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Technical Analysis

Whether it’s support and resistance, Fibonacci, Elliot, or a host of other tools and techniques, Technical Analysis is a vast topic. Whatever your views on the on the validity of chart reading as a means of planning your trades, TA is here to stay.

	General Article Article: Trading Gartley Patterns by Larry Swing - May 5, 2008 Avg. Rating: 7.8 (13 ratings) Once in a while a pattern comes along discovered by little known trader that stands the test of time can be a useful tool...
	General Article Article: Trading the Morning Gap by Sam Seiden - Apr 28, 2008 Avg. Rating: 7.7 (38 ratings) One of the lowest risk and highest reward trades each day is typically the opening gap entry. It can be a fantastic...
	General Article Article: Different Types of Volume by Mike Estrey - Apr 7, 2008 Avg. Rating: 4.4 (11 ratings) Volume can be an extremely important indicator when trading, but what are the differences between the types of volume...
	General Article Article: Trading with the NYSE Tick Indicator by Larry Swing - Mar 24, 2008 Avg. Rating: 6.3 (12 ratings) Using the NYSE tick indicator can be a fundamental tool for day trade effectively. In this article we look at how to use...
	General Article Article: The Objective Filter for an Oscillator by Sam Seiden - Mar 17, 2008 Avg. Rating: 7.9 (39 ratings) You can spend a lifetime attempting to come up with the perfect set of indicators and oscillators with the perfect set of...
	General Article Article: Fibonacci Retracements on the Mini Dow by Nick McDonald - Jan 14, 2008 Avg. Rating: 8.2 (60 ratings) If you have ever struggled with understanding Fibonacci, then this article is for you. I am a huge Fibonacci fan and it...
	General Article Article: Objective Rule Based Trading by Sam Seiden - Nov 19, 2007 Avg. Rating: 7.8 (21 ratings) Does your trading lack the "trader's edge" needed to be a consistent winner in the markets? Do you find...
	General Article Article: A Random Rant on the Random Walk Theory by Scott Percival - Nov 5, 2007 Avg. Rating: 5.0 (17 ratings) When discussing market analysis, we generally consider Fundamental Analysis and Technical Analysis. However, in the early...
	General Article Article: Cycles, Trends and Pause Formation by Richard Ratchford - Oct 29, 2007 Avg. Rating: 4.6 (10 ratings) A Pause Formation in a within a trading cycle or trend can prove to be a good trading opportunity. But just what is a...
	General Article Article: Trading with Pivot Points by Sunil Mangwani - Oct 8, 2007 Avg. Rating: 6.1 (19 ratings) We often hear traders say that a price is nearing a level of support or resistance. But how do they arrive at these...
	General Article Article: Parallel Channel Breakdowns by Larry Swing - Aug 20, 2007 Avg. Rating: 8.2 (14 ratings) Parallel channels are one of the most commonly seen patterns in charts. They give many opportunities to profit whether or...
	General Article Article: Market Action And Reaction by Richard Ratchford - Jul 23, 2007 Avg. Rating: 5.7 (15 ratings) They say that every action has an equal and opposite reaction, but what exactly are the 'actions' that effect...
	General Article Article: Technical Analysis: What you need to know before you start charting by David Thorpe - Jul 9, 2007 Avg. Rating: 7.0 (10 ratings) This is a very basic look at technical analysis for all newbie traders out there. It looks at what technical analysis is,...
	General Article Article: Types and Characteristics of Gaps by Larry Swing - Jun 11, 2007 Avg. Rating: 7.2 (13 ratings) Gaps are a fact of life - there's no avoiding them. The best thing you can do is to take them in your stride and...
	General Article Article: Trading with ADX and PSAR by Sunil Mangwani - Apr 28, 2007 Avg. Rating: 6.6 (28 ratings) If there is one thing that a trader would want to know for certain, it would be to catch the bottom or top of a trend. But...
	General Article Article: The Glass Half Full by Gabe Velazquez - Apr 23, 2007 Avg. Rating: 5.2 (5 ratings) The author takes a look at the latest pull-back and why there may be more of the bull market yet to come.
	General Article Article: NYSE Tick and Tick Strategies by James Okada Lee - Mar 12, 2007 Avg. Rating: 7.1 (7 ratings) This article takes a brief look at what TICK is, before going on to look at various strategis that can be used with TICK...
