Recognizing Stock Bottoms with Strong Support All too often, new Individual Investors and Retail Traders see a fast-running stock nearing a topping candlestick pattern, and they rush to buy it because it has been running up for so long. It looks as if the stock is never going to stop, …
Include a Volume Indicator for Stock Picks In the early days of Technical Analysis, all of the data from the Stock Market was not readily available in a format that could be hand-drawn on a chart. The earliest chartists had to create their charts using either Point and Figure, Line, …
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. …
Precise Sideways Price Action Means Buyers Are Dominant Most Individual Investors and Retail Traders do not realize that they have a huge advantage over the professional side of the market. This is due to the constraints, restrictions, rules, and regulations the professional side must comply with on an ongoing basis. …
Traders Are Using Stock Chart Analysis Options Trading has suddenly become far more popular with Professional Traders and Smaller Funds, who are now learning to trade Options. This means that Retail Traders will find more trading volume and opportunities than what have been around previously. It is the Renaissance of …
Determine Stock Market Participant Groups Buying or Selling Stock The TechniTrader Flow of Funds (TTFF) indicator was designed for MetaStock Users and to help Retail Traders and Individual Investors see when giant Buy Side Institutions are moving into or out of a stock. There are currently over 12,000 Institution Funds …
Identify Dark Pools and High Frequency Traders Reading MetaStock Charts is a skill that all traders need to hone and strive to improve constantly. Candlestick price patterns matter. What price is doing reveals a great deal about which Stock Market Participant Groups are controlling price. Who is in control of …
Use Stock Volume and Leading Indicators Stocks and the Stock Market move sideways about 70% of the time. Yes, some stocks get into periods of moderately trending activity. However, if you really look at charts just to see the 3 trends of Uptrending, Downtrending, and Sideways, you will see that …
Use Bollinger Bands with Quantity Indicators Bollinger Bands are an outstanding indicator for analyzing sideways candlestick patterns. The bands’ ability to expand and contract revealing the amplitude of price is a critical factor for accurately identifying breakout action before price moves up or down. Use Bollinger Bands topping action to …
Find Candlestick Platforms Prior to Runs Using Bollinger Bands in TC2000.com Charts makes it far easier to determine if a Candlestick Platform is underway or if it is a wider sideways Trading Range candlestick pattern. Below is an example of a stock that had been in a Trading Range pattern …