, how can you know when the last act is finally over?
Why Is The Toronto 300 Index Bullish?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Why is the Toronto 300 in a strong bull market while the DJIA is dithering?
Why Oil Service Stocks Are Still The Place To Be
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Though the recent correction in oil service stocks may not be over, we have probably not seen the ultimate top in prices.
Why Oil Service Stocks Are Still The Place To Be
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Until investors become more optimistic on oil services stocks, this group has higher to go.
Why Rowan's Breakdown Could Create The Ultimate Buying Opportunity
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Rowan recently breached key support around the $23.00 level but the long-term technicals still point to higher prices.
Why The Downgrade On MGI Pharma?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...MGI Pharma focuses on oncology and acute care product acquisition, research, development, and commercialization. Why the downgrade?
Why The S&P 100 Could See Much Lower Prices
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A lack of fear in the marketplace could indicate lower prices for the S&P 100.
Why the Narrow Range Bar Provides Explosive Profits
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The narrow range bar provides very tight stops, making it one of the lowest-risk entry signals.
Why the Rally in Starbucks May Not be Over
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Starbucks' bullish trading range and "out-of-favor" status with Wall Street may indicate higher prices ahead.
Wide-Ranging Days And A Map Of The Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This one-day pattern indicates that new money has entered the market.
Wilder's RSI: Extending The Time Horizon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The relative strength index (RSI) is a popular indicator among traders, but how do you figure out how many price bars to include in its calculation, or how high is high, or how low is low? Here's one way to do it.
Will A 1-2-3 Trend Reversal Mark The Top For The S&P 500?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Identifying price shifts in the market at the earliest possible moment can lead to big profits and allow you to trade in the direction of the trend. By using the 1-2-3 trend reversal methodology, we can confidently know the exact moment a trend changes.
Will A 1-2-3 Trend Reversal Mark The Top For The S&P 500?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Identifying price shifts in the market at the earliest possible moment can lead to big profits and allow you to trade in the direction of the trend. By using the 1-2-3 trend reversal methodology, we can confidently know the exact moment a trend changes.
Will A 1-2-3 Trend Reversal Mark The Top?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How do I top thee, market? Let me count the ways.
Will A Diamond Break The Banks?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bank rally has led the entire market higher throughout March, but two important patterns may be the driving forces that end this breath-taking rally. A tristar candle pattern formed on the XLF daily chart as a diamond chart pattern emerged on its hou
Will A Head And Shoulders Top Stop The Bean Meal Bull?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Two-thirds of the way through a reversal pattern, May meal develops a running negative stochastic divergence.
Will AbbVie Break to the Downside?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...AbbVie, Inc. (ABBV) is a large cap growth stock in the health care sector which has been on a tear for the bulk of 2017. It recently tested and retreated from its prior high. The question now is, what does this bode for the stock?
Will Divergences Doom The Rally?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Running stochastic divergences in the hourly chart of the Standard & Poor's 500 suggest that the vertical rally that began in late April might be running out of steam.
Will The DJIA Reach 11,000?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...CNBC is calling for votes on whether the Dow Jones Industrial Average will reach 11,000. What do you think?
Will The Golden Triangle Pan Out?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the race by central banks around the globe to see who can devalue their currencies the fastest since the financial crisis, gold has been on fire. And now there is a pattern forming that could propel the yellow metal even higher.
Will The Medium-Term Downtrend In EUR/USD Resume Soon?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Apply the Elliott wave theory in the currency market and see what happens.
Will The New Bear Market Be Mild Or Wild?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The 1100 area did offer intraday support for the .SPX, temporarily allowing for a short-covering rally. When the bear starts the mauling again, however, will the ensuing declines be fast and violent or more drawn out and tortuous?
Will The QQQQ Come Around?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a bruising, week-long correction, positive divergences look to bring the quadruple Qs back.
Will The Rally Resume In The Dollar Index?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Dollar Index staged a remarkable turnaround from early November to early December 2010, but since then it has been trapped in a trading range. Time for the rally to resume -- or not?
Will The Rally Resume In The Dollar Index?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Dollar Index staged a remarkable turnaround from early November to early December 2010, but since then it has been trapped in a trading range. Time for the rally to resume -- or not?
