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Momentum

As a general term, momentum refers to the speed or strength of price movement.

It also is the name of a specific technical study that measure the difference between today's closing price and the closing price N days ago. See also Rate of Change.

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Finding the Best ETFs and Momentum Stocks to Trade in a Bull Market
May 14, 2009
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How do you find the best ETFs or stocks to trade? Larry Connors suggests you take a look back to 2003, which will allow you to apply many of the pullback strategies we've taught over the years to the correct ETFs and momentum stocks. (more)
ISM Non Manufacturing Index January Releases Wednesday
February 3, 2009 about NMI
Mark Whistler
January totals for the ISM Non Manufacturing Index will be released Wednesday, February 4, at 10:00 AM. (more)
How to Use the Stochastic Oscillator to Trade in Volatile Markets
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TradingMarkets contributing writer John Nyaradi gives a lesson on how to use the stochastic oscillator to keep up with fast moving and volatile trading range markets (more)
3 Reasons Why the EUR/GBP Rally is Not Convincing
January 13, 2009
Chris Capre
With the ECB set to meet this week with a more probably rate cut on the cards, forex trader Chris Capre discusses the recent aggressive rally of the EUR/GBP forex pair. (more)
TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday
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After moving lower shortly after midday, stocks regained their upside momentum in the final hour of trading on Wednesday to close higher. The Dow gained 70.09 points. (more)
7 Stocks
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The Most Important Factors In Successful Momentum Trading
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Be sure to catch Larry Connors at 1 p.m. Eastern today at TradingMarkets as he provides an overview of a momentum trading method that has achieved an average compound annual return of more than 118% since 2001. (more)
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PowerRatings and Momentum Trading
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Another day of selling keeps swing traders on the sidelines. But in the meanwhile, momentum traders can still put our PowerRatings to good use in knowing when to say when. (more)
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