Patterns within patterns
One of the problems swing traders in stocks face is correlation; the sad reality is that stocks mostly move together, and trades in stocks mostly win and lose together. If…
Surfing the market waves: the nested pullback
Patterns are important in trading; you might even say that trading is basically a game of recognizing the right patterns and doing the right thing when they happen. Most of…
Reading trend strength through patterns
There are patterns in market prices that can point to trading opportunities and potential profits. This is one of the fundamental assumptions of technical/tactical trading (and can be verified by…
Short Treasuries: Multiple Timeframe Context
[dc]I[/dc] want to share the thinking and reasons supporting a technically-motivated short position in Treasury Futures. I think it is possible to simplify the trading of patterns too much, and…
Chart of the Day: Context in ABX
This daily chart of ABX shows a stock that may have found a bottom: after several potential bottoming formations, the rally has carried the stock the upper Keltner channel, suggesting…