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Download$DJUSCH Readies To Break Out From Ascending Triangle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Chemical Index has formed an ascending triangle on daily and weekly time frames and is now ready to break out.
$FTSE Ready To Shed Few Points
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The previous high resistance and bearish formation is an upcoming danger for the FTSE rally.
10 Reasons Traders Lose And What To Do About It
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Awareness - it's your best friend. When you start trading, don't get discouraged with your losing trades. Be aware of why those losses occurred. You'll find that the losses were often caused by your emotions. Relate your trading to the 10 reasons provide
10 Signs That Tell You When To Stop Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Everybody is hunting for the best buy signals, but this focus ignores a major trading reality: You don't earn a penny until you sell. And you won't keep it if you don't know when to sit on your hands.
10 Signs That Tell You When To Stop Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Everybody is hunting for the best buy signals, but this focus ignores a major trading reality: You don't earn a penny until you sell. And you won't keep it if you don't know when to sit on your hands.
2022 Off To A Rough Start
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Right out of the gate, the going got tough for stocks this year. But where do they go from here?
3M Is Starting To Stall
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...3M has been a top performer over the last four years, but low volume and a potential bearish reversal pattern could end that streak.
A Call To Verizon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...So... is the stock a buy?
A Canadian Share To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With so many advisors calling for a major correction in the US stock market, a look at Canadian stocks is a possibly the way to go.
A Company To Look At
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...WD-40 Company currently markets its products in 188 countries worldwide and recorded sales of $368.5 million in fiscal year 2013.
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 Bottom To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a share rises off a double bottom it is worth a watch.
A Few Shares To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This past week has been an interesting week, both in the political agenda and in the share market of the USA.
A Few Shares To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market keeps going up and up and up, in spite of the negativity suggested by many top experts.
A Gap Waiting To Be Filled
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When you see a gap occur on a price chart, it is likely that the gap will be filled at some point.
A Guide To Choosing Mutual Funds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking for a mutual fund? Set your goals, do the research, pick a winner!
A Guide To Forex Arbitrage
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What should traders understand about arbitrage as it pertains to the forex market?
A Guide To Pyramiding by Nauzer J. Balsara
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Guide To Pyramiding by Nauzer J. Balsara Pyramiding, the process of adding to the number of contracts during the life of a trade, needs to be distinguished from the strategy of increasing or decreasing the trading size contingent on the outcome of a c
A Look At Four Stocks To Buy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."Buyers beware, the bear market has begun," says a well-known and respected currency and commodities analyst.
A MiniGuide to Fourier Spectrum Analysis by ANTHONY WARREN, PH.D./STAFF WRITER
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A MiniGuide to Fourier Spectrum Analysis by ANTHONY WARREN, PH.D./STAFF WRITER The basic idea behind Fourier Analysis of time series is to decompose the data into a sum of sinusoids of varying cycle length, each cycle being a fraction of a common or fun
A Rule-Based Approach to Trading by Jeffrey Owen Katz, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Rule-Based Approach to Trading by Jeffrey Owen Katz, Ph.D. Last month, Katz presented his experience developing a trading system using a neural network?based approach. This month, he delves into a rule-based approach to trading. Previously, I showed
A Share To Buy and Hold?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Finding a share to buy and hold forever is not easy. However, the Canadian stock market does offer a few.
A Share To Keep An Eye On
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Every now and again, a share captures your attention as an indicator triggers a buy or a sell.
A Share To Keep An Eye On
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the present craziness in the stock market, having a list of shares to keep an eye on for a future buy is a must.
A Share To Keep An Eye On
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the chart of a share rises strongly over a number of years, it becomes a share one should own for the long term.
A Share To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the stock market falls, is it wise to look for shares that are suggesting a bottom as a possible future buy?
A Short Guide To Exchange-Traded Funds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Exchange-traded funds are an interesting alternative for many investors.
A Simple Approach To Gap Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Anyone who has looked at a price chart knows that gaps occur. But all gaps aren't the same. Here's a look at the characteristics of four and how you can trade them
A Simple Way To Trade Seasonality
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You can locate patterns to perform seasonal trades--although they won't necessarily be where you expect. Here's a way to uncover consistent patterns you can use to trade, not just on futures but also on some seasonal stocks
A Simple Way To Use Money Flow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Money flow for XTO Energy has been negative recently but the trend may be ready to reverse.
A Spring And Summer Not To Remember
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...No one can deny that the first year of the millennium has turned out to be less than spectacular for the markets. But is it typical? First, Staff Writer David Penn looks at the first half and its lack of memorable activity, and speculates what kind of
A Stock To Keep An Eye On
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shopify empowers entrepreneurs from all over the world.
A Trading System To Build On
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There is no holy grail trading system, but there are real-world mechanical methods that can make decent money over time. Here's a look at one system that shows a great deal of promise.
A Wyckoff Approach To Future by Craig F. Schroeder
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Wyckoff Approach To Future by Craig F. Schroeder The Wyckoff approach, which has been a standard for decades, is as valid for futures as it is for stocks, but even students of the technique appear to be unaware of its extended uses. Most technicians k
A better way to smooth data by J.S. Payne, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A better way to smooth data by J.S. Payne, Ph.D. What every trader desires is indicators that give strong signals with no misleading period-to period jitter, or noise. We all know what noise is to a trader, but let's restate it. Noise is something in yo
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.
AAPL: Close To Pattern Completion?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Apple, Inc. have been in a major rally since June 2013, but may now be near an important turning point.
AKSteel Ready To Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An ascending triangle is about to break out in AKSteel Holding.
AMEX Oil Index Failed to Follow Through
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The AMEX Oil Index, a price-weighted index of large-cap integrated oil companies, failed to follow through last week. The culprit is broken support, which is now acting as short-term resistance for the Index.
ARWR Set To Run Away
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Low-priced stocks are usually best left alone, but ARWR is setting up to run away with the bulls.
Adapting Moving Averages To Market Volatility by Tushar S. Chande, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Adapting Moving Averages To Market Volatility by Tushar S. Chande, Ph.D. If a market is active, it has volatility: that cannot be avoided. And because the market is continuously changing, an indicator that attempts to predict market activity must itself
Add And Reduce To Turbocharge Your Profits
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The add & reduce method allows you to take maximum shares to profit while reducing your risk exposure.
Adding ETFs To Your Portfolio
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is it time to consider adding exchange traded funds to your portfolio?
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 Stochastics To Indicators
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stochastics indicator is usually applied to closing price data but it can be calculated using indicators such as the relative strength index, making those indicators more valuable in many cases.
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
After Moon Shot Lumber Falls Back To Earth
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."Oh how the mighty have fallen"
Ag Prices Ready To Move Higher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The GS Agriculture Index ($GKX) has held key support and broken resistance to signal a continuation higher.
Airlines Ready To Fly
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite continued high oil prices, the Amex Airline Index ($XAL) broke resistance and momentum has turned fully bullish.
Airlines Ready To Fly
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite an overshoot on the way down, the DJ Airline Index (DJUSAR) recovered just in time for a fairly normal retracement and price channel breakout.
Airlines Starting To Lead
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The DJ Airline Index successfully tested support in May and has started to outperform the broader market.
Akamai Technologies Finally Begins To Fulfill IPO Furor
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a hard fall, the stock for Akamai Technologies (AKAM) has accumulated and started to rise again.
Alaska Air Making Bid To Break Out
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Alaska Air likes the sound of falling oil prices as the stock moves to channel resistance and readies for a breakout.
Alcoa Fails To Hold Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Alcoa, which was profiled in late September with a triangle pattern, went on to break triangle resistance, but failed to hold this breakout. A reassessment is in order.
Alibaba - A Share To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With all that is happening in the White House today, one share to keep an eye on is Alibaba.
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
Ameren Unable To Breach Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bullish rallies of Ameren were stopped by psychological resistance.
American Electric - A Stock To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a stock triggers a buy signal on the charts, it is a stock to keep an eye on.
Amgen Surges To Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Amgen surged on big volume but stalled at resistance, and bullish consolidation formed on the intraday chart. The next few days are critical.
An Easy Recipe To Beat Buy & Hold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's not always easy to beat buy & hold on a consistent basis, particularly without the use of complex and involved strategies. But it is possible, as this study suggests. Here are some easy strategies that could beat buy & hold. They work by incorporati
An Indicator To Follow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sylvain Vervoort is a market analyst that has developed market trading strategies.
An Indicator To Look At
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders are always looking for an indicator that will give them successful buy/sell signals. Here is a strategy that you can consider.
An Introduction To Options, Part 1: Form And Function
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are you considering option trading but not sure where to start or whether they're for you? In this article series, we'll introduce you to the world of options and cover all the most important aspects of them
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 Introduction To Options, Part 3: Putting Options To Work For You
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Thinking of getting into options trading? In this article series, we are covering the most important things to know to get started. In part 1 we introduced the components of options. In part 2 we discussed the greek values and implied volatility. Here in
An Introduction To Options, Part 3: Putting Options To Work For You
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Thinking of getting into options trading? In this article series, we are covering the most important things to know to get started. In part 1 we introduced the components of options. In part 2 we discussed the greek values and implied volatility. Here in
An Introduction to Maximum Entropy Method (MEM) Technical Analysis by Anthony W. Warren, Ph. D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An Introduction to Maximum Entropy Method (MEM) Technical Analysis by Anthony W. Warren, PhD RESEARCH Preface to Maximum Entropy Articles A reasonable assumption concerning the motivation of subscribers to Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities
Another Rumor To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Another rumor hit the street today - shares of BlackBerry Ltd. soared 8.5%.
Apple Is Ready To Turn Lower
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Apple looks to be in a topping process. By looking at price patterns, price momentum, and volume, we can come to a clear understanding about the technical condition of this security.
Apple, From Soft To Sour
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Two weeks ago, I made the case for more downside on Apple. After mounting a weak rally, it resumed its downtrend with a vengeance.
Applying Bollinger Bands To Albertson's Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bollinger Bands are highly flexible instruments and can be used in the forecasting of different aspects of market behavior.
Applying Expert Systems To Trading by Wolf von Ronik
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Applying Expert Systems To Trading by Wolf von Ronik Artificial intelligence was introduced 50-odd years ago to model the way humans learn and extrapolate from the knowledge they glean. How can the theory of expert systems, one of the two current though
Applying Gann Angles To Computer Charts by Brent Aston
Applying MIDAS To Daily And Weekly Charts by A. Coles and D. Hawkins
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Applying MIDAS To Daily And Weekly Charts by A. Coles and D. Hawkins In this second part of this series we go one step further by adding deeper insight into price action. SO far, we have explored what technical analyst Paul Levine called the scientifi
Applying Pit-Trading Techniques To Electronic Trading by Clem Chambers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:11 (16-19): Applying Pit-Trading Techniques To Electronic Trading by Clem Chambers Just like every other established futures market, the London International Financial Futures Exchange (LIFFE) used to have a pit where colorful
Applying Relative Strength To ETFs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using a nontraditional approach to relative strength, we find that QQQQ is a buy.
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 statistical pattern recognition to commodity trading systems by Scott Brill
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Applying statistical pattern recognition to commodity trading systems by Scott Brill Statistical pattern recognition (SPR) is a subfield of artificial intelligence concerned with automatic recognition of meaningful regularities in noisy or complex envir
Aqua America Close To A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Aqua America, one of the strongest stocks in one of the strongest industry groups, is getting close to a buy setup as it pulls back in a strong uptrend.
Are Internet Stocks Ready To Break Down?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A bearish consolidation pattern and negative divergences on the daily chart could point to lower prices for Internet stocks.
Are Natural Gas Prices Ready To Move Higher Again?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Natural gas may have put in a significant top earlier this month but there are a number of signs pointing to higher prices in the near-term.
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 You Looking For A Bank To Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You have to be strong to buy when prices are bad.
Artificial Intelligence Applied To Technical Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Artificial intelligence tools can be used to classify trading sessions into patterns. The Python programming environment can be used to carry it out. Here, we'll lay out the concept
Aurizon Mines In Toronto Poised To Jump
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The daily chart for Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T) shows a breakout from the large 14-month symmetrical triangle on this mining and exploration company.
BAC Shifting To Bullish Track?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bearish Bank of America stock is struggling to stabilize. Will the consolidation lead to a bullish breakout?
BCRX Likely To See Further Downside
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The huge gap down has moved Biocrystal Pharmaceuticals below the support area, and weak breakout on the Health Care Select Sector Index may result in further downside.
BK Final Push To A Cycle High?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a stock's long-term money flow trend is deteriorating, wise traders and investors take notice.
BP Plunges To Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The negative rally has pulled BP Amoco below the various support areas.
BPL: Money Flow Failing To Keep Up
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Buckeye Partners, LP are up by 34% since late December 2013, but technicals suggest that a pullback may be due soon.
BRCM Ready To Rock Again?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Up by nearly 44% since late December 2011, shares of BRCM now appear ready to attempt yet another surge higher.
Back To Averages by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Back To Averages by John Sweeney Getting back to the subject of averages skimming tops and bottoms of price curves (Settlement, STOCKS & COMMODITIES, February 1991), two readers, C. Skelley of Tucson, AZ, and John Ehlers of Goleta, CA, wrote to explain
Back To Basics
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the stock market at the bottom and ready to start a new bull market, or is the stock market bottom still ahead of us? Let's go back to the basics of technical analysis to answer this question.
Back To Basics In Trading Stocks by Gregory J. Kuhn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Back To Basics In Trading Stocks by Gregory J. Kuhn Identifying the once or twice a year that the market is ready to embark on a very profitable move is the ultimate quest of anyone trading stocks. But in this day and age of artificial intelligence, wit
Back To Basics?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As tech gets toppy, will the rotation turn toward basic materials stocks for the upside?
Back To School?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When times are tough, like now, and people are being handed pink slips, is it time to go back to school?
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 Basics With Quantitative Analysis by Anthony J. Macek
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Back to Basics With Quantitative Analysis by Anthony J. Macek Ever notice how we seem to want to do things the hard way? Anthony Macek, publisher of the ""Just the Facts"" newsletter, has, and he's proposed a solution to simplify our lives using quantit
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?
Bank of America Charges To Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite an impressive surge over the last two weeks, Bank of America remains in a downtrend overall with resistance close at hand.
Banks Poised To Resume The Uptrend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is the banking index with a wave 5 projection.
Barnes & Noble A Stock To Watch?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The yearly book show in Toronto has been canceled because publishers feel that not enough books are being bought by the public. If that's the case, why is the future bright for this bookseller?
Beans Bounce Back: Divergence To BOSO To MACD Histogram Reversal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Three technical setups helped traders game the market for November soybeans.
Beans Bounce Back: Divergence To BOSO To MACD Histogram Reversal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Three technical setups helped traders game the market for November soybeans.
Bearish Candlesticks Point To Reversal In JB Hunt
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even though the broader indexes have been weak in 2004, truckers just kept on trucking. However, recent bearish candlesticks point to resistance and a reversal for JB Hunt (JBHT).
Bearish Engulfing Points To Correction In Euro
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The euro remains at lofty levels and the emergence of a second bearish engulfing pattern within a few weeks suggests a correction is warranted.
Bearish Signals Point To New Lows For AIG
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a very short oversold bounce, a host of short-term bearish indications surfaced on the AIG chart, and the stock looks like it is headed for new lows.
Bears Lay Wood To Lumber
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As lumber futures plummet toward a 61.8% retracement of their August–December rally, would-be buyers find themselves looking for a bounce.
Beleaguered Biovail (BVF.TO) May Be Close To Turning Higher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This Ontario based pharmaceutical company has had its share of woes but the chart hints at a possible turn developing.
Bema Gold is Poised to Run Higher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As safe an investment as there is in the current market? The charts show why.
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 HOLDRS Surge To Channel Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Biotech HOLDRS surged over the last two weeks, but resistance is near and Aroon is not impressed.
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?
Biotechs Ready To Break Out Of Consolidation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Biotechs are a key part of the Nasdaq index. The Nasdaq has broken out of its consolidation and its strength will naturally rub off on those constituent sectors that were also consolidating. The biotech index is one such sector and new 52 week highs ar
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
Boeing Co. Tries To Hammer Out A Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Boeing, like many others, fell below its 50-day EMA as the overall markets tunrned south. The hammer signal formed on March 16, hints at a possible bounce here.
Boeing Cruises Down to Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Boeing apparently has found support at its 20-day exponential moving average.
Boeing Soars To New Multiyear High
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Boeing Company continue to gain altitude, setting yet another new multiyear high.
Book Review: Momentum Trader's Ticket to Ride
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Imagine that you're on a train seated at a table for five - just you and four of the world's best stock traders.
Borg Warner Fails To Hold Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Borg Warner broke down on the daily chart, and this reversal paves the way for a bigger bearish reversal pattern on the weekly chart.
Bottoms To Buy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cyclical investing suggests that in the month of June, investors should stay in Treasury bills but start looking for bottoms to buy. Biomirin Pharma could be such a bottom.
Brightpoint Inc.: Opportunity To Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Do you look at a weekly chart or a daily chart?
Broadcom Comes To Life
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Broadcom held up better than the Nasdaq in January, and the recent breakout argues for higher prices in February.
Broadcom Peaked, Now Trying To Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This stock has seen a dramatic rise and fall. Is there a bounce in the offing?
