How To Combine Fundamentals And Technicals

As traders we're all probably guilty at some point of ignoring the big picture, letting our ego get in the way, and in the process letting a solid trade sli (more)

Watch For Plurality On A Micro Basis For Investing Clues

Mark Boucher

Mark Boucher teaches you how to use "Plurality," one of his best tools for determining "where the market is" and "and where the market is going." (more)

How To Let Homerun Trades Come To You

Tim Truebenbach

Money manager Tim Truebenbach shows how to let solid, proven trading rules do the work for you. Then once you're in a trade, continue to follow the rules methodically instead of letting your position management get influenced by positive or negative expectations. (more)

How To Get Early Entries Into Winning Stocks

Daniel Beighley

Analyzing the big picture enables you to determine how far a stock can potentially go after it has made its intial breakout to new highs. Here is a method that helps you enter when the move is just beginning (more)

The Best Ways To Use TM's News And Analysis Page

Vincent Mao

A step-by-step guide to tools right here at TM that can help you find and analyze stocks for the next trading day. (more)

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)

Pinpointing Tomorrow's Strongest Stocks Using TM's Market & Sector Indicators Page

Vincent Mao

Identifying leading sectors and industry groups should be a part of most traders' nightly routine. Buy a strong stock in a weak sector and you may wind up with bad results. Buy a strong stock in strong sector and the odds of a successful trade are going to be much, much better. (more)

TM Tools For Identifying The Top Intermediate-Term Setups

Daniel Beighley

This lesson walks you through the process of trade selection using the plethora of proprietary lists and tools available on our site. (more)

Using Fibonacci Time And Price Relationships In All Time Frames

Carolyn Boroden

A lesson for traders of all time frames on how to set up trades using Carolyn Boroden's Fibonacci time and price work. (more)

How To Use TM's Indicators: The 60-Day New Highs/Lows On Double Volume List

Dave Landry

New 60-day highs or lows accompanied by double volume are important technical signals because they often coincide with key market events. For example, they commonly precede explosive moves, as informed traders jump on (or dump) a stock. (more)

How To Use TM's Indicators: Strongest And Weakest Sectors Of The Past Five Days

Daniel Beighley

Daytraders, swing traders and intermediate-term traders alike benefit from keeping up to date with sector strength and weakness. Making the analysis part of your trading routine will ensure that nothing slips past you, as you will always be alert to shifts in the market. (more)

What Every Trader Should Know About Economic Indicators

Vincent Mao

Each month the release of key economic data can certainly make an impact on the financial markets. In this lesson, I will introduce you to some of the most important economic indicators and show you how to interpret the data as well as how you can trade off the data. (more)

Sentiment Indicators I Could Not Live Without

Gary Kaltbaum

This is probably a great time to write about some of the other sentiment indicators that I watch. (more)

Combining ADX with RS to Find Intermediate-Term Trades

Loren Fleckenstein

While I don't use indicators to time trades, I've found them useful in refining my database scans for basing stocks. One useful technique is combining low Average Directional Movement Index (ADX) readings with high RS scores for long trades and low RS scores for shorts (more)

Prelude to a Bull; Top Indicators to Watch

Tony Crescenzi

Some of most historically reliable indicators are flashing bullish signals. (more)

Prelude To A Bull: The Economic Signs That Signal Market Bottoms, Part I

Tony Crescenzi

The equity market should take a closer look at the yield curve to gauge the future. (more)

Intermediate-Term Sentiment Indicators For Spotting Market Bottoms

Loren Fleckenstein

During correctional or bear markets, I use option-based sentiment gauges to help detect possible bottoms. (more)

Adjusting Stops For Volatility

Loren Fleckenstein

As an intermediate-term trader, I prefer to use a fixed initial price stop of 5% when I buy into a new position. This simple mechanism allows me to keep the majority of my positions at the same dollar value on entry. (more)

Forecasting Rates Months Into The Future Using Eurodollars

Loren Fleckenstein

In an earlier lesson, I described how to use the federal funds futures contract to forecast changes in the federal funds interest rate, the most powerful weapon in the Federal Reserve's monetary arsenal. The contract works well for assessing market expectations for near-term changes in this key interest rate. But for handicapping rates months into the future, professionals look to eurodollar futures. (more)

Downturn Or Short-Covering Rally? Get A Clue With Short Interest

Loren Fleckenstein

Short interest can provide a gauge of a stock's susceptibility to a possible downturn or short-covering rally. It's also one of the most misunderstood statistics among traders and investors. (more)