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
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...3D printing has taken the world by storm, and lately stocks in this space have been on fire. But even the best things must come to an end. Does the recent parabolic blowoff mean the industry's best days are over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here, we offer up a collection of 20 market observations and market wisdoms from someone with more than 50 years of experience in trading, studying, and analyzing the financial markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Testing inspired by silver's big plunge last week showed that futures are just as likely to drop further as they are to rebound after a crash. Testing in the stock market finds buying big drops works best in bear markets.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:12 (68-72): Breadth Statistics: What Do They Tell You? by Tom McClellan Let's revisit the advance/decline line. Advance/decline (A/D) statistics have been used since 1926, when they were first analyzed by Col. Leonard Ayres a
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...According to Kornitzer Capital Management's Tom Laming, some of the best international investments come from US companies. Confused? Read on.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can Technical Factors Gauge What Works In The Stock Market? by Mark Vakkur In the second part of this series we look at the technical factors you can use to gauge the magnitude and direction of the trends in the S&P 500. Using only month-tomonth, close
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Move aims to create "one of the world's largest integrated pure-play renewable energy companies"
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Move aims to create "one of the world's largest integrated pure-play renewable energy companies"
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Price-to-earnings and price-to-cash flow are among the most common ways to measure a company's health. What are these ratios and how can you use them to invest in the best companies?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Articles about divesting out of fossil fuels and into clean technology are everywhere. But what are stocks telling us?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Articles about divesting out of fossil fuels and into clean technology are everywhere. But what are stocks telling us?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Oil is heading higher, and it is pulling a whole array of stocks with it. Here is one stock that also has some compelling technicals in its favor.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Most traders are familiar with how margins on equities work, but what about margins on futures? Here, we look at the unique characteristics of futures margins to understand their nuances
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If Beta Doesn't Work, What Does? by William G.S. Brown, Ph.D. Beta not doing it for you? Try the price regression line. Conventional wisdom says that a stock (or stock fund) having a beta close to 1.0 will follow the market. Is that true? This piece of
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Warren Buffet announced that he bought stocks when the market crashed on Thursday, September 25, 2014.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks (and bonds) have been the biggest beneficiaries of Quantitative Easing efforts but lately, stocks have been struggling. So what's next?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Interview Henry Hank Pruden: What The Future Holds by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan Hank, why don't you start by telling us how you got interested in the Wyckoff method. What attracted me to the Wyckoff method can be summarized under my notions of Wyckoff th
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What Is The Future Of Trading? by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan At The Start Of Our 20th Year, We Ask: What Is The Future Of Trading? The trading exchanges have been going through various changes lately, shifting from member-sponsored entities to for-profi
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.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is this A-B base the future market bottom picture?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This has been a tough market no matter which way you slice it, with signals to confuse even the most stalwart traders. But here is one pattern that looks promising.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's What You Keep That Counts by Ted Tesser,CPA Trader status, which has always been one of the hottest but least understood topics whenever taxes are discussed, has always left market participants confused. Here's a certified public accountant who al
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Juniper Networks (JNPR) is in the midst of confusion. There is a struggle between supply and demand with the supply side winning at this point.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The business cycle can be a valuable indicator for those who know how and when to use it.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many studies on seasonal tendencies of stocks have relied on a few decades' worth of activity. What does a century of data show? Can we glean additional insights? Here's a study that evaluates the performance of 12 industry groups over a period of over n
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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...WHAT IS A FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM? by Technical Analysis, Inc. There is an intuitive appeal in the concept that cycles are apparent in price data. The cycles do not appear to be consistent, but more of a combination that are longer- and shorter-term cycl
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SIDEBAR: What about lags? What about the lags introduced by triangular moving averages? An example is the best way to study them. The index in Article Figure 2 is a sine curve with a period of 40 observations and an amplitude of 10.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What is Chi Square? If, in the past, records show that the market exhibited more rises than declines at a certain time, could it have been by chance? Yes. If a medication produced cures more often than average, could it have been luck? Yes. If so, how m
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Beginning in August, weakness from July's trading was carrying over but now it's spreading like a contagion. Learn how to prepare and profit.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We should stick to the rules.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Volatility is at its lowest levels in years. Although structural changes might be ongoing, a high-volatility environment appears to be back.
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!
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Russell 2000 Inverse ETF has now hit the median line of the Andrews pitchfork but failed to hit its initial price target. What next? Should we expect TWM to reverse back down or continue up to hit its initial price target?