Will The Real XAU Volume Please Stand Up? by James Kellndorfer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V. 22:3 (56-61): Will The Real XAU Volume Please Stand Up? by James Kellndorfer There's more to volume than meets the eye. One of the questions facing technical analysts today is deciding which dataset to use. This dilemma, which recently exposed the ug
Will The S&P 500 Confirm The Recent Dow Thrust?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 (SPX) needs to confirm the Dow's move above its recent trading range, otherwise the move is questionable.
Will The S&P 500 Confirm The Recent Dow Thrust?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 (SPX) needs to confirm the Dow's move above its recent trading range, otherwise the move is questionable.
Will The US Lead The Way To Recovery?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How much farther can the Standard & Poor's 500 fall?
Will The US Lead The Way To Recovery?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How much farther can the Standard & Poor's 500 fall?
Will the Franc Fly Further?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After dropping from 62 cents per dollar to just under 56 cents, the Swiss franc has rallied 5%. Mere correction? Or shades of greater things to come in European currencies?
Will the Transports Lead the Industrials Up?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the Industrials successfully test a range bottom, the Transports move toward a test of an intermediate top.
Will the Transports Lead the Industrials Up?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the Industrials successfully test a range bottom, the Transports move toward a test of an intermediate top.
Winning In The Bullish Season
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How to find the best stocks to maximize profits.
Winning With The Underdogs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can picking last year's losers actually make you money?
Winning in the Futures Market (Three ways to beat the system) by Allen D. Hanson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Winning in the Futures Market (Three ways to beat the system) by Allen D. Hanson There are very few successful futures traders. Most winners tend to give back their earnings and many of the people that try the commodity futures markets never really get
Winning in the Futures Market (Three ways to beat the system) by Allen D. Hanson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Winning in the Futures Market (Three ways to beat the system) by Allen D. Hanson There are very few successful futures traders. Most winners tend to give back their earnings and many of the people that try the commodity futures markets never really get
Winning under stress: the fight-flight reaction by Van K. Tharp, PhD.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Winning under stress: the fight-flight reaction by Van K. Tharp, PhD. In primitive times, basic survival was man's most potent source of stress. Life or death, quite literally, hung in the balance of everyday decisions and one way early man learned to c
With Abercrombie & Fitch, Keeping It Between The Lines
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a look at an attractive short option strangle setup now taking shape on Abercrombie & Fitch's weekly chart.
With Family Dollar, The New Highs Keep Arriving
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In a tough economy, the dollar stores tend to increase their market share -- and the price of their respective stocks as well.
With Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF, The Downtrend Continues
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are no indications of a reversal; bad news and the generally negative sentiment could bring prices excessively lower.
With Tesoro, Buy The Strongest Stocks On The Dips?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 may have already made an enduring, multimonth high, but the permabears are likely disgusted with the very slow rate of descent in the broad US markets. Here's a quick look at the top relative strength stock in the .SPX, for those con
With Tesoro, Buy The Strongest Stocks On The Dips?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 may have already made an enduring, multimonth high, but the permabears are likely disgusted with the very slow rate of descent in the broad US markets. Here's a quick look at the top relative strength stock in the .SPX, for those con
With The Transports, Resistance In Multiple Time Frames
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the spotlight focuses on the Dow Jones industrials making new highs above 10,000, the transports have underperformed as they continue to sidestep, remaining range bound. The transports are colliding with overhead resistance on the daily chart, while s
Within The Volatility Band
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this fourth part of a seven-part series, we look at catching reversals using the boundaries of volatility bands.
