Tips for Investing and Trading One of the daunting tasks for many new or novice investors and retail traders is finding stocks to invest in long term or to trade. Right now, there are over 9,500 different listed stocks, Over-the-Counter (OTC) stocks, and Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) that you could buy. …
Price Fluctuation Revealed Linear Regression Slope Lines can provide a visual interpretation of price that is far superior to any moving average. Instead of applying the lines to the price, the lines can be set below the price chart to maintain the integrity of the analysis of the candlestick patterns …
Candlestick Patterns and Large-Lot Indicators Short-term bottoms are often a sideways pattern that slowly rises out of the low. Sometimes it is hard to see this as a bottom developing, because price is moving in such a choppy up and down pattern each day. One great way to decide whether …
Types of Indicators and How to Use Them A stock indicator is a formula that takes certain market data and transforms that data into a line or histogram to provide a graphical view of what is happening with price to determine what may happen in the near future. Indicators are …
Quiet Accumulation/Distribution Indicators The task of finding a simple reliable method for tracking the quiet accumulation of institutional investors in the stock market was no small feat for me many years ago. Market indicators track mostly indexes, advancing versus declining stocks, breadth, and so on which all basically track price …
Improves Candlestick Chart Analysis Wilder’s Relative Strength Index RSI is far superior to all other price oscillators due to the fact that it not only oscillates, but it also is a relational comparative indicator. As a comparative indicator, it has far more signals and patterns that form on a candlestick …
How Price and Volume Reflect Resistance Strength Support and Resistance are hugely important to retail and technical traders who are seeking to take advantage of the sudden velocity moves out of Trading Ranges and other sideways price action. Learning to identify when the price and volume patterns are showing sufficient …
Downside Action in the Automated Stock Market Recently, the news media for the retail side of the market stated that the correction the market was experiencing during that week was caused by “investors reaction to the dollar value rising and the risk of the Feds raising interest rates.” Although this …
Changing Topping and Bottoming Formations In the past few years Technical Analysis has undergone some significant changes. Many traditional technical patterns are either not forming as often, not as reliable, or are simply not found on the charts. Bottoming and Topping Formations have undergone the most substantial changes. Some Bottoms …