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Tuesday, December 1, 2009 | Irene Francisco (meandmy2cats)
Chris Rowe has hit the nail on the head. What if we have years and years of deadly whip saws? Where neither the bulls nor the bears have the upper hand. If you don't anticipate these moves you can lose time and time again and wind up worse than when you started. You have a choice, you can try to ...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009 | Mark Deaton (mark)
90% of all traders using Bollinger band never go beyond the first date to discover the true power and predictability that this indicator has to offer. New traders and veterans alike are totally unaware of some of the secrets I'm about to reveal to you right here in this short but revealing article. ...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 | mike (djms)
I am very interested in knowing about my 2009 income tax return.This is a Canadian tax question. I don,t know if this tax is the same in other country,s. For the 2008 return my mutual fund were down.Now from the down 2008 to the up 2009 are my funds taxable?They are not cashed in. This is just a paper ...
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Monday, October 26, 2009 | William Kurtz (wkurtz1)
Don’t believe the predictions about the “Death of the Dollar.” It is doing just fine against the Canadian Dollar and the Yen, thank you; and tall black Candlestick patterns in the Euro and in the Pound are the first evidence of long declines which, in turn, will elevate the Dollar Index to ...
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Friday, October 9, 2009 | Nigel Hawkes ( Hawkeye Traders) (harry)
In our previous articles, we have discussed normal volume, abnormal volume and volume spikes. This week we are going to discuss particular volume patterns that identify potential tops or bottoms. Volume and price patterns to look for in identifying potential tops or bottoms are: Narrow Range ...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009 | UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE (aubiebat)
In your lead article of 10/01/09 You give an excellent desertation of what In The Money, At the Money and Out of the money means and how they can be used But the most important question, "if I am right on the stock how can I be sure to make money/" If it is true that 90% of all options expire worthless ...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 | William Kurtz (wkurtz1)
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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Monday, September 28, 2009 | Casey Platt (kse0824)
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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Monday, September 28, 2009 | Casey Platt (kse0824)
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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Monday, September 28, 2009 | Casey Platt (kse0824)
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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Thursday, September 24, 2009 | Nigel Hawkes ( Hawkeye Traders) (harry)
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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Thursday, September 10, 2009 | Merlin (merlin)
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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Friday, August 28, 2009 | William Kurtz (wkurtz1)
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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Tuesday, August 25, 2009 | Nigel Hawkes ( Hawkeye Traders) (harry)
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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Friday, August 21, 2009 | William Kurtz (wkurtz1)
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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