Working Money: A Gem In The Junk Pile by Alexander Elder, MD
Working Money: A Taste Of The Big MACD by Amy Wu
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Working Money: A Taste Of The Big MACD by Amy Wu Indicators like the moving average convergence/divergence help you confirm signals and decrease risk when buying and selling securities. Invented by Gerald Appel in the 1970s, the MACD has become a staple
Working Money: Bear-Baiting & The Dogs Of The Dow by David Penn
Working Money: Bear-Baiting & The Dogs Of The Dow by David Penn
Working Money: Beat The Markets With McNeel And Lynch by James Maccaro
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Working Money: Beat The Markets With McNeel And Lynch by James Maccaro Two viewpoints, both resulting in spectacular gains. W. McNeel was one of the leading writers about the stock market during the boom years of the 1920s. From 1912 to 1922, he was th
Working Money: Breakouts, Pullbacks, And Gaming The 2B by David Penn
Working Money: Builders, Lenders: Next In The Falling Knife Saga by Matt Blackman
Working Money: Buying The Lows, Selling The Highs by David Penn
Working Money: Buying The Lows, Selling The Highs by David Penn
Working Money: CAN SLIM II: The Gold At The End Of The Rainbow by S. Yamanaka
Working Money: CAN SLIM II: The Gold At The End Of The Rainbow by S. Yamanaka
Working Money: CAN SLIM II: The Gold At The End Of The Rainbow by S. Yamanaka
Working Money: Candlesticks And The J-Hook by Stephen W. Bigalow
Working Money: Candlesticks For The Wise by Chaitali Mohile
Working Money: Check The Fine Print by Bruce R. Faber
Working Money: Choosing The Right Forex Broker? by John Devcic
Working Money: Choosing The Right Hardware by John Devcic
Working Money: Daytrading With The NYSE Tick Indicator by Larry Swing
Working Money: Do The Math The RSI Way by Ron Walker
Working Money: Do The Math The RSI Way by Ron Walker
Working Money: Don't Fight The Candlesticks by Stephen Bigalow
Working Money: Follow The Market Herd With Elliott Wave by Ryan Henry
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does this sound familiar? You spend countless hours analyzing a company's financial strength, market position, and industry potential. You decide that everything is on the up and up, and that the company deserves a place in your investment
Working Money: Following The Money: ETFs And Your Portfolio by Jim Ulland
Working Money: GEMs Among The Talus
Working Money: Get The "CAN" in CAN SLIM by Sharon Yamanaka
Working Money: Has The Gold Vein Dried Up?
Working Money: In Search Of The Trendilator by Matt Blackman
Working Money: LRS + R-Squared The 95% Solution by Rudy Teseo
Working Money: Learning The Technimental Three-Step by Matt Blackman
Working Money: Match Your Method To The Market by Steve Palmquist
Working Money: Playing The Gold Game by Matt Blackman
Working Money: Return To The 50-50 Strategy by Charles Bradshaw Schaap
Working Money: Revisiting The 4% Solution by David Penn
Working Money: Rising All The Way Down by David Penn
Working Money: Selling The 10-Bagger by Thomas Maskell
Working Money: Social Mood And The Markets by David Penn
Working Money: Speculating With The 10-Bagger by Thomas Maskell
Working Money: Stay In The Market With Stop-And-Reverse by Rudy Teseo
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Working Money: Stay In The Market With Stop-And-Reverse by Rudy Teseo If you hate being out of the market, you should take a look at this system. The parabolic time/price system indicator was developed by J. Welles Wilder. Often referred to as paraboli
Working Money: Stock Analysis And Investing For The Small Investor by Daniel Subach
Working Money: Symmetrical Triangles And The MACDH by David Penn
Working Money: Technical Signals In The S&P by Charles B. Schaap, D.O.
Working Money: The 10-Bagger Prelaunch
Working Money: The 50-50 Strategy by Charles B. Schaap
Working Money: The ADX And The DMI
Working Money: The ADX And The DMI
Working Money: The Andrews Pitchfork Vs. Speed Resistance Lines by S. Yamanaka
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Working Money: The Andrews Pitchfork Vs. Speed Resistance Lines by S. Yamanaka Can you ever have too much support? One of the pitfalls of using technical analysis to gauge stock movement is that it often depends on whether a stock is trending. In the e
Working Money: The Belthold Signal by Stephen W. Bigalow
Working Money: The Bowl Pattern Breakout by Sharon Yamanaka
Working Money: The Bulls Of 1987 by David Penn
Working Money: The Candlestick Kicker by Steve Bigalow
Working Money: The Case For New Highs by David Penn
Working Money: The Coming Confirmation? by David Penn
Working Money: The Contrarian Put/Call Ratio by Ron Walker
Working Money: The Critical Head & Shoulders Test by Matt Blackman
Working Money: The Dow Days Of Summer by David Penn
Working Money: The Dow's Dogs, Undaunted by David Penn
Working Money: The Dumpling Top by Stephen W. Bigalow
Working Money: The Early Chartists: Schabacker, Edwards, Magee by James Maccaro
Working Money: The Engulfing Pattern by Sharon Yamanaka
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Engulfing Pattern by Sharon Yamanaka This major reversal pattern is simple to use. You don't even need additional indicators. Find out how. Candlestick formations originated in 18th-century Japan, where the market action was explained in much the s
Working Money: The Godfather Rules Of Trading by David Penn
Working Money: The Harami: A Strong Reversal Signal by Steve Bigalow
Working Money: The January Effect by John Devcic