Bucyrus Ready To Rise Again?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some stocks just seem to keep going up, despite periodic corrective phases. Bucyrus International shares may be ready to rise again in the wake of a fresh RMO swing buy signal.
Bullish Candlestick Reversal Fails To Inspire Pulte
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Pulte Homes forged a classic retracement but cannot follow through on a bullish candlestick reversal, and lower prices are likely.
Bullish Engulfing Pattern: To Buy Or Not To Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When you see a familiar chart pattern on a price chart, should you automatically do what the pattern suggests, or should you look at it more closely before making the decision? Here are some scenarios that could play out when a bullish engulfing pattern
Bullish Engulfing Pattern: To Buy Or Not To Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When you see a familiar chart pattern on a price chart, should you automatically do what the pattern suggests, or should you look at it more closely before making the decision? Here are some scenarios that could play out when a bullish engulfing pattern
Bulls Jump Up To Get Beat Down
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Muddled positive divergences in many averages launched rallies in late January. Will clear-cut negative divergences mark the end of those rallies?
Buy Excess Signaled Trend Higher To Daily Statistical Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this article, we examine the rally toward the Average Daily Range High target on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Market structure and order flow provide insight into the market's dual-auction price discovery process. Analysis of this data provides a s
Buy-And-Hold Comparisons To Evaluate Stock Trading by Jack Schwager
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Buy-And-Hold Comparisons To Evaluate Stock Trading by Jack Schwager Benchmark comparisons are a standard technique for the performance of a trading system. One particular benchmark is the buy-and-hold approach. This noted market analyst looks at the ste
Buying A Stairway To Heaven
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Incredible mania of the US stock market.
CAKE To Plunge A Few Layers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An ascending rally of Cheesecake Factory is showing reversal signs.
CBS, A Stock To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The recent head & shoulders pattern of the DJIA appears to have failed. This should not put you off H&S analysis. Here's a stock with an inverse H&S pattern that looks very interesting.
CLF Too Late To Sell?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some natural resource stocks are looking vulnerable right now. Here's a look at a very interesting chart setup in a key player from this sector.
CMG Ready To Hit Profit Target
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Chipotle Mexican Grill has been on a roller coaster ride in recent years but is poised to hit a big profit target.
CNET Breaks Out To New 52-Week Highs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks breaking out of consolidation or continuation patterns are always the surest trades. In this example, CNET breaks out of a flag pattern on very heavy volume to hit new 52-week highs.
CRAY - Getting Ready to Crash?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cray Inc. has moved up almost continuously since January 2002. But the stock is giving signals that could portend a change in direction.
CRB Index Ready To Break Out?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a huge correction, the CRB index formed a strong bullish reversal pattern. Will the pattern break out successfully?
CRB Ready To Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Commodity Research Bureau Index is ready for a bounce.
Cabot to Head Lower?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Like many stocks, Cabot (CBT) enjoyed a nice run off October lows. It now looks like it is getting set to resume its long-term downtrend.
Can Retail Be Trusted To Break Out?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The retail stock HOLDRS wedged higher, but negative divergences frustrated progress.
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?
Canadian Shares To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are many Canadian shares that offer attractive yields. Here are four of them.
Canadian Solar Among Clean Energy Stocks To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It is worth keeping a close eye on stocks in the renewable energy sector as the race towards cleaner energy intensifies.
Caterpillar Ready To Break Out?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will the stock break the previous high resistance?
Centex Corp. Looking To Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This resort developer broke ground today for Oahu's first new beachfront condominium homes in more than two decades. A traditional Hawaiian blessing and this chart may indicate brighter things ahead after this recent downturn.
China Continues To Lead The Way
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How the Shanghai Composite could signal a global stock market bottom.
Cisco Continues To Flow Down
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cisco Systems appears to be facing more weakness in the near future.
Cisco Slips, Slides To Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If your playbook reads "buy tech," does that make CSCO a go-to stock?
Cisco Systems Retraces To A Buying Opportunity
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This networking leader soared with the markets off October lows only to be stopped by a double top. Now it has made a retracement to a likely key support area.
Citigroup: A Trend Is About To Emerge
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Prices have no directionality and low volatility, providing the expectation for a new trend to be born soon.
Citigroup: Correcting Back To Support?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a major year-long rally, Citigroup shares appear to be in the initial stages of a proportional correction.
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
Coach Yourself To Trading Success
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Be your own trading coach!
Coach, A Share To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On October 28, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. (EDT), Coach, Inc. (COH) held a conference call to discuss the company's first quarter results.
Columbus McKinnon (CMCO) May Be Ready To Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This leading worldwide designer and manufacturer of material handling products has had a deeper correction than the overall markets and now appears ready to rebound.
Combine MACD And Relative Strength To Time Trades
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Relative strength is a powerful trading tool, but its signals can be difficult to interpret. Applying indicators to relative strength can help.
Comparing October 2007 to October 2017
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ten years after the last major stock market top can another major top be near?
Computer Associates Looking To Bounce?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Yes, it does look like the big, bad bear is back -- for a while, anyway. But even a bear market can offer some surprising, bullish bounces back to resistance areas.
Computer Hardware Index Back To Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The index has reach its historical resistance, which has till now restricted the upward path. The index is still too weak to violate the stronger resistance.
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.
Consumer Staples Sector Fails To Offer Safe Haven
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Consumer Staples SPDR has been underperforming the Standard & Poor's 500, and continued distribution bodes ill for this sector.
Consumer Staples Select Sector Surges To Previous High
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...XLP is heading toward new highs.
Cotton Ready To Climb
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...NYBOT cotton has formed an ascending triangle, and a resistance challenge looks imminent.
Could Tesla be Going to Mars?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See what factors could cause its stock to rise dramatically.
Countdown to Lyft-Off?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Since its IPO debut open of $87.24 on March 29, ride-share company Lyft stock has struggled. Could the stock finally be getting ready to launch?
Crude Likely To Stay In Trading Range
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Crude oil is likely to extend its three-year trading range, which forecasts a short-term drop in the price.
Crude Oil Set To Fall
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With fears of Iran receding to the back of newspapers, the risk premium in oil could drop and the trend seems to be changing directions.
Crude Oil Triple Bottom Close To Completion?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can it be? Is the developing triple-bottom pattern on the crude oil daily chart for real? If so, how far might crude prices rise?
Crude Oil Trying To Overcome Key Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will a potentially bullish consolidation pattern finally lead to a break of key resistance?
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.
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
DAX Likely To Tumble?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The German DAX Composite has reached a make or break situation.
DBC Fails To Hold Lifetime High
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The breakout leads the DB Commodities Tracking Index Fund to a lifetime high. The index slipped below the new high and the slide may continue on weak trend notes.
DELL Continues to Hold Strong
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite weakness in the Nasdaq, Dell Inc. (DELL) remains within striking distance of its October high and shows good relative strength.
DELL Ready To Initiate Fresh Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Dell is likely to gear up a bullish rally with the robust support of a previous low pivot.
DGIT Reaches Target, Poised To Dip
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...DG FastChannel has reached its target on a bullish wedge breakout and now is about to dip down.
DJIA Diffusion Index Continues To Fall
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow Jones Industrial Average Diffusion Index indicates difficulty in the Dow pushing to new higher highs.
DJIA Ready To Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A short-term bottom is likely in the works for the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
DJIA To Continue Downtrend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This long-term statistical analysis shows that following the current correction, the Dow Jones Industrial Average will continue its downtrend.
DMI Says Lack of Power to Stall Golds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...My favorite trend strength indicator, DMI (directional movement indicator), says gold price and the gold index do not have enough power in the short-term so expect a move down.
Dare To Trade by Adrienne Laris Toghraie, MNLP, MCH
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Making Of The Modern Trader Dare To Trade To understand how much courage it takes to be a trader, take the trader's journey. by Adrienne Laris Toghraie, MNLP, MCH The markets are not sympathetic to the meek. Few professions require as much courag
Death To The Death Of The Dollar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A massive, two-year head & shoulders bottom suggests an upside surprise for dollar bears.
Dell Tries To Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...DELL firmed over the last two months, and a recent rise in the accumulation-distribution line shows signs of accumulation.
Designing A System To Survive A Bear Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Designing a winning trading system, one that can survive a bear market as well as thrive during a bull market, takes a great deal of planning, testing, and self-examination.
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 Your Mind To Trade Profitably
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You may not give much thought to self-discovery, but it plays a role in trading, especially when it comes to managing uncertainty. Find out how.
Diamond Offshore Getting Ready To Blow?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With a number of factors in its favor, not the least of which is upward pressure on oil prices, is this stock getting ready to break out?
Digital River Incorporated is Ready to Take a Plunge
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A five-month head and shoulder formation signals a possible shorting opportunity for Digital River, Inc. (DRIV).
Directional To Delta Neutral by Chris Tyler
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 25:1 (58-64): Directional To Delta Neutral by Chris Tyler Staying alert to new opportunities and changing market conditions means you have to adjust your positions. Here's how. A Wall Street adage says winners take care of thems
Disney: No Reaction To Positive News
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Although the stock presents good relative strength, it is likely to enter a consolidation phase in the short term.
Divergence To Divergence
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The divergence that giveth in October looketh to taketh away in December.
Divergences In Stocks Starting To Appear
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Rate of change and sentiment are trending opposite to the price action of the S&P 500.
Do You Need Volume To Move Stocks Higher?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many analysts are pointing to lower than average volume in stocks as a reason to expect a price decline. This seems logical, but test data works better when it comes to making investing decisions.
Do You Want To Buy A Bank?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We all know that banks caused the recent market meltdown, and that they are now under close scrutiny to make sure that their greed is controlled.
Do You Want To Trade Today?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...So many choices, but which is right for you?
Does Gold Still Have Room To Run? by Teresa Fernandez
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many investors are hesitant about investing in gold. Memories of the stratospheric and unexplained rise to the unchartered territory of the high $800s in January 1980, followed by several limit-down days, still haunt baby boomers, many of whom ha
Does Hasbro Have A Cycle To Trade?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This toy manufacturer's chart shows an interesting cycle.
Does Netflix Still Have Room to Run?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On October 17, 2024, Netflix (NFLX) reported quarterly earnings and beat analysts' estimates for revenue and earnings leading to a surge in its stock price. Does NFLX shares still have room to run?
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?
Dollar Poised To Move Up
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Markets climb a wall of worry, and few markets are more worrisome than the US dollar.
Dollar Ready To Rally?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Dollar Index has retraced from its January 2012 highs and is at a low-risk entry point.
Dow Likely To Test Downside Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The candlestick formations, tweezer top and bearish engulfing pattern, have the Dow primed for some downside action.
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 Trading Strategies, Three Types Of Trends To Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow Jones Industrial Average offers exciting opportunities for traders, but only if you understand the three types of trends that are common to this market.
Duke Energy Pulling Back To Key Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Further price weakness in the near term could create an excellent buying opportunity for this stock.
EARLY TO RISE
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Young Adult's Guide To Investing And Financial Decisions That Can Shape Your Life.
ERTS Ready To Jump Higher?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Electronic Arts shares have taken a bit of a breather lately, but now look ready to make another attempt to run higher.
ETFs vs. Mutual Funds: Which Way To Go?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even short-term traders will have some investments they hold for the longer term. But even those longer-term investments need some monitoring from time to time. Here's how you can apply a momentum strategy using technical analysis tools to help select mu
Eagle Material Eager To Break Out
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The candlestick patterns and indicators could help us identify the breakout point.
Eight Steps To Successful Trader Tax Filing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Taxes can always be tricky, but especially so for traders.
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.
Empowering Traders To Trade Commodities by Gail Mercer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With more and more products being added to the marketplace, how do you decide what to trade? Here's a look at what you should consider before trading the commodities. New traders are often overwhelmed at the number of different instruments the
Energy Sector To Continue Higher Near Term
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Statistical analysis of the energy market sector shows that over the near term, this market should continue to move higher. However, a market correction or even a long-term downtrend reversal looms on the horizon.
Enerplus Resources Fund: Three Chances to Gain, Modest Risk
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For those still bullish on the North American oil and gas sector, Enerplus offers a chance to profit in three ways.
Eon Labs, Another One To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The price of pharmaceuticals and prescription drugs is far higher in the United States than in Canada, which has led many Canadian Pharmaceutical companies to tap the U.S. market via e-mail and offer cheaper prescription drugs. This is upsetting the drug
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Choosing a Broker But Were Afraid to Ask
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here are some steps to follow and questions to ask when thinking about choosing a futures broker.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Choosing a Broker But Were Afraid to Ask
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here are some steps to follow and questions to ask when thinking about choosing a futures broker.
Everything You Need To Know About Investing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You probably already know what you need to know, but here's a reminder and common-sense reasons why the rules hold true
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 Ready To Break Higher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After two months of choppy consolidation, ExxonMobil has a number of bullish technical measurements in agreement.
FCX : Close to a Major Turn?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Down by 50% over the past two years, shares of Freeport-McMoran Copper and Gold may be closing in on an important multicycle low.
FSHOX From Worst To First
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In the Fidelity Select sector fund universe, the construction and homebuilding fund is now the one with the strongest relative strength versus the broad market.
Failure Patterns Can Lead To Great Trades
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Allegheny Technologies is currently trading at nose-bleed levels above $65. How it got there (in part) contains an interesting trading lesson.
Fallacy Of Adjusting 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 in your decision-making, potentially preventing yourself from making a profit.
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.
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.
Financial Market To Lead Broader Market Up
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The financial market looks as if it is ready to turn higher, indicating that the broader stock market could turn higher as well within the next few months, if not sooner.
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 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
First Solar - A Time To Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Solar headwinds have hit the sector. Have they blown themselves out?
Five Questions To Ask Your Broker
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How can you choose an investment advisor who's right for you?
Five Steps To A Winning Trading System by Matt Blackman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Five Steps To A Winning Trading System by Matt Blackman Whether you use your own system or someone else's, a big part of the development of any trading strategy is testing to see how well it works. Here we go through the step-by-step process of how to t
For Costco, New High Prior To Big Decline?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of retail giant Costco made another new high on October 10, 2012, but a sharp intraday decline soon followed. Is Costco ready for a major correction?
For Lubrizol, Time To Take A Break?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Picking tops and bottoms in the market can be a very dangerous prospect, but sometimes there are tell-tale indications about a warning of a trend reversal well in advance of the actual event.
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 Motor Ready To Drive Higher?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Ford Motor Co. have been in a steady decline since April 2012, but signs of accumulation are now evident.
Ford Motor Retraces To Support Zone
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After experiencing a volatile rally, Ford has moved back to the level of its previous congestion area, which is now the support area of the next rally.
Ford To Motor Higher?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite the numerous economic uncertainties surrounding the US auto industry, Ford stock appears to be on track to go higher.
Ford: Rebound Likely To Continue
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Rumors about Ford unit Jaguar are moving prices higher.
Forest Oil Set To Move
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A convergence of technical indicators suggests that Forest Oil Corp. is ready to continue its trend up.
Fossil Fuels Vs. Clean Energy: Time To Shift Your Money?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There's a lot of talk these days of "clean energy" companies as revenues slowly begin to rise in this sector. Want to get in on this upcoming arena? Here's a look at some of the newer technologies and how returns are stacking up against more traditionall
Four Steps To Bull And Bear Profits
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The major cyclical trends in the financial markets create both risk and opportunity for investors, yet most lack a system to identify and profit by these cycles. Here is a tutorial to help you build a comprehensive system in four steps--using a wide vari
Four Steps To Consistent Profits
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The path to profitable trading can easily be thwarted, especially when you misinterpret indicators, fail to test your trading systems, or fail to develop a set of trading rules to follow. Here are four steps you can take to overcome your hurdles
Four Stocks To Look At
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the up/down movement in the stock market recently, finding a stock to buy and hold for the long term is not that easy.
Four Types Of Trading Volume To Use For Higher Gains
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Technicians use price action to dictate their trading decisions, but that is a waste of time if you don't understand how to use volume, the fuel for price movement, to trade well.
Fourier Transforms As An Aid To Decision-Making by Alok Srivastava
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:2 (56-59, 63): Fourier Transforms As An Aid To Decision-Making by Alok Srivastava Interested in improving the performance of your indicators? It may be worth your while to gain an understanding of Fourier transforms, frequency
Freeport-McMoran Set To Run Higher?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Freeport-McMoran Copper and Gold (FCX) tumbled by nearly 40% between late January and late May 2012, but now appear to be on the rebound again.
From Leaders To Laggards
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Apple and Tesla recent action could signal an approaching bear market.
From Baby Bells To Telcos
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In a competitive market, only the strong survive. Soon we'll be able to separate the pretenders from the contenders in telecommunications.
From Breakout To Pullback
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After breaking out in mid-February and reaching its minimum upside price projection, the S&P 500 retraced nearly 50% of its gains. Now back at the breakout highs, the bulls find themselves bucking for more.
From Consolidation To Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Consolidations in trends are often resolved by further movement in the direction of the previous trend. This is not one of those consolidations.
From Flat To Zigzag
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How the rule of alternation warned bears of a sharp reversal near the end of September.
From Greed & Fear To Grow & Protect
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the markets are rallying, little thought is given to protecting your assets. But what happens when the markets turn and start quickly moving down? In this first part of a two-part series, find out how this author follows a set of guidelines to prote
From Greed & Fear To Grow & Protect, Part 2
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In part 1 of this two-part article, you were introduced to rules you could apply in various markets, including markets recovering from a decline. Here in part 2, we'll see how well the rules work.
