Traders

Succeeding With Failed Patterns
Marc Dupee
Sometimes failed patterns can be the strongest patterns (more)
The 1090 Open
Marc Dupée
Harness Decisive Opening Price Action In Futures Markets (more)
TraderTalk: Carolyn Boroden on How To Make Money With Fibonacci Price Clusters
Carolyn Boroden
In this TraderTalk transcript, Carolyn Boroden discusses the effect of Fibonacci time and price relationships on her three favorite setups, how those setups work with Fib clusters, and what happens when the time comes to pull the trigger. (more)
'Buying On Dips' Heaven
Eddie Kwong
One of the favorite pastimes of traders over the past two or three years has been the game of "buy on dips." (more)
'Not Dead, Can't Quit' -- No Limit Thinking With Navy SEAL Veteran Richard Machowicz

'During Hell Week, 80% of the participants fail... I was desperate to have some kind of advantage. Some kind of edge. When it was going bad, I needed something to keep me going forward.' Even though Machowitz is not a trader, Larry Connors interviewed him for TradingMarkets because so many of the insights (more)
7 Mistakes Novice Options Traders Make
Len Yates
Here are 7 common mistakes traders new to options make and 3 reasons investors mistakenly avoid trading options. (more)
9 out of 10 times, this tape reading tactic pays off
Dave Floyd
Like all trading techniques, tape reading is not 100% reliable, but I will trust my gut over a chart pattern any day... (more)
99% Noise
Eddie Kwong
One of these days, if I ever have to rename this column, I'll probably call it "Trading Confluence" because this is probably the most commonly recurring theme in how I view the markets. (more)
A Big Pile of Heads
Eddie Kwong
There's an old expression that traders have been known to say when they get overconfident in their trading and suffer heavy losses due to their overexposure. (more)
A Candid Discussion With John Netto (uwgambler)
Eddie Kwong and Brice Wightman
"One shot--One kill. Focus, discipline, patience, harmony are what make it happen." (more)
A Conversation with Eight-Time 'World Series of Poker' Champion, Phil Hellmuth
Larry Connors
I was playing poker in college, and one day I made $6,500. I came back the next day and dropped all my classes. (more)
A Directional Strategy That Costs You Nothing If You Are Wrong
Len Yates
The backspread is an amazing little tool for when you expect a potentially big price move, but at the same time realizing that there is a good chance you could be wrong, and no move whatsoever develops.< (more)
A Gray Line In The Sand
Eddie Kwong
A much-overused expression among market analysts is "line in the sand." (more)
A Great Volatility Trade
Len Yates
I don’t normally comment on current opportunities in this column but this one is simply so good I can’t keep my mouth shut. (more)
A Guide To The Stock Scanner's Functions And Features
Dave Landry
Part IV in a series. (more)
A Head and Shoulders Top in Motorola
Eddie Kwong
Semis have been a favorite group among traders during the past four months. But if you look at the SOX Index [SOX|SOX], you can see that the group's recent pullback may cast doubts on the health of its uptend. A look at individual stocks within the group reveals a picture that underscores this concern. One of the stocks suggesting internal weakness in the group is Motorola [MOT|MOT]. (more)
A Picture Of Health
Eddie Kwong
A largely positive day on the Nasdaq was dampened when Intel broke below its October lows. (more)
A Practical Approach To Trading Fibonacci
Derrik Hobbs
Let this successful fund manager show you how to take advantage of classic Fibonacci analysis (like support and resistance cluster zones) to improve your trading edge. In this live workshop, get to know our new commentator Derrik Hobbs. (more)
A Practical Guide To Developing And Identifying Systems That Work
Dave Landry
Based on some of the more common pitfalls I have encountered in developing systems over the years, this lesson is slanted toward traps associated with researching a “mechanical” edge, but these concepts can (and should) also be applied to more discretionary methods too. (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)
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)
A Strategy For Investing In Technology Using Options
Len Yates
Buying a few calls is a great way to put your toe in the water now, rather than waiting for a clear bottom to have formed. (more)
A Strategy For Playing Large-Range Days
Larry Connors
Chart analysis is a subjective game, and many commonly accepted interpretations of patterns fail to hold up to detailed analysis. We'll explain the realities of large-range days and the kind of market behavior they foreshadow. (more)
A Tale of Two Moving Averages
Eddie Kwong
On Wednesday, I talked about how well intraday price action seems to react to 20- and 50-period moving averages on a 5-minute bar chart. Today, I'm going to zoom out with a big picture analysis of the Nasdaq and show you the surprising omnipresence of these moving average relationships. (more)
