TradingMarkets Making Great Traders – The Best of This Week’s Trading Lessons
Dear Trader:
TradingMarkets’ mission is “Making Great Traders.” Each week we publish trading strategies and research from many of the best professional traders and educators in the world.
Here are the best of the articles we published this week. We hope you enjoy them and prosper from them!
This Week’s Top Lessons
David Ryan: CANSLIM Trader Finds Profits in Patterns
David Ryan worked directly with legendary momentum trader William O’Neil
decades ago. Now, in this recent interview you’ll learn how he manages money
by applying the core principles of CANSLIM, an approach which allowed him to
end 2007 up 47%.
How to Improve Your Trading by Identifying Trending Stocks
It’s easier to trade successfully if you can identify strongly trending
stocks. Here is a systematic approach from Bennett McDowell that short-term
traders can apply every day to find stocks likely to move persistently in
one direction.
3 Funds to Help You Battle the Bears
If you are like most traders, you’re looking for ways to outperform the
market whether it’s going up or down. In this article, professional trader
Toni Turner shows you how carefully chosen ETFs can be a powerful tool for
success in a bear market.
Do You Want Better Results Trading Funds? Here’s How…
If you’re a busy professional and don’t have the time to trade stocks, you
may be tempted to park your money in a mutual fund. Find out from industry
veteran Doug Fabian about a well-diversified trading vehicle which can
provide you with better results than mutual funds.
Determining the Short-Term Direction of the Market
Find out how professional day trader Kunal Vakil applies measures such as
volume, divergences between the major market indices, interest rates,
sentiment, advances & declines, new highs, new lows, the VIX, and cycles to
determine the probable direction of the market.
Popular Past Articles
Predicting Stock Direction with the False Break Buy and Sell Pattern
Few traders are as well-known and respected as Larry Williams and this week
we are very pleased that he has become a TradingMarkets contributor. In this
article, Larry will teach you a simple chart pattern that has caught
short-term explosive moves in both stocks and commodities. While the pattern
looks very bearish to most traders, Larry will show how it can lead to
strong runaway reversals to the upside.
How to Stay Ahead of a Bear Market
Is it possible to anticipate when the next big drop in a bear market will
occur? Let Jeff Greenblatt show you how it can be done through a combination
of pattern recognition and advanced Fibonacci analysis. While no one can
predict the future with 100% accuracy, Jeff’s strategies may help see the
scenarios lie ahead.
Good luck and successful trading!
Eddie Kwong
Executive Vice President
TradingMarkets