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Diamonds Are Not A Trader's Best Friend
by Dr. Janice Dorn, M.D., Ph.D.

In our earlier analysis, my colleague Tony Cherniawski and I presented the idea that a Broadening Top Formation had cloned itself several times over as the market sought to extend through the end of 2009. We called this “The Not-So-Orthodox Broadening Top.” As a follow-up to this analysis,wenow p...

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People Think It’s All About Prediction -- But It Is NOT!
by Dr. Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.

Let’s look at some of the major methods behind investing or trading and see what they can tell us. - Trend following – If you buy what’s going up, it will probably continue. - Value Investing – Buy what’s undervalued because it will eventually become overvalued. - Seasonality – The market tends t...

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A Realistic Look at Futures Trading
by Jim Wyckoff

A futures trader's mission is to be profitable by taking the preponderance of technical and/or fundamental evidence he or she has on a market, and then making a well-founded trading decision based on a trading plan of action. That is the best a trader can do. If the market does not respond in the...

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The Anatomy of a Stock Chart
by Martha Stokes, C.M.T.

Stock charts are a window into the marketplace providing a detailed graphical view that enables a chartist to understand the dynamics behind the price action. Whether you trade stocks, options, currencies, or commodities, you need to be using charts for your trading analysis. Most people however ...

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Day Trading Strategies
by Zantrio

Developing a successful trading strategy is vital for any trader or investor in order to see profitable trades. Whether you are an investor, a day trader or swing trader, you need to determine which direction you are going, before you risk a cent of your trading capital. Remember, any type of inv...

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Stock Market: biggest single-day loss of the new year, 2010.
by Robert W. Colby

Stock Market: biggest single-day loss of the new year, 2010. Stock selection is critical. S&P 500 Composite (SPX: 1,136.03) fell 1.08% for its biggest single-day loss since 12/31/09, which happened to be a low. SPX broke below the lows of the previous 5 trading days but held above its nearest...

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Currency/Commodity Markets
by Kevin Klombies

The basic premise is that the trend is not going to change until at least one of the components of the trend starts to diverge. In other words if commodity prices are trending higher with the Asian equity markets and commodity currencies (Cdn dollar, Aussie dollar, New Zealand dollar, Brazilian r...

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