Tag Archives: Technical Analysis

Picking the right indicator(s)

This question came in the other day from a developing trader on the subject of technical indicators. …

Book Review: Mastering Market Timing

An excellent educational resources for learning how markets form tops and bottoms and act during trending periods.

Book Review: George Lindsay and the Art of Technical Analysis

George Lindsay was a prominent newsletter writer in the 60s and 70s. This book describes his primary analysis techniques.

Volatility Changes Across Markets

A recent blog post got me thinking about where volatility stands now compared to where it’s been. …

Using Secondary Indications in Your Market Analysis

Yesterday Adam at Forex Blog put up a blog post looking at the British Pound, specifically in …

My Tools of the Trade

Trader Mike and Blain atÂ StockToGo both posted recently on the various tools they use in their trading. …

Book Review: The Complete Trading Course

A front-to-back approach to applying technical analysis to trading

Book Review: Harmonic Trading, Volume One

A comprehensive and systematic look at Fibonacci based technical analysis and trading

Looking at Random Trading

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

What about the Forex Market?

Frequent emailer Rod is back with another worthwhile question. Hi John, I know you are a position …

Using Other Traders’ Mistakes to Improve Your Trading Performance

During theÂ Swingers, Scalpers, Holders panel discussion I did with Currensee a little while back, fellow panelist Mike …

Book Review: Technical Analysis in the FX Markets

Interviews on forex analysis with 13 market analysts from around the world

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 …

If You Haven’t Already…

I strongly advise you to check out the 90-minute seminar John Murphy did entitled Applying Technical Methods …

Watching for a Market Explosion or Implosion

I’ve written on several occasions, including my first ever article published in Stocks & Commodities, on the …

A Sample of Professional Market Analysis

I received an email a short while ago outlining the three reasons an analyst at CIBC World …

Learn Technicals from the Guy Who Wrote the Book

The question about how best to start learning technical analysis is one that comes up quite often …

Looking at Stock Market Internals for Confirmation

While I’m no longer a stock market analyst (I’m focused on forex these days), I still keep …

Book Review: Reading Minds and Markets

Primarily about asset allocation – picking the best place(s) to put money to work

Should I Become a Chartered Market Technician?

Those looking to become professional traders or market analysts often ask questions related to education and professional …

On Technical Indicators and Trading Methods

Indicators are always a favor subject among traders, especially new ones still trying to find their niche …

Questions About Elliott Wave

I have been reading books on Elliott wave principle and trying to figure out how to apply …

Only for Advanced Traders?

I had an email over the weekend that came in concerning my price distribution trading methodology course. …

Technical/Fundamental analysis a child’s game

A reader named nikesh posted a comment to yesterday’s Improving the Win Rate of Trend System With …

Improving the Win Rate of Trend System With Oscillators

This question came in over the weekend from a gentleman working on improving his trend trading system. …

Am I using enough indicators?

A little while back I wrote Being a Focused Trader on the subject of traders getting a …

Being a Focused Trader

Here’s an email from a member of my mailing list which brings up a lot of the …

Thoughts on CANSLIM

Last week I received an inquiry from a fellow member at Trade2Win. I have your book and …

Volume in the Forex Market

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

Is Technical Analysis Useless in Forex Trading?

An email came in from one of my list members the other day. It basically asks the …

Selecting stocks and ETFs suitable for trading

Picking the best markets and vehicles to trade is a major part of developing your overall trading …

Trading With Pivot Points, MAs and Oscillators

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

An Inquiry for Active Forex Traders

I need to do a some research for my employer. If you’re an active forex trader, I …

Keeping things simple in your trading

Beanieville posted Don’t Let All Those Technical Analysis Gurus Confuse You on Tuesday with the primary suggestion …

Trading with Fibonacci methods

I received an email yesterday asking about trading with Fibonaccis. While I’m familiar with fibos, they are …

Should I use charting software, and if so which one?

It appears that the trend in trader questions landing in my inbox these days is to ask …

Taking a Look at Price Distribution Charts

Have you seen a chart like this before? (click to enlarge) This style of chart is known …

Which indicators and timeframe can be best used for scalping?

This question came in from a forexÂ trader named Calvin. I am currently trading forex and wish to …

Leading Indicators vs. Lagging Indicators

A question came up recently on the Trade2Win forum about what indicators are leading and what are …

Where should Fibonacci Lines be drawn from?

Here is one of the more detailed and specific trader questions I’ve gotten in a while. John, …

Is there a way to guage when a market will break out and which way?

A couple of weeks agoÂ I introduced a new video course:Â Reading market strength and weakness. One of those …

Revisiting Average True Range (ATR)

Corey over at Afraid to Trade posted a piece in which he discusses the use of ATR …

When the market rallies that fast, beware

Yesterday was a classic stock bear market rally of the sort which happens when the market reaches …

How do I see Market Profile charts on Tradestation?

Trader Barabara sent me the following question the other day. I think it might work, too. I …

Am I using the right indicators for my trading strategy?

The other day I received the following question from aÂ trader named Paul. I have inherited an illness …

Whatâ€™s the best indicator?

This questions gets asked in one fashion or another on trading forum sites quite regularly. There is …

How do I decide which support and resistance levels are significant?

Here’s a trader question on the subject of support and resistance. I am having trouble deciding where …

Can you tell me where I can find free forex charts?

Here’s a pretty straightforward question I received from a forexÂ trader over the weekend. IÂ couldnt find a free …

Track Market Volatility to Improve Trading Performance

Over the weekend Brett Steenbarger posted The Psychology of Market VolatilityÂ to his blog. He makes some very …

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