	General Article Article: Integrated Pitchfork Analysis by Mircea Dologa - Mar 8, 2007 Avg. Rating: 6.3 (6 ratings) In this article we look at preparation, techniques and money management for using integrated pitchfork analysis.
	General Article Article: Playing the Breakout by Abe Cofnas - Jan 16, 2007 Avg. Rating: 7.0 (10 ratings) Do you need to catch the initial move to trade a breakout, or are there other ways of trading it? In this article we look...
	General Article Article: Pivot Points in Forex by Raul Lopez - Dec 11, 2006 Avg. Rating: 6.9 (14 ratings) In this article the author looks at how pivot points can be used in forex trading to map the price against recent market...
	General Article Article: The Vix is Nothing New by Mike McMahon - Dec 7, 2006 Avg. Rating: 4.2 (6 ratings) The author takes a look at the vix indicator, why it is considered a 'new' indicator by some and what it can...
	General Article Article: Stage Analysis - finding the 'breakout' shares by Alan Saunders - Nov 16, 2006 Avg. Rating: 8.2 (23 ratings) A study by Alan Saunders of ShareHunter.com on the successful share selection techniques promulgated by Stan Weinstein in...
	General Article Article: An Example of Tape Reading by Richard Joyson - Oct 26, 2006 Avg. Rating: 6.2 (21 ratings) In this short video, Richard shows a live example of a scalping trade and how to read the screen.
	General Article Article: Hybrid FIR and IIR Filters by John Ehlers - Aug 28, 2006 Avg. Rating: 6.2 (5 ratings) Simple Moving Averages are a subset of FIR Filters. Exponential Moving Averages are a subset of IIR filters. Traders are...
	General Article Article: The Canary Correction - Part 2 by Matt Blackman - Aug 14, 2006 Avg. Rating: 6.7 (6 ratings) The second and final part of the authors look at the current market correction.
	General Article Article: Working the Trends with Moving Averages by Cornelius Luca - Aug 10, 2006 Avg. Rating: 6.6 (18 ratings) The author looks at ways of profiting from trends by using Moving Averages.
	General Article Article: RSI Smoothing by John Ehlers - Aug 7, 2006 Avg. Rating: 5.0 (11 ratings) There is more to smoothing an RSI than just taking a moving average after the RSI is computed. The author, John Ehlers,...
	General Article Article: Trading in the Moment by Bo Yoder - Jul 31, 2006 Avg. Rating: 7.4 (16 ratings) In this video Bo Yoder looks at the need to change the bias of a trade in the blink of an eye when the situation reverses....
	General Article Article: 150 Million Shares by Anthony Trongone - Jul 27, 2006 Avg. Rating: 8.3 (15 ratings) Another look at the current market correction, this time using price and volume as indicators for change.
	General Article Article: Candlesticks And Crossovers by Cornelius Luca - Jun 22, 2006 Avg. Rating: 6.4 (25 ratings) The author gives a general look at how candlesticks can be used with MA's to give trading signals.
	General Article Article: Pushing the Envelope by Bo Yoder - Jun 15, 2006 Avg. Rating: 8.3 (30 ratings) The author looks at trading using support and resistance levels.
	General Article Article: The Big Picture Matters by Fernando Gonzalez - Jun 12, 2006 Avg. Rating: 5.7 (11 ratings) If you're only trading intraday, short-term time frames, why should you bother with what's happening on the...
	General Article Article: Alternative Strategies For Stock Index Futures by Paul Brittain - Jun 2, 2006 Avg. Rating: 3.9 (12 ratings) Stock indices futures are known for their volatility, however trading index options may be a more manageable alternative.
	General Article Article: The High Close Doji Trigger by John Person - May 22, 2006 Avg. Rating: 8.4 (35 ratings) High Close Doji Trigger: A Powerful Trading Combination using Pivot Points and Candle Chart Patterns
	General Article Article: Redundant Repeatable Chart Patterns by Jerry Olson - May 15, 2006 Avg. Rating: 6.9 (24 ratings) Jerry gives us another of his humourous, educated article on chart patterns using the CCI.
	General Article Article: Squat Bars: A Methodology to Identify Short Term Reversals by Paolo Pezzutti - May 1, 2006 Avg. Rating: 6.9 (14 ratings) Based on the Market Facilitation Index, this pattern can help traders identify short-term reversals controlling their risk.
