August 18, 2009

Designing A System To Survive A Bear Market -- Donald W. Pendergast, Jr.

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....(more)

QQQQ's Ascending Broadening Wedge -- Ron Walker

The QQQQ has formed two bearish patterns during its recent runup. But even though bearish forces are at work, how far could prices drop? An ascending broadening wedge pattern might hold the answer and...(more)

Stock Market Corrects -- Alan R. Northam

The stock market has now entered into a market correction. There are those market participants that are calling for the end of the upward rally at this price juncture and those who forecast the market...(more)

August 17, 2009

Support Tests, Money Flow Divergences, and Scalp Profits -- Donald W. Pendergast, Jr.

Executing trade entries near strong, well-defined support and resistance areas can be an effective trading strategy, particularly when combined with momentum and money flow divergence analysis....(more)

Traders Remain Confident In The Stock Market -- Alan R. Northam

There are many ways to measure the confidence of traders to the stock market. One way is to determine if the Consumer Staples market sector is underperforming or outperforming the S&P 500....(more)

August 14, 2009

Crude Cruise -- Austin Passamonte

Measuring the long-term view of crude oil futures market....(more)

Dollar Discount -- Austin Passamonte

Here's a long-term chart view of the euro currency futures contract....(more)

Traders, Take (10-Year) Note -- Austin Passamonte

Here's a long-term chart view of the 10-year note futures....(more)

Sifting The Ashes For Tomorrow's Leaders With DBA -- Donald W. Pendergast, Jr.

Even though the broad markets are still enmeshed in a major bull rally, it may still pay to dig through the relative strength rankings to seek out those lagging industry groups that may be poised to b...(more)

August 13, 2009

Swiss Cheese Rally? -- Austin Passamonte

Measuring price-action potential direction in the S&P 500 futures market....(more)

Hard Hat Zone -- Austin Passamonte

Here's a long-term chart view of price measurement per the NASDAQ 100 index futures....(more)

What's Next, More Rally Or A Major Stall? -- Donald W. Pendergast, Jr.

Even the strongest bull market rallies need time to pause and regroup before continuing higher. Is the current action in the broad markets a consolidation or a major top?...(more)

August 12, 2009

Ford Motor In High Spirits -- Chaitali Mohile

After struggling for almost nine years, Ford has surged into a bullish region....(more)

What About The NASDAQ? -- Koos van der Merwe

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 corre...(more)

August 11, 2009

Autoliv Offers Long Retracement Entry Setup -- Donald W. Pendergast, Jr.

As the broad market indexes pause to catch their breath, some fundamentally attractive, high relative strength stocks are offering another chance to get on board....(more)

Are The Industrials Outperforming? -- Alan R. Northam

Relative strength analysis compares one stock or market to another to determine if that stock or market is out- or underperforming the stock or market it is being compared to. Here the industrial mark...(more)

August 10, 2009

Sentiment Measures Require Context -- Mike Carr, CMT

The AAII Sentiment Survey shows that 50% of individual investors are now bullish. Is that a cause for concern?...(more)

Brokerage Industry Group is Gaining Strength -- Donald W. Pendergast, Jr.

Ever heard the expression, "If you don't like the weather, just wait a while"? Such an oft-quoted phrase might also be applied to the fast-changing relative strength rankings of stock industry groups....(more)

Is The Recession Over? -- Alan R. Northam

Is the recession over and the economy In recovery? One way to answer this question is by looking at what the financial market sector is doing....(more)

August 07, 2009

An Elliott Wave Count Of The S&P 500 -- Koos van der Merwe

The saying goes that one peek into the future is worth 1,000 finesses, so does our Elliott wave count give us that peek?...(more)

Trading 101: Support, Resistance, And Divergence -- Donald W. Pendergast, Jr.

Sometimes, a seemingly perfect trade setup appears, one that deserves a second look. Here's a look at one such intraday setup and the real-life trade that followed....(more)

XLB Breakout Rally -- Chaitali Mohile

The Materials Select Sector has recently broken through the resistance area and is heading toward another solid hurdle. Let us check out the reliability of the new rally....(more)

August 06, 2009

Broad Markets Still Looking Healthy -- Donald W. Pendergast, Jr.

It's been nearly four weeks since the broader market indexes reversed higher near their anticipated weekly cycle lows, but do these markets have enough staying power to keep the bull trend intact thro...(more)

August 05, 2009

CBS, A Stock To Watch -- Koos van der Merwe

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....(more)

Natural Gas Issues New Buy Signal -- Donald W. Pendergast, Jr.

Can it be true? A tentative bottom in the natural gas market may finally be here, and a convincing long-trade setup is now beckoning....(more)

Sunny Days For Alcoa -- Chaitali Mohile

After many volatile trading sessions, Alcoa Inc. is on the verge of stepping into a steady bullish environment. The strong trend reversal pattern is likely to increase the demand for the stock....(more)

August 04, 2009

Oil Services Industry Group Flashes Buy Signal -- Donald W. Pendergast, Jr.

Now that the S&P 500 has finally cleared the magic 1000 level again, the odds are that the broad markets will continue to move higher. Here's a look at one of the strongest ETFs, one that has just iss...(more)

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