Understanding the Overlapping Cycle of the Super Sectors The Financial Markets use different Sector and Industry formatting than Economists. The Dow Industrial Average was established based on the economy theory of its time when there were 30 major Industries in the US, while for the Stock Market today, Economists use …
Determine Stock Trends & Stock Market Participant Groups The sell side of the market, aka the downside, is not the same as the buy side, aka the upside. One of the big reasons is that when the Stock Market is moving up on a long-term primary trend, ALL 9 Stock …
List of Possible Common Write-Off Expenses Many Individual Investors and Retail Traders do not know that years ago, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) established a ruling for the retail side of the Stock Market where they could have the same tax benefits as a Professional Trader. The ruling was done …
How They Are Changing the Stock Market The retail news and professional news feeds offer extremely opposing perspectives on what is going on with stocks in short-term trading, liquidity, execution speed, and the overall internal Stock Market Structure. While the retail side of the news media focuses on basic news …
Position Trading to Enter Stocks Earlier & Hold Prior to Earnings Release Most Earnings Season Stock Trading Strategies involve trading either the stock or its options a few days before the Earnings Report is released. However, much of the gains are already over if you focus only on the few …
Use List for Technical Analysis of Candlestick Patterns The candlestick chart below is a good example of a Rounding Top Candlestick Pattern, which is the hardest of all the tops to see before it breaks to the downside, as they tend to do during a Market Correction. For Swing Trading, …
To Find Giant Buy Side Institutions Investing Technical Analysis is undergoing massive changes as the technologies that support this form of stock analytic continue to expand and become more sophisticated. Charting software is no longer just about price, time, quantity, and symbol. It is also no longer merely candlesticks and …
Stock Indicators Transform Data into Histograms or Lines In the early days of Technical Analysis, Fundamentalists scoffed at the Technical Analysts who claimed that everything about a stock was right there in the stock chart. Price and how it moved was all that really mattered. Fundamentalists argued back that the …
They Are Affected by Changes to High Frequency Trading Regulations The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering a Test Pilot Program to initiate a study to determine if the High Frequency Trading “Maker-Taker” role is creating predatory and unfair trading practices. This test program was initiated by complaints from …
How Low Interest Rates Have Created a Hidden Inflationary Economy This is Part 2 of a series of articles regarding the Federal Reserve Board’s recent statement that they do not understand why inflation remains below 2% as they proclaim a robust economy. The primary method the Feds use in their …