A Technique For Trapping Pullbacks

Trader Dan Chesler teaches you his strategy in which he uses indicators to quickly zero in on short-term pullback patterns. (more)
A Top-Down Approach To Stock Selection For Swing Traders
Vincent Mao
Stock selection is one of the most important aspects of trading. Selecting the right stocks to trade can dramatically affect your bottom line. With over 5,000 actively traded stocks out there, picking the right ones to trade is no easy feat. So where should you begin? (more)
Accumulation's Evil Twin
Eddie Kwong
Over the past several days I've been beating the drum about how important it is to watch volume. (more)
Achieve Better Trading Results By Mastering Probability
Don Miller
Success in trading is far more dependent upon the understanding, acceptance and application of probability principles than any other facet. (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)
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)
After The Setup: How To Enter, Place Stops, Trail Stops and Take Profits
Dave Landry
Finding the next setup is only one part of the trader’s equation. After the setup, you have to enter, set a protective stop, trail your stop and take profits. (more)
Always Plan For Trading Success...The Night Before
Dave Landry
Proper preparation for war cannot be overestimated. Dave Landry shows the reader exactly how he goes about readying himself for the next day's battle in the markets. (more)
Amazing Cookies
Eddie Kwong
Take a quick look at this chart. If you didn't know the name, you'd might guess that it's some hot, young genome or wireless broadband company. (more)
Amazon Swinging Higher
Eddie Kwong
High-quality technology stocks were down pretty hard today. But second- and third-tier Net stocks made their move today. Among them -- Amazon. (more)
AMD Shows the Value of Relative Strength Analysis to Short-term Traders
Eddie Kwong
Sometimes, the best way to tell whether a stock has real muscle occurs when a stock goes against the grain on a day when most stocks are tanking. (more)
An In-Depth Look At Vertical Option Spreads, Part I
Tony Saliba
Some options strategies may be ideally suited for the potentially volatile markets ahead. We feel that this lesson on vertical spreading by Tony Saliba may be of help to you. (more)
An In-Depth Look At Vertical Option Spreads, Part II
Tony Saliba
In the last lesson, we investigated the nature and nuances of Bull Spreads. This lesson will finish up our trot through vertical spreading strategies by concentrating on Bear Spreads. (more)
An Interview with Joe Corona, Tony Saliba's Head Trader
Larry Connors
Joe is a 20+ year veteran of the markets who plays this game intensely but also very conservatively. Tony Saliba has a reputation of being a low-risk options trader and Joe impeccably executes this low-risk approach. (more)
An Introduction To Ratio Spreads
Vincent Mao
With this strategy, it is possible to eliminate all or part of the downside or upside risk. In this lesson, I will show you just what a ratio spread is and describe the ideal conditions to put on a ratio spread. (more)
An Introduction To Volatility
Tony Saliba
Every options trader should have a grasp at least of a few fundamental principals of volatility (historical, expected, future and implied). The outlining of these is my task at hand. (more)
An Old Familiar Pattern
Eddie Kwong
Biotechs have been positive for the past three days and, as you might have expected, this has yielded some opportunities in individual stocks within the group. (more)
An Open Letter To A New Intermediate-Term Trader
Loren Fleckenstein
The principles of intermediate-term trading are precise and well documented. The problem is, the trader must apply many principles correctly, all at the same time. (more)
An Opportunity To Sell Expensive Options
Len Yates
At the Vegas conference, I mentioned a current opportunity in Nortel Networks. Since the opportunity is still there (although it might have been optimal on Wednesday October 18), it bears repeating for everyone’s benefit. (more)
Anatomy of a Pause
Eddie Kwong
Today I was originally going to do this article about a breakout on high volume in Mattson Technology [MTSN|MTSN]. We had alerted traders of this possibility in TradersWire on Thursday and the breakout happened today. (more)
Anatomy Of A Trade Using Fibonacci Price Analysis
Carolyn Boroden
Fibonacci price analysis can be an extremely powerful trading tool, if used correctly. In this lesson, we are going to focus on how we choose the appropriate levels to execute a trade against. (more)
Applied Fibonacci: From Trigger To Trade
Carolyn Boroden
Does this Fibonacci "time and price" stuff really work? (more)
Applying Historical Volatility Calculations
Larry Connors
Last Thursday (May 6), we talked about how to calculate the likely closing range of a stock within a certain time frame using historical volatility. Today we’ll discuss how to apply these calculations to your trading. (more)
