Profit Trading
Kicker Signals The Kicker Signal is one of the most powerful Candlestick signals. This is due to the signal having a gap built into it. In some cases the gap is very obvious. In other cases the gap is…
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Bottom Trading
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…
Market Movement
The J-Hook Pattern The J-Hook Pattern is another example of being alerted when a gap up could occur. The J-Hook Pattern occurs after a trend has had a fairly strong run up. It backs off for a period, most…
Investment Strategy
San-Ku – Three Gaps Up As mentioned in Japanese candlestick analys is, the num ber three plays a very relevant part of the investment doctrine. Many of the signals and formations consist of a group of three individual signals.…
Investment Technology
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…
Selling Gaps
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. …
Gaps At The Top Of A Trend
A gap that occurs well after the beginning of a trend reversal, where stochastic are still in the midrange of an uptrend, has different implications. How do you distinguish whether a gap is a potential measuring gap? Evaluate where the…
Gaps at the Bottom
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…
Profits With Candlesticks Analysis
How Do They Produce Profits With Candlesticks? Gaps (Ku) are called windows (Mado) in Japanese Candlestick analysis. A gap or window is one of the most misunderstood technical messages. Most investment experts advise not to buy after a gap. This…
Money Making Candlestick
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…