	General Article Article: Winning Chart Patterns by Harry Boxer - Mar 15, 2006 Avg. Rating: 6.3 (16 ratings) Harry uses four examples to illustrate winning chart patterns.
	General Article Article: Point and Figure Charting: Part 2 - The Bits That Aren't As Basic by Dave Baker - Feb 15, 2006 Avg. Rating: 6.8 (10 ratings) The eagerly awaited follow up to Dave Baker's introductory guide to P&F Charting.
	General Article Article: The Average True Range Indicator by John Forman - Feb 2, 2006 Avg. Rating: 7.9 (16 ratings) Average True Range is a volatility-based technical indicator.
	General Article Article: Range Breakouts and Trading Tactics by Giorgos Siligardos - Jan 23, 2006 Avg. Rating: 8.2 (29 ratings) This article reviews the classic breakout strategy and discuss the Habit Force hidden behind the false breakouts.
	General Article Article: Identifying Budding Trends with Bollinger Bands by John Forman - Dec 28, 2005 Avg. Rating: 7.2 (19 ratings) How Bollinger Bands can be used to find markets ready to make significant moves.
	General Article Article: Turning Standard Deviation Bands into Overbought/Oversold Indicator by David Sepiashvili - Dec 5, 2005 Avg. Rating: 4.9 (13 ratings) A discussion of using Bollinger Bands and similar indicators to determine price extremes.
	General Article Article: How to trade Elliott Wave by Tony Beckwith - Nov 28, 2005 Avg. Rating: 5.5 (25 ratings) Elliott wave analysis can be a very handy tool for traders.
	General Article Article: Open Interest and Market Bottoms by Larry Williams - Nov 24, 2005 Avg. Rating: 8.0 (13 ratings) Williams discusses using OI with COT data to help identify turning points.
	General Article Article: The Engulfing Pattern by Dave Evans - Nov 17, 2005 Avg. Rating: 7.2 (17 ratings) A discussion of the engulfing candlestick pattern and its application.
	General Article Article: Trading Stock Market Indices with "Bullish%" Breadth Indicators by Mark Glowrey - Nov 10, 2005 Avg. Rating: 6.8 (11 ratings) Market breadth can be used both to determine a bias and to pick out possible tops and bottoms.
	General Article Article: Flag Pattern Trades by Daryl Guppy - Oct 27, 2005 Avg. Rating: 7.1 (16 ratings) One of the most powerful and consistently reliable patterns is the bullish flag applied to a daily chart.
	General Article Article: Point & Figure Gone High Tech by William Rafter - Oct 24, 2005 Avg. Rating: 7.6 (17 ratings) Point & Figure charting is not just some quaint old notion.
	General Article Article: The Percent "R" Indicator: How to Make it Work for You by Jim Wyckoff - Oct 10, 2005 Avg. Rating: 5.4 (18 ratings) An overview of how one can effectively use the Williams %R indicator.
	General Article Article: Predicting trend changes: The Forecast Indicator by Dan Valcu - Sep 29, 2005 Avg. Rating: 4.1 (14 ratings) This article introduces an anticipation technique based on moving averages to determine when a trend may change.
	Interview Article: Trend Following: An Interview With Michael Covel by Michael Covel - Sep 22, 2005 Avg. Rating: 6.5 (29 ratings) An interview with the author of "Trend Following"
	General Article Article: Moving Slope Rate of Change: Proven Value by William Rafter - Sep 12, 2005 Avg. Rating: 6.1 (13 ratings) The Moving Slope Rate of Change (MSROC) demonstrates the value of an alternative approach.
	General Article Article: Trading Partial Declines and Rises by Thomas Bulkowski - Sep 5, 2005 Avg. Rating: 8.0 (14 ratings) This article discusses two chart patterns which can forecast the breakout direction of a market.
	General Article Article: Candlestick Signals and Today’s Technical Analysis, An Accurate Combination by Stephen W. Bigalow, David Elliott - Aug 11, 2005 Avg. Rating: 7.8 (39 ratings) Technical advancements have lead to improvements in the application of candlesticks in trading.
	General Article Article: Why Successful Traders Use Fibonacci and the Golden Ratio by Jim Wyckoff - Aug 1, 2005 Avg. Rating: 3.3 (28 ratings) Fibonacci numbers can be used effectively to anticipate turning points and improve performance.
