The stock market High of 2000 was a repeat of the stock market high of 1929, except that in the scale of things it was one degree larger. It has been said that “History doesn’t repeat; it chimes.” If so, then the sound that was heard in the crash which followed 1929 was that of a small child’s ...
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The fast money allure of high volatility one day an impending volatility collapse the next has drawn allot of traders into a false sense of security about earnings plays. Selling volatility into earnings is the most explosive option trading strategies yet one of the most popular trades around. If ...
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The fast money allure of high volatility one day an impending volatility collapse the next has drawn allot of traders into a false sense of security about earnings plays. Selling volatility into earnings is the most explosive option trading strategies yet one of the most popular trades around. If ...
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Ever had a feeling about the direction of a stock or the market and been looking for the most effective way to play. If you use a vertical call or put spread you can be either long or short at a fraction of the risk and cost. Algebraically put spreads and call spreads can be viewed as a reflection ...
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In our last volume article, Understanding Volume - we discussed Normal Volume versus Abnormal Volume behavior s. This week we are going to look at the importance and timing of volume spikes. Volume Spikes Volume Spikes are sudden and abrupt rises in volume (not just an increase in volume but a significant ...
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I nearly swallowed my dumb-dumb today when my favorite stock guru indicated that he was bearish on oil stocks. While I agree that the charts support his position I see other factors that call for a different conclusion. The first is the simple fact that the current administration needs $100 to ...
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It has been quite a party since March 10. Since then, the Dow Industrials Average has risen 2702 points (39%) to what may be the ultimate top of the Rally today. There have been increasingly insistent Candlestick warning signals over the past several days that prices will soon reverse; and our Candlestick ...
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Most traders have experienced the anguish of being in a profitable trade, only to allow the trade to go against them. This often happens because the trader believes the price is only retracing and decides to stick with the trade until eventually they eventually exit with a loss. This is one ...
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Everybody’s different, but everybody enjoys the satisfaction of finding something of perceived value while on a treasure hunt; or of landing that “big one;” or of “rejoicing upon finding the drachma that was lost.” We think also of the medical technician, skilled in chemistry and in ...
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The Candlestick price bar in the NASDAQ Composite on Thursday was double-barreled bearish, in that it was a combination of two patterns in one – the “Doji” and the “Hanging Man.” A “Doji” occurs when the opening price and the closing price are the same, or nearly so. A “Hanging ...
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Today was a crazy day at the races for Wal-Mart shares. They gapped up $1.35 or on opening, promptly descended almost back to yesterday’s close, and spent the rest of the day climbing back up the hill to the opening price. At the end, prices were up $1.37 on the day, and all of the fulminations ...
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I'm not an analyst....just a personal investor with a knack and some knowledge of what to look for in a great investment. I'm a mathematician;I wrote a program in the 60's for a fund that utilized the same techniques as IBD does today. I wrote probably the first program that compared stock strength ...
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Momentum -- what is it and how is it used for trading? Most traders hear about momentum in their studies of the markets, however, few really understand the value of price momentum or how it affects their trading methodology. Momentum is basically a measurement that we use to gauge how much strength ...
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I believe that it was early in January 2009 when we first took notice of a Candlestick pattern at the top of an uptrend in the Dow Industrials Index. It caught our attention because of its location and because of its similarity to the bearish “Evening Star” reversal pattern, which is well-documented ...
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The eminent Philosopher-General of the Baseball Diamond, Yogi Berra, has been quoted often as saying that “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over.” That caution applies well to the stock market and to its accompanying stock Indexes. It’s not possible to count the number of times that our Candle ...
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