From KORS to CPRI
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Michael Kors acquired Jimmy Choo for $896 million in 2017 and Versace for $2.1 billion in 2018. The company also changed its name to Capri Holdings (CPRI). With these two acquisitions, CPRI looks set to overhaul the existing power structure of global fas
From Nile to NYSE by Radha Panini
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 25:2 (44-48): From Nile to NYSE by Radha Panini Here's an analysis of the profitability of an indicator based on the Hurst exponent. In researching and developing trading systems, we came across an indicator based on fractal con
From Pain To Gain
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Most traders fail to adjust their trading strategy to match the current market. Here are five ways to identify when a trending market changes direction
From Plain Vanilla To Exotic: So Many Options!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Pack your bags! Whether you're looking for adventure or assurance in your options, spouses and tulip bulbs are no match for today's exotic varieties.
From Strategy To System
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A system seems to be an algorithm of the interaction of three subsystems: strategy, signal system, and sizing.
From WW III To Bear Market Lead By RNG
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is this the beginning of global meltdown? And, will RNG lead the way?
From Zigzag To Triangle?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using Elliott wave theory to game the correction of January/February 2005.
FuelCell Energy Pulling Back To Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...FuelCell Energy broke out of a bullish triangle formation last month and is now pulling back to long-term support levels.
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?
Futures According To Trend Tendency by E. Michael Poulos
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Futures According To Trend Tendency by E. Michael Poulos Not all markets have the same tendency to trend. E. Michael Poulos uses his February 1991 STOCK & COMMODITIES article, ""Of trends and random walks,"" on the random walk index, which separates tre
GE Starts To Falter
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...GE has underperformed the S&P 500 since mid-October, and relative weakness increases the chances of a support break.
GM Shifts To A Higher Gear
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock price of General Motors has broken above a consolidation pattern, but can it track higher?
GM: Time To Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cleaning up a mess. Hats off to the CEO, Mary Barra. Are women CEOs teaching us something?
Gannett Looks To Break Out
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gannett sports an inverse head & shoulders pattern and signs of accumulation point to a breakout.
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
Gap Slows To A Crawl
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gap (GPS) has traded in a tight range the last few months, and the narrowing Bollinger Bands indicate that a move is likely sooner rather than later.
General Electric is Ready to Light the Way!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...General Electric is about to break out topside of a 3-month ascending triangle.
Getting To Know Options With Dan Passarelli by J. Gopalakrishnan & B. Faber
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Getting To Know Options With Dan Passarelli by J. Gopalakrishnan & B. Faber If you want to learn more about options, here's a trader who might be able to help you. Dan Passarelli is the author of the book Trading Option Greeks and president of Market Ta
Gilbert Raff: From Medicine To Money Management by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gilbert Raff: From Medicine To Money Management by Thom Hartle Stocks & Commodities readers have suggested that we interview someone who did not start his or her career in the financial community but was successful enough in the markets to change career
Global Crossing: Support And Potential Demand Add Up To Buy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading near support and just below the squeeze trigger price, Global Crossing may be ready to move significantly higher.
Gold And Silver Miners Prepare To Reverse Higher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...They've been sold off mercilessly for the past few months, but a tradable bottom reversal may soon be at hand for the stocks in the precious metals mining industry group.
Gold ETFs: Is It A Good Time To Buy This Flashy Metal?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gold had a stellar year. Could this asset be the place to be for the next few years? Here, we present a survey of gold-based ETFs and review some statistics and comparative return data to help you decide whether an allocation to one or some of these ETFs
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 Likely To Remain Sideways
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gold seems to be in a $60 range for the foreseeable future, with both the daily and weekly charts showing weak trends. As long as there are the opposite pulls and pushes from interest rate hikes and global terror, gold is likely to remain sideways.
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 Stock Looking To Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many gold stocks are looking anemic but this Canadian gold company is due for an upleg attempt as suggested by this chart.
Gold To Crude Ratio Still Favoring Gold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After making a breathtaking, parabolic move toward 25, the gold/crude oil ratio has consolidated, tracing out what could be the early stages of a pennant or wedge pattern.
Gold To Currencies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The belief that the price of gold has been moving inversely to the US dollar is now a wrong belief. Why?
Gold To Fall 34%?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using Elliott wave analysis we can calculate that StreetTracks Gold Trust Shares should fall approximately 34% from current price levels.
Goldman Sachs: From 2B Top To Stochastic Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."Best in breed" broker or "penultimate hedge fund"?
Goodyear About To Rise Again?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Up by more than 50% since December 2010, shares of Goodyear Tire and Rubber may be ready for yet another spurt higher.
Google May Retrace Back To Support Zone
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The uptrend in Google is well developed and easily sustainable. Some minor twists suggest profit-booking for safe trade, as support can get retested.
Google To Pull Back?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Google shares have experienced a substantial gain since putting in a minor double bottom pattern in mid- to late June 2012. Can the stock continue to rise near term?
Google Trying To Hammer Out Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a bearish candlestick reversal in July and a decline below 285, Google is trying to hammer out a bottom and a bullish reversal.
HMA: Proportional Pullback To Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Healthcare Management Associates, Inc. are up by more than 150% since June 2012 and may soon be offering traders and investors a low risk pullback entry opportunity.
HNI - Stock To Add To Your List
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The waiting period may just have ended for the stock of Hon Industries.
HNI - Stock To Add To Your List
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The waiting period may just have ended for the stock of Hon Industries.
Halliburton Breaks To New 52-Week High
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After three weeks of range-bound price action, shares of Halliburton have just made a decisively bullish breakout.
Halliburton Returns To Its Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Was the late January rally a "don't look back" breakout?
Hang Seng Likely To Face Turbulence
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Hang Seng Index has had a wild bull run in a short time period. The rally is now likely to enter dark clouds, resulting in a strong correction. The declining move has begun with a gap down on the index.
Hang Seng Trades Down To Key Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Hang Seng is consolidating at support with the long-term uptrend hanging in the balance.
Hazardous To Your Wealth
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Blindly following market wisdom can be hazardous to your bottom line. Technicians should always test what "everyone knows" to see if it is true and profitable.
Head and Shoulders: An Introduction to Reversal Patterns by Timothy A. Maguire
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Head and Shoulders: An Introduction to Reversal Patterns by Timothy A. Maguire ""A picture is worth a thousand words""- Chinese proverb. The first thing a novice to the stock market would likely notice about individual security prices is that they are
Hilbert Indicators Tell You When To Trade by John Ehlers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Hilbert Indicators Tell You When To Trade by John Ehlers On Lag, Signal Processing, And The Hilbert Transform Here's one way to control moving average lag, using a little math and a little-known algorithm called the Hilbert transform to come up with in
Home Depot Ready To Resume Bear Market Trend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Statistical analysis shows that the Home Depot primary bear market countertrend rally has run its course and the stage is set for the stock to resume its bear market trend.
Home Depot: Due To Correct Further
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a massive multiyear bull run that produced gains of nearly 400%, shares of Home Depot are in the process of correcting.
Homebuilder ETFs: Building Homes To Meet Demand
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The homebuilding industry is tied to the health of the economy, employment, interest rates, and supply & demand for housing of all types. During difficult financial times, homebuilders and their stocks suffer. However, during strong parts of the economic
Honeywell Likely To Cool
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Under highly bearish conditions, Honeywell began a bullish reversal rally. The stock may soon hit a long-term moving average resistance.
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 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 To Avoid Fakeouts
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders fall victim to fakeouts caused by floor traders who see where the buy & sell orders are on the exchanges, but by making a few adjustments, you can turn the tables and profit.
How To Avoid Typical Trading Mistakes
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sometimes knowing what not to do is as important as knowing what to do. To help you overcome any obstacles that may get in the way of your trading success, here are some suggestions to help smooth the way
How To Be An Investment Survivor
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The battle for investment survival has endured throughout the years.
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 Detect Early Breakouts
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...False breakouts are common, but not if you learn how to detect them early with a simple indicator.
How To Enhance A Trading Strategy On Gold Futures By Using An AI-Based Volatility Predictor
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's how you can apply the benefits of machine learning to a traditional trading system with the help of some Python libraries
How To Enter Trades With Gaps And Laps
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the unexpected happens, you need a backup plan so you don't miss a runaway move.
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 Identify And Trade Bullish Dojis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Candlestick patterns such as the bullish doji can you help you spot where buyers are and where low-risk entries are.
How To Identify Higher Highs And Higher Lows
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Like an ocean wave, price ebbs and flows in a pattern that reveals the trend if you know where to look.
How To Improve Any Trading Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Don't wait for drawdowns to hit before you make the effort to examine your profitability. Successful traders will routinely and systematically do this. Here's how you can embrace this mindset and adopt these important concepts for improving your profitab
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 Profit From A Deep Stock Decline
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Learn how to tell whether a stock will resume its trend after a decline and how to enter early on with low risk.
How To Profit From Trading Ranges
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock market has experienced a short-term downswing for more than one month. This downswing has cost investors a quick 35% on their investments. During the shakeout of this high volitility period an investor can take a small amount of risk by trading
How To Profit From Trading Ranges, Example 2
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Symantec Corporation has been in a $48-$70 trading range over the last four months.
How To Profit From Trading Ranges, Example 3
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ebay, Inc. has been in a $130-$170 trading spanning the last eight months.
How To Profit From Trading Ranges, Example 4
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Apple Computer has been in a $110-$130 trading range over the last eight months.
How To Profit From Trading Ranges, Example 5
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Compaq Computer Corp. has been in a $24-$30 trading range over the last five months.
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 Read A Bar Chart
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Analyzing a bar chart for the first time can be like looking into the night sky full of stars but not being able to see any constellations. It's all in front of you, but what are you supposed to get out of it? Here's a lesson on how to read a b
How To Save $13.25 Per Mile. Really!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With your IRA limit $5,000 instead of $2,000 these days, here's how buying an excellent used car instead of a brand-new one could save you more than half a million dollars!
How To Spot Accumulation And Entry Points
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Emerging stock leaders are easy to spot if you understand accumulation that will give you the best entry into a new long position, if you know this vital key.
How To Spot And Trade A Bullish Triple-Bottom Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Triple-bottom patterns are one of the highest-performing reversal patterns you can trade if you know how.
How To Spot And Trade Congestion Patterns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Congestion patterns form when volatility declines and traders are unwilling to take control of the trend, but it is in these pauses in between trading that breakouts can occur.
How To Spot Proper Handle Formations
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Cup & handle patterns can result in huge profits but only if they are formed properly -- otherwise they can cause your trade to fall apart.
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 To Trade A Bubble
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks continue to gain ground in a rally that has been going since March 2009. In February 2013, a combination of factors converged to generate a secular sell signal that paralleled the biggest peaks in modern history. Does that means that it's tim
How To Trade IPOs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Initial public offerings generate a lot of buzz like the upcoming IPO for Facebook, and if you know this trading method, you could stand to earn a lot of money.
How To Trade Merger Arb
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Mergers and acquisitions present opportunities for speculation in the markets; institutional investors routinely pursue such opportunities. Can individual investors also profit from speculating on this type of corporate event? Here's a look
How To Trade Price Channels
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Although it is one of the most reliable patterns, price channels are often one of the most underutilized, which is a shame, since it reveals low-risk trade setups as well as when trend reversals develop.
How To Trade Price Respect For Moving Averages
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."Buy on dips and sell on rallies" is good advice, but it leaves the question of how? A simple set of indicators can show you where "price respect" is and how to trade dips in price.
How To Trade Volatility
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Volatility can be a trader's best friend, but trading volatility can be tricky. Here we look at an indicator that has a negative correlation with the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) and could help you identify when volatility could increase
How To Trade With Inverse Trendlines
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Price action never presents itself in the plain-vanilla step-by-step format like traders are taught, which is why you need to use tools that are outside the box.
How To Turn A Painful Experience Into A Positive One
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Any missed opportunity can feel painful, and in trading and investing it's something we all experience. Here's one way to take such a situation and creatively transform it into a way forward
How To Use Elliott Wave Theory With Individual Stocks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Tesla and Apple have clear Elliott Wave patterns.
How To Use Pocket Pivots To Catch Early Breakouts
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Breakout trading can turn into "fakeout trading" as floor traders manipulate the market, but if you know this effective entry method developed by two trading legends, you can beat them to the punch for large gains.
How To Use Pocket Pivots To Catch Early Breakouts
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Breakout trading can turn into "fakeout trading" as floor traders manipulate the market, but if you know this effective entry method developed by two trading legends, you can beat them to the punch for large gains.
How To Use Price Action To Trade Successfully
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Price action is the cornerstone to all trading systems and methods, but most traders lack an understanding of what it is and how to use it. Learning these core concepts can help you use price as an effective tool to profit in the market.
How To Use Price Action To Trade Successfully
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Price action is the cornerstone to all trading systems and methods, but most traders lack an understanding of what it is and how to use it. Learning these core concepts can help you use price as an effective tool to profit in the market.
How To Use Price And Volume To Trade Profitably
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...To gauge a stock's strength or weakness, study price and volume.
How To Use Price And Volume To Trade Profitably
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...To gauge a stock's strength or weakness, study price and volume.
How To Use Stock Options With Momentum Stocks For Enhanced Profits
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Momentum stocks tend to be leaders in the stock market, taking it to higher highs while also being favored stocks by traders and investors alike. However, using stock options, you can enhance your profits with momentum stocks by following a few guideline
How To Use Support To Trade Trends
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading range-bound stocks has been the cornerstone of many successful traders, but one small tweak in this approach can lead to many home-run trades.
How To Use Support To Trade Trends
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading range-bound stocks has been the cornerstone of many successful traders, but one small tweak in this approach can lead to many home-run trades.
How To Use Tick, Tiki, TRIN For Day Trading by Terry O'Brian
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How To Use Tick, Tiki, TRIN For Daytrading by Terry O 'Brian These three indicators can be important guides in implementing trading strategies. Could they help you? The tick, the tiki, and the trading index (TRIN) -- indicators that are for the most par
How to Find Major Turns in Any Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using the four market dimensions to discover important market tops and bottoms.
How to Find New Stock Trends
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Institutional traders have enormous advantages over the individual trader but there is one advantage the retail trader has that trumps all of them.
How to Trade Defensively
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Utilizing an Elliott wave pattern to anticipate a trend change.
How to Trade Defensively - Part Two
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Could the S&P 500 reach an intermediate peak on July 25, 2016? Technical analysis has some very interesting clues.
How to be wrong and still profit by David L. Caplan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How to be wrong and still profit by David L. Caplan Why bother learning and using professional option strategies? Why spend the time and energy to learn how and when to use options and option strategies when, in trading futures, all you have to do is us
How to evaluate a commodity trading system by Kent Calhoun
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How to evaluate a commodity trading system by Kent Calhoun The percentage of profitable trades, the average profitable trade, the average losing trade, the maximum consecutive losing trades, the average profit per closed trade, the largest winning and l
How to spot takeover candidates by Norman S. Wei
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How to spot takeover candidates by Norman S. Wei The shares of Celanese Corp. were trading at 218-1/2 at the close of Oct. 31. They shot up to a high of 247-1/2 on Nov. 3 and closed at 242-1/2--an increase of $24 per share! Integrated Software's stock j
How to use Maximum Entropy by John F. Ehlers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How to use Maximum Entropy by John F. Ehlers MESA is an acronym for Maximum Entropy Spectrum Analysis, a forecasting method that filters the ""noise"" from time series data and can uncover useful cycles. The advantages of the maximum entropy method over
IBM Returns To Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...IBM broke resistance with a surge in March, and a return to this breakout offers a second chance to partake in the new uptrend.
INMD Set To Lead in New Year
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Iran, impeachment, trade wars have started the New Year off to a rocky start but
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.
In Baker Hughes, A Triangle Pattern To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a significant triangle pattern approaches completion, breakout traders begin to plan their method of engagement.
Inco Breaking Out To New Highs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Inco's recent breakout on big volume argues for continued strength over the next few months.
Index Divergences Pointing To Potential Market Drop
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Broad market indexes are weaker than the headline indexes, a condition that has preceded market declines in the past.
Industrials Fail To Confirm Transports
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Dow transports raced to a new all-time high this month, but the Dow industrials is lagging badly with a bearish pattern in the works.
Industrials Fail to Confirm Transports
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Dow Theory was last discussed in late May. At the time, the Dow Transports moved to new reaction highs, but the Dow Industrials had yet to confirm. Since then, the Dow broke above its January highs (blue arrow) and moved to a new reaction high at 9323. I
Insider Stock Sales Continue To Soar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The ratio of insider share sales to purchases jumped threefold from August to the first week in September. It more than doubled again in the second week of the month.
Insiders Continue To Trade Shares For Dollars
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Insiders continued to sell while the selling was good, unloading $3.5 billion worth of shares in March. While it was down from the extreme reading in February of $5.1 billion, selling outstripped buying by nearly 30:1 in dollar terms.
Insiders Continue To Unload
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In our continuing coverage of insider transactions, there is little sign that selling is waning. In fact, insiders continue selling shares like there's no tomorrow.
