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…
Tag Trend
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 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…
Standard Deviations
In this example Microsoft is charted using 20 day Bollinger bands at 2 standard deviations. Contracting bands warn that the market is about to trend: the bands first converge into a narrow neck, followed by a sharp price movement. The…