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.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."Trader Vic" Sperandeo wrote about a pattern that he said had been a big money maker for him over the years. It recently appeared on a number of indexes. What does it mean?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In every major correction, rumors surface that a recession is in the wings. These same rumors have been circulating of late. If we are indeed in a true bear market and headed for recession, the yield curve will provide valuable warning.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sometimes we look at a chart and clearly see the trend. We wish we had only seen it earlier, when it had broken out from its basing pattern and begun its up/down trend. If only, we think, if only we had seen it when it was breaking out, we could have sta
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.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trade what you see, not what you think you see.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The general market trend seems to be changing. Here's an example of how to take advantage of it.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...School holidays are over. September, traditionally the quietest month of the year, is upon us, with the notoriously volatile October ahead. What now?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...You're most likely not going to engage in a conversation about "lognormal volatility" at a cocktail party. But you may have come across the term in financial texts. This may or may not surprise you: When it comes to the stock market, what you read may no
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...WHAT TEXTBOOKS NEVER TELL YOU by Jesse H. Thompson Post Pattern Activity Most texts on market form or activity describe certain price patterns that occur with great frequency; these texts also define the implications of these price patterns and their p
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Deciding when to enter a position for a long trade can be confusing. Knowing what to look for in a healthy breakout can help.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking at a chart of the Dow divided by the price of gold can present an argument against a possible Dow collapse.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When the technology sector crashed in 2000, the NASDAQ index crashed heavily along with it. But in the recovery phase, the Elliott wave B-wave , the index rose only as far as the 38.2% Fibonacci correction.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What corporate insiders do in the stock market can tell us a lot about where they believe the market is going. When corporate executives are buying their company's stock in greater than average amounts, it often means a market bottom of sorts. Whe
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...More than just an alternative to indicators, pivots can be used to better understand market behavior.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Are the stock movements you're trying to predict random or purposeful?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Patience and discipline -- two buzzwords in trading. But to be patient, you have to know what you are waiting for, and when you know what you're waiting for, it's easier to be disciplined. Here's how you can accomplish this feat.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Step back to look at the recent rally.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It's been a good run since March 11 for the major indexes. They recently moved from overbought into oversold on the daily charts without the serious meltdown that many were expecting. Here is what two popular analytic tools can tell us and why this
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Secrets Of Cycles And What They Can Reveal What Can Market Cycles Tell Us? by Tim W. Wood, CPA Everything in nature moves in cycles -- the solar system, the migration of geese, sleep patterns. Of more immediate interest to traders are cycles in the a
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:12 (60-61): What Can Neural Networks Do For You? by Dima Vonko Neural networks can multiply your profits -- if you know how to use them. Neural networks can be created to generate profits. You may think you need vast computer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In a search for the next success story to invest in, this student investor finds that stocks which have correlated most closely with Tesla's stock price over a given time period become worthy investment candidates to consider
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders can take cues from investors. Here's a look at mimicking what legendary investor Warren Buffett is doing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here's a look at how mathematical expectation allows for an apples-to-apples comparison of trading systems or strategies regardless of type or style, as well as allowing the tracking of your own trading record. A huge number of different trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Scalpers, daytraders, swing traders, position traders Ñ they all trade, but they trade differently. Here's a look at the characteristics of each type.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...To you they mean plenty.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The jury may still be out among analysts regarding whether this rally will be sustained or not but a look at the sectors tells a revealing tale about the state of the economy.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A bear flag is often a bearish signal. Regeneration Pharmeceuticals, Inc. is just completing one - is it too early to tell what this means for the stock?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While large-cap stocks have continued their merry march higher, the same can't be said for other sectors, especially the high-yield bond market. What implications does this have for the stock rally?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Where is the market going from here?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Intermarket analysis tells us that stocks, bonds, and commodities generally move together in trends. Was does it mean when they don't?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What Else Does It Do? by STEVE ROSS More and more people are investing in personal computers. But personal computers are often purchased with only one or two real applications in mind. Many personal computer owners are not programmers, and have no inten
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
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.
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?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Year-end has historically been a good time to own gold thanks to seasonal jewelry demand. So what happened in 2013?
