Tag Archives: analysis

Looking at Random Trading

Every once in a while, the topic of random trading comes up. Normally, it’s part of a …

The Best Forex Market Analysis in the World!

Yesterday, at the FX Week awards event in London, the forex market analysis product I work on within …

Reaction to the “worst analysis” post

My post from yesterday, Some of the worst market analysis ever!, generated a bit of a response …

Some of the worst market analysis ever!

I came across an article the other day which got my blood boiling a bit. It basically …

Forex Seasonals Coming Up Big So Far

Do you know the seasonal patterns which tend to play out in the forex markets? If so, …

Biases In Market Analysis

A headline on the Business Insider blog caught my attention this morning: Once Again, Moody’s Is Behind …

Looking for Meaning in Big Open Interest Drop in S&P 500 Futures

Here’s something I noticed today that I found REALLY interesting. First of all, take a look at …

Who is the Smart Money?

Ulli at The Wall Street Bully recently had a post in which he took on the question …

Volume in the Forex Market

Here’s an email question that came in recently which relates to volume in the forex market. Hello …

Trading With Pivot Points, MAs and Oscillators

The other day a trader named Sam put the following question to me: I day trade via …

Happy Accidents are Rare in Trading

Brian Shannon at AlphaTrends recently wrote the post Bad Trade Gone Good (with some luck). In it …

Forex Market Seasonal Patterns – Really!

Much of the time, when the idea of seasonal patterns is brought up in trading and the …

Do you use the Commitment of Traders report to trade?

 A forum member messaged me with the following question about the Commitment of Traders (COT) report: hello,do you …

Some interesting posts from fellow bloggers

Here are some very interesting posts by other bloggers which I found interesting. Cross-Talk: Trading Coaches as …

Company Earnings Conference Calls

I’ll admit it. One of the less enjoyable parts of my job is covering earnings conference calls …

Fixed Income and Stock Trading

I have written before on the value of understanding the fixed income market. Interest rates play a …

Stock Valuations Can Make a Difference In Your Trading Results

I came across a post on the Generation X Finance website yesterday which discusses the value of …

Choosing between trading education and information alternatives

A little while back I asked for suggestions about things I could do as fundraising activities to …

What is Your Trading R?

Do you know your trading R? Do you even know what R is? In trading parlance, R …

What Trading Resources are Your Favorites?

What resources do you use in your trading? By that I mean what do you use to …

Calculating Relative Strength

Yet another trader question! They are coming fast these days, which is fantastic. I enjoyed reading your …

Help Me Trade Forex With Candles!

I am a newbie forex trader. My greatest challenge is identifying entry and exit using candlestick. I’ll be …

The Superbowl Indicator

I know this might mean a bad year in the stock market for 2008, but I’m pulling …

Divergence Trading Defined

Can you teach me divergence tading? That’s one of the recent questions I received. While I can’t …

Use Market Mechanics to Your Advantage

This is an article I wrote for Trading Markets that I thought my own readers would also …

Trader Wish List – Twelfth Installment

Well, this is it. The final installment of my Trader’s Wish List is here to wrap up the series. This …

Trader’s Wish List – Seventh Installment

Yet another entry on my Trader’s Wish list. I did a review of Markets in Profile when that book …

Books on Candlestick Interpretation

I received the following inquiry recently: John, could you recommend a book on candlestick interpretation? It is …

Using Bollinger Bands to Identify Reversal Points

I have used Bollinger Bands in my trading and market analysis for a great many years. In …

Modeling the Stock Current Market on 1987

One of the things going around the market these days is the idea that the price action …

The value of short-interest

Short interest is an interesting statistic that’s worth understanding. It tells you how many shares of a …

Interest Rates and PE Ratios

The other day I talked about the impact of interest rates on stock prices, and how higher …

Interest Rates and Stock Prices

After last week’s run up in interest rates, it’s worth taking some time to understand the link …

The PEG

Most stock market traders are familiar with the PE ratio. That is current price divided by the …

Fundamental trading vs trading on fundamental information

There appears to be a level of confusion among new traders regarding the meaning of fundamental trading. …

Looking at volatility, historically speaking

There has been a ton of talk in the markets about the lack of volatility lately. Bill over …

Analysis Pitfalls

(Excerpt from The Essentials of Trading) Back in the chapter on market analysis methods we mentioned the …