How I Trade Reversals
Vincent Mao
In this lesson, I'll present you with a methodology to trade potential trend reversals. This method of identifying and trading potential reversals is nothing new. It's a comprehensive method that incorporates price, pattern, and time. (more)

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Give Me Something to Lean On: Understanding The Purpose Of Chart Patterns
Dan Chesler
Let Dan Chesler show you how to trade his "stoch-trap" setup, as well as his "incipient trend pattern." (more)

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The Art Of The Bull Trap
Daniel Beighley
A bull trap occurs when the price of a stock moves above a resistance line, triggering buy signals, but then quickly reverses course, 'trapping' with losses those who went long. (more)

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How To Use TM's Indicators: The Turtle Soup Plus One Lists
Duke Heberlein
The rules for the Turtle Soup Plus One are almost exactly the same as the original Turtle Soup pattern (more)

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What Historical Market Patterns Can Teach Us About The Present
Daniel Beighley
Nothing is ever a given in the markets. The markets will do whatever they do, but sometimes it is a good idea to take a step back and take a look at the -- really -- big picture. (more)

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Succeeding With Failed Patterns
Marc Dupée
Sometimes failed patterns can be the strongest patterns (more)

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In Trending Markets, Use These Candlestick Continuation Patterns
Tsutae Kamada
Continuation candlesticks -- such as the Rising Three and Falling Three Methods -- can help detect when strong or weak stocks are taking a rest. (more)

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Capturing Moves Using Advanced Point And Figure
Daniel Beighley
In keeping with the Point and Figure tradition of simplicity, this lesson will go through four effective patterns used to interpret this charting system. (more)

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Getting An Edge With Cross-Market Analysis
Alan Farley
Chart readers fall into two distinct categories when it comes to cross-market analysis. The first group focuses solely on the individual price chart because it believes that all market influences lie hidden in the candlesticks of that single view. The second group doesn't have quite so much faith in simple price patterns. (more)

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Point And Figure: Use It To Filter The Noise
Daniel Beighley
Point and Figure charts are the oldest form of Western technical analysis and can be a tool to keep your judgment clear of the 'noise' that builds up from constant analysis. (more)

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How I Stalk And Pounce On Evening Star Formations
Carolyn Lueck
In this lesson, I'd like to share a candlestick pattern that I watch for quite frequently in my trading: the Evening Star formation. (more)

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Hammer And Hanging Man: Two Guys You Want On Your Side
Tsutae Kamada
In this lesson, I show you how effectively "Hammer" and "Hanging Man" candlestick formations can be at providing us with reversal signals -- especially when they appear in important price areas. (more)

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Tails Seldom Fail -- Thoughts On One Of My Favorite Patterns
Goran Yordanoff
As Japanese candlestick method puts great significance on the relationship between opening price and closing price, the tail is an extremely important occurrence when analyzing charts because it reveals an area of price that was visited during the time frame under analysis, but was unsustainable (more)

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Clarifying The Long-Term Outlook Using Candlestick Charts
Tsutae Kamada
Traders can be so busy looking for daytrading opportunities that they become trapped in short-term frames. A bigger picture can be a great help in focusing on your destination. (more)

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Advanced Bow Tie Trading Methods
Dave Landry
With picking stocks using discretionary patterns, it's more important to choose those that fit the concept and designer's intent rather than those that fit the exact rules. (more)

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Entry Patterns At Alert Zones
Kevin Haggerty
The primary purpose of this lesson is to give you something to keep on your desk which illustrates the most common Reversal Bar Patterns that most often precede a move in the opposite direction. (more)

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When Time Frames Agree, It's Time To Pounce
Tsutae Kamada
Can you trust daily chart patterns more than five-minute chart patterns? Are long-term charts more reliable than short-term charts? In this lesson, I discuss the benefits of multiple time-frame charts -- especially the effective use of longer-term charts -- for short-term trading. (more)

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Using Inverted Cup-With-Handles To Identify Shorting Setups
Loren Fleckenstein
Traders have long known that many buy-side chart patterns can be inverted to time short entries. For even better results, we've also learned to turn the fundamental picture on its head as well: weak or deteriorating corporate performance for shorts vs. strong or improving fundamentals for longs. (more)

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Opening Gaps: Trade 'Em, Fade 'Em, Or Ignore 'Em?
Dave Landry
Gaps occur on the euphoria of eager traders rushing (more)

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The Power Of Gaps
Goran Yordanoff
We review a recent swing trade that utilized the "hidden" message of gaps (more)

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My Favorite Strategies For Gaps Up And Gaps Down
Gary Kaltbaum
When a stock gaps up or down, I believe this is the most significant sign of accumulation or distribution. (more)

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A Realistic And Effective Strategy For Using Candlestick Charts
Tsutae Kamada
As a long-time user of candlestick charts, I believe candlestick charts are more visually oriented than bar charts. In this lesson I would like to show how effective candlestick charts are -- when used with other technical tools. (more)

