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Bollinger Bands - A Long Overdue Second Date!

Thursday, November 12, 2009 | Mark Deaton

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.

As you may know Bollinger bands consists of a pair of Bands around price action and a moving average, usually a 21 period moving average. The bands themselves typically represent 2 standard ...

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2008- 09 Taxes question

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 | mike

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 gain from the down side. In the event they are to be taxed,should a person sell some?Just to lock in a tax loss of some sort.Due to the fact that they are still down from the 2007 boom years.

Kind ...

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Black Candlesticks in the Euro and Pound say the Dollar is Alive and Well

Monday, October 26, 2009 | William Kurtz

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 levels which we have not seen in more than a year.

It has been fashionable to decry the decline in the value of the Dollar over the past several months; and the lower it has traded, the ...

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Understanding Volume - the Key to Unlocking Profits - Part 3

Friday, October 9, 2009 | Nigel Hawkes ( Hawkeye Traders)

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 Bar

A narrow ranging bar with high volume is an indication of weakness in the market trend. The reasoning is quite simple. In an uptrend, a bar with high volume should expand ...

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Profiting from Options

Thursday, October 1, 2009 | UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE

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 then the answer then becomes obvious. SELL OPTIONS and let them expire. Properly structure one should be able to double his money (invested) every month or two if he picks the right ...

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