Maximum pain for an options chain can show the option trader the expiration date price that will cause the option buyers to lose the most money. The max pain level is the strike price with the highest volume of open contract put options and call options for a set expiration date. The maximum pain price […]
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The “dark cloud cover” is a bearish reversal candlestick pattern. The dark cloud cover starts by appearing to continue an existing uptrend with a long white candle body, then the following day price opens at a new high but reverses and closes below the middle of the previous day’s bullish candle range. At the peak
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The piercing pattern candlestick chart is a two day price action pattern. It is created after one large down black or red candlestick followed by one large up white or green candlestick that opens below the low of the preceding candlestick but closes over halfway up into the previous black bearish body candlestick. This candlestick
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An accredited investor is someone with an approved status to invest in more complex ways than the average retail investor. An accredited investor is approved to invest in hedge funds, venture capital, angel investments, and private equity offerings among other opportunities. While financial regulation laws and enforcement agencies vary by country the common principle is
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The internal rate of return or IRR is a way to measure and project the expected rate of return on an investment into the future. The internal rate of return is when an investor or business quantifies the current return on investment and uses that date to estimate the annual rate of return that can
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Monetary policy is used by a central bank of a country to try to manage and control the money supply for a currency in its banking system and internationally. A central bank tries to use monetary policy to lower the rate of inflation and create price stability for faith and confidence in the stable value
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Enterprise value or EV is a financial measurement calculating the total monetary value of a business in the marketplace. Enterprise value is not the current market price but what the true value of the business is based on its assets and cash flow. The EV is the difference between the outstanding debt and the assets
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In the world of finance, discounted cash flow or DCF for short is the method for analyzing and projecting the value of a stock, company, project, real estate, or intellectual property by the estimated time value of money it generates. Discounted cash flow measurement and analysis is used in stock market investing, real estate investing
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Bullish candlestick patterns on a chart visually show buying pressure. These patterns can show the possibility of a price reversal during a downtrend or the continuation of an uptrend already in place. There can be single bullish candles or bullish candlestick patterns containing multiple candles in row. Here are some of the most popular bullish
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Bearish candlestick patterns on a chart visually show selling pressure. These patterns can show the possibility of a price reversal during an uptrend or the continuation of a downtrend already in place. There can be single bearish candles or bearish candlestick patterns containing multiple candles in row. Here are some of the most popular bearish
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Three black crows is a bearish three candlestick chart pattern formed by price action closing lower than the open and below the previous day’s low for three days in row. It is created by three long bearish candlesticks that stair step downward. Each candle in the pattern must open below the last days open, in
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In trading the financial markets, technical analysis is a method for analyzing price action on a chart to forecast the probability of the future direction of the trend. Technical analysts use charts and the patterns of price data and volume to find key levels of support and resistance along with the path of least direction
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A descending broadening wedge chart pattern is a bullish reversal pattern. This pattern is created by two declining and diverging trend lines . A descending broadening wedge forms as price moves between the upper resistance and lower support trend lines multiple times as the trading range expands during the downtrend in price. Price should touch
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Anchored volume weighted average price or simply AVWAP is a previous meaningful benchmark price on a chart chosen by traders that quantifies the average price a market has traded at through a time period, based on both volume and price. This metric is important because it provides traders with a visual into the nature of
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The Nicolas Darvas box theory is a trend trading method where a breakout of price is bought and held as ranges build on top of each other. Nicolas Darvas used this process in the 1950’s to make over $2.25 million in a strong bull market. He was a top touring ballroom dancer by profession and
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A retracement on a chart means that there is a temporary pullback on the direction of the price action against the longer term trend. A retracement can return to a previous vertical support level like an ascending or descending moving average or a Fibonacci level while a reversal breaks a key previous support or resistance
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