As Good As It Gets
Eddie Kwong
One of the more difficult patterns for novice traders to master is the cup-with-handle. (more)
As the Sectors Rotate
Eddie Kwong
One of the smartest things you can do as a trader is to keep your eyes on the relative strength of different sectors, particularly when sectors you're following are weakening. (more)
Ascending Triangle in Cisco
Eddie Kwong
Nasdaq bellwethers Sun Microsystems, Oracle, and Intel are giving the Nasdaq a boost into the holiday weekend. (more)
Asset Classes Explained
Loren Fleckenstein
All assets can be classified as either “real” or “financial.” (more)
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Back To Basics With Brice: Bid and Ask De-Mystified
Brice Wightman
One of the first things a new trader will notice is that, for every stock, there’s not just one price, but two—the “bid” and the “ask.” (more)
Basic Volatility Characteristics
Larry Connors
Shorter-term market volatility levels tend to revert to longer-term volatility levels. This basically means that after markets go through a few days of craziness, they become more quiet. (more)
BEA Be Good
Eddie Kwong
For many traders, it's a frustrating time, as trends continue having difficulty asserting themselves. (more)
Beyond The Setup -- Let Outside Technicals Pump Your Odds
Dave Landry
Setups don't exist in a vacuum. You must consider the overall market and sector action. Further, you must consider the bigger-picture technical patterns within the individual stocks that are set up. This lesson shows you how to factor in these outside influences into your trading, using recent examples. (more)
Big Picture Support on eBay
Eddie Kwong
Thursday, I wrote about how eBay was moving higher within a base formation. It turns out that within the context of a weekly chart, the scenario looks even more promising. (more)
Biotech Brewery
Eddie Kwong
With Monday's "Chart of the Day," Myriad Genetics coming in with a gain of nearly 12 points into Tuesday's close, I thought I'd scan for more potential action in this group. (more)
Biotech Staying Power
Eddie Kwong
One group whose relative strength continues to hold up in the face of the uncertainty of the past two pre-election weeks has been the biotechs. (more)
Bounce!
Eddie Kwong
Just as you can learn something about the reliability of chart patterns when something unexpected happens (as is often the case), so too can you learn something when everything happens the way you'd expect. (more)
Bounces Happen
Eddie Kwong
While it's best to stay focused on what the market is doing now, it's also important to be aware of potential price levels at which a market can encounter support or resistance. Read Borsellino's piece on a regular basis. He's an expert at this. (more)
Bouncing in Sync
Eddie Kwong
Even when a market is trending downwards, you can see that it'll hit pockets of support along the way that yield sharp intraday reversals. Often these short-term reversals coincide with many stocks all hitting support levels simultaneously. (more)
Breakout Failure In Sun Microsystems
Eddie Kwong
Over the weekend, I overhead an interesting conversation. A broker approached her client who happens to be a friend of mine. (more)
Breakout Failures Happen
Eddie Kwong
One of the more enduring rules of thumb that traders use in order to identify potential bounces is to look for potential support to form at old resistance levels and vice versa. (more)
Breakout Rehearsal
Eddie Kwong
Like actors on a movie set, traders often have to just sit and wait for the props, lighting and camera to get set up. Once the setup is in place, you have to go out and perform to the best of your abilities. (more)
Brice Wightman Chats With Alan Farley

Alan Farley has been in the market for over ten years as a trader and, more recently, writer. His book, The Master Swing Trader, is destined to become a staple in trading literature. (more)
Brice Wightman Chats With Bennett McDowell
Brice Wightman
When you find a trading methodology that's successful, it's a good idea to hang on to it. Finding one that's right for you isn't the easiest thing to do, especially if it works over several time frames. Professional Trader Bennett McDowell, has been through the search for that perfect methodology fit, found what works for him. These days, he's just trading it -- successfully. (more)
Brocade. . .Again
Eddie Kwong
This is not the first time I've talked about Brocade. But I'm always in favor of going where the action is, even if I've been there before. Today is another day on which Brocade has something worthwhile to teach us. (more)
Buying and Selling Volatility, Part I
Len Yates
The most misunderstood and neglected dimension -- and often the last thing a novice trader learns about -- is volatility. (more)
Buying and Selling Volatility, Part II
Len Yates
We measure how much the price of an asset bounces around using a parameter called statistical volatility, or SV for short. (more)
Buying on Earnings Surprises. . .Why Bother?
