Recognizing 3 Types of Upside Price Action in a Downtrend During a Downtrend, price does not just go down; instead, it often has brief periods where it moves up. Determining whether it is just a Bounce, Rebound, or a true Reversal requires Spatial Pattern Recognition Skills™ to read the stock …
List of Chart and Market Requirements Necessary for Success New and novice traders learn a few Candlestick Patterns and rush out to trade, believing this is all they need to be successful in trading stocks. They are then often surprised to see the stock retrace and lose money. Below is …
Add Stock Volume & Quantity Indicators to Analysis One of the challenges for Technical Traders is learning the new Topping and Bottoming Candlestick Patterns that have emerged in the past few years. The Topping Candlestick Patterns in the markets today can be a surprise for traders. Learning How to Identify …
Consider Market Condition and Stock Trend Cycle Buy the Dip is a very old-style strategy that is frequently touted as “brand-new” to new and beginning stock traders, novice swing traders, and new investors. The theory is that you want to “buy low and sell high”. But more often than not, …
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 …
Two Dominant Stock Market Participant Groups Explained There are two dominant Stock Market Participant Groups in the Stock and Options Markets. The giant Buy Side Institutions use Alternative Trading Systems (ATSs), which create Dark Pools to hide their buying and selling. Their counterparts are the High Frequency Traders (HFTs), which …
Find Stocks That Have Compressing Sideways Candlestick Patterns Trading so-called “Volatile Markets” can seem like a daunting task. Many Retail Traders struggle during these phases of trading action and do not recognize how to cope with “Volatile” Trading Conditions. The problem is not that stock price action is “Volatile”, but …
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 …
How Retail Traders Avoid Whipsaw Trades Many traders still rely solely upon Price and Price Indicators, which leaves them highly vulnerable to whipsaw trades. Stock Volume reveals weak candlestick patterns, and so it is critical to use it in the automated markets today. This is because the giant Buy Side …
To Identify Dark Pool Buy Zones™ The Shift of Sentiment™ pattern in the stock chart example below clearly and easily shows that Buy Side Institutions using Dark Pools entered this stock and would quickly take control of price. Sideways bottoming stock trend analysis of the chart shows that a sudden …