Working Money: The Lazy Man's Guide To Long-Term Investing by R.M. Sidewitz
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Working Money: The Lazy Man's Guide To Long-Term Investing by R.M. Sidewitz Are you a buy-and-hold believer? Enhance your returns by using this simple technique. One of the major chall-enges for the long-term investor involves the amount of time and at
Working Money: The Market Thrivor's Secret Weapon by Matt Blackman
Working Money: The Morning Star by Steve Bigalow
Working Money: The Politics Of Money Management by Mark Whistler
Working Money: The Power Of Drawing Tools by Larry Swing
Working Money: The Rally Rolls On by David Penn
Working Money: The Reflation Trade by David Penn
Working Money: The Search For The 10-Bagger Begins by Thomas Maskell
Working Money: The Search For The 10-Bagger Begins by Thomas Maskell
Working Money: The Stepchild of Chart Patterns by Kenny Gilliland
Working Money: The Super Bowl Strategy by David Penn
Working Money: The Trading Ecosystem by Pascal Willain
Working Money: The '94 Rules by David Penn
Working Money: There's The Exit by Austin Passamonte
Working Money: Topping And The Energy Complex by David Penn
Working Money: Trading In The Swing Of Things by Darrell Jobman
Working Money: Trading Secrets Of The Consistent Losers by Roy M. Sidewitz, Ph.D
Working Money: Trading The 10-Bagger by Thomas Maskell
Working Money: Trading The QQQ by Don Miller
Working Money: Trading The Stars
Working Money: Trends And The 4% Solution by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Working Money: Trends And The 4% Solution by David Penn Can you improve your odds of buying bottoms and selling tops? Use both trend-following and momentum-shift approaches to learn when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em. From a technical perspective, t
Working Money: Using The RSI
Working Money: Volume-Weighted Moving Averages And The P&F by Paul Fell
Working Money: When The Market Speaks, It Pays To Listen by Mike Hurley, CMT
Working Money: Where Are The Real Investors? by James Kellndorfer
Working Money: Why Doesn't The Fat Lady Sing? by Bruce R. Faber
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Working Money: Why Doesn't The Fat Lady Sing? by Bruce R. Faber When the stage is obscured by smoke and mirrors, how can you know when the last act is finally over? Even though the bear market has been eating investors' lunch since early in 2000, there
Working Money: "The Best And The Brightest" Go To Washington by Matt Blackman
Working Money: "The Best And The Brightest" Go To Washington by Matt Blackman
Working with the Coppock Curve
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As traders, we want to find signals for fast, profitable entries and exits, but sometimes it pays to take your time to enter a trade correctly, even when doing so means being subjected to a series of whiplash trades. The eventual pay off might make it wo
Wyckoff And Livermore: The Conversations
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We learn from those who have come before us. Richard D. Wyckoff and Jesse Livermore both lived and worked in the early part of the 20th century, applying their craft to the financial markets. Today, their insights into the art of speculation provide wisd
XLF Fills The Gap
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The horrors that have perpetrated the stock market over the past year have largely cropped up from the financial sector. The financials have no doubt been dicey in recent months, having many challenges before them in these uncertain economic times. But w
XME: Long Or Short? Let The Market Decide
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a nearly 50% rise in only five weeks, XME is either consolidating gains or breaking down.
XOMA Ltd. - A Biotech Play On The Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This biopharmaceutical development company is showing several interesting formations on its daily and weekly chart.
Xerox, Another for the List
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Xerox is another stock that can be added to my "would like to own" stocks as the market falls in anticipation of a war in Iraq. Stocks on the list are those I believe can be purchased at bargain prices in an uncertain market, and should be hel
Yahoo: A Double Top In The Making
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even though it is far from confirmed, the early signs suggest a double top for Yahoo. Yahoo (YHOO) and a host of internet stocks have been star performers over the last 9-12 months.
Yes, The US Is In A Recession
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...So when will the Dow Jones bottom?
Yuan For The Money
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Chinese currency's worth much more than it's pegged -- but that's only part of the story.
Zero In On The MACD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Do you find that you trade more than you'd like to while a market is trending? Here's a variation on the moving average convergence/divergence you can use to keep you in trending markets longer so you can capture more of a trend
eBay Battles The 200-Day Moving Average
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a surge in March 2008, eBay consolidated around its 200-day moving average in April, and a consolidation breakout would signal a continuation higher.
iPad And The Price Of Apple Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Now that Apple has launched its new iPad, how will this affect the future price of Apple?
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