Int.: How To Get Started In Electronic Day Trading: David Nassar by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How To Get Started In Electronic Day Trading: David S. Nassar Each day, more and more traders are using computers for the direct buying and selling of stocks. Is there a difference among the myriad services available? We went to David Nassar, author of
Integrated Systems Approach To Technical Commodity Analysis by JOHN E. ROSENSTOCK
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Integrated Systems Approach To Technical Commodity Analysis by JOHN E. ROSENSTOCK when I first became interested in commodity markets, it was my great fortune to read the works of and speak with several of the most lucid teachers of market science and s
Intel Returns To Dullsville
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Contracting volatility in Intel should put traders on alert for a big move. But which way?
Intel: Close To Weekly Supports
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Prices are testing their supports after a two-month correction.
Interview: Ed Dobson On Transitioning To Independent Trader
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Former futures broker, book publisher, and author Ed Dobson always had a calling for the markets. He never lost that interest or stopped trading, despite becoming busy with his brokerage career and publishing business, knowing that one day he'd get back
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: Michael "Trader Mike" Seneadza: From Swing Trading to Daytrading by J. Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:7 (62-67): Interview: Michael "Trader Mike" Seneadza: From Swing Trading to Daytrading by J. Gopalakrishnan Atlanta, GA?based independent stock trader Michael Seneadza received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engine
Interview: Reacting To Currencies With Abe Cofnas
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For over two decades, Abe Cofnas has provided fundamental and technical analysis on trading strategies in currencies and intermarkets. He is the founder of Learn4x.com, which provides private coaching and seminars on currency trading, and he has been the
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:ÊFrom Biotech To Quant With Scott Andrews
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Scott Andrews is cofounder and CEO of InvestiQuant (www.investiquant.com), a financial services company that uses robust historical market analyses and predictive analytics. Prior to InvestiQuant, he cofounded Master The Gap and SciQuest, which he took p
Introduction to macros Part 3 by Jim Summers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Introduction to macros Part 3 by Jim Summers, Ph.D. In the previous column, I discussed the advantages of using Lotus 1-2-3 in the management of an indicator as complex as the Directional Movement Index (DMI). In this column and hereafter, we shall move
Introduction to spread investing Part 1 by Frank Taucher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Introduction to spread investing Part 1 by Frank Taucher Most commodity traders are aware of the lower risk and margin requirements that traditional spread trading offers vs. outright long or short positions. Many even have a favorite spread or two that
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.
Is Ebay A Stock To Watch?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With all the uncertainty in the world, should you sit on cash or look for stocks to buy?
Is Apple Set To Fall?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Apple has seen a massive runup and correction in the stock. Are its best days behind it?
Is Berry Petroleum Preparing To Break Out?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Berry Petroleum continues to be stuck in a trading range but the technicals point to higher prices down the road.
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 CNH Global Ready To Bounce?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If the price of CNH drops a bit more, it may be in a good position for an intermediate-term bounce.
Is Canwest Petroleum Corp. A Stock To Watch?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With OPEC threatening to cut production, is the price of oil on the way up?
Is China Set To Bounce?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...China and India still enjoy respectable growth rates even as their industrialized counterparts in the US and Europe enter recession. Is now the time to jump across the bamboo curtain?
Is Cimarex Energy Poised To Move Higher?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Short-term indicators predict a forthcoming bottom reversal, while the long-term pattern points to higher prices.
Is Crude Oil Ready To Run?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With crude oil futures correcting toward the lower end of their multimonth trend channel, oil stocks continue to warn of weakness.
Is Crude Ready to Move?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Could an upside breakout from an intermediate head and shoulders bottom put October crude above 30?
Is EnCana Corp. Ready To Turn Around?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...EnCana Corp. (ECA) has been pulling back since the early part of June but looks to be forming a short-term bottom at current levels.
Is GDX Ready To Reverse Upward?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of the Market Vectors Gold Miners exchange traded fund are off by more than 18% since late September, but early signs of an impending rebound may be appearing.
Is Gold Ready To Test New Highs?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The AMEX Gold BUGS Index says it is.
Is Golden Telecom Likely To Consolidate?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders should be cautious, with this stock moving near its target.
Is Honeywell International Ready to Break Down?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is Honeywell ready to resume its long-term uptrend or will the short-term bears sink the stock price?
Is It Time To Bite Apple?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Apple to start India manufacturing soon.
Is It Time To Buy 3-D?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The 3-D printing sector has been under pressure since the start of 2014.
Is It Time To Buy Amazon?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock of Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) is struggling to move back into its bullish zone. Is this the time to buy the stock?
Is It Time To Buy Ambac?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Has the time come to start nibbling at financials, or is it a case of "Fools rush in..."?
Is It Time To Buy Apple Again?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Those faithfuls who love Apple never ever sold.
Is It Time To Buy Banks?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Although not good for many stocks, rising interest rates are having a positive impact on one sector.
Is It Time To Buy Bonds?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The maxim is, "Buy when the blood is running in the streets." Should we follow it?
Is It Time To Buy Cirrus Logic?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the most recent rally has gathered steam, a number of sectors have put in strong performances including semiconductors. This semi looks particularly interesting.
Is It Time To Buy Cisco Systems?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the technicals of a stock suggest a buy, do you buy?
Is It Time To Buy Citigroup?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Start preparing your list of stocks you would like to own, then watch and wait.
Is It Time To Buy Citigroup?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Citigroup has been receiving a great deal of publicity recently. Is it time?
Is It Time To Buy GoPro Shares?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is it wise to buy a share as it lists on the market?
Is It Time To Buy Gold?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gold is a protection and a hedge. Countries whose currency is depreciating are slowly buying gold, but with the London gold price falling from a high of $1887 is gold still protective?
Is It Time To Buy Gold?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In the past, when the economy and the stock market looked bad, money moved to gold.
Is It Time To Buy Gold?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...W.D. Gann's time cycle count seems to think so.
Is It Time To Buy Gold?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gold crashed through $1,300 an ounce earlier this month. Is it time to start buying gold?
Is It Time To Buy JP MorganChase?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is it time to start trusting the banks and buying their shares?
Is It Time To Buy Martha?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Lifestyle trendsetter Martha Stewart's television show, Martha, saw advertising soar.
Is It Time To Buy Morgan Stanley?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Investors are worried that history will repeat itself just two years after the banking sector spectacularly imploded.
Is It Time To Buy Oil Shares?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The price of Oil has dropped considerably. Is it reaching a bottom? Is it time to start investing in oil shares?
Is It Time To Buy Oil?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The question on everyone's mind is, "Have oil prices bottomed?"
Is It Time To Buy Orthofix International?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a share that has given a buy signal as the market recovers.
Is It Time To Buy Silver?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Since peaking above $48 in April 2011, silver and other precious metals have been in correction mode. After hitting bottom for the second time in January, is now the time to buy 'poor-man's gold'?
Is It Time To Buy Solar City?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With solar panels becoming more efficient, is it time to invest in Solar City?
Is It Time To Buy Sony?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sony Corp. has been falling since January 2000, when it reached a high of $158.18. Why has it not recovered?
Is It Time To Buy Starbucks?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Howard Schultz, the chairman and CEO of Starbucks, partners with Oprah Winfrey. Does that mean it is time to buy?
Is It Time To Buy eBay?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock market has moved up strongly the past four days. Many investors believe that the move up is a correction in the bear market, but is it?
Is It Time To Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Who would have dreamed that a market meltdown would be caused by an earthquake in Japan and the tsunami that followed? Is this the time to buy?
Is It Time To Clean Up Your Portfolio?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are you busy putting away those winter sweaters and coats and straightening out the closet? Maybe it's time to do the same with your portfolio and yes, it can be just as easy as cleaning out your closet. And maybe even less onerous.
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 DDD Again?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When an Elliott wave count synchronizes with an indicator does it mean it is time to buy the stock?
Is It Time To Look At Daimler?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Yes--I would love to own a Mercedes Benz, but...
Is It Time To Look At The Banks?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bubble that burst in 2007 was created by the banking industry.
Is It Time To Look At UK Banks?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Banks in the United Kingdom, as we all know, took a big hit as the 2007 bubble burst.
Is It Time To Nibble At Gold?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The XAU i-Share is close to thinking so.
Is It Time To ROK And Roll?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After six weeks of seeking a bottom, Rockwell Automation looks like it's in prime position to rocket higher.
Is It Time To Sell Pepsico?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a share simply goes up and up and up, when is it time to take profits?
Is It Time To Start Buying Gold?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Gold is a currency hedge. When the US dollar weakens, gold shares should rise.
Is It Time To Start Nibbling At Gold?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has said, "buy gold."
Is It Time to Pay Attention to ULTA?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ulta Beauty, Inc. (ULTA) is a large capitalization specialty retailer in the consumer discretionary sector. Its stock had been in a downtrend recently as earnings misses caused the market to punish the stock. But in a Q2 2024 13F filing, eagle-eyed marke
Is It Time to Pay Attention to ULTA?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Ulta Beauty, Inc. (ULTA) is a large capitalization specialty retailer in the consumer discretionary sector. Its stock had been in a downtrend recently as earnings misses caused the market to punish the stock. But in a Q2 2024 13F filing, eagle-eyed marke
Is It Time to Sell Netflix?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At the beginning of 2013, Netflix was selling for $92/share. By September it had surged through $300. But the stock has generated a bearish pattern. Is it time to sell?
Is It Too Late To Buy Stocks?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This often-ignored indicator may have the answer.
Is It Too Late To Jump In?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When you notice momentum in the stock market or a particular stock, is it too late to jump in? HereÕs one way you can take a step back and look at the market as a whole to avoid being trapped.
Is It Too Volatile To Trade?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders profit from volatility. But what exactly is the tipping point where volatility crosses over into excessive risk? Here are tools you can use to measure volatility and determine that crucial point
Is Kensey Nash Ready To Surge?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Kensey Nash has been in a robust downtrend for more than three months. Will the oversold stock resume the bullish rally, or is it forming a strong bottom?
Is Mattel Swell Enough To Be A Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using a program to look for future buys is always a must and should be looked at carefully.
Is Newell Rubbermaid Set To Bounce?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks have turned more bearish of late, but one thing is clear. No matter what else is happening in markets, the probability for a rally is higher as Christmas approaches. Here is one stock that has the potential to move ahead of the pack should Santa m
Is Now a Good Time to Buy General Motors?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With GM's recent announcement that it would be shutting five manufacturing plants in America and eliminating almost 15,000 jobs in North America, amounting to 15% of its workforce, would now be a good time to get into the stock? Let's look at
Is Oracle Trying to Tell Us Something?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While "The Oracle of Omaha" has been in the headliines, the other Oracle has been gaining ground.
Is Overnight Trading A New Way To Daytrade? by Thomas K. Carr, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:7 (22-30): Is Overnight Trading A New Way To Daytrade? by Thomas K. Carr, Ph.D. Is the pattern daytrading regulation an obstacle to your daytrading? There may be a way around it. On September 28, 2001, the Securities and Exch
Is Rambus Ready To Rumble?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With a momentum oscillator turning up and gap higher, Rambus appears set to continue the August advance.
Is Seaspan Corp. A Stock To Look At?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is this stock one to look at or shy away from?
Is Silver Bubbling Or Just Doing What It's Supposed To?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Given the meteoric rise of silver over the last year, many pundits have proclaimed the gray metal in bubble territory. But there is interesting evidence to indicate this is probably not the case.
Is Sunoco Poised To Move Higher?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sunoco currently has one of the highest relative strength ratings versus the S&P 500. Can this energy stock move even higher?
Is TJX Ready To Move Higher?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After building an extended base, TJX looks ready to move higher.
Is Tesla Set To Go Into Reverse?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Year-to-date to October 29, 2013, Tesla stock is up around 400%. But is the stock red-lining?
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 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 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?
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Is There A Best Time To Begin Systems Trading?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Once you've identified a promising trading system, you'll still be faced with a very basic question: When is the preferred time to begin trading it?
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 USO Ready To Turn Lower?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...USO has been in a bull market since 1999. However, there is a high probability of overhead resistance that could turn this fund downward for a selloff of as much as 62%.
Is Uranium One Hot To Trot?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Since the nuclear power plant disaster in Japan, uranium stocks have taken a beating. But here is one stock that looks poised to run, especially if the seasonal lift comes into play.
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 Wal-Mart Stock About To Fall Again?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Wal-Mart is up against overhead resistance, and recent trading has produced a rare triple divergence. Is WMT about to fall again?
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.
It's Time To Exit Amazon.com
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It is unfortunate for this e-retailer that the expected rebound has come to an end. Amazon.com has bounced up from the $5.51 low of last September to a very respectable and surprising high in May of $20.40.
It's Time To Sell Yield And Buy Bonds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Over the last five months, the yield on longer-term bonds and mortgages has gone ballistic. But recent action suggests the run is done.
JNJ Trying To Strike A Double Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...JNJ's recent gap on high volume solidifies support and opens the door to a resistance test and possible double bottom breakout.
JRJC Stands On Toes To Break Out
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...China Finance Online Co. Ltd. is likely to break out of a long consolidation range.
Jet Blue To Take Flight?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Has Jet Blue formed a double-bottom formation?
JetBlue Looks Ready To Fly
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After being grounded earlier this year, JetBlue stabilized at long-term support and the June surge looks strong enough to continue.
Johnson & Johnson Corrects Back To Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the decline in Johnson & Johnson a mere correction, or is it the start of something bigger? Here's what to look for.
Johnson & Johnson: Close To Medium-Term Supports
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Johnson Controls Ready To Rise?
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Journey to the End of the Diagonal
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July Cocoa's Island Gap: Prelude To A Break
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A deep moving average convergence/divergence histogram trough suggests lower prices ahead for July cocoa.
July Copper: Support To Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The support that kept copper high in the spring threatens to become resistance in summer.
KGC: Ready To Break Higher?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Kinross Gold Corp. appear to have already made a major low and may soon break higher.
Keys To Predicting Economy Cycles
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LORL Eager To Break Out
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Laps And Gaps To Get Your Edge by Larry Connors and Ashton Dorkins
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Large Specs Selling To Commercials
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters To S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc. NETTING AN EXPERT SYSTEM Editor, Congratulations to Mark Fishman and Dean S. Barr for their description of a hybrid system for market timing (STOCKS & COMMODITIES, August 1991). Their use of neural networks t
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters To S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc. GOLDEN RATIO Editor, In his article in the April 2009 S&C on the Fibonacci sequence and its "golden ratio" ("Fibonacci Tools"), Alexander Sabodin points out that the golden ratio is actually an irrational num
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters To S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc. CODE AND TRADERS' TIPS Editor, I read S&C every month. It's a good magazine with good content and presentation. The only problem I run into is with the Traders' Tips section of your website. When you include
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters To S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc. GANN-DO ATTITUDE Editor, January's article, ""The Gann Quarterly Chart,"" was the best article I have read in nine months. I can use it for buying and selling mutual funds for long-term investing. I would app
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters To S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc. METASTOCK CODE FOR MOVING AVERAGE CROSSOVERS Editor, I am looking for the MetaStock code for Dimitris Tsokakis' article, "Anticipating Moving Average Crossovers" (February 2007 S&C). Your Traders' Tips sectio
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters To S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc. READERS' CHOICE AWARDS Editor, I sometimes see on the websites of some financial software a statement that they won a Readers' Choice Award from your magazine. I tried searching at your website, Traders.com,
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:4 (10-14): Letters To S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc. FUTURES LIQUIDITY Editor, I just received and enjoyed reading your magazine, STOCKS & COMMODITIES. In the February 2005 issue, on page 87, you list futures liquidity from
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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
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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
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...CANDLECODES AND BOLLINGER BANDS Editor, I liked very much Viktor Likhovidov's use of Bollinger Bands on an indicator in "Light Up Your Trading System With CandleCode Trading" (STOCKS & COMMODITIES, September 2001). Figure 5 on page 26 nicely demonstrat
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...LETTERS TO S&C FILLING THE GAPS Editor, In ""Trading the Deutschemark's gaps"" (STOCKS & COMMODITIES, June 1991), John Sweeney presented an excellent model of explanatory research, going from ""what-if?"" to price-change and timing guidelines. The rea
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V13:06: (271-273): Letters to S&C THE X FILES Editor, In the March issue of STOCKS & COMMODITIES, you published a very enlightening article by Joe DiNapoli titled ""The X'd trade."" This was quite informative and a number of my friends have found this
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to S&C Getting to know you Editor, I recently purchased the set of tapes from the TAG IX CompuTrac seminar held last September. I would like to know more about your ""Technical Analysis Magazine"" and some of the articles from past issues, in
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Editor, Excellent article by Jamie Theiss in the May 2011 S&C. Nearly all my trades are done by fading the gaps right after the opening using one-minute candlesticks plus a couple of indicators. Occasionally, I will wait around after my exit a
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to S&C Editor, I recently purchased one of your magazines and found the information contained in it rather complex and extensive. I do have some computer and stocks/commodities background, but here's my question: What kind of software is best f
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...LETTERS TO S&C MOVING AVERAGE WINDOW Editor, I have been reading S&C now for about a year and have spent a lot of time understanding some of the trading systems presented in the magazine. I have also spent time actually setting them up with data in Exce
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Editor, The color-based system presented by Edgar Kraut in his July 2011 article ("A Color-Based System For Short-Term Trading") looked promising and simple. However, using the Excel spreadsheet example given in your Traders' Tips section
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Editor, In your recent interview with Marcus Heitkoetter ("Short Swings In Futures With Markus Heitkoetter," May 2011), I noticed that when he was discussing the Bollinger Bands adjustment for the moving average, he suggests lowering the n
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters To S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc. Editor, I'm so glad I subscribe to STOCKS & COMMODITIES. What great reading from great minds! I would like to encourage Tushar Chande to write more articles describing his ideas. I enjoyed his past articles in
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters by Technical Analysis WAITING FOR THE FED Editor, Can you clarify a point in the article "Waiting For The Fed" by David Penn, which was published in August 2002 issue of STOCKS & COMMODITIES? Does Mark Boucher's system keep out of stocks if th
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to S&C Readers sent in letters discussing on-balance volume, stochastic pop enhancement using RSI, the put/call oscillator, the Chaikin Money Flow, and adaptive trends and oscillators.
