An easy-to-see, obvious reversal is the Island Reversal. It provides a dramatic reversal in that the enthusiasm that sent a price in a particular direction is countered with the same enthusiasm going the other way. In the example of Orbital…
As always, there are exceptions to all rules. The Gapping Plays are those exceptions. As previously discussed, the gap at the top of a trend is the exhaustion gap. The same is said for the gap at the bottom of…
Now turn the tables over. The same enthusiasm demonstrated by a gap to the upside is just as pertinent for sellers on the downside. A gap down illustrates the desire for investors to get out of a stock very quickly. …
Figure 5 – Standard Pacific Corp. Many investors are afraid to buy after a gap up. The rationale being that they don’t like paying up for a stock that may have already moved 3%, 5%, 10% already that day. Witnessing…
Money Making Candlestick Formations Candlestick Line Hammer An important bottoming candle-stick line. The hammer and the hanging man are both the same line, that is a small real body (white or black) at the top of the session’s range and…
Money Making Candlestick Formations Candlestick Line Candlestick Line Candlestick lines and charts — traditional Japanese charts whose individual lines look like candles, hence their name. The candle- stick line is comprised of a real body and shadows. See “Real body”…
RSI – Relative Strength Indicator Developed by J. Welles Wilder and introduced in his book, New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is an extremely popular momentum oscillator. The RSI compares the magnitude of a…
Again, although Bollinger Bands can help generate buy and sell signals, they are not designed to determine the future direction of a security. The bands were designed to augment other analysis techniques and indicators. By themselves, Bollinger Bands serve two…
Developed by John Bollinger, Bollinger Bands allows users to compare volatility and relative Price levels over a period time. Bollinger Bands are envelopes which surround the price bars on a Chart. They are plotted two standard deviations away from a…
PRICING OPTIONS An option buyer has the right but not the obligation to exercise on the seller. The worst that can happen to a buyer is the loss of the premium paid by him. His downside is limited to this…