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What Is the Power in Platform Candlestick Patterns?

Buy Side Institutions Buying in Dark Pools Prior to Runs The “Platform Candlestick Pattern” is a relatively new sideways candlestick pattern that is becoming more and more prevalent as the Dark Pools’ activity increases. Dark Pools are Alternative Trading System (ATS) venues that transact giant-lot orders off of the Exchanges. …

How to Position Trade Bottoming Stocks

List of 5 What to Recognize in Candlestick Patterns Many traders do not have the time or resources to trade the most well-known Trading Styles, which are Day Trading and Swing Trading. Both of these styles require more time, a higher capital base, and the ability to be trading in …

Day Trading vs. Position Trading Stocks Comparison

Differences in Styles, Costs, and Profits Day Trading is the most widely talked about Trading Style for Retail Traders. However, it is the least profitable of all the short-term Trading Styles. This is a little-known fact that no one ever tells Retail Traders when they start to learn to trade …

Why Is the Weekly Chart View Invaluable?

For Interpreting What Price Will Do After Stock Volume Spikes The chart example below with a Daily Chart View shows that High Frequency Traders (HFTs) caused a huge white candlestick and stock Volume spike, as indicated by the vertical red line on the right. Since then, this stock has been …

What Is Missing in Your Risk Analysis?

Stop Loss with Support & Resistance The least used and most often improperly used analysis by Technical Traders and Retail Traders is Risk Analysis. All too often, traders are choosing high-risk stock picks without realizing it. See the candlestick chart example below. This analysis is NOT using percentages, but rather …

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