Candlestick Charts: Inside Days Inside days are a two-bar pattern that often mark a major reversal of a trend because of their relative shape, and what that shape suggests about the changing mood of the market. Specifically, the inside day pattern consists of an open-to-close range for the first bar that is above and below the open-to-close range of the...
Candlestick Charts: Inside Days Inside days are a two-bar pattern that often mark a major reversal of a trend because of their relative shape, and what that shape suggests about the changing mood of the market. Specifically, the inside day pattern consists of an open-to-close range for the first bar that is above and below the open-to-close range of the...
Between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Holiday Spending is Growing as Expected Though investors had reason to be concerned following reports of unexpectedly weak Black Friday spending, by the time all was said and done for the all-important period between Thanksgiving evening and the end of Cyber Monday, consumers (XLY) (XLP) stepped up to the plate… again. But, much like...
Technical Analysis: Moving Average Lines (Death Cross and Golden Cross) Of all the technical analysis tools available to a trader, moving average lines are the simplest. Yet, that simplicity makes them powerful tools; interpreting them and using them to generate buy and sell signals isn't difficult or subject to interpretation. A moving average line is simply the average closing price...
Home Sales Wobble in 2015, But Long-Term Growth Trend is Poised to Resume The real estate (XHB) (IYR) picture ended up being a bit of a mixed one through October, with the pace of existing home sales sliding, while the pace of new home sales perked up. In both cases, last month's moves reversed course from the directions take in September,...
Hewlett-Packard, as a Whole, Signs Off on a Low Note HP (HPQ) and Hewlett-Packard Enterprises (HPE) – the company that used to be Hewlett-Packard before it split up at the end of October – jointly reported last quarter's earnings on Tuesday after the close. They weren't impressive, together, or on their own. The futures for the two companies, however, are...
Debit Spreads Debit spreads are a type of option trade involving two different options on the same stock or index, aiming to capitalize on an expected movement of the chart in question, but hedging the 'bet', so to speak, with one of the two options. They're an attractive trade because the risk is limited, though the maximum profit is also...
Technical Analysis: Moving Average Lines (Death Cross and Golden Cross) Of all the technical analysis tools available to a trader, moving average lines are the simplest. Yet, that simplicity makes them powerful tools; interpreting them and using them to generate buy and sell signals isn't difficult or subject to interpretation. A moving average line is simply the average closing price...
Candlestick Pattern: Outside Day An outside day is an important but simple chart pattern that any trader with access to stock or index charts can utilize right away as a means of spotting reversal pressure. Simply put, an outside day is a two-bar pattern consisting of an open and a close that create a range that's above and below the prior...
Debit Spreads Debit spreads are a type of option trade involving two different options on the same stock or index, aiming to capitalize on an expected movement of the chart in question, but hedging the 'bet', so to speak, with one of the two options. They're an attractive trade because the risk is limited, though the maximum profit is also...