Eddie Kwong
Let's talk about Dell Computer [DELL|DELL]. (more)
Calculating And Using RS Lines For Intermediate-Term Trades
Loren Fleckenstein
I'm a techno-fundamentalist (to borrow the phrase of the great Nicolas Darvas). But if you denied me access to the fundamentals, I still could trade on the technicals alone. Just give me charts that display price and volume bars and a relative strength line. (more)
Calmly Stay Focused
Eddie Kwong
One of the things that Jeff Cooper said at TradingMarkets2000 confirmed one of my observations. That is, certain stocks tend to have a personality that you can understand from day to day. That personality is consistent enough that you can use it to find good trading setups. (more)
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)
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)
Capturing Trends with the ADX
Dave Landry
The Average Directional Movement Index (ADX) measures the trend strength of a market but not its direction. The higher the ADX reading, the stronger the trend, regardless if it is up or down. (more)
Carolyn Boroden: Outside of Trading Hours

In this interview, Carolyn Boroden explains how her Fibonacci strategies can be applied to trading the S&P and Nasdaq Futures. (more)
Carolyn Lueck: Intensity, Focus And Balance
Brice Wightman
Compared with men, there are relatively few women traders, and fewer still who have as much trading experience and overall market savvy as Carolyn Lueck. Although we only hear from her weekly in her commentary, she is very active in the market every day. Despite her very busy schedule, she still makes time to wind down and avidly pursues her other passions. Brice Wightman brings you this fascinating interview with Carolyn. (more)
Catching A Moving Bus
Eddie Kwong
One of my favorite money-management strategies is to enter a trade right before it starts to move in my favor. (more)
Caveat Emptor, Account Holders
Loren Fleckenstein
Make sure you get the service you need before joining the dash for bargain-basement commissions. (more)
Celera Distribution Foreshadows Breakdown
Eddie Kwong
One of the most potent, yet underused analysis tools available to traders are patterns of accumulation and distribution in volume. (more)
Characteristics Traders Should Look For In Double-Bottom Bases
Loren Fleckenstein
One trick to buying off correction-recovery patterns is spotting the point where new buyers have overcome the so-called weak holders. Long, flat bases wear out the weak holders. Cup-with-handle bases scare and wear them out. Double-bottom bases lull the weak holders into optimism, then take them out and shoot them. (more)
Charles Mizrahi: S&P Trader Finds his Comfort Zone

4/8/99: Charles Mizrahi went from struggling floor trader to manager of $160 million. We talk with this S&P trader about his approach and how it grew out of his early trading experiences. (more)
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)
Checking the Closes
Eddie Kwong
In my August 10, 2000 piece, I talked about how important it is to keep track of stocks that are exhibiting strength in a weak market. That way, you'll have a potential list of long-side candidates if the market stages a recovery. (more)
Choosing the Best Option to Purchase
Len Yates
The advantage of options is that when you're correct about the direction of the market, gains are unlimited. When wrong, losses are limited... (more)
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)
Classic Confluence
Eddie Kwong
Twenty/twenty hindsight makes the market look so easy to figure out sometimes. But still, you have a choice. You can either kick yourself for missing a great opportunity that stuck out like a sore thumb, or you can learn from it. (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)
Combining Fibonacci Ratios With Connors VIX Reversals
Greg Che
Carolyn Boroden’s S&P and Nasdaq Price Levels service is one of the most instrumental tools to success if you are trading either the futures or stock of the respective indexes in this service. (more)
Combining Momentum With Volatility To Capture Explosive Moves: A Trade Walk-Through In Advanced Micro Devices
Dave Landry
Markets often make large moves out of low-volatility situations but volatility doesn't project the direction of these moves. In this lesson, I look at how to predict the direction using a recent volatility play in AMD. (more)
Confirming Signals
Larry Connors
Last night we had three CVR buy signals (and three other confirming buy signals) on the Market Bias Indicators page in spite of the stock market dropping for the day. (more)
