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Chart of the day: complex bull flag in CADJPY
For swing traders, the real challenge may be choosing the best Yen-driven trades over the next few weeks or months.
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Chart of the day: rhythm in NYSE: X
Train your eye to see and process inside days automatically. (Note that this chart was snapped around 10:00 EST, so things will likely be very different by close. Whether or not you execute intraday or wait for the close (if you're a swing trader) is another discussion
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Trust your gut: the power of subjective chartreading
I’ve looked deeply into ratios, levels, and their application to market data. I won’t rehash all of that work here, but, after literally years of research, the bottom line is that I cannot find a shred of evidence that any of the common ratios or levels (Fibonacci, pivots,
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Chart of the day: the yield curve
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Chart of the day: bear flag in Treasury futures
A market that is often a focal point for political opinion, fears, and speculation. None of that is necessary when your trading plan has an edge...
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Chart of the day: bear flag in gold
Breakout
Chart of the day: NFLX
Good pattern to commit to memory. Probably not a great idea to initiate positions before earnings, but this is also not the only stock with this pattern right now...
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Chart of the day: large bull flag in NYSE:X
Psychology
Finding flow in trading and in life
Have you ever been so completely engrossed in an activity that you become lost in it? Maybe you had no sense of time and hours seemed like minutes—you forgot what you were doing, and even the normal, scattered wandering of your mind stopped and you were completely focused on
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Chart of the day: global stock volatility
Here's a chart I published yesterday in the research I write for Waverly Advisors. I thought no comment other than "wow" was needed... (Edit: my work is now available at Talon Advisors.)
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Chart of the day: trend conflict in gold
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