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DownloadA Dow Theory Confirmation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recent highs in both the Dow transports and the Dow industrials confirm the primary uptrends and a bull signal according to Dow theory.
A Theory Of $20 Oil Or Lower
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For a lasting economic turnaround, many hope for cheaper oil prices to act as a catalyst. Here is a plausible chart view to sustain the above notion.
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
Another Look At Wave Theory
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What do the swings on a chart really mean? Maybe organizing them into groups based on their size can help answer that question
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
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
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
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.
Chaos Theory
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Chaos Theory
Chaos Theory And Neural Network Analysis by John Kean
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Chaos Theory And Neural Network Analysis by John Kean Do markets have memory? In this new theory by Edgar Peters, an offshoot of chaos theory, John Kean explains, markets can be regarded as nonlinear dynamic systems, and neural networks can be used to a
Chaos theory and market behavior by Bernd Anders
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Chaos theory and market behavior by Bernd Anders Chaos, in the original Greek, describes the primal condition--a w translation that means ""confuwsion"" as well as ""reality."" With this one word, the ancients captured what they intuitively knew about th
Classic Dow Theory In Transports
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow Jones Transportation Average leads all other indexes.
Developing A Model With Auction Market Theory by Donald L. Jones
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Developing A Model With Auction Market Theory by Donald L. Jones Here's an intraday trading model that uses auction market theory. A tenet of auction market theory is the unpredictability of the markets. An auction market model is built from market kno
Did Dow Theory Fail? by Tim W. Wood, CPA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Did Dow Theory Fail? by Tim W. Wood, CPA Here's a look at the chain of events that have taken place since 2002 and what we can learn from them. AS the Dow Jones industrials topped out in 2000 and plunged nearly 38% into the 2002 low, every indication,
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 Buy Signal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Market action is bullish, according to this time-tested strategy.
Dow Theory Confirmation And Divergence by Richard L. Evans
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Dow Theory Confirmation And Divergence by Richard L. Evans According to one of the most important tenets of the Dow theory, the Dow Jones Industrial and Transportation Averages must confirm each other to be able to derive forecasting significance from t
Dow Theory Direction by Tim W. Wood, CPA
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Dow Theory Direction by Tim W. Wood, CPA Why do opinions on Dow theory so often vary, and why do Dow theory "signals" so often fail? Typically, there is one common denominator that becomes immediately apparent in most articles about Dow theory: too man
Dow Theory Divergences
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the Transports plunge toward multi-month lows, what happens if the Industrials fail to follow suit?
Dow Theory Dreams
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Longing for bullish signs in the Dow industrials and transports? Look no further than the March 2005 highs.
Dow Theory Principle Of Confirmation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Recently, the Dow transports reaffirmed the rising intermediate trend on the Dow industrials by making a new closing high. Even though the market is looking toppy at these levels, the intermediate trend has yet to be reversed based on the principles of c
Dow Theory Revisited
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow Industrials closed above its prior high (8522) earlier this month to finally confirm the Dow Transports. However, another new high by the Dow Transports leaves more questions unanswered and, more importantly, a larger non-confirmation lingering.
Dow Theory Says Market Correction Is Over
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The corrective rally for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is now over and a new downward trend is being established. However, this new downward trend remains unconfirmed but will be, once the Dow theory has been satisfied.
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 Theory Update
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow industrials and transports set spring goals in their late February retreat from year-to-date highs.
Dow Theory and 8522
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is an article applying Dow Theory to current price action.
Dow Theory by Melanie F. Bowman and Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Dow Theory by Melanie F. Bowman and Thom Hartle For a man who had the perfect opportunity to widely publicize his theory of stock market trends but never used it, Charles H. Dow nevertheless left a definitive legacy--the Dow theory is at the root of tech
Dow Theory: Bullish Or Bearish? by Jack Rusin
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Dow Theory: Bullish Or Bearish? by Jack Rusin Most people are familiar with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), but relatively few are familiar with the Dow theory, Charles Dow's major contribution to the study of the stock market. Utilizing foreru
Dow Theory: Confirmations 2004
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Primary bulls, primary bears, and secondary reactions.