Constructive Action Within A Base
Eddie Kwong
From time to time you'll see a breakout from a small pattern which doesn't put much of a dent in a large pattern that surrounds the smaller pattern. The short-term trader may see an immediate opportunity, while the intermediate-term trader continues to stay on the sidelines. (more)
Crossing The Line
Eddie Kwong
The Nasdaq bounced off its lows mid-session but pulled back to its lows in the final minutes of trading. One could say that the market has not crossed the line in the sand yet. But there are signs that suggest that it has. (more)
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)
Daily Nonconformists
Eddie Kwong
I thought I'd continue on the theme of relative strength standouts in Tuesday's Chart of the Day. Little did I know that the market would hand it over to me on a silver platter today. (more)
Dave Landry

Trading Pullbacks (more)
Dave Landry & Mark Etzkorn

Technical Analysis and Trading for Beginners. (more)
Dave Landry On Laying The Foundation For Successful Swing Trading, Part I
Dave Landry
To those new to swing trading, this course contains a brief introduction to my approach to the markets. (more)
Dave Landry On Laying The Foundation For Successful Swing Trading, Part II
Dave Landry
Dave Landry On Laying The Foundation For Successful Swing Trading, Part II (more)
Dave Landry On Laying The Foundation For Successful Swing Trading, Part III
Dave Landry
Dave Landry On Laying The Foundation For Successful Swing Trading, Part III (more)
David Landry

How To Trade Cup and Handles (more)
David Ryan: Going For Growth
Kevin N. Marder
A disciple of Bill O'Neil, David Ryan began studying stock charts before he became a teenager. He shares some of the tricks he's learned over the years with TradingMarkets.com's Kevin N. Marder. (more)
Day Trading Stocks Profitably
Manuel Ochoa
Read Manuel Ochoa's take on the risks and rewards of day trading stocks. You may not be playing the game you think you are. (more)
Daytrade Risk, Big-Trade Reward

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)
Daytrader Heaven. . Sort Of
Eddie Kwong
While I wouldn't go so far as to say that Thursday's session was daytrader heaven, there were some interesting setups in some of the better-trending stocks. (more)
Debit Spreads
Len Yates
Directional traders have a lower-octane alternative to simple call-and-put purchases--debit spreads. (more)
Defiant Ariba
Eddie Kwong
When a market is looking weak, you always have to read and interpret what all the technical clues are saying. (more)
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)
Different Names, Same Setups
Eddie Kwong
Leadership rotation is a part of life in the markets and it's important to not fall in love with any one sector or group. Many traders learned this the hard way with biotechs in March and April of 2000 and more recently with the semis. (more)
Distance Improves Focus
Eddie Kwong
The more crazy and uncertain short-term market activity appears, the more I seek the peaceful sense of orderliness in longer-term charts. Often what is random noise in the short-term, is part of a larger, well-defined pattern. (more)
Don Miller: From Boardroom To Trading Room

Don Miller is a professional daytrader whose main expertise is in adapting to changing market conditions and applying the optimal strategy for the moment. (more)
Don't Always Expect Toilets To Flush After The Close
Eddie Kwong
One of my favorite strategies is look for chart patterns that have been developing for a long time. (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)
Drawing Trendlines With Little Information
Eddie Kwong
There are a lot of books out there about technical analysis written by writers. . .but very few written by traders. (more)
Dual VIX Signals
Larry Connors
I will delay part two of "Trading Options with the CVR Signals" (see my commentary from March 11) until Thursday, March 18 so I can share with you a somewhat rare, but solid, set-up that occurred the other day. (more)
Dupee With Dr. J: How I Trade Options
Marc Dupée
Dupée reviews Jon Najarian's new book and catches up with him on what may be in store in 2001. (more)
Eddie Kwong Chats With Mark Douglas
Eddie Kwong
Eddie Kwong chats with author Mark Douglas, an authority on the psychology and discipline of trading who has helped thousands of traders improve their trading performance by overcoming self-defeating behaviors. (more)