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to S&C MTA and CTA Editor, I wonder if you might publish the address, telephone number and name of a contact person at the Market Technicians' Association? Also, I learned recently that there is a program leading to qualification as a Certifi
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to S&C TREND DETECTION INDEX Editor, I always look forward to receiving STOCKS & COMMODITIES and seeing what new indicators may be presented. The October 2001 S&C article by M.H. Pee on the trend detection index (TDI) was intriguing and very wel
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to S&C This month's letters discuss possible flaws in the May 1996 STOCKS & COMMODITIES article ""Presidential parties and the stock market,"" calculating chi-square and historical volatility.
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to S&C Overbought/Oversold Editor, I read with interest the letter from George N. Bower on the Overbought/Oversold indicator, in which Mr. Bower referred to the indicator's publication as a possible ""con"" on the reader, or the reader's sensi
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to S&C This month's letters include queries into fast Fourier transforms (FFTs), information on where to get historical data and data downloading services, the futures liquidity column, candlestick formations, and portfolio management.
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters To S&C TECHNICAL ANALYSIS IN AUSTRALIA Editor, I received my November 1996 issue of STOCKS & COMMODITIES magazine and noted the addresses of the various professional organizations in the Letters to S&C column. Missing from the list was the Aus
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to S&C Editor, I recently subscribed to S&C magazine and find it the best in the field. I believe it was in the March 2002 S&C that you covered trading systems with a huge list of different systems. My question to you is this: I have spent year
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to S&C This month's letters give definitions of short interest, short interest ratio and total short sales; and discuss point and figure software.
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...INDICATOR FOR AGRICOMMODITIES Editor, Can you help me determine the right indicator to use on the CBOT corn, beans, meal, and wheat markets? - MOHAMED ELSHAMY, via e-mail There really is no "right" indicator to use on the grain markets. However, grain
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters To S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc. SOMETIMES SIMPLE IS BETTER Editor, First, I want to send you all my best compliments for the magazine and for all the articles you feature, which I read every month with great interest and attention, especial
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc. S&C Computer Program Editor, Would you please spend a few minutes to reply to my inquiry as to what equipment I will need in order to run the upcoming Stocks & Commodities programs for non-CompuTrac users? I
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc. More on the Computer-Assisted Investment Handbook Editor, Thanks for the Computer-Assisted Investment Handbook review in your June issue. However, there are some factual errors that need correction: 1. It was
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc. SHORT-PERIOD RSI Editor, Regarding the November 2007 S&C article "Does The RSI Give You An Edge?" by Larry Connors and Ashton Dorkins, I am wondering if the short period RSI was tested against the S&P 500 ind
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc. CALCULATING MOVING AVERAGES Editor, Is there a program on the market that calculates moving averages with different filters and nothing else? JOHAN RISBERG, via e-mail The moving average itself is a low-pass
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc. FRASER OUT Editor, We talked today regarding the citation of Fraser Financial Publications in the August issue of Stocks & Commodities. This firm was stated as a source of books or pamphlets on the Wykcoff Me
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters To S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc. INTERVIEWS ARE VALUABLE Editor, Thank you for the excellent interviews with Joseph Stowell, Justin Mamis and Robert Krausz (STOCKS & COMMODITIES, July, August and September, respectively). They are correct wh
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc. Not Ready for IBM Editor, Do you know of any program for MACD, either in the conventional form or modified form (Gregory Morris, Stocks & Commodities, February 1987) that is available in BASIC for the IBM and
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc. POINT & FIGURE CHARTING ONLINE Editor, Regarding the letter in the January 2002 issue regarding point and figure software, a good site for P&F is PFscan.com. It's a UK company but their software can also be u
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc. BETWEEN PRICE AND VOLUME Editor, I would like to thank Buff Dormeier for his wellwritten and insightful article, "Between Price And Volume" (July 2007). I have two questions for the author regarding the volum
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc. No Tar Brush Editor, I want to congratulate you on the recent improvement of your magazine. It is developing into a valuable resource for technical analysts. Your magazine's October 1986 issues carried a bro
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc. METASTOCK CODE FOR THE FRACTAL DIMENSION INDEX? Editor, I found Radha Panini's articles, "From Nile To NYSE" (February 2007 S&C) and "Trading Systems And Fractals" (March 2007 S&C), very interesting. At your w
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to Technical Analysis Dear Jack: I'm having a problem with the new Fourier disk you just sent out. All goes well until it's time for the COMMAND LINE to appear. Instead of the COMMAND LINE I just get a blank cursor and the system hangs. I coll
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to Technical Analysis Dear Dr. Warren, The purpose of this letter is to request your help, as the author, to obtain a working version of the program for Maximum Entropy Forecasting which appeared in the December, 1984 issue of Technical Analysis
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to Technical Analysis Gentlemen: Just received your October issue. The article by Morris on page 16 contains a gross error; specifically, the RSI formula on mid-page, and the subsequent information which is based on that formula. Morris' form
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to Technical Analysis We have received hundreds of inquiries about Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities and are endeavoring to answer ALL via mail or through this column. The effort involved has been a strain on our meager resources, so
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to Technical Analysis Dear Dr. Warren: Recently I purchased a book, Digital Foundations of Time Series Analysis, by Robinson and Silvia, that touches upon the Maximum Eutropy Method (MEM). As much as I want to understand I the basics, my colleg
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Dear Jack: I enjoy the publication very much. Please find enclosed renewal. I look forward to articles on Maximum Entropy. Please include a program on this that will run on Compu-Trac, if possible. Would you also consider an article and a program on eq
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters to Technical Analysis Fourier Analysis Editor, I have an understanding of Fourier analysis from being an old-time EE. Not a lot of depth. I would like more information on the Volume 1 and Volume 2 disks. I have Volumes 1 and 2 of Technical Ana
Liberty Global Likely To Break Out
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Liberty Global has reached an important zone. A stable bullish breakout would be an attractive buying opportunity.
Light Crude Poised To Resume Uptrend
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Oil has temporarily alleviated the recent overbought condition and inflationary concerns with a seasonal fall in October. It now appears poised for a resumption of the uptrend.
Lindsay's Aid To Timing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...George Lindsay made some significant contributions to technical analysis, yet we often don't hear about him or his work. Here's a look at his methods and how they can be applied in today's markets.
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?
Lockheed Martin Close To A Top?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Lockheed Martin are up by nearly 40% since August 2011; cycles and money flow analysis suggest that a pullback is due soon.
Looking At Minute-By-Minute Stock Option Data, Part 3: Alternatives To Black-Scholes
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many concerns have been expressed over the years about the assumptions made by the Black-Scholes model (and some other option models) with regard to the volatility and continuity in the markets. When trading very short-term option contracts, do the model
Looking For A Share To Buy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the start of the year 2017, and a new President taking over in the United States of America, looking for a share to buy and hold is not that easy.
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.
Lowe's Set To Go Higher?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Lowe's daily chart looks supportive of further gains, if you select the appropriate trading strategy.
MCK Ready To Rise After Support Test?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of McKesson Corp. rose by more than 222% between late November 2008 and mid-April 2012. Does this stock have some more bullish ground to cover, or is a major trend reversal coming up?
MU Tries To Hold Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Micron Tech broke double-bottom resistance, but met resistance at the 200-day, and the breakout is getting a serious test.
MWIV Fresh Break To Post-Crash Highs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If the broad market is destined to move even higher now, MWI Veterinary Supply is one of the stocks most likely to lead the way up.
Malaysia iShares Retrace To 2006 Low
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After the breakout of head & shoulders top reversal pattern, Malaysia iShares has retraced to its 2006 low.
Marijuana Stocks To Look At
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Canada legalized medical marijuana in 2001. The industry has since evolved much more.
Market Challenges Are Not Limited To Politicos In Europe
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the situation in Europe continues to deteriorate, there are signs that stock market challenges are not limited to bumbling politicians in that area alone.
Market Rebounds, But Is It About To Go Higher?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market has been pulling back during a transitional month, but is it about to go higher?
Markets Try to Hammer Out a Short-Term Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite the uncertainty over geopolitical concerns, these charts suggest a bounce attempt is likely.
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.
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
Merck & Co. Good To Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The daily chart shows several reasons why a bounce attempt looks good here for this major drug manufacturer.
Metals Futures: How To Identify And Exploit Recurring Intraday Price Movements
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For the study presented here, we will use four commonly traded metals futures markets to test for intraday biases that could give the trader an edge
Micron Technology's Time To Fly Again?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Typical of many Standard & Poor's 500 component stocks of late, shares of semiconductor manufacturer Micron Technology (MU) appear to be in the process of breaking higher from well-formed consolidation patterns whose bottom support levels have a
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 Continues To Show Accumulation
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Strong Chaikin money flow and a bullish pattern point to higher prices for Microsoft.
Microsoft Ready To Move Higher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Although this equity doesn't jump like it once did, a move towards the $35.00 - $40.00 areas is likely in the short to medium term.
Microsoft Ready To Move Lower
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Statistical analysis shows that Microsoft is in a long-term and intermediate-term downtrend and that it is now ready to move lower.
Mid-Caps Point To More Upside
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Healthy bull markets are usually led higher by mid-cap stocks.
More Cyclical Evidence S&P 500 To Reverse Higher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 is due to make a 20-week cycle low near the end of this month; this is further supported by the current action of the 20-day cycle, also anticipated to bottom near the end of the month.
More Gains To Come For Bank Of America?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Price cycle studies suggest that Bank of America shares may be due for more gains in the weeks ahead.
More Good Times To Come For YHOO?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The broad market continues to surprise to the upside -- and there are a number of attractive stocks on the move. Here's a look at Yahoo's latest surge higher.
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
Most Of What You Need To Know About Technical Analysis
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NASDAQ 100 Continues To Outperform
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The NASDAQ 100 index is outperforming all of the other major broad market indexes by a wide margin. A closer look at one of this index's highest relative strength stocks reveals a series of bullish technical developments.
NYMEX Crude Oil Continuous Contract: Down To Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Bollinger Bands suggest a trading range is developing.
Nasdaq Headed To 2700
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sideways markets are tedious to trade but finally the Nasdaq has broken out of a sideways market and is heading to 2700.
NetFlix Sell Reversal - Is It Time to Buy Again?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In early May, NFLX was looking like it was about to put in a bearish reversal. Now, not so much.
Netflix - Negative Reaction To Positive Earnings A Bad Sign
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Dark clouds are gathering. My last article about the stock entitled a href="http://technical.traders.com/tradersonline/display.asp?art=7676""What's Next For Netflix?"/a, marked the beginning of some bearish action.
Nexen Inc. Pulling Back to a Key Support Zone
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Nexen Inc. has been on a tear after breaking out of a seven-month trading range back in May. Now that the stock has proceeded to pull back, I would look to accumulate shares at near-term support levels.
Nicola Corp - Where To Next?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This takeover is helping spur a surge in alternative energy vehicle stocks, but is the trend sustainable?
Nike Looks Ready To Run
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a long consolidation period, Nike gapped up off support and looks ready for a run to new highs.
Nike Trying To Hammer Out A Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite the lone hammer, larger bearish patterns still dominate Nike, and the hammer needs confirmation.
Nikkei Free-Falls To First Support Zone
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even though the Nikkei is near support, the sharp decline signals a sharp shift in trader sentiment that is unlikely to dissipate overnight.
Nikkei Returns To Broken Trendline
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is the Nikkei with trendline break and triple resistance threat.
Nikkei Tries To Hammer Out A Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A hammer at support and indicator divergence could foreshadow a bounce in the Nikkei.
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.
Nortel - Something To Look At?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The period before Christmas, especially when Christmas falls on a week day, means days of low volume and much volatility as traders take profits before the long weekend, and mutual funds adjust their portfolios to "pretty-pretty" the picture o
Nortel Networks is Set to Slide
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here are a number of plays to make on a head and shoulders pattern currently forming on Nortel's chart.
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.
Not A Time To Pick Market Tops In .SPX
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a powerful trend takes hold, it generally pays to give such a market move the respect it deserves.
Novellus Declines To Key Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The current trend for NVLS is up, but the stock reached an important long-term retracement with a potentially bearish pattern taking shape.
Nvdia Trying To Reverse At Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Nvdia has been a stellar performer since August, but a potential double top and bearish engulfing pattern could mark the end of the run.
Nvdia Unable To Break Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Nvdia established resistance around $29 in mid-June, and the parade of bearish candlesticks confirms selling pressure.
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
Oceaneering International: Good Fundamentals But Due To Correct
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Up by more than 71% since June 2012, shares of Oceaneering International may be due to correct back to test support soon.
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 vs. Airlines: Airlines Poised To Take Flight?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Oil Index and Airline Index charts suggest that airlines are the stronger sector of the two -- for the moment.
Old Dominion Freight Line, A Share To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Given that there are so many stocks, finding the best ones that make sound investments is not that easy.
Old Trendlines to Predict Future Movements by Cory Mitchell, CMT
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Read The Future By Looking Back, Old Trendlines to Predict Future Movements by Cory Mitchell, CMT Can you extend old trendlines into time and use them to anticipate future price movements? Trendlines are well known to most traders, but most traders don
One Approach To Trading Bonds by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One Approach To Trading Bonds by Thom Hartle During the course of trading, the technician strives to enhance profitability by developing a consistent approach. Success in trading, as in any profession or practicing any skill, comes from the school of ha
One Path to Profits
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A great opportunity to buy stocks could be just a few days away.
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.
Options: Let price come to you by Jerry Kopf
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Options: Let price come to you by Jerry Kopf The average retail trader's first option transaction is often profitable--but rarely do rookie option traders know the actual reason behind their profits. Call it beginner's luck. If they win at first, they th
Oracle Declines To Key Retracement, But Still Bearish
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Oracle is firming near a key retracement, but needs a catalyst before turning bullish.
PAAS To Turn Higher?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Down by 60% since peaking in April 2011, shares of Pan American Silver may be at or near an important turning point.
Paccar Inc. Likely To Retrace?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...PCAR is likely to dip temporarily, according to RSI and ADX.
Pall Corp. Ready To Surge Above Resistance?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sometimes the best strategy is to buy high and sell higher. This might be a strategy worth considering in shares of Pall Corp. in the days ahead.
Part 5: Wyckoff method of trading stocks: Prelude to individual charting reading by Jack K. Hutson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Part 5: Wyckoff method of trading stocks: Prelude to individual charting reading by Jack K. Hutson Averages--both market and group averages--are essential to stock market analysis and your investment or trading strategy with the Richard D. Wyckoff Method.
Paypal About to Breakout?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...IPOs often fail but PYPL may be the outlier to rise from the ashes as it prepares to breakout.
Pentair Inc. Trying To Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With 2005 revenues of $2.95 billion, Pentair Inc. is a large player in the industrial sector. The stock's recent thrust higher may continue.
Pepsico Ready To Fizz Out?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Pepsico have enjoyed a modestly bullish, long-term rally since March 2009, but technicals warn of an impending correction.
PetSmart: Gap Down To Major Support
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The smart money has been quietly accumulating shares of PetSmart Inc. during the stock's recent 10% correction.
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 Ready To Short?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Pfizer Inc. is an established downtrend. Has its recent upside correction put it in a position to short?
Plan To Win by Richard Ahrens
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Plan To Win by Richard Ahrens There are two kinds of traders: amateurs and professionals. The amateurs supply the money. Which would you rather be? It has been estimated that only 10% of traders consistently make money. It has also been estimated that
Pork Bellies: From Poke To Broke
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The post-negative divergence decline was severe. And resistance at the 10-day EMA suggests more downside is possible.
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.
PriceSmart, A Stock To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The consolidating range of PriceSmart can be traded for the short term. A breakout would lead to a robust bullish rally.
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?
Probability--Probably A Good Thing To Know
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The idea of reversion to the mean is one that traders tend to take for granted. Can you confidently assume all indicators subscribe to the normal probability distribution? Here, we measure the probability distribution of a few indicators to determine if
Product Review: Secrets To Becoming A Samurai Trader by David Penn
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Product review: Insiders Guide To Trading Weekly Options
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Set of four DVDs contains the recordings of a four-day course that John Carter of Simpler_Options.com taught in September 2013.
Pulte Advance to Make or Break Level
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The long-term trend for Pulte (PHM) is clearly bullish, but the daily chart shows a potentially bearish setup.