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?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Coming up with new option strategies to trade isn't easy. Sometimes, looking at things in a new way gives you a fresh perspective
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What Is A Trend, Anyway? by John Sweeney A reader reacting to the Settlement article in January on trading basics (Settlement, ""Trading simply: Minimizing losses,"" Stocks & COMMODITIES, January 1991) asked a key question: What is a trend? How do I ide
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The bigger question is what can we expect going forward?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Last week it was announced that Yahoo! had more hits than Google.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As many traders and investors were forced to relearn in the last financial crisis, no asset class is an island onto itself. Where one goes, the others are sure to take notice. Intermarket analysis says that stocks, bonds, commodities, and currencies all
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What's going on with the nation's largest traditional bookseller, which reported fiscal first-quarter results today?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A reader of Traders.com applied the cycle strategy I used of previous articles (Nasdaq And Cycles of December, 2002) to the London Gold price, and emailed it to me for comment. Below is my analysis.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What Is Risk? by Gary Anderson There are many ways to view risk. Some measurements treat risk and reward alike; if a stock is outperforming the market to the upside, there is an implicit expectation that the stock may also outperform the market to the d
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sangoma is the South African term for a witch doctor. In this falling market, is the company living up to its name?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Have you analyzed your trading setup to determine what the best price is for buying a security? Here we explore some ways to do that
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In an exponential moving average, the smoothing fac tor, also known as a weighted multiplier or alpha, is the parameter that determines how values in the lookback period are weighted. Weights decline exponentially as the data points get older. How
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...By knowing the risk of being in the market, you can hedge and control portfolio volatility better. Here is a rundown of the most popular ways to evaluate and measure risk, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of each. In the end, you'll find out what'
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the VIX now telling us to be prepared?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The idea of making money from the stock market is what attracts us to the markets. But what does it really take? Here's a realistic look
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
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What K-wave? by Jeff Walker Cycles -- in things as varied as locusts, sunspots and pig iron production -- are an undeniable part of the universe. The reality of Nicolai Kondratieff's 54-year cycle is rather less certain. A cycle is a more-or-less regular
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What Market Timing Is -- And Isn't Market timing is supposed to be great at reducing your risk while letting you profit in the bull moves, but is it all it's cracked up to be? This market timer discusses the pros and cons. Market timing -- and market tim
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a painful decline lasting all of the past year, has Brinker Intl, Inc. (EAT) finally found support at the low of $29.50 reached on September 7, 2017?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With Amazon's (AMZN) recent purchase of Wholefoods Market, it looks like there is no stopping this juggernaut of a stock. But what does a study of the price chart reveal about the performance of this stock?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Looking for a share to buy as tensions rise around the world.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With all the uncertainty over the past few weeks, where does one put one's money?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When Donald Trump won the US Presidential election, the Dow Jones Industrial Average immediately rose to a new high, against all predictions. As we search for investing opportunities in this new order, how attractive are the banking stocks? We'll take a
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Facebook shares jumped at the end of January, on better than expected results.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Everyone knows who Martha Stewart is, and the legal problems she faces. Many investors took a gamble and bought shares of her company, Martha Stewart Living (MSO) when it fell dramatically to a low of $9.32, believing it was oversold. On May 5th the news
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As of April 12, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in over half a million cases in the US and over 20 thousand deaths. While these numbers look set to climb higher, governments around the world have taken unprecedented actions to try to slow the sp
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There is now no doubt that the S&P 500 is in a new bull market, but ...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...So we know that the Dow Jones Industrial Average is in a wave 4 correction of a Wave III. What should our strategy be?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The VIX and OEX are both approaching key price levels, which could dictate if the market sees a bounce in the near term or the January correction continues.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Though pessimism is growing in the marketplace, the S&P 500 could see further weakness before putting in a temporary bottom.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:8 (44-47): What Time Frame Is Right For You? by Thomas Bulkowski Finding the right time frame for your trading may make life easier for you -- and your trading successes more sustainable. A trader I'll call Jennifer made big b
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?
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
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What's next for Facebook, and what lessons can we learn after its rebound from the 200-day moving average?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Time frame, capital, patience, assertiveness, rule following, and temperament are all large parts of investment success. In order to make the most of our individual inherent abilities to perform well at certain functions you must ask yourself some very e
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is gold to be used as a hedge against inflation?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Devon Energy looks to be forming a bullish triangle but the stock has little margin for error if higher prices are going to prevail.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What Works, What Doesn't In Stock Market History by Mark Vakkur Using Summary Statistics, In Over 60 Years And here for your education and edification, Standard & Poor's 500 summary statistics from January 1945 to May 2007! Some factors are strongly co
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What Works, What Doesn't In Stock Market History by Mark Vakkur Using Summary Statistics, In Over 60 Years And here for your education and edification, Standard & Poor's 500 summary statistics from January 1945 to May 2007! Some factors are strongly co
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If you want your finances to survive inflation, you'd better find out what you don't know.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In writing my latest book, Encyclopedia Of Candlestick Charts, I made some startling discoveries. I used more than 4.7 million candle lines (price bars) for the research with data going back as far as the 1980s in hundreds of stocks, but not all
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
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What is the Impact of the S&P 500? by Clifford J. Sherry, Ph.D. What impact does the variability of the market have on the price behavior of an individual stock? Technicians often use the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index as a model for the market when
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What volume is it? by Richard W. Arms, Jr. Markets often seem unpredictable and erratic. They give the impression of being disorganized because they do not always behave as we think they should. We live by clocks and schedules, yet all too often prices
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Working Money: What Are Pivots? by Dennis D. Peterson More than just an alternative to indicators, pivots can be used to better understand market behavior. The appearance of pivots on a chart suggests the market has made a decision about price action.