The ETFs market is a huge reflection of crowd psychology playing over two basic human emotions; greed and fear. Professional ETF traders understand this, and rather than relying on greed and fear, they keenly follow the mood of the market as informed by technical analysis and/or candlestick patterns.
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One of the simplest but most effective entry timing indicators are the Keltner Channels which can quickly and easily be downloaded from investing websites such as www.StockCharts.com. Steps for down loading the Keltner Channels follow.
The Keltner Channels function as an overbought/oversold indicator that can help us select a buy point for stocks and call options that are on a EMA System ‘buy’ signal. Overbought is a term used to describe a stock that has been increasing in price over a period of weeks or months with very few price pullbacks. Oversold is a term used to describe a stock that has been decreasing in price over a period of weeks or months with very few prices increases.
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While there are a number of continuation patterns in trading, the J-Hook Continuation Pattern is one that is a very decisive and can be easily identified since it forms the letter J. If the chart pattern is followed, entered at the right time and unfolds as expected, it can be very profitable. J-Hooks may also called by other names like Thunderbolts and 123 formations.
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I decided to write this article detailing just one trading strategy that works extremely well no matter the size of your account. It’s effective for both full and part-time traders and, the best thing is, it’s simple.
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After all these years of research and spending money, is trading consistency still eluding you? Have you given up your search for the perfect trading method? The statistics show that only 5% of traders will be consistently profitable while the majority of all traders will eventually lose money. How is it possible that such a small percentage of traders is able to consistently capture profits? Simple, they’re in sync with the overall trend. Many traders find out what the trend is from chat rooms, tons of indicators, or by listening to so-called trading gurus, but in this presentation Steven Primo reveals a tool that shows just how simple it is to be in sync with the overall trend, regardless of what market or time frame you are trading. That tool is the “Buy/Sell Line.”
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One of the most visually compelling candlestick patterns is the hammer signal. This signal is easily recognized by the lower shadow also known as the tail that protrudes to the downside after an extended downtrend.
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It’s Not Difficult To Learn Technical Analysis Strategies
During the last two days I presented basic techniques for beginners who want to learn technical analysis trading strategies.
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In today's video, we are going to talk about Pivot Points, how they are calculated, and why the act as magnets in the markets.
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In this video, we are going to focus on volatility in the markets, and how to capitalize on high volatility.
When volatility is high, you will see large swings in stocks, indicating that emotions are high in the markets. The driving emotion in highly volatile markets is fear. And fear usually causes price movement to accelerate. Periods of high volity often occur during periods of economic uncertainty, which could include interest rate decisions, geopolitical events, and other major news events.
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Combining Moving Averages and Candlestick Analysis is “Profit-Making Magic.”
I recently added quite a few “new and improved” innovations to the so-called “classic” Japanese Candlestick methodology.
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It’s third down, you’re backed up on your own 20 yard line and with penalties you need 15 for a first down. Needless to say, you have to convert.
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Have you ever wondered why most traders consistently lose money? There are several reasons why this happens, but it’s usually because traders follow some outside system they picked up somewhere, and followed it blindly.
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Although many people trade options in place of stocks, they were originally created to hedge stock positions and they can do that quite well if you know what you’re doing.
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The cost of living is expensive. Between currency devaluation and inflation, things cost much more now than what we expected.
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One of the most profitable ways to trade is to spot a short squeeze in a stock, commodity, or index.
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Today I want to discuss a few different chart patterns that beginners should focus on when they first start out day trading.
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I like trading stocks, and I hope you do, too. I started my trading career in 2001, with $2,500 and a dream.
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It’s Sunday afternoon, your team is in the playoffs and the hair is standing on the back of your neck.
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When I started trading back in the late 1980s, the idea of making investing decisions solely on technical analysis was not as popular as it is today.
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I wanted to cover one very important topic that comes up quite frequently and that’s how to identify false breakouts with a high level of certainty and how to utilize them to increase the amount of premium that we collect from credit spreads.
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So, what is a market force? Simply, it is a force that moves a market. Volume could be a force, or news could be a force.
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This short video reviews how to drill down to uncover top candidates that are poised to outperform the markets.
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The psychology of investing not only affects individual investors but also affects the market as a whole.
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Many years ago when I first started trading I was completely oblivious of stock sector analysis. I was under the impression that each stock traded completely independent of other stocks.
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In this video, I am going to show you how to deploy an easy to use strategy that works in any market, and in any time frame. In fact, it also works quite well with Options. It is purely based on technical analysis, and not on fundamentals
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Understanding probabilities of options is key to the success of any strategy but increasing ones returns is really as simple as knowing when, where and how to implement options strategies to increase the probabilities of success.
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The past 30 years have seen great advances in charts. In 1987, only brokers had charts, unless you took the pain staking task of drawing them out yourself. In the 1990's we had the internet boom which made attaining charts much easier but many were end of day. Toward the late '90's trading platforms supplied charts and the chart boom began. Today, you can get just about any type of chart you like off the internet, let alone, the vast depths of trading platforms. Think about all the analytical tools and news that are available to us now in real time. There are even bots (or algorithms) that will trade for you. But with all this technology in charts and tools, it can get very confusing on what works and what doesn't.