Pulte Returns To Neckline Break
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Pulte Homes rallied over the last six months, but resistance from a neckline support break is close at hand, and the advance looks corrective.
Put/Call Ratio Oscillator To Pinpoint Market Conditions by John Summa
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Put/Call Ratio Oscillator To Pinpoint Market Conditions by John Summa Who says the put/call ratio doesn't work anymore? Here's an oscillator that's great for pinpointing intermediate market tops and bottoms. What's the ideal time to write an option?
Putting A Stop To It by David Garrard
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A greater focus on your exit strategy and less on your entry may make a big difference in your overall trading results. Investors and traders alike devote a considerable amount of time focusing on what investments to make and what tools to use to m
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.
QCOM: Ready To Tank?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Qualcomm, Inc. may be on the verge of another trip south of their 50-day moving average.
QQQ -- Time to Sell?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The QQQs are beginning to look 'toppy.' Is it time to sell?
QQQQ Reluctant To Breach Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...QQQQ is the most traded and most followed stock in the US financial market. The long-term view of the stock is likely to be healthier than the current turbulence.
QQQQ Set To Fall
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...According to Elliott wave theory, a stock or market trends in a certain direction in five waves with symmetrical triangle patterns forming as wave 4. Once wave 4 is complete, the stock or market continues in the direction of the trend to complete the fin
QQQQ To Move Lower
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Statistical analysis of the technology market sector shows that QQQQ is ready to move lower.
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.
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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.
RIG Returns To Resistance Break
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Transocean (RIG), a world leader in offshore drilling, broke major resistance in January and the current pullback looks like a classic throwback.
ROST Blasting To A New 52-Week High
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When stocks blast to a new 52-week high on wide range and heavy volume, there's probably a good reason. Ross Stores is an example.
RTN En Route To A Multimonth High?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Raytheon have rebounded from a recent cycle low. Is this yet another surge on the way to a new high?
RTN En Route To A New Multimonth High?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Raytheon have rebounded from a recent cycle low. Is this yet another surge en route to a new multimonth high?
Rambus Ready To Rumble
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Rambus shows good buying pressure and looks poised to confirm an important reversal pattern.
Rambus Slows To A Crawl
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Rambus has been noticeably absent from the recent run in semiconductors, but shows signs of support and a volatility contraction.
Ratio Of Red To Green Candles
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One of the most important skills to develop as an active trader is to know when to scale out of a position to lock in profits once price action starts to reverse
Reacting To Market Moves, Part 1
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The reason we make counterproductive trading decisions is because of our biases and flawed intuition. In this first part of a two-part series, we analyze and try to understand these trading behaviors so we can avoid costly mistakes and become more effect
Reacting To Market Moves, Part 2
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What approach can lead to success in technical trading, in spite of all the cognitive biases we can have that were discussed in part 1 of this two-part article? Here in this second part, we try to answer that question by comparing what humans do in the m
Ready To Rally? Ford Forms A Bullish Wedge
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bullish wedges are corrections in an upmove. Often the price of a stock in such a correction will retrace to a major support level. From there a resumption of the uptrend may be expected. Ford has made one such bullish wedge, correcting to major support
Ready To Resume Shorting?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A bottom of meaningful significance seems to have been made in the major equity indexes. Where are the significant resistance points going forward?
Recent Top in Denbury Resources Proved To Be Correct
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Denbury Resources recently topped out around the $14.00 level, as expected, but the near-term outlook is uncertain.
Recovery and Preparing to Trade by Ari Kiev, M.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.14:1 (34-36): Recovery and Preparing to Trade by Ari Kiev, M.D. Keeping a level head is key to enhancing your success as a trader. In this article, this consultant, who teaches psychological breakthrough strategies, discusses how to relinquish the emo
Return To The 50-50 Strategy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Once again, the 50-day moving average helps traders out.
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
Reversed MACD System Continues To Perform
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The reversed MACD trading system, originally described in the March 2009 STOCKS & COMMODITIES, continues to perform well.
Reversed MACD System Continues To Perform In NEM
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Back in April, we took a look at the performance of the reversed MACD trading system on shares of Newmont Mining. Here's a brief look at how the system has performed since then, using the same system parameters.
Rogers Communications A Share To Watch?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking for a share to buy is always a challenge.
Rowan Returns To Resistance Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite a sharp decline over the last two months, the decline in Rowan Cos. looks like a normal correction.
Russell 2000 Rally To Continue?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Russell 2000 has just completed a successful 38% retracement of the March 2009 to April 2010 bull run, and now, two volume-based indicators suggest that this key small-cap index may have another few weeks to run higher.
Russell 2000 Ready To Rise?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Daily and intraday charts both suggest that the line of least resistance for the premier small-cap index is toward higher prices.
Russell 3000 Ready To Surge
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Russell 3000 has recovered forming higher lows after establishing a strong support.
S&P 500 Path To 2200
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Powerful evidence suggests during 2016 the S&P 500 could reach 2200. However, a correction could be imminent. Let's see what's developing.
S&P 500 Support Levels To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After such a big run higher, it's not surprising that the .SPX is due for a breather. Just how big a decline awaits may be determined by its strongest support levels.
S&P 500 To Head Lower
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Elliott wave theory shows that the S&P 500 has much farther to go on the downside before we can consider the market ready to start moving higher.
S&P 500 To Thrust Lower
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 is currently in a wave 2 market correction. Once this correction is completed, the S&P 500 will thrust downward to a new price low.
SCM.V Ready To Break From Bull Flag?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Penny stocks are among the most volatile of all, but for the patient and wise, substantial gains are possible. Here's a fascinating setup in a Canadian precious metals stock.
SIDEBAR: CONVERTING ASCII TO APEX NDX FILE FORMATS
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...CONVERTING ASCII TO APEX NDX FILE FORMATS Steps to convert ASCII to APEX NDX file formats, pages 56-57.
SIDEBAR: Converting Absolute Data to Change in Log of Price
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...CONVERTING ABSOLUTE DATA TO CHANGE IN LOG OF PRICE Sidebar Figure 1 is a sample of weekly interest rate and S&P 500 index data and the formula used to convert absolute interest rate data to changes in logs. Formulas first calculate the log of price and
SIDEBAR: Four steps to calculate CCI
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Channel Index can help both stock and commodity traders detect when ""real world conditions,"" such as climate, are affecting seasonal price patterns. The author explains how to calculate as well as use the CCI. By Donald R. Lambert Four steps to ca
SIDEBAR: IS IT TIME TO GO MAC?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...IS IT TIME TO GO MAC? Time was when virtually no software existed for traders whose machines were Apple Macintosh personal computers. Even Commodore had more software than Apple's machines, though retail technical analysis really got started with a lowl
SIDEBAR: LETTERS TO AUTHOR MERRILL
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters in response to Arthur Merrill's article, ""The 28% Rule"", page 54.
SIDEBAR: Normalize to Compare
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...NORMALIZE TO COMPARE You can't compare apples and oranges - but if you need to try, normalizing the data is a way to make unlikely comparisons possible. A traditional method is to map values from the raw data onto a standard normal or bell curve. This l
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: Psychological Barriers to Trading - Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Characterizations of certain psychological barriers to trading. - Technical Analysis, Inc.
SIDEBAR: Steps to overcoming resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sidebar: Steps to overcoming resistance Self-help questions on your resistance to change.
SIDEBAR: Using BASIC Programs to Massage Data
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using BASIC Programs to Massage Data Microsoft BASIC has become the standard programming language on today's PC's and clones. It comes in a couple of slightly different flavors: BASIC, BASICA and GWBASIC, for example, are the most common IBM and clone v
SIDEBAR: Weighting schemes to computes implied volatility
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SIDEBAR: Weighting schemes to computes implied volatility This sidebar lists the types of weights based on volume, distance in- or out-of-the-money, and volatility.
SIRI: Serious Correction To Continue?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Strongly negative daily and weekly momentum indicators suggest that Sirius XM Radio shares still have more downside ahead.
SMH: Ready To Correct?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks in the semiconductor industry group may be primed for another correction after an unusually strong relief rally.
SNAP This: Snapchat Could Be Heading To $20
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Snapchat could be poised for a rally.
STMP Ready To Surge?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stamps.com has emerged out of a long consolidation period. Will the bullish breakout pull the stock higher?
SanDisk: Surging To New Highs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of SanDisk are surging higher again, making a near-term covered call play attractive.
Say Goodbye to 20,000
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The end of 2016 tells us why we may not see Dow Jones Industrial Average 20,000 for several months.
Saying No To Drugs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the market's rejection of drug stocks hinting at an opportunity in growth stocks?
Scaling In To Swing Trades
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Position sizing is an important concept in trading. Here is a look at using multiple entry points to reduce the risk of any one entry point
Semiconductor Index Retracing To New Support?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the Semiconductor Index likely to test the newly formed support or plunge further? Is this corrective rally suitable to trigger fresh long positions?
Setups, Triggers, And Risk To Reward Ratios
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A trader should not just jump into a stock position but should first define a valid trade setup, define his risk to reward ratio, and set the trigger price. GOOGLE (GOOG) is used here to explain how to properly enter a stock position to increase the prob
Seven Mistakes To Avoid When You're Trading Options
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Before you take the plunge and start trading options, here are seven mistakes you want to avoid.
Seven Mistakes To Avoid When You're Trading Options
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Before you take the plunge and start trading options, here are seven mistakes you want to avoid
Seven Steps To A Good Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It pays to follow a disciplined trading system.
Seven Steps To Becoming A Trading Master
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Reach for the stars! Don't give up on the quest for success. Everyone must go through a similar learning curve, and you should know that you're not alone in this journey to achieve successful trader status
Shanghai Composite Starts To Lag
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Shanghai Composite led the world from March to May, but this key index is lagging in July and a failure at the 50-day looks ominous.
Shaw Group Ready To Surge
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shaw Group is consolidating after a breakout rally of a rounded bottom.
Shifting To Another Dimension by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shifting To Another Dimension by John Sweeney I have spent the last several months tweaking a simple trading system to provide good profits with minimal drawdowns. The underlying idea (""Settlement,"" November 1991 through February 1992) isn't too compl
Short Entry Failure, Or How To Reenter A Short Move If Stopped Out
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shorting a stock is not a game for amateurs, and even skilled traders struggle with trading during a bear market, but using this three-step process can put the odds greatly in your favor.
Short Squeeze Alert - Is It Time To Buy Silver?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Precious metals have struggled of late and many are calling for a bear market. But here is some compelling evidence to the contrary.
Sidebar: Four steps to calculate Lambert's commodity channel index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:10 (61): Sidebar: Four steps to calculate Lambert's commodity channel index Formulas are provided for the following four steps that calculate Lambert's commodity channel index. 1. Compute today's "typical" price, using high,
Sidebar: Neoticker code and trading system to calculate AIM by L. Chan & L. Lin
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sidebar: Neoticker code and trading system to calculate AIM by L. Chan & L. Lin - NEOTICKER CODE TO CALCULATE AIM - NEOTICKER TRADING SYSTEM WITH ADVANCE ISSUES MOMENTUM
Sierra Wireless Inc. (SW.TO) Tries To Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A dramatic fall the past several weeks has cut the stock price in half and bargain hunting buyers could be stepping in.
Silver Ready To Move Lower
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Silver Standard Resources made a market top in late 2007 and has been trading lower this year. Over the last few months, SSRI has been in a narrow trading range that looks ready to break down and move lower.
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?
Simple Rules To Profit From Bear Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You can improve your investment returns over time dramatically if you can make profits during a bear market period instead of just suffering losses
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.
SimpleTech A Stock To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Why has the price of this stock, a designer, developer, manufacturer and marketer of custom and open-standard memory solutions, jumped?
Six Months To Double
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In the past six months, two stocks have provided triple-digit gains. Pizza Inn and Stamps.com have some traits in common. Let's take a look.
Six Tips To Successful Daytrading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Daytrading's not a profession for the weak, that's for sure. Try these tips to help you trade.
Small-Caps Continue To Lag Large-Caps
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While the Standard & Poor's 500 records multiyear highs, the S&P SmallCap Index remains below its July high, and continued relative weakness bodes ill for small-caps.
So, Is It Time To Start Buying Gold?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Iranian nuclear threat seems to be fading.
Solar Stocks - Time To Start Shopping Again?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Markets have been volatile but is the worst over for solar stocks? And which ones are best positioned to perform once the correction has run its course?
SolarWindow - Will Their Power-Generating Technology Translate To Real Profits?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's been a long road to get their products to market but the potential is exciting if they can deliver.
Some Rules To Invest By
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Originally published in Technical Analysis of STOCKS & COMMODITIES, our companion magazine, as "Some Rules To Trade By," this article, filled with common sense and down-to-earth advice, can be applied to investors as well as the traders
Some Rules To Trade By by Daryl Guppy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some Rules To Trade By by Daryl Guppy A good trader will have a trading plan. Here are some guidelines for setting up your own trading rules. In a raging bull market, it is easy to forget that markets make us pay for our mistakes. In a bull market, th
Sometimes It's Best To Stand Aside And Wait
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With Whole Foods Market (WFM) set to announce quarterly earnings on Wednesday May 4th, 2016, what does the chart say about the performance of its stock?
Southwest Airlines On Approach To Lower Altitudes?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Over the last few months, the selling pressure in the shares of Southwest Airlines has been relatively mild yet persistent. Will the newest swing sell signal in the stock precipitate a plunge to lower price levels?
Spinnaker Exploration Set to Hit New Lows?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Spinnaker Exploration has been in a long-term downtrend since May of last year. Elliott Wave theory indicates a potential decline to new lows before this trend reverses.
Spread Trading to Reduce Risk by L.A. Little
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Spread Trading to Reduce Risk by L.A. Little What are spread trades, how do they work, and how can we use them? The spread trading strategy receives too little attention even though a well-designed spread can offer excellent profit potential while dec
Staples Ready To Make A Move?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Staples' price chart on a weekly basis has closed at a new all-time high. What transpires next should be a tradable move, but traders need to see some confirmation. Show us the money!
Starbucks Trying To Perk
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Starbucks broke above flag resistance, but low volume suggests that this breakout may lack caffeine.
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.
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
Steve Nison's Candlesticks Re-Ignited: New Tactics To Boost Confidence And Success
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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 It To Me: Income-Based Investing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Putting some of your investment dollars to work in securities that offer payouts can be a good tradeoff between risk and reward. Here's how to go about it
Stock Market 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 To Watch-Microsoft Corp. [MSFT]
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One stock that has stirred attention in the news is Microsoft Corp. [MSFT]. A stock that was growing at a steady rate had taken a beating due to certain fundamental factors affecting the stock negatively.
Stock 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. 14:11: Letters To S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc.
Stocks & Commodities V. 26:1 (52-57) A Structured Approach To Option Trading by Jay Kaeppel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Structured Approach To Option Trading by Jay Kaeppel This is the first in a series of articles about option trading with the PROVEST option trading method. The PROVEST method is not a trading system. Rather, it utilizes a series of criteria that can a
Stocks & Commodities V.15:2: Letters to S&C
Stocks According To Trend Tendency by Stuart Meibuhr
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks According To Trend Tendency by Stuart Meibuhr Many times, a question asked of STOCKS & COMMODITIES readers will more than likely find an answer -- and more than an answer, further questions. Such was the article that E. Michael Poulos presented ea
Stocks And Bonds Start To Decouple
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks and bonds have been moving in unison since late summer, but signs of strain are starting to appear in this "positive" relationship.
Stocks Or Houses? Listening To Warren Buffett
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As Warren Buffett said recently, "It is better to invest in houses than in stocks."
Stocks To Look At
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Finding which stock to buy can be a challenge.
Stocks Yield To Bonds by Tushar S. Chande
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks Yield To Bonds by Tushar S. Chande A stock's price may be considered a mechanism to adjust its dividend yield. In the short run, the dollar amount of the dividend is fixed, and so stock prices change to accommodate changes in bond yields. Lags oc
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
Switching Into Futures In Down Markets To Enhance Performance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When technical indicators indicate a down market, one traditional approach is to move from stocks to money market instruments as a protective strategy and for improved risk-to-reward. Here's a twist on that market-switching strategy that instead turns to
Symmetrical Triangle & Fan Lines: What happened to Citigroup?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The best investment advice you will receive -- if a certain Prince is interested in buying long then you should be selling out your long position or shorting the equity!
Systems Xcellence One To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Systems Xcellence provides electronic transaction-based software applications for the managed-care sector of the health care industry.
TDW Returns To Broken Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The recent decline in Tidewater looks like a correction back to the resistance breakout.
TLT Downtrend To Continue
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Statistical analysis shows that the iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury exchange traded fund downtrend will continue.
TNA Uptrend Close To Terminal Phase?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a triple-leveraged exchange traded fund gives hints that a powerful trend may be about to stall, savvy traders begin to size up the situation more closely.
TRIP: About To Fall?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Up by nearly 50% in just five weeks, shares of TripAdvisor Inc. are once again meeting a strong resistance barrier.
TXUI Ready To Break Out
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Texas United Bancshares is ready for a break out in a flag & pennant formation.
Take A Top Trader To Dinner?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Have you ever wanted to sit down with one of the rock stars of the trading world? Here's your chance.
