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)

Using Moving Averages And Patterns To Enter Into Fast Moves

Dan Chesler

In this lesson I will show you how I translate the basic principle of trend into a simple moving average and bar pattern combination, which I call the ITP. (more)

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)

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)

ETF Trading Tactics, Part 1: Identify ETF Turns Using Moving Average Crossovers

Loren Fleckenstein

Exchange-traded funds make an ideal weapon for exploiting market turns. Just buy or short the tradable fund which tracks your chosen market or sector index. (more)

A Profitable Trade Using Multiple Patterns -- From Beginning To End

Kevin Haggerty

Profitable trading is, in essence, based on price relationships that put you in high-probability situations. In this Trading Lesson, I show you why I selected Nokia as a pattern setup in my March 2 commentary. (more)

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)

Moving Averages: Misunderstood, But Useful

David Landry

In the second of a three-part series, Dave Landry looks at the characteristics of moving averages and their general uses. (more)

Moving Averages: Know The Basics First

David Landry

The moving average is probably one of the most used and possibly overused indicators in the financial markets. In the first of this three-part series, Dave Landry looks at the calculation and comparison of simple, exponential and weighted moving averages. (more)

Riding A Great Trend? Know When To Get Out

Manuel Ochoa

Successful trading isn't just about blindly hopping on trends--you've got to know when to get out of trades, too. Here, we take a look under the hood of trend trading and find our where trade exits fit into the picture. (more)