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)
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)
ETF Trading Tactics, Part 2: How To Use RSI To Trade Index Funds
Loren Fleckenstein
Index shares, exchange-traded funds that track stock indexes, form a relatively new class of security. But as fund traders, we can borrow time-tested tactics used by futures pros who have traded off the same indexes for years. (more)
ETF Trading Tactics, Part 3: How To Short ETF Breakout Failures
Loren Fleckenstein
Exchange-traded funds offer a special advantage for the short-seller -- to wit, no pesky uptick rule. (more)
Extreme Reversals
Eddie Kwong
Today we saw the fourth day of positive follow-through off August 3, 2000's reversal in Extreme Networks [EXTR|EXTR]. (more)
Extreme Volatility
Len Yates
Extreme volatility says, once again, that this is the bottom. Volatility was extreme in October and yet, here we are in November making lower lows. (more)
Extreme Volatility Readings
Larry Connors
As you know, when short-term volatility is one half or less than its normalized longer-term volatility, it signifies a pending large market move. (more)
Falling Knives
Eddie Kwong
If you're ever in the market for short-selling opportunities, there are recurring patterns that you should always be on the lookout for as markets fall. One of my favorite setups is the retracement back to a breakdown level. (more)
Fibonacci For The Intermediate-Term Trader
Carolyn Boroden and Loren Fleckenstein
Fibonacci clusters can help the intermediate-term trader confirming pivotal points used in pattern breakouts. (more)
Finding Hidden Setups Using Advanced Divergence Strategies
Vincent Mao
Trading simple divergences has been the cornerstone of many a trader's arsenal. However, when several types are used simultaneously, they can reveal not only changes in direction, but the strength of a stock's trend and whether or not it will continue. (more)
Finding The Strongest Trends With ADX
Dave Landry
The Average Directional Movement Index (ADX) measures the trend strength of a market but not its direction. The higher the ADX reading, the stronger the trend, regardless if it is up or down. (more)
Finding Watering Holes
Eddie Kwong
One of the types of stocks that traders love to include on their watchlists are ones that keep providing repeat opportunities. (more)
First, Recognize The Intraday Trend, Then Find The Right Stock
Kevin Haggerty
As a daytrader, you must be aware of intraday trends in the big averages that repeat themselves. Kevin Haggerty shows you not only how to recognize the big trend, but also how to select individual stocks that will most benefit from a trend that's in place. (more)
Follow The Money -- Trade Where The Action Is
Tsutae Kamada
For those of you who are scared to jump in after the hungry money in explosive situations, I have a way to time your entry point. (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)
Forecasting The Fed With Fed Funds Futures
Loren Fleckenstein
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Four Rules For Spotting And Exploiting News Reversals
Daniel P. Delaney
Just turn on the TV or walk up to a magazine rack, and it becomes clear that the business of reporting financial and business news has changed dramatically over the last decade. (more)
Friday Should Be Interesting
Eddie Kwong
Occasionally, you'll find a pocket of strength within a weak market in which there seems to be more than meets the eye. (more)
From Baseball Cards To Breakouts
Marc Dupee
A man with a keen business sense, Tim Truebenbach has been trading his whole life. He started out trading baseball cards at school with other kids and turned that into a profitable business. The proceeds from that first endeavor gave him his start trading stocks. But the lessons he learned from those earliest trades still apply. (more)
From Signals To Buy Triggers: The Criteria That Need To Fall Into Place
David Baker
Learn several techniques for finding consistently successful entry and exit points in daytrading. (more)
From the Upper Left to Lower Right
Eddie Kwong
Two comments this past weekend at TradingMarkets2000 sort of ring in my ears. Want to know if the market is in a downtrend? Here's how you figure it out. (more)
Gauging Odds Of A Breakdown
Eddie Kwong
When the former leaders begin to deteriorate and reach critical price levels, you will always get to a point where the stock either has to start showing signs of recovery or it's going to suffer a major breakdown. (more)
Gem Of A Breakout?