Technical Indicators Add Up To A Long For Korn/Ferry
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As layoffs mount, staffing companies can profit by helping to locate replacements for senior managers and offering consulting services to help with the changing corporate culture. That's what Korn/Ferry can do.
Technicals, Fundamentals, And A Discount To Value Make BCF A Buy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Closed-end funds are an often-overlooked trading vehicle, despite the wealth of available fundamental data that can be used to lower risk.
Techniques To Reduce Your Trading Risk
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...By using a number of different trading methods, as opposed to relying on just one, traders can effectively lower their risk.
Technology Select SPDR Ready To Break Down
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...XLK made a market low in mid-January and has been trading in an upward trend ever since. However, the evidence points out that this uptrend is nothing more than a bear market rally that is about to end.
Telecom's Time To Shine?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A piercing pattern, a positive stochastic divergence ... could the much-loathed telecommunications stocks be among the first to move higher in April?
Telecommunications Starting To Trend?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Leading sectors from a preceding bull market are often decimated in the subsequent bear market. The telecommunications sector was sent reeling in the technology crash. But they've been making exciting moves recently. Let's see what the possi
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.
Tesla Motors, Is It Time To Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When an obvious head & shoulders pattern has bottomed, does it mean it's time to buy for a long-term hold?
That's One Way To Bet On A Falling Market Without Having To Sell Short!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Borrowing stock to sell short has limited upside if you get it right but unlimited downside if you're wrong. Here is a way to bet on a correction while limiting risk.
That's One Way To Bet On A Falling Market Without Having To Sell Short!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Borrowing stock to sell short has limited upside if you get it right but unlimited downside if you're wrong. Here is a way to bet on a correction while limiting risk.
The Bank Index Fails To Confirm Dow
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Philadelphia Bank Index is a broad financial index that usually mirrors the Dow.
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 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 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 Complete Idiot's Guide To Technical Analysis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Proven techniques to help you identify the right times to buy and sell.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Small Cap Index Likely To Outperform
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After breaching the resistance, the S&P 600 Small Cap Index entered a healthy uptrend.
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 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 Tools to Find Market Turns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See how to use Bollinger Bands and trend lines to discover market tops and bottoms.
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 Visual Investor -- How to Spot Market Trends
The Visual Investor -- How to Spot Market Trends
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 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 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
Three Down, Three To Go
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...I have defined six statistical signals that when completed provide an overall signal of a reversal in trend. Recent price action of the Dow Jones Industrial Average has now completed three of these statistical signals with three signals left to confirm a
Three Important Keys To Understanding Price Patterns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fundamentalists and technicians have long been at war over approaches to profiting from the market, but price patterns have been three keys to sizing up stocks for strong profit potential.
Three Keys To First Stage Base Patterns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Runaway stocks always start from breaking out from a base pattern. There are three keys to help you spot them over and over again.
Three Paths to Profits
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...US stock indices are poised for a December decline - Elliott wave theory shows the paths to the next buying opportunity.
Three Rules To Risk Management
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's not just about how much you make or lose on each trade; it's how you manage those profits and losses that make all the difference in your success as a trader. Here's a look at three rules that may give you a different perspective.
Three Rules, One Easy Way To Trade ETFs by Larry Conners and David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Three Rules, One Easy Way To Trade ETFs by Larry Conners and David Penn Here's a short-term trading strategy to trade exchange traded funds. A famous trader once remarked that he could publish the secrets to his winning trading strategy in the newspape
Three Trending Stocks To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...To score the highest gains, you have to look for strength in the stock market. Here's a look at three stocks that are currently helping lead the market higher.
Time According To Wall Street
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Measure market time in elapsed five-minute intervals in any time zone.
Time For Intel To Hold Or Fold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A recent breakout on good volume bodes well for Intel as long as key support holds.
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
Time To Accumulate Newmont Mining?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After plunging by more than 40% between November 8, 2011, and May 16, 2012, are shares of Newmont Mining a value investor's best friend?
Time To Book Profits In Cisco
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A rising wedge formation and a triple-top resistance in two different time frames may spoil the party in Cisco. Profit-booking may be wise at this stage.
Time To Buy Barclays Bank?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Banks throughout the world have been hit hard. Is it time to start buying shares in some of them?
Time To Buy ETFs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The financial markets of the world are in a recession. What are the best stocks to buy?
Time To Buy Gold?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After reaching a high of $725 on May 12, the price of London gold has fallen dramatically to $586.50 by June 14. What can we expect next?
Time To Buy Gold?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders seem obsessed with timing buys in gold. But there might be better investment opportunities in the metals that get overlooked.
Time To Buy Grains?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Corn is up almost 30% in the last two months and soybeans show gains of almost 15% in the past five weeks.
Time To Buy SPY
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 has moved into prime short-term buying territory with today's move.
Time To Buy Spinnaker Exploration?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Spinnaker Exploration looks to have completed the second wave of an uptrend, meaning that the stock should eventually take out June's high.
Time To Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The market may be in a sideways trend until after the US Labor Day and the Canadian Labour Day. The problem, however, is that the month of September is notorious for being the quietest of the year, presenting remarkable buying opportunities. So what are
Time To Consider Precious Metals
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bullish percent chart for precious metals could indicate a buying opportunity very soon.
Time To Drop Copper?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Up nearly 200% since 2008's bear market low, high-grade copper futures appear to be running out of steam. Where are the most solid support levels for this essential commodity?
Time To Flee Sara Lee?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sometimes it's the not-so-obvious clues on the price chart that can warn you that the party is just about over. Looks like the hosts are making a mad dash for the punch bowl -- in shares of Sara Lee.
Time To Go Long For VLO?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is it time to go long on Valero Energy?
Time To Look At Gold Again
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is gold gearing up for a breakout?
Time To Sell Bank of America?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A new sell signal has fired in Bank of America stock at a time when a bullish long-term money flow divergence has developed. So what's likely to happen next?
Time To Short Apple?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Once again, the bears circle Campground Apple hoping for easier pickings this time around.
Time To Short Avon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This stock shows signs of topping and presents a short opportunity to hedge long exposure in today's volatile markets.
Time To Take (A Long Position In) FITB?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks making new multimonth highs are always a topic of interest for serious momentum traders.
Time To Take Profits In Lululemon?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The company is loved, the athletic clothing sold popular. With the financial crises, the price dropped from a high of $58.87 in October 2007 to a low of $5.60 by March 2009. It is now trading at $26. Is it worth a buy?
Time To Take Profits In Magna Entertainment
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Two key divergences and a 62 percent retracement level say it's time to cash in or at least use a trailing stop-loss to lock in profits.
Time Warner: Vulnerable To A Correction Soon?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Having experienced a rise of 80% in the past 11 months, shares of TWX are beginning to become more vulnerable to a correction.
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
To Catch A Falling Knife
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are homebuilders a buy yet?
To Cover Or Not?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Covered call writing is one of the most popular option strategies, but there is, of course, a catch. This variation will reduce risk and increase profitability and compare it with related call writing strategies.
To Forecast or To Follow by JESSE H. THOMPSON/Technical Analysis staff writer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...To Forecast or To Follow by JESSE H. THOMPSON/Technical Analysis staff writer Browsing the ads of Barron's Financial Weekly or Commodities magazine can be mesmerizing. Financial gurus, ""new discoveries"" and ""wonder"" systems abound. Too much skeptici
To Forecast or To Follow by JESSE H. THOMPSON/Technical Analysis staff writer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...To Forecast or To Follow by JESSE H. THOMPSON/Technical Analysis staff writer Browsing the ads of Barron's Financial Weekly or Commodities magazine can be mesmerizing. Financial gurus, ""new discoveries"" and ""wonder"" systems abound. Too much skeptici
To Gold Or Not To Gold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is it time to buy gold? My charts are saying, "Not yet."
To Gold Or Not To Gold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is it time to buy gold? My charts are saying, "Not yet."
To Invest (Or Not) In Gold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite what some investors say, find yourself a real investment, because the yellow metal is not it. What’s that, you say? Gold isn’t a real investment?!
To Netflix Or ...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...... Not to Netflix. That is the question.
To REIT Or Not To REIT?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are modeled after mutual funds. They are often publicly traded and they purchase, manage and rent physical real estate. Typically, a particular REIT will have a specific property type they invest in like single-famil
To REIT Or Not To REIT?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are modeled after mutual funds. They are often publicly traded and they purchase, manage and rent physical real estate. Typically, a particular REIT will have a specific property type they invest in like single-famil
To Short Or Not To Short?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...That is the question. Here's a detailed discussion of short selling.
To Short Or Not To Short?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...That is the question. Here's a detailed discussion of short selling.
To Trade of Not to Trade (or how I done it) by JACK K. HUTSON, EDITOR
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...To Trade or Not to Trade (or how I done it) by JACK K. HUTSON The format of sharing trading experiences is an easy way for Technical Analysis Group members, as well as others, to tell how they used chart work and technical analysis in the day to day tra
To Trade of Not to Trade (or how I done it) by JACK K. HUTSON, EDITOR
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...To Trade or Not to Trade (or how I done it) by JACK K. HUTSON The format of sharing trading experiences is an easy way for Technical Analysis Group members, as well as others, to tell how they used chart work and technical analysis in the day to day tra
Too Big To Fail?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bankruptcy of General Motors, and the financial difficulty the motor vehicle industry has found itself in, has scared the market. But is it time to invest in it?
Too Close to Call
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a look at the US presidential election and how it can affect the stock market.
Tools to Find Market Turns - Part Two
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 reaches resistance, see why it could hold and where it can go next.
Top Spotting: Knowing What You Need To Stay Out Of Trouble
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Since April 2013, the S&P 500 index has put in a series of higher highs. So how high is too high? The end of the rally may be closer than you think.
Trade High-Yield Bond Funds Using EMAs--From Simple To Complex
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...High-yield bond funds can provide stock equity-like returns with significantly less volatility and significantly smaller drawdowns. Exponential moving averages (EMAs) are a popular way to trade these funds and strategies can range from very simple to com
Traders Less Aggressive - DJIA Closer To End
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Statistical analysis shows traders becoming less aggressive in buying the individual stocks making up the Dow Jones Industrial Average. This normally occurs near the end of a long-term upward trend.
Trading Commodities: Crafting A Bias Strategy To Leverage Orange Juice Seasonality
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You can use seasonality characteristics to develop a trading strategy. Here's an example of developing a strategy after identifying a seasonal pattern in an agricultural commodity
Trading Tactics - When to Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When is the best time to buy on a head and shoulders bottom reversal?
Trading Tactics - When to Sell?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When to sell? It is the age-old question. There have been many explanations and theories. Try and keep it simple.
Trading Tactics: What to Look For When Taking a Long Position
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The general market trend seems to be changing. Here's an example of how to take advantage of it.
Transports Strong Relative To Oil Service
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite the recent rise in oil prices over the last few months, the Dow Transports are surprisingly strong and the Oil Service HOLDRS are surprisingly weak.
Travel And Entertainment ETFs: About To Take Off, Or Crash?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Travel and entertainment ETFs offer an opportunity to participate in an industry that has experienced significant disruptions and revenue declines due to the Covid-19 pandemic and its lingering effects. Are they resurging? Here's a look
Trendlines: From Support To Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Whether as support or resistance, trendlines can play more than one role in bull markets.
Triangles, a Pennant and Fan Lines, Realnetworks is Ready to Play
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Amid a montage of chart patterns comes a breakout for Realnetworks.
Triple Approach To Forex Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fundamental analysis, technical analysis, or sentiment analysis: which do you prefer? Find out how you can determine which type of analysis is best suited for you.
Tuning In To XM Satellite Radio
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Has a bottom finally shown up to produce a tradable bounce?
Turkey Starts To Crack
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Turkish ISE National XU100 Index is underperforming many world markets, and an early January breakdown points to lower prices ahead.
Two ETFs Based On IBD Indexes: Do They Live Up To Their Classic Approach?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...IBD is a weekly financial newspaper well-known for its extensive stock market data crunching and top stock rankings. Here, we'll look at two ETFs that use stock-selection strategies developed and made famous by IBD. We'll begin with a review of IBD's his
Two Gaps To Fill In Amazon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It is customary for a share price to fill a gap when one is made.
Two New Fliers To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In every market, there are almost always new strong stock performers rising through the ranks. Here are two worth watching.
Two Pathways To Potential Profits For PWE
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Canadian energy trusts took a tumble in the wake of the Canadian government's Halloween Surprise announcement in October 2006 regarding the tax treatment of these high-yielding securities. Here's a look at one energy trust that is currently set
Two Reasons To Buy The USD/JPY Now
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here are two technical indicators trigger for a bullish swing trade.
Two Shares To Watch
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are a few shares that simply move up and up and up. Below are two shares one should keep an eye on.
Two Simple Indicators To Identify Bull And Bear Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...By identifying when major bull and bear markets begin and end, you can time your investments better to improve returns and limit downside. Here's a way to do that by combining just one fundamental indicator with one technical indicator
Two Step Strategy To Getting In Early
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The most difficult part of trading is knowing when to get in early and when to stay out but there is a simple two step strategy to help you get into winning stocks earlier than the crowd.
Two Ways To Play Hecla Mining
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After forming a solid-looking nine-week base, Hecla Mining may be forming a cycle low, one that short-term traders may wish to investigate.
UCL Poised To Gush
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Unocal (UCL) has been range bound since 2000, but the daily and weekly chart point to an upside breakout.
US Dollar Index Tries To Firm
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After becoming oversold and forming a bullish engulfing pattern, the US Dollar Index looks poised for a bounce. Don't get too excited, though.
US Stock Indices Continue To Build A Base
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The balance of evidence suggest US stock indices are in bull mode, however there are cautionary signals. Learn how to navigate the upcoming turns.
US Stock Market at Support or Prelude to Crash
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...US main stock indices have returned to important support. See what the technical indicators are saying.
US T-Bond: Is It Time To Be Contrarian?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The 30-year interest rate of this futures contract is at its all-time highs.
USO Consolidating Prior To A Pullback
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...USO rallied sharply after breaking higher from a bottom reversal pennant formation in mid-February 2009. Is the current price action signaling the start of a corrective phase in crude oil?
UTX To Expect A Continuation Move?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of United Technology enjoyed a powerful two-day rally in the wake of Thursday's QE3 announcement by the Fed, and a continuation move is likely.
Union Pacific On Track To More Gains?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Union Pacific Corp. have rallied steadily since breaking higher from an 18-week long consolidation pattern.
Upside Breakouts-A Good Time to Buy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In any given day you are likely to find one stock that has gone up in price on higher than average volume. Is there any way of knowing whether this is a pump and dump or a genuine upside breakout that will be followed by continued upward price direction
Use Different Time Frames To Spot Cup & Handle Patterns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Learn how cup & handle patterns reveal explosive trade setups on a variety of time periods.
Use Seasonality To Optimize Algorithmic Strategies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's not uncommon for markets to trend based on seasonal patterns. So when your system doesn't seem to be giving you the returns you were hoping for, it may help to turn to seasonality analysis to try and optimize your trading system
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 Calls To Create Synthetic Leverage by Matthew J. Stander
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:3 (62-66): Using Calls To Create Synthetic Leverage by Matthew J. Stander Before you take the plunge and buy a call option, you should consider whether you know everything you can about doing so. Traders frequently buy call o
Using Contrarian Indicators to Determine Market Tops & Bottoms
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Contrarian indicators like short interest, analyst ratings and bullish percent levels can all be used to help gauge market sentiment. In this article, I compare oil service stocks to integrated oil stocks to see which sector has the best chance of moving
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 Dawn's Early Light To Spot Early Trend Reversals
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Dawn's early light is the Sanskrit name that Tuschar Chande gave to an indicator he developed in 1995. The Aroon indicator consists of two separate lines; the Aroon-Up and the Aroon-Down. We will use the chart of Intuit, Inc. (INTU) to study how thi
Using Fibonacci-Level Breaks To Identify Reversals
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is a very simple, reliable way to help identify a true trend reversal -- and maybe make some trading profits, too.
Using Futures And Options to Reshape Portfolio Risk by Jean-Olivier Fraisse, C.F.A.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using Futures And Options to Reshape Portfolio Risk by Jean-Olivier Fraisse, C.F.A. Portfolio management at its simplest is finding the highest possible return while limiting the risk involved. Because economic conditions constantly change, keeping to t
Using Gann To Trade Bombardier
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...W.D. Gann is reputed to have made millions of dollars in his share trading. Here's his technique as applied to Bombardier.
Using History To Forecast The Future
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See how the S&P 500 in 1998 could give clues to 2019.
Using MMI to trade OEX by Dan Downing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using MMI to trade OEX by Dan Downing My firm uses an indicator derived from the Major Market Index (MMI) Stock Index Future to trade options on Standard & Poor's 100 Stock Index (OEX). The indicator is used to determine when the MMI future is in very o
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 Moving Average Crossovers To Decrease Trading Risks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A crossover of two moving averages presents a possible trading opportunity.
Using Moving Averages To Trade Retracements
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading a price retracement amid an established trend can provide you with a low-risk, high-probability trading opportunity.
Using Pattern Failures To Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Chart patterns aren't infallible. But when they do fail, what should you do?
Using Pitchfork Channels To Determine Support & Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Pitchfork channels can identify good buy and sell points, as illustrated by Meridian Resources Corp.
