Chart courtesy of StockCharts.com The Double Top Chart pattern is a reversal pattern that is bearish. This pattern is created when a key price resistance level on a chart is tested twice with a pullback between the two high prices at resistance price level tests. Chart Facts: A double top chart pattern happens at the end […]
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The Head and Shoulders Chart Pattern is one of the most popular and bearish patterns in technical analysis. It defines three attempts to make highs and then trend but fail, it precedes many major corrections and bear markets. Chart Facts: The Head and Shoulders chart pattern is a reversal pattern of an uptrend. The pattern
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While the Head and Shoulders Chart Pattern is one of the most popular in Technical Analysis few people have heard of the Inverted Head and Shoulders Pattern. It is basically the opposite of the classic Head and Shoulders, while the regular pattern is ominous and bearish the inverted version of the pattern is very bullish
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A bullish divergence is defined on a chart when prices make new lower lows but a technical indicator that is an oscillator doesn’t make a new low at the same time. This is a signal that bearish sentiment is losing momentum with the high probability that buyers are stepping in and the market may be near a
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“Trade what’s happening, not what you think is gonna happen.” – Doug Gregory Price action trading is the process of reacting to current price to make entry, exit, and holding decisions. It is replacing opinions and predictions with valid signals. A signal is a quantified reason to enter a trade, stay in a trade, and
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There are many things people trade based on. They can trade based on a company’s fundamentals or macro economic trends. People can place trades based on their own beliefs, projections, predictions or personal opinions. Also psychological errors like the fear of missing out on a move, greed, or ego can lead to trading decisions. There
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Here is an example of a simple long term profitable trend following system for the $SPY and $QQQ ETFs. This is backtest data from trading the most popular of all moving average crossover signals the “Golden Cross” that is the 50 day / 200 day simple moving average crossover. This signal goes long when the
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This is a Guest Post by Jake @TrendSpider. In this weekend’s analysis, we take a look at the broad market ETF’s SPY, QQQ, and Bitcoin. In this update, we view how the daily Raindrops(TM) and weekly hollow candles played out for the week while utilizing unique features from TrendSpider to do this. Make sure to set
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This is a list of things to look for as possible signs before a stock makes a top and rolls over. Alone these are just possibilities but the probabilities increase as more of the signs are in place. When the RSI gets near 70 on the daily chart for a stock and it becomes overbought
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“Successful trading depends on the 3M`s – Mind, Method and Money. Beginners focus on analysis, but professionals operate in a three dimensional space. They are aware of trading psychology their own feelings and the mass psychology of the markets. Each trader needs to have a method for choosing specific stocks, options or futures as well
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The MACD (Pronounced Mac-Dee), is short for moving average convergence/divergence, it is a technical trading indicator used in technical analysis to filter and trade price action. It was created by Gerald Appel in the late 1970s as a new tool for technical analysts. It is designed to reveal changes in price strength, direction, momentum, and duration for trends and swings. The
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Trend lines are the identifiers and connectors of resistance and support in chart patterns. Trend lines are ways to measure and quantify the path of least resistance for a chart in your time frame. Trend lines are identifiers of the trend in your trading time frame. Vertical trend lines must be drawn from left to
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In trading as in life there are both risks and rewards to consider before you start any journey. You have to ask yourself are the risks of loss worth the possibility of the gains from the rewards. In trading your risk is created on entry by a combination of your position sizing and stop loss if
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The goal of a trend following system is to capture trends for big profits and cut losses short. A trend follower needs a diversified list of assets to trade in different markets to always have the opportunity to capture a trend where ever it happens. A good trend following system will have backtested signals on
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The 50 day moving average is the current resistance on the $SPY chart. The $295 price level has also acted as strong resistance. Current support is the $282.50 price level. RSI is neutral but slightly bullish at 52.19. MACD currently has a bullish crossover. The Average True Range declined late last week to 4.19. The
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This is a Guest Post by Jake @TrendSpider. In this weekend’s analysis, we take a look at the broad market ETF’s SPY, QQQ, and Bitcoin. In this update, we take a look at how the monthly candles closed for August and what the month of September will start with. Make sure to set your alerts on
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“ I always laugh at people who say “I’ve never met a rich technician” I love that! Its such an arrogant, nonsensical response. I used fundamentals for 9 years and got rich as a technician.” – Marty Schwartz Many people believe technical analysis is complete silliness. How can someone make money on lines and patterns
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“Predictive technical analysis is chart/pattern reading. Trend following, on the other hand, is reactive technical analysis – a diversified portfolio perspective of markets using momentum indicators.” – Michael Covel Trend following is a trading strategy which attempts to profit from long-term or short-term moves in price action that happen at times in financial markets. Trend
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What is the best back tested trading strategies with moving averages? What is the best specific moving average signal for capturing stock market trends? After trading and backtesting data for years over the past 20 years of data I have an answer. I discovered one moving average crossover on the daily chart that backtested the
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I have primarily used candlesticks on my own charts for over a decade. I like them for how they visually represent prices and quickly show the contrast of the open, close and daily range. I studied how best to use them inside a trading system as confirmation of my existing signals. I was very happy when a
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