Eddie Kwong
Up until now I have resisted the temptation to talk about the widely watched diamond formation in the Dow. (more)
General Electric Hits Potential Support At Bottom Of Base
Eddie Kwong
You've heard me say this before, but it's worth repeating. (more)
Getting A Handle On Institutional Buying and Selling Using the Triple 9's Alert
Jim Johnson
Triple 9's are useful because they suggest that institutional buying or selling is taking place. That, however,is only the beginning of your analysis. (more)
Getting A Jump On Tomorrow’s Opening
Larry Connors
One of the better ways to position yourself near the close for tomorrow’s opening is with the VIX. I have found that large intraday moves in the VIX tend to follow through into the next trading day and can be used to predict the market’s open. (more)
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)
Getting Hip to Those Intraday Moving Averages
Eddie Kwong
One thing that most traders are hip to is how consistently price action reacts to 20- and 50-day moving averages on daily bar charts. (more)
Getting Started In Momentum-Based Swing Trading
Dave Landry
Here are some of the highlights of TraderTalk, a live, interactive workshop conducted for TradingMarkets members by Dave Landry on Jan. 16, 2002. (more)
Gil Morales and Dr. Christian Kacher -- Part I
Kevin N. Marder
Two players from Bill O'Neil's stable of top-performing money managers reveal some of the secrets of their success. (more)
Gil Morales and Dr. Christian Kacher -- Part II
Kevin N. Marder
Ace stockpickers Gil Morales and Dr. Christian Kacher serve up some surprising insights on how they approach the short side of the market. Share their thoughts on how to play the intermediate-term trading game. (more)
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)
Going Once. . .Going Twice. . .Going Higher
Eddie Kwong
Some of the old Net stocks continue to form promising-looking bases. Two days ago on August 15, 2000, I talked about how the Internet HOLDRs has been forming a base for the past three months following the the March/April shakeout. I stated that this base building looked a lot like what we saw in many biotech stocks over the course of April, May, and June prior to their explosive breakout. (more)
Haggerty Describes A Recent QQQ Trade From Beginning To End
Marc Dupée
Master Puzzler Kevin pieces together the big-picture Fibonacci background, "volatility bands," and intraday patterns to identify high-probability trade setups. (more)
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)
Hang Your Hat On A Double-Bottom
Eddie Kwong
Technology stocks have been hit so hard since mid-March, that it's to find candidates that have good technical setups. (more)
Happy Stock Selecting!
Eddie Kwong
This weekend, I highly recommend that you come to TradingMarkets.com and read Tsutae Kamada's trading lesson "Leadership Rotates...So Rotate With It." (more)
Has Your Holy Grail Gone Through Phase IV Clinical Trials?
Eddie Kwong
If you're newcomer to trading, there is one piece of advice that practically all successful traders will tell you at some point: (more)
Have You Ever Thought Of Using A Synthetic?
Len Yates
There is an option strategy, involving just two options, that behaves exactly like a position in the underlyingIt’s called a synthetic, because you “synthesize” a unit of the underlying. (more)
He's Up! He's Down! No, He's Up!
Eddie Kwong
Sometimes the market wants to tell you something so badly that it practically screams it in your ears. (more)
Head-fake Friday
Eddie Kwong
On Friday, I did my chart of the day on Coastal Gp mid-morning and then headed out to Vegas for TradingMarkets2000. (more)
Here's a Lesson in Discipline for You Forex Traders
Lone Oleson
In order to end up as a successful trader at the end of the year there is one requirement that supercedes all the others - namely discipline. (more)
Here's The Checklist I Use Before I Buy Any Stock
Tim Truebenbach
Buying and selling the correct stocks is never easy. It helps to have a defined strategy to use. The final and most important step to take is to write down the steps needed in order to buy or sell a position. Writing something down is almost like creating a contract with yourself to follow what you have determined works. (more)
High-Velocity Trading In A Post-Bubble Market
Dave Floyd
The game has changed. Traders who adapt will surely survive. So how does one adapt? Even during the height of the market frenzy in 2000, basic rules still applied. Today, they are even more important, especially for daytraders. (more)
Hooray For Nonconformists
Eddie Kwong
When a market moves in a way in which the news media and their often-quoted sources chime in agreement, then you know it's time to step away from the crowd and be an independent thinker. (more)
Horsemen Stumbling Out of the Gate
Eddie Kwong
There were a lot of rockets off the launching pad Friday. With the Naz up triple digits, I turned to my Nasdaq bellwethers to get at the underlying truth. (more)
How A Daytrader Anticipates And Reevaluates...Moment By Moment
Don Miller
Anticipation, personal conviction, and the audacity to look into the future rather than jumping on something that is simply moving -- what concepts! (more)
How And Why To Keep A Trading Journal
Mark Boucher
One of a trader’s most critical tools -– his trading journal. (more)
How I Deal With Winning Trades Going Sour
Greg Kuhn
Whenever I sit down to write my twice-weekly column or one of these trading lessons, my goal is to get to the heart of the matter while attempting to keep my writing at least somewhat interesting. (more)
How I Gauge Market Direction by Watching Individual Stocks
Loren Fleckenstein
Traders first learn to use chart patterns to time buy and sell decisions on individual stocks. But don't miss the forest for the trees. The time you spend combing the charts for trades also can furnish you with an invaluable gauge of the overall market. (more)
How I Identify Powerful Setups Using Symmetry
Carolyn Boroden
If you study the markets with symmetry in mind, you have the potential to greatly improve your bottom line in trading. (more)
How I Learned To Stop Worrying
Eddie Kwong
At the end of the movie Dr. Strangelove, Major King Kong straddles a nuclear bomb as it plunges down to destroy its target in the old Soviet Union. (more)
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)
How I Trade Early-Morning Reversals in Forex
Steve Rising
One of my favorite forex trading strategies is a combination of range trading and looking for a reversal using a 10-minute candlestick chart. (more)
How I Trade Reversals

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)
How I Use Fibonacci To Identify Key Support And Resistance Levels
Carolyn Boroden
The definition of synchronicity is meaningful coincidence. In the methodology I use to trade, I look for the “meaningful coincidence” of price parameters and time parameters that are projected using the ratios derived from the Fibonacci number series. (more)
How Low Can It Go?
