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DownloadA 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
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.
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
Are The Markets Random?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's the question of the ages. Are stock and commodity price movements random?
Beat The Markets With McNeel And Lynch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Two viewpoints, both resulting in spectacular gains.
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.
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
Measuring The Markets With Pivots by Austin Passamonte
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
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
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.
Quick-Scans: Predicting the Markets of Tomorrow by Bruce Faber
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
Social Mood And The Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."When the mode of the music changes," wrote Plato, "the walls of the city shake."
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
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 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 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.
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
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.
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 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
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: Social Mood And The Markets by David Penn
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