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POWERFUL IMPLICATIONS OF GAPS
How Do They Produce Profits With Candlesticks?
Gaps (Ku) are called windows (Mado) in Japanese Candlestick analysis. A gap or window is one of the most misunderstood technical messages. Most investment experts advise not to buy after a gap.
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In this article I will share with you two highly powerful but simple edges that have literally sustained me throughout my trading career.
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Today I’m going to you one of my all-time favorite indicators to help you identify high probability trading opportunities in different market conditions.
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Over the years I have learned that many stocks have their largest moves in first 30 minutes of the US day market.
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Some of my best trades lately have been off the longer-term charts - well, longer term for me.
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Today I’m going to discuss one of the most popular indicators for short term trading strategies.
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The focus of this video is solely based on how to trade safely, which simply put, means keeping the odds of success in your favor. One of the strategies that does that for us is my Winning Momentum Strategy.
This strategy has been used for many years, and has been consistent throughout all kinds of markets.
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One of the key mistakes many traders make is to focus too heavily on price without paying attention to volume. In this short video, you will learn how to incorporate volume into your trading plan.
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In this short video, I am going to demonstrate that if you if you properly identify trend analysis with candlestick signals, you are essentially stacking all of the probabilities in your favor.
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Before you can be a successful trader you need to understand how the market works. You don’t need to be an expert, but you must know what drives the market.
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Many traders, who are starting out, have a strong believe that swing trading stocks techniques have to be complex to be profitable. I want to reiterate again as I have mentioned many times this is just not true. There is no correlation between complex strategies and profitability.
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Tired of Being Chopped Up To Death?
Tell me if you’ve heard of this. You’ve put in the work. You found your favorite stock, double-checked the fundamentals, triple-checked your favorite technical indicator…
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How does a trader get a quick pulse of the market? There are indices and sectors galore along with way too much information. This adds up to information overload and not enough time to intelligently decipher the information into a meaningful trading strategy.
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There are 2 ratios that dominate professional traders’ thinking:
Imagine trading a financial instrument that moves 10% per day. Almost every day.
If you want to come along for the ride, scroll forward, my friend. We’re in for a wild ride together.
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Prices move in patterns! This is due to one basic investment truism. Human nature exhibits the same habits when it comes to managing investment funds which are at risk. Investor sentiment reacts the same way time after time. This is why patterns can be recognized.
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Miles of flat dry terrain cover the landscape from east to west and north to south; the grassy plain extends for miles and it is all that the naked eye can see.
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Whether you are new to trading or a seasoned veteran, every trader has bad habits that they would like to change. Some habits are buried deep within and need to be brought to the surface so they can be identified and changed.
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Here is a challenge. I want you to think of “protection”.
Protection comes in all sorts of different forms. If it’s your house, protection can be an alarm system, locks, smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, even safety glass. Protection also comes in the form of insurance, so that you’re covered if something bad does happen.
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This educational video is brought to you by Wall Street veteran Mary Ellen McGonagle who is the Founder of MEM Investment Research. For over 25 years, Mary Ellen has shared these same strategies with top performing Portfolio Managers; many of whom she continues to work with.
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Increasing your returns is really as simple as knowing when, where and how to implement options strategies to increase the probabilities of success.
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The bullish engulfing signal is important to learn since it is one of the major candlestick patterns.
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Covered calls are a great way to produce income against a portfolio of relatively low volatility stocks. They are not the only way though.
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As you read this article, you will be exposed to multiple strategies for identifying and potentially profiting from Institutional Order Flow that have high probabilities of success and/or profit.
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It's not easy to predict a market turn. But knowing how to do it is an important part of trading.
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Most traders fail because they try to pick the top and bottom of trends, which is ultimately a recipe for disaster.
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In this short video, I am going to demonstrate that if you if you properly identify trend analysis with candlestick signals, you are essentially stacking all of the probabilities in your favor.
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There are 5 things I’m always watching that help me determine the “condition” of the market. Some apply only to day trading and others apply to swing trading and investing as well.
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In this half hour video, I’m going to share with you my favorite technical setups combined with seasonality.
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The ETFs market is a huge reflection of crowd psychology playing over two basic human emotions; greed and fear. Professional ETF traders understand this, and rather than relying on greed and fear, they keenly follow the mood of the market as informed by technical analysis and/or candlestick patterns.
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While there are a number of continuation patterns in trading, the J-Hook Continuation Pattern is one that is a very decisive and can be easily identified since it forms the letter J. If the chart pattern is followed, entered at the right time and unfolds as expected, it can be very profitable. J-Hooks may also called by other names like Thunderbolts and 123 formations.
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There are many ways to trade options or use options in trading. Many people trade options for the sole reason that they are much cheaper than trading stock. It is kind of interesting that it is rare to find an options trader that would ever buy a stock, or a stock trader that would ever buy an option.
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Volatility! Bad? Most investment advisors steer investors away from volatile stocks or any volatile trading entity. But for the candlestick investor, volatility is extremely profitable. Candlestick signals are based upon a very simple premise. The signals are formed based upon the change of investor sentiment.
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