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Martha Stokes CMT

New Candlestick Patterns from Wider Spread Programs

Stock Market Trading Opportunities Increase The first pilot test program for wider spreads focused on small cap stocks and was initiated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This provided more liquidity for these stocks and was a huge success, becoming the standard for all small cap stocks. Following the …

How to Use Bollinger Bands® in MetaStock Charts

Add Stock Volume Indicators for Direction Stock Will Move The Bollinger Bands indicator has been gaining in popularity. This is no surprise, given the changes in the Market Structure and how price behaves with more of the Exchanges, Dark Pool Alternative Trading Systems (ATSs), Electronic Communication Networks (ECNs), and other …

Trading the Small Cap Stocks

About Outstanding Shares and Momentum Runs Most Retail Traders only trade big cap stocks. This is because they depend mostly on news for finding stocks to trade. It can also be due to relying upon Industry or Sector selections, often missing out on the underlying stocks that are moving with …

Where Is Support and Resistance for Position Trading?

Compression Candlestick Patterns Caused by Technical & Fundamental Traders Position Trading support and resistance are caused by the effect of Technical and Fundamental Traders in the stock. A “compression” pattern is a new candlestick pattern where a group of candlesticks indicate that the stock is poised for a sudden move, …

How Does Stock Fundamental Support Form?

By Dark Pool Candlestick Pattern Platforms Fundamental Investors and Traders are the Buy Side Institutions, who use Dark Pools to buy and sell large to giant lots and block orders. Often trading short-term are the Sell Side Institutions and Smaller Funds. Small-Lot Retail Investors are negligible and tend not to …

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