Volume Clues To Separate The Winners From The Losers
Its utterly amazing how many times Isee a technical analyst discuss his/her outlook for a stock based on the stockstrading pattern alone. These are so-called professionals Im talking about. Inthe real world, a stocks success goes beyond just its trading pattern. Thedifference between a stock tha
Your Stop Gets Hit, But The Stock Recovers. What Do You Do?
Ever wonder what to do with a stockyou just bought on a multi-week base breakout that hits your stop-loss the sameday you bought it? As unnerving as it is, you sell it of course. But what do youdo if the stock holds and breaks out again a couple days later? As unnerving as thatis, you buy it back.Ju
Subtle But Important Characteristics I Look For In Handles
When it comes to identifying a propercup-with-handle basing pattern, getting a handle on the handle can be the trickiest part. A perfectly developed cup formed over manyweeks, with all of the right volume clues (see my Trading Lesson on Volume Cluesfor an explanation), can turn into a bad pattern
Your Stop Gets Hit But The Stock Recovers: What Do You Do?
Ever wonder what to do with a stockyou just bought on a multi-week base breakout that hits your stop-loss the sameday you bought it? As unnerving as it is, you sell it of course. But what do youdo if the stock holds and breaks out again a couple days later? As unnerving as thatis, you buy it back.Ju
How I Deal With Winning Trades Going Sour
Whenever I sit down to write my twice-weekly column or one of these trading lessons, my goal is to get to theheart of the matter while attempting to keep my writing at least somewhatinteresting. I could go on and on in many cases. However, I realize the mostimportant thing is to get to the point, ma
Volume Clues To Separate The Winners From The Losers
Its utterly amazing how many times I see a technical analyst discuss his/her outlook for a stock based on the stocks trading pattern alone. These are so-called professionals Im talking about. In the real world, a stocks success goes beyond just its trading pattern. The difference between
Trying Times
Since my last column a couple of weeks ago, a few of the tech names I discussed not only broke out to new highs but
actually followed through
Trust Your Instrument Panel
Webster’s defines the word “discipline” as a condition of order based
on obedience to authority
At Odds
Just when you thought there was no end to my analogies, today’s piece is short and to the point.
Boo!
Where’s all of that demand that was supposed to come in from the “A” team returning from their vacations?
The Ghost Of September?
As I parked my car in front my house last evening, I couldn’t help but notice some of the neighborhood kids sitting in a yard across the street
Progress Report
When I was young stockbroker back in the 80s, my weekly ritual included reporting my sales numbers to the branch
manager.