	General Article Article: Capturing Good Profits in a Short Time High: “Fast”-Falling Triangles by Harald Weygand - Jul 25, 2005 Avg. Rating: 7.7 (16 ratings) In this article, Harald Weygand introduces an approach that most likely will interest the discretionary traders.
	General Article Article: A Simple Trading System by Markus Heitkoetter - Jul 18, 2005 Avg. Rating: 7.1 (70 ratings) This article takes one through creating and evaluating a simple index trading system.
	General Article Article: Currency Trading with Ichimoku Kinkou-Hyo by Cornelius Luca - Jul 14, 2005 Avg. Rating: 7.6 (22 ratings) An introduction to a little known Japanese analysis method.
	General Article Article: Swing Trading: Rules and Philosophy by Linda Bradford Raschke - Jul 4, 2005 Avg. Rating: 8.0 (73 ratings) LBR outlines the "Taylor Trading Technique", the basis of her own trading.
	General Article Article: Trading the Zones by Alexander Schwarz - Jun 23, 2005 Avg. Rating: 6.6 (25 ratings) Pivot zones can be very revealing in determining where a market is likely to trade on a given day.
	General Article Article: Hunting for Triangles by Cornelius Luca - Jun 9, 2005 Avg. Rating: 6.3 (20 ratings) Triangle are among the most important continuation patterns.
	General Article Article: Bollinger Bands - The Basic Rules by John Bollinger - May 26, 2005 Avg. Rating: 5.6 (34 ratings) A few tips for the best application of Bollinger Bands from the man himself.
	General Article Article: Volume Analysis by Sebastian Manby - May 19, 2005 Avg. Rating: 7.0 (48 ratings) Careful study of price and volume can often reveal the covert activity and intent of the professional operators.
	General Article Article: The Illusion of Traded Prices by John Forman - May 13, 2005 Avg. Rating: 5.6 (14 ratings) If you rely strictly on traded price for your analysis, you may be missing the real story.
	General Article Article: A Beginner's Guide to Elliot Wave Theory & Application by Matt Vann - May 10, 2005 Avg. Rating: 6.3 (24 ratings) A quick overview of Elliot Wave theory, a method which generates strong feelings amongst traders.
	General Article Article: Techniques for Capturing Intraday Profits by Bob Hunt - Apr 1, 2005 Avg. Rating: 8.3 (98 ratings) Using Oscillators and Daily Pivots, learn how to increase your intraday profitability.
	General Article Article: QQQQ Analysis in Multiple Timeframes Mar 21, 2005 Avg. Rating: 7.2 (11 ratings) Dane Halling demonstrates Technical Analysis on the QQQQ, using Support and Resistance, Volume, Candlesticks and Oscillators.
	General Article Article: Introduction to using Market Profile by Martin Duncanson - Mar 18, 2005 Avg. Rating: 7.5 (15 ratings) Gain the edge by identifying the price levels traders see as significant.
	General Article Article: An Interview with Kermit Zieg by Kermit Zieg - Mar 8, 2005 Avg. Rating: 7.1 (15 ratings) Kermit Zieg, a renowned expert on point and figure chartingnd options, talks freely about his trading style.
	General Article Article: Five Powerful Volume Patterns by Alan Farley - Feb 25, 2005 Avg. Rating: 6.7 (23 ratings) Alan looks at five volume patterns that yield vital information long before price action.
	Interview Article: Candlestick Analysis: Lighting the Markets by Steve Nison - Jan 27, 2005 Avg. Rating: 8.6 (67 ratings) Tom Hougaard talks to the man who brought Japanese Candles to the west, Steve Nison.
	General Article Article: Trading with Fibonacci by Alan Rich - Jan 13, 2005 Avg. Rating: 7.0 (40 ratings) Alan explains how a twelfth century Italian mathematician could help you profit in the modern markets.
	General Article Article: Japanese Candlesticks: The Doji by John Person - Dec 29, 2004 Avg. Rating: 7.9 (43 ratings) John explains how the classic signal of market uncertainty can be used effectively in your trading.
	General Article Article: Point and Figure Charting: Part 1 - The Basics by Dave Baker - Dec 24, 2004 Avg. Rating: 7.8 (30 ratings) If you've never looked at point and figure charts you may be missing out on a potentially powerful trading tool. Dave...