Dow Theory: Nonconfirmations And New Highs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the Dow transports soar toward new YTD highs, the Dow industrials struggle to surpass the highs of April.
Elliott Wave Theory, Simplified by Koos van der Merwe
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Elliott Wave Theory, Simplified by Koos van der Merwe Elliott wave counts can get complicated, but it doesn't have to. Here's a simplified look at how to study Elliott wave theory. IN the late 1920s, Ralph Nelson Elliott came to the conclusion that the
Forecasting With Elliott Wave Theory
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a simple mathematical technique you can use as a forecasting tool.
Game Theory
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When you think of trading, the farthest thing from your mind is to compare it to playing a game. But studies have shown that the behavior of players in a game is not unlike the behavior of participants in the most complex game setting of all -- the marke
Goodman Wave Theory by Michael Duane Archer
How Dow Theory Works
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What is Dow theory, anyway?
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 To Use Elliott Wave Theory With Individual Stocks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Tesla and Apple have clear Elliott Wave patterns.
Interview: Edgar Peters Talks About Chaos Theory by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Interview: Edgar Peters Talks About Chaos Theory by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan His work Chaos And Order In The Capital Markets ignited the imagination of traders and investors everywhere, and the way we viewed the markets changed. As PanAgora's chief inves
Is Dow Theory Sending Us A Warning? by Michael D. Sheimo
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is Dow Theory Sending Us A Warning? by Michael D. Sheimo Michael Sheimo, best known for books such as Dow Theory Redux and Stock Market Rules, tackles the age-old question of whether the Dow theory is still valid and if it is, is it really sending us a
Marshall wave theory by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Marshall wave theory by John Sweeney Yet another ""wave"" is being added to the futures lexicon: the Marshall Wave. Originated by John Marshall (Box 2302, Naples, FL33939 (813) 263-3114. Marshall Wave is a complicated system for trading futures in heavi
Michael Sheimo On Dow Theory by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Interview: Michael Sheimo On Dow Theory by Thom Hartle Take a look around: Technology is changing the face of trading and investing before your very eyes. Computers, information acquisition and trading are all getting faster and faster, sometimes at bre
Modern portfolio theory: A powerful tool for futures investing Part 1 by Gary S. Antonacci
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Modern portfolio theory: A powerful tool for futures investing Part 1 by Gary S. Antonacci In an effort to improve on the traditional risk and return characteristics available from investment opportunities, academic researchers developed Modern Portfol
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.
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
Part 2 Modern Portfolio Theory in managed futures by Gary S. Antonacci
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...part 2 Modern Portfolio Theory in managed futures by Gary S. Antonacci Optimal portfolio diversification using Modern Portfolio Theory is a particularly valuable tool when applied to futures trading and is the key to earning attractive returns with less
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 Turning Points With Cobweb Theory by Chris Satchwell, Ph.D.
Revisiting Dow Theory
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many market participants have become extremely bullish. It is time to put the market into perspective by comparing current price action to that of the Dow theory.
Sidebar: Predicting turning points with cobweb theory by Chris Satchwell, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sidebar: Predicting turning points with cobweb theory by Chris Satchwell, Ph.D. - PREDICTING TURNING POINTS WITH COBWEB THEORY
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 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 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 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 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
Theory, Damned Theory and Dow Theory
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The September divergence between the Dow's industrial and transportation averages anticipated the October downturns.
Theory, Damned Theory and Dow Theory
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The September divergence between the Dow's industrial and transportation averages anticipated the October downturns.
Theory, Damned Theory and Dow Theory
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The September divergence between the Dow's industrial and transportation averages anticipated the October downturns.
Weinstein's Theory Of Relativity
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This simple but effective method is for long-term investors who don't and can't commit to the market full time.
Working Money: Forecasting With Elliott Wave Theory by Eric Morgan
Working Money: How Dow Theory Works by Andrew Hetherington
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Working Money: How Dow Theory Works by Andrew Hetherington The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is an index of the price fluctuations and volume for 30 bluechip equities. The DJIA's companion index is the Dow Jones Transportation Average (DJTA), whic
Working Money: Weinstein's Theory Of Relativity
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