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 Price To Filter Seasonal Trades
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Combining seasonality with price action can be a useful addition to the trader's arsenal of trading systems.
Using Protective Stops To Help With Entries
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sometimes people will say that the reason that they will no longer use protective sell stops is because when they have used them in the past, their stops will invariably get touched, taking them out of the trade, just before the stock reverses. It is li
Using Regression To Predict Turning Points
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Use the unique relationship between the Nikkei Stock Average and the major US stock market indexes to predict short-term market turning points with the help of a spreadsheet--no skills in statistics required
Using Relative Strength To Avoid Losers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While Frontier Airlines surprised investors with a bankruptcy announcement, relative strength investors would have steered clear of this disaster in the making before then.
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 Sector Strength To Identify Buys
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Relative strength offers traders a way to identify top-performing sectors, and exchange traded funds offer a way for investors to trade these ideas.
Using Spread Orders To Roll Forward by Csaba Radnoty
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using Spread Orders To Roll Forward by Csaba Radnoty Most futures contracts have a delivery mechanism that involves the exchange of physicals for cash. Understandably, few traders want to deal with the delivery process. To liquidate positions nearing de
Using Stops To Your Advantage by William I. Greenspan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using Stops To Your Advantage by William I. Greenspan Ever feel as though the locals on the floor of the exchange that you trade seem to know where you place your stop-loss orders? Professional traders know where stop-loss orders are, not because someon
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 Technical Analysis to Manage a REIT Portfolio Part II -- Parabolic
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does the Parabolic technical trading system work in a trending market?
Using Technical Analysis to Manage a REIT Portfolio Part III -- MACD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will the MACD indicator improve results? So far the RSI oscillator and the Parabolic trading systems have been flawed.
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 News To Find Trades
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Earnings releases and the biggest movers lists can highlight stocks ready to move.
Using Trading Ranges To Determine Future Price Movement
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading ranges not only help predict future movements in price, but they can also determine the extent of the move.
Using Trendlines To Predict Price Movement
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trendlines can be used to predict reversal points, as well as breakout points.
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 Volume To Detect Shifts In Power by Vadim Gimelfarb
Using Weekly Charts To Catch Runaway Moves
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Part-time traders often become frustrated when they're unable to watch the market all day, but weekly charts give them an advantage of full-time trading.
Using ZigZag To Anchor Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP)
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The anchored VWAP is used to confirm trends and identify areas of support and resistance. The anchor adds a specific starting point, factoring in price and volume. Here is a way to automatically locate zigzag highs/lows to use as anchor points
V.15:12: Letters V15:12: Letters to S&C
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...LETTER FROM JOHN BOLLINGER Editor, The conventional interpretation of Bollinger bands is not overbought at the upper band and oversold at the lower band, as the Tezels assert in "On using volatility bands" (STOCKS & COMMODITIES, October 1997). Bolling
V13:10 Letters to S&C
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...LETTERS TO S&C OVERBOUGHT/OVERSOLD LIMITS Editor, I'm new to the markets, technical analysis and SuperCharts. I'm constantly agonizing over where to set my overbought and oversold limits. What I would like to do is shift them up in a clearly definable
V13:11 Letters to S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...LETTERS TO S&C The editors of S&C invite readers to submit their opinions and information on subjects relating to technical analysis and this magazine. This column is our means of communication with our readers. Is there something you would like to know
V14:6 Letters to S&C - Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...DISCOUNT BROKERAGE SERVICE Editor, I'm an Italian subscriber and TradeStation user and I'd like to start trading soon. My problem is finding a discount brokerage service that allows me to trade in CBOT and LIFFE markets directly via keyboard from Italy
V14:7 Letters to S&C - Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V14:7 Letters to S&C - Technical Analysis, Inc. SWING LINE CHARTS Editor, I would appreciate any information you have on swing line charts. Also, do you know of a charting system that shows this type of chart? I'm not referring to oscillators but to
V15:10: Letters to S&C
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...MECHANICAL SYSTEMS Editor, Excellent article on the relative strength index by John Sweeney in the September 1997 issue! Has STOCKS & COMMODITIES published any articles on mechanical systems using relative strength index (RSI)? Can we look forward to fu
V15:11: Letters to S&C
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The editors of S&C invite readers to submit their opinions and information on subjects relating to technical analysis and this magazine. This column is our means of communication with our readers. Is there something you would like to know more (or less)
V15:1: Letters to S&C
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters To S&C Several readers wrote to S&C in response to Dennis Meyers's article, "The siren call of optimized trading systems," in the October 1996 STOCKS & COMMODITIES, and Meyers himself wrote a lengthy respose to the various questions.
V15:3: Letters to S&C
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters To S&C Letters this month include one responding to Jeffrey Katz and Donna McCormick's December 1996 article titled "A rule-based approach to trading," and the Dennis Meyer article published in the January 1997 issue.
V15:4: Letters to S&C
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters To S&C S&C readers voice their opinions on the historical volatility debate, the Futures Liquidity column, Mark Douglas' interview, and trading options futures.
V15:5: Letters to S&C
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters To S&C Topics this month range from inflation and interest rate questions in response to the interview with Alex Saitta in the March 1997 issue to Robert Krausz's article titled "Dynamic multiple time frames.""
V15:6: Letters to S&C
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Letters To S&C The editor provides further information on technical analysis accreditation programs and additional reading on the Point and Figure technique.
V15:7: Letters to S&C
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...POINT & FIGURE CHARTING Editor, Concerning Daryl Guppy's March 1997 article ("Building point & figure charts"), the one-box point & figure chart was created incorrectly. When the reversal is one unit, you do not always move one column to the right. The
V15:8: Letters to S&C
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...PATTERN RECOGNITION Editor, I have read some of the articles by Thomas Bulkowski, particularly, "On rising wedges" and "Ascending and descending triangles." I found them very interesting and accurate. I'd like to see more of his articles in the future.
V15:9: Letters to S&C
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...WEB FORUM ON TRADING? Editor, I'm a longtime subscriber to your magazine and enjoy it very much, including especially the reviews of products. There is a related need that your Web site could meet while it would be impractical for a periodical. The prod
VHI Ready To Decline
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bearish breakout of Valhi Inc. is inevitable.
VXX: Will Volatility Continue To Spike?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Whenever the S&P 500 index makes a sharp, persistent correction, the volatility indexes can rally sharply.
Value Line Index Points To Broad Market Gains
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Value Line Index offers a useful way to monitor market breadth and confirm the major trends.
Vintage Petroleum Looking To Break Out
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A break of key resistance at current levels could signal higher prices down the road.
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.
WLP Likely To Retrace
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Wellpoint Health Network is undergoing a bearish consolidation. The breakdown is likely to open various trading opportunities.
WM: Most Of What You Need To Know About Technical... by Matt Blackman
WM: Using Moving Averages To Trade Retracements by Mike Moody, Ph.D.
WMB Pullback To Support?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Williams Cos. have experienced a particularly strong rally since October 2011. Is the latest pullback in the stock a buying opportunity?
WTI Weekly: Balance Leads To Imbalance As Market Structure Provides Insight Into Pending Trend
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 breakout above key resistance and subsequent buy-side price discovery for Monday, August 19, 2019's auction. Market structu
WTI Weekly: Bullish Market Structure Guides Way To Buy-Side Continuation
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 establishment of a structural low and subsequent buy-side price discovery for Tuesday, August 13, 2019's auction. Market st
WTI Weekly: Despite Large Prior Declines Market Structure Continued To Point Lower
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 selloff in Tuesday, April 14, 2020's auction. Market structure and order flow provide insight into the actual transactional
WTI Weekly: Heightened Volatility Saw Rotation To Both Statistical Resistance And Support
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 on Thursday, March 20, 2020. Market structure and order flow provide insight into the ac
WTI Weekly: Key Resistance Failed As Price Discovery Higher Developed To Statistical Resistance
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 buy-side continuation for Wednesday, March 4, 2020 which ultimately failed at statistical resistance. Market structure and order
WTI Weekly: Key Resistance Failed Early Before A Breakout Developed To Statistical Resistance
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 breakout through key resistance and subsequent rally on Monday, February 8, 2021. Market structure and order flow provide insigh
WTI Weekly: Key Resistance Fails As Rally Continued To Statistical Resistance.
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 breakout through key resistance and subsequent rally on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Market structure and order flow provide insig
WTI Weekly: Key Resistance Held As Sell Excess Formed, Driving Price Lower To Statistical Support.
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 defense of key resistance and subsequent price discovery lower for Friday, December 20, 2019's auction. Market st
WTI Weekly: Key Support Failed Early Before A Correction To Statistical Support
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 failed rally from key support and subsequent selloff on Friday, January 15, 2021. Market structure and order flow provide insigh
WTI Weekly: Key Support Fails As Correction Unfolds To Daily Statistical Support 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 buy-side continuation for Wednesday, March 17, 2020 which ultimately failed at statistical resistance. Market structure and orde
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 Data Signaled Rally Continuation To Statistical Resistance Was Likely
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 through key resistance on Wednesday, November 11, 2020. Market structure and order flow provide insight into the actual t
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: Overnight Flush To Key Statistical Support Finds Buying Interest.
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 Monday, April 6, 2020's auction. Market structure and order flow provide insight
WTI Weekly: Prior Key Resistance Becomes Support As Rally Continued To Statistical Resistance.
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 breakout through key resistance and subsequent rally on Friday, March 5, 2021. Market structure and order flow provide insight i
WTI Weekly: Rally Continued To Statistical Resistance Where A Sell Response Developed
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this article, we examine the order flow and limit order book data in the WTI futures market that provides insight into sell response at key resistance following a rally on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Market structure and order flow provide insight into
WYNN: Time To Lock In Gains To Avoid Loss?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Up by nearly 130% since July 2012, shares of Wynn Resorts Ltd. appear to be under distribution prior to a correction.
WYNN: Time To Lock In Gains To Avoid Loss?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Up by nearly 130% since July 2012, shares of Wynn Resorts Ltd. appear to be under distribution prior to a correction.
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.
Want to try something HOT!? by John Sweeney
Want to try something HOT!? by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...CF-DM from J.C. Productions. By John Sweeney Some systems are so active it could give a guy a heart attack. J.C. Productions has put together one of the most active and breathtaking trading systems I've run across. Of course, I haven't seen everything i
We Want To Be In Financials
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bernanke: Fed intends to maintain highly accommodative policy for the foreseeable future.
Welcome To The New Year
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What can you expect to happen in the financial markets in 2015?
What Happened To Hewlett-Packard?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The last time I wrote on this equity it had a very nice head and shoulders bottom reversal pattern. I was anticipating it to go higher over the long-term, but. . . things change. The time to sell long positions was when the long-term trendline was brok
What Happened To My Profit?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The effects of implied volatility are underestimated by many option traders. It can vary greatly and unpredictably over an option's life and have a negative impact on the profitability of an option position.
What Happened To TZOO?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On July 19, I wrote about TZOO, which Dan Zanger discussed in his newsletter as a potential buy. On July 20, it put in an engulfing bear candlestick pattern and then on July 21, it dropped off a cliff. What happened?
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 It Takes To Survive by Adrienne Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:4 (26-31): What It Takes To Survive by Adrienne Toghraie As a trader, you need to be a winner and you also need to be a survivor. Here's why. No matter how good a trader is, he will experience a shattering loss some time in h
What To Buy In A Tough Market For Income
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Analysts are at loggerheads when it comes to market direction. The bears are shouting sell, but the bulls are saying that when everyone sells, that's the time to buy! So what should you do?
What To Expect In 2018
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a market has been strongly bullish, it's easy to get complacent and focus on continuing to grow your net returns. The reality is that markets don't always go up, which is why, as a precaution, it's worth your time to map out the bigger picture. That
What You Need To Know About Gaps by Joe Luisi and Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What You Need To Know About Gaps by Joe Luisi and Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan Have you ever wondered what gaps are and why they occur? Here are the various types, examples - and an answer. Ever had an open position at the close one day, only to find that a
What's Happened To Coke?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Large and powerful formations are not always invulnerable to outside forces, and Coca-Cola is a case in point.
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.
When And Where To Take Profits
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...These five concepts should be considered when developing exit strategies.
When Not To Trade
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is waiting on the sidelines the ideal way to make a profit?
When The Market Speaks, It Pays To Listen
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Why care about market internals?
When To Buy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The consumer confidence index has dropped, and stock prices have fallen. When do you get back in?
When To Hold 'Em And When To Fold 'Em
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Knowing when to hold a stock is important, but it is absolutely critical to know when to sell them.
When To Hold 'Em And When To Fold 'Em
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Knowing when to hold a stock is important, but it is absolutely critical to know when to sell them.
When To Sell? Candlesticks Tell
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Candlesticks can be useful in helping to delete your emotions from trading.
When To Trade With Cycles by John F. Ehlers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 25:4 (32-34): When To Trade With Cycles by John F. Ehlers When should you trade the cycle mode in a market and when should you trade the trend mode? Find out with this indicator. In theory, trading with cycles is easy -- just buy
When is it Safe to Short a Stock? Air Canada May Be Losing Altitude
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Since topping out at the $8 area, Canada's dominant airline is now in a potentially bearish pattern - a descending triangle.
Where Do You Want To Invest Today?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Experts have always recommended keeping a portion of your investments overseas. But how do you select the countries to invest in?
Where To Focus Your Efforts
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What type of analysis is likely to benefit the active trader? Which field of research is more suited for seeking market outperformance? Which is more tailored for those looking for consistent returns? Let's find out
Where To Next For FCX?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After enduring a multimonth decline, are shares of Freeport-McMoran Copper and Gold close to an important bullish reversal point?
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 To Now?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With problems in Europe, the disappointing jobs report in the US, and the oil drama in the Gulf of Mexico, the question is, what's next?
Where to Put Your Stops by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Where to Put Your Stops by John Sweeney Stops protecting an initial entry position are like forward passes in football: Three things can happen to you and only one of them is good! 1)You can be taken out of a strong adverse move early (That's good). 2
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 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.
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 GDX Summer Slump Give Way To Autumn Rally?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Most gold bugs already know that gold mining stocks tend to rally for an extended period during the latter part of the year. But what about this year?
Will The US Lead The Way To Recovery?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How much farther can the Standard & Poor's 500 fall?
Winning Stocks And Knowing When To Sell
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the market in a correction, it's a good time to touch upon two key rules of trading that make you money and keep you from losing it.
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
With IWM, Small Caps Ready To Tumble Again?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A very reliable MetaStock expert advisor is suggesting that the Russell 2000 index has the potential to face more downside in the next week or two, at the very least.
With RMO Sell Signals, Current Selloff To Continue
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With 17% of the S&P 500 component stocks flashing new RMO swing sell signals, there can be little doubt that the broad US markets have put in a significant weekly high.
With Shares Of Twitter Nearing Support Is It Time To Give It A Second Look?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of Twitter (TWTR) closed on May 2, 2016 near support after several days of heavy selling. Is it now time to give the shares a second look for a possible long play?
Workday, Inc.: Proportional Pullback To Cycle Bottom
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After making a measured correction into a key cycle bottom, shares of Workday, Inc. may be ready for a sprint toward $100 per share.
Working Money: A Short Guide To Exchange-Traded Funds by Paolo Pezzutti
Working Money: Adding ETFs To Your Portfolio by John Devcic
Working Money: Do You Need Volume To Move Stocks Higher? by Michael Carr
Working Money: Eight Steps To Successful Trader Tax Filing by Jim Forrester, CPA
Working Money: From Plain Vanilla To Exotic: So Many Options by Clem Chambers
Working Money: Hazardous To Your Wealth by Mike Carr
Working Money: Match Your Method To The Market by Steve Palmquist
Working Money: Return To The 50-50 Strategy by Charles Bradshaw Schaap
Working Money: Seven Steps To A Good Trade by Paul Lange
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: To Catch A Falling Knife... by Matt Blackman
Working Money: To Invest (Or Not) In Gold
Working Money: To Short Or Not To Short by Neil A. O'Hara
Working Money: To Short Or Not To Short by Neil A. O'Hara
Working Money: When And Where To Take Profits by Larry Swing
Working Money: When The Market Speaks, It Pays To Listen by Mike Hurley, CMT
Working Money: When To Sell? Candlesticks Tell by Steve Bigalow
Working Money: "The Best And The Brightest" Go To Washington by Matt Blackman
Wyndham Worldwide Set To Rise?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a major, sustained bullish trend move, there's always a consolidation before another rally and/or a reversal. Which will it be for shares of Wyndham Worldwide?
XAU Gold Index Ready To Surpass Pullback Target
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many gold stocks are surging higher as the XAU beats the 200-EMA resistance level.
XLF Retraces To Previous Support Level
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The higher tops could not stop the Financial Select Sector SPDR from retracing back to the previous support level. The fresh bullish rally is likely to move with a depressed mood.
XLI Ready To Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Industrial Select Sector SPDR has hit the target, and the momentum indicators are oversold. Is the situation favorable for a successful bounce?
Yahoo! Trying To Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As the overall markets attempt to bounce off the recent downleg, many stocks will try to follow suit. Will Yahoo! have something to shout about?
Z-Score: How To Use It In Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Z-score can help to analyze sequences of trades to determine the relationship between wins and losses. You can use this statistic to refine your trading strategy to maximize profitability. We'll show you how
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