Top Advisors Corner August 28, 2014 at 04:00 PM
Below is a Daily Chart for Tim Horton, Inc. (NYSE: THI), which is in the restaurant consumer cyclical sector. This stock had a lengthy platform pattern. Using Bollinger Bands, several compression areas are exposed during the platform-development phase... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 27, 2014 at 01:00 PM
Previously, I analyzed the 2000 and 2007-2008 market tops, along with the current market action. During all time periods, my trading system gave correct trading signals... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 22, 2014 at 12:40 PM
The Russell 2000 Index has had a good month so far in August 2014, rebounding more strongly than the NYSE-dominated indices. But that seeming strength just within August conceals what happened before in July 2014, when the Russell 2000 had a pretty bad month... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 21, 2014 at 02:44 PM
Previously, I analyzed the 2000 and 2007-2008 market tops. During both time periods, my trading system gave correct trading signals. This week, we will see what my trading system is telling us in real-time action... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 21, 2014 at 11:00 AM
Monitoring purposes SPX: Sold long SPX on 8/14/14 at 1955.18 = gain 2.39%. Long SPY on 8/7/14 at 1909.57. Monitoring purposes GOLD: Gold ETF GLD long at 173... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 19, 2014 at 01:38 PM
The New Breakout Trading Strategies of Professional Traders With all the changes to the market structure and venues for trading stocks by the various market-participant groups, many strategies of the professionals have been adjusted or reinvented in order to fit the new realities... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 18, 2014 at 02:41 PM
It didn't happen' - was Friday's ultimate response from Russia's Foreign Ministry, to the multiple confirmations of Thursday's reports we shared from 'The Guardian', before virtually any US media (they mentioned it only 'after' an upward opening in Friday's stock market; hours af... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 18, 2014 at 11:30 AM
Grain prices have been falling, as expected. But cattle prices have been rising, which might not be as expected. There is a lesson in this difference. Gold prices give us a year’s warning about what grain prices are likely to do... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 14, 2014 at 01:18 PM
Last week, I analyzed the 2000 market top. Today, I break down the market action during the 2007-2008 market top to see any similarities using my trading system... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 13, 2014 at 04:30 PM
Monitoring purposes SPX: Long SPY on 8/7/14 at 1909.57; stop 1930. Monitoring purposes GOLD: Gold ETF GLD long at 173.59 on 9/21/11 Long Term Trend monitor purposes: Flat This week is option expiration week which normally has a bullish bias... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 12, 2014 at 02:22 PM
How to Identify the Different Types of Bounce and Reversal Price Action in Candlestick Charts One of the key elements of successful selling short, and also for bargain hunters or those using buy-on-the-dip strategies, is to be able to properly identify which of the many types of ... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 07, 2014 at 02:20 PM
The day June 5th was a very important day for Europe (NYSEARCA:FEZ). That was the day Mario Draghi pulled out all the stops and started to backup his words that he would do “whatever it takes” to prevent the Euro from continued strengthening... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 07, 2014 at 02:12 PM
By now most who follow the stock market know that the first two years of each presidential term are basically flat, but the good times come in the 3rd year which is nearly always an up year... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 07, 2014 at 02:07 PM
Monitoring purposes SPX: Neutral Monitoring purposes GOLD: Gold ETF GLD long at 173.59 on 9/21/11 Long Term Trend monitor purposes: Flat The bottom window is the rate of change (ROC) of the VIX... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 06, 2014 at 03:13 PM
MMM Stock Chart Shows A Rounding Top Developing Topping patterns are critical to recognize prior to the stock turning down, especially in the modern market structure, where HFT algos can trigger sudden price collapses within seconds of the market open... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 06, 2014 at 12:00 PM
Today, I answer many of your questions concerning market tops. For a better understanding on how market tops form, I will dissect the 2000 market action using technical analysis (charting). It is not called “technical” for nothing... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 01, 2014 at 01:11 PM
July 31, 2014 If you want to get worried about long-term stock market valuations, this week's chart should do the job. I saw a version of this chart recently in a research report by Daniel J... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 01, 2014 at 01:02 PM
Canaries chirping away - have been ignored by markets, 'as if' the birdies were in a coal mine; rather than screaming warnings about disconnects and divergences, that threaten the overall trend, if not carrying systemic risk too... Read More