They Move Based on Index Value as It Changes Thousands of new Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) have been created over the past few years, providing another way to trade stocks for short-term profits. All ETFs are based on a group of stocks often called an index. Often, the most popular ETF …
Add Quantity Indicators to Allow for Early Entry into Stocks All indicators have limitations and Market Conditions where the indicator fails, does not provide a true positive or negative pattern, or is simply unable to keep up with the speed of momentum price or stock volume activity. Bollinger Bands® are …
They Start Trading While Dark Pool Quiet Accumulation Continues During Earnings Season, most Retail Traders and Technical Traders are often frustrated because they do not have training on Earnings Strategies that work for their Trading Style. They hear about a stock or a great report and discover that the stock …
Add Stock Volume & Quantity to Analysis It used to be that price was the most important indicator on a stock chart. Most Stock Indicators, Market Breadth Indicators, and Sector Indicators are based solely on price and time due to the importance weighted on price action in the past. Most …
Determine Levels and Strength of Support Topping patterns have undergone dramatic changes in the past decade due to Market Structure changes which have created new types of venues, orders, routing, and Market Participants. Once the new topping formations are identified, the next analysis must be where small and minor non-reversal …
Reading Stock Charts Like the Professional Traders All Technical Traders need to have very high visual pattern skill development so that they can click through charts quickly and identify patterns that they prefer to trade. Unfortunately for most Retail Traders, this skill is underdeveloped, leaving them to rely too much …
Moves in Opposition to Price During Volatile Market Conditions Most Technical and Retail Traders are familiar with high and low range oscillators or what is often called an Overbought or Oversold Oscillator. However, few really understand or use a Center Line Oscillator, which is extremely useful during Volatile Market Conditions …
Recognizing Who Is Controlling the Stock Price There is a plethora of analysis training on Candlestick Patterns and interpretation, and yet this remains one of the most problematic areas for Technical Traders who want to trade at the expert level earning high income from just trading stocks. The candlestick chart …
Recognize Shift of Sentiment™ Patterns in Indicators One of the more frustrating patterns for many Technical Traders and Retail Traders are the Flat Top Candlestick Patterns that form today. These new Topping Formations surprise many traders and result in whipsaw trades and losses with breakouts to the downside. What appears …
Identify Stock Market Participant Groups by Price & Indicator Patterns The StockCharts.com indicator Accum/Dist was designed to help track the large-lot versus small-lot activity. Decades ago, when the concept of distinguishing between the large lots versus the small lots started being discussed by the Sell Side Institutions, the Stock Market …