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How To Use Inverted Long Patterns To Find Shorting Setups
Dave Landry
If you want to make a long-term living trading stocks on a short-term basis you must learn how to play both sides of the market. In this lesson, I'll show how patterns that I use on the long side work, in reverse, on the short side. (more)

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The Psychology Of Chart Patterns
Loren Fleckenstein
More than once, finance profs have told me that chart patterns don't work. After all, why should the market obey a chart pattern? (more)

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My Favorite Warning Signs of Climax Tops
Loren Fleckenstein
You don't need to be an options trader to take advantage of extremes in crowd sentiment. The climax run represents a critical selling stage where the trader can sidestep steep losses and lock in a rare windfall before a highflier breaks apart. (more)

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Swing Traders: Find More Reliable Tops And Bottoms Using Bow Ties
Dave Landry
Picking tops and bottoms can be costly, as markets are prone to long-term continuation moves and false reversals. On the other hand, blindly jumping on an established trend can also be costly, as these markets are prone to correct. In this lesson we will look at "Bow Ties," a swing trade setup which attempts to solve for the above by utilizing multiple moving averages and a countertrend correction. (more)

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The Five Traits Of Flat Bases That Explode
Loren Fleckenstein
Some of the most explosive share price advances launch from tight, range-bound structures rather than deep correction-recovery patterns such as the cup-with-handle. (more)

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Subtle But Important Characteristics I Look For In Handles
Greg Kuhn
When it comes to identifying a proper cup-with-handle basing pattern, getting a handle on the "handle" can be the trickiest part. (more)

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Trade Logic
Kevin Haggerty
The first in a series of lessons to help you identify high-probability trading opportunities using specific trade logic. (more)

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Defining Reward/Risk Ratios With Chart Setups In The Futures Markets
Marc Dupée
One of the critical tasks traders face is finding setups appropriate to their risk profile and then making a trading plan for each trade. (more)

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How To Find Ascending Bases That Lead To Powerful Advances
Loren Fleckenstein
In a choppy market, leadership stocks sometimes act like runners on base. The player leads off, is forced back when the pitcher throws to first, then steals second and leads off again. When the next batter up blasts one for the fences, the man at second explodes, rounding third base, then slides home. (more)

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Using Weekly Charts To Detect Stealth Buying
Loren Fleckenstein
Pretend that you run a mutual fund with $1 billion in assets. You want to put just 1% of that money to work in the stock of a publicly traded company. That amounts to $10 million worth of stock. (more)

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Scaled Buying: How One Professional Hedge Fund Manager Does It
Greg Kuhn
It takes demand, or buying pressure, to move a stock higher. (more)

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Capturing Sharp Moves Using Volatility And Structure
Dave Landry
In general, volatile stocks have the potential to make the largest moves. However, you can’t just randomly buy or sell short a stock just because it is volatile. You have to have some sort of combination of momentum, pattern or setup -- what I refer to as "structure." In this Trading Lesson, I will review how to measure volatility and more importantly, how to combine it with structure to help capture explosive moves. (more)

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Sell 'Em Short: Three Patterns For Bears
Loren Fleckenstein
I am going to show you examples of both reversal patterns and continuation patterns (more)

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Trade What You See, Not What You Hear
Kevin Haggerty
In today's lesson, we will look at the most recent Nasdaq extreme and point out some indications of pending trouble. (more)

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Moving Averages: Four Useful Strategies
David Landry
In the final installment of a three-part series, Dave Landry looks at the characteristics of moving averages and their general uses. (more)

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The Technician's Basic Tool: The Price Chart
Mark Etzkorn
New to technical analysis? Here, we review the different kinds of price charts and explain how they depict price behavior, and lay the foundation for basic chart pattern analysis. (more)

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How To Determine Directional Strength With Short-term Patterns
David Landry
Short-term patterns like gaps, spikes and reversal bars usually accompany extreme price moves. We'll show you what to look out for when you're trying to gauge market direction with these patterns. (more)

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Chart Classics: Reversal And Continuation Patterns
Mark Etzkorn
Here's a look at some of the best-known chart patterns--triangles, flags, pennants, double tops and bottoms, among others--that make up the foundation of any chartist's repertoire. Find out why chart analysis isn't as complicated as some people would have you believe, and the basic trading principles you should keep in mind when using these patterns. (more)

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Trading Flip Top Openings
Kevin Haggerty
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The Characteristics Of Opening Reversals
Kevin Haggerty
Many traders wonder if they should trade on the opening, or if there are specific strategies that exploit market activity unique to the opening. Here is one proven approach. (more)

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Daytrade Risk, Big-Trade Reward
Mark Boucher
There’s nothing better than a trade opportunity that allows you to enter the market with short-term risk and the potential for long-term profit. This week, trader Mark Boucher explains a pattern that allows you to do just that. (more)

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Cup-and-Handle Trading Techniques For Swing Traders
Dave Landry
The cup-and-handle is a reversal pattern that frequently precedes big rallies. Here, we show you how this pattern is formed, as well as how to enter trades and limit your risk in these situations. (more)

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