Eddie Kwong
When faced with a stock that is tanking faster than you can say "Titanic," you're going to be faced with a decision of whether or not to abandon ship. Because markets go down faster than they go up, you often have very little time to think. That's the reason God created stops. (more)
How To Add A Layer Of Discretion To Your Swing Trading
Dave Landry
The market doesn't always conform to specific rules. This lesson shows you a few ways in which discretion can be used to help improve your swing trading. (more)
How To Anticipate The Biggest Moves In Individual Stocks By Watching Leaders And Laggards
Mark Boucher
How to load up on leaders and short laggard groups and sub-groups. (more)
How To Calculate Tomorrow's Probable Trading Range
Kevin Haggerty
Regardless of your holding period, Kevin Haggerty shows you how to improve your edge by searching for high-probability opportunities, using General Electric charts as examples. (more)
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)
How To Control Your Risk By Sizing Your Trades
Jim Johnson
Perhaps the most neglected, and undoubtedly the most necessary, aspect of trading any market (more)
How To Create Your Trading Plan
Brice Wightman
Do you have a written trading plan? Most traders don’t. In fact, the vast majority of traders have no real plan at all. Most are so anxious to begin trading that they bypass this very important step. (more)
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)
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)
How To Find Stocks With Intraday Momentum In A 'Momentumless' Market
Duke Heberlein
In this lesson I will show you a systematic plan of attack that I use for finding hidden gems when the market is lacking momentum. (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)
How To Get Started In Options
Vincent Mao
My purpose here is to give you a solid foundation on the basics of options. In this lesson, you will learn just what they are, the two types of options, pricing of options, and basic trading strategies. (more)
How To Get The Floor Trader's Edge Using Pivots
Dave Landry
Pivot points have long been used by floor traders to establish intraday support and resistance levels. We'll show you how to calculate these numbers and use them in your trading. (more)
How To Improve Your Market Timing With Sequence Trading
Kevin Haggerty
This is the kind of sequence that usually results in a reversal of the current trend... (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 Make Money From The News
Daniel Beighley
We've all see the effects news can have on the market and individual stocks. Many of us have had the unfortunate experience of being on the wrong side of the news. News Reversals is a strategy designed to always put yourself on the right side of the news. (more)
How To Profit From Abnormal Option Volume
Eddie Kwong
Unusually high call volume activity can help you find stocks that have the potential to make sudden, explosive moves. (more)
How To Recognize Chart Patterns
Brice Wightman
One of the most important tools used by traders is the chart pattern. How are they able to recognize the same pattern over and over again? (more)
How To Reduce Your Risk By Trading With Zones
Todd Gordon
This strategy will keep you from paying "retail" prices and put you on the "wholesale" side of the trade. (more)
How To Spot Significant Volume Intraday
Loren Fleckenstein
The breakout player who trades for the intermediate term requires the target stock to clear his or her pivot point as trading volume surges well above average daily volume for the stock. (more)
How To Tell The Difference Between A Bear Market Rally And A Real Bear Market Bottom
Gary Kaltbaum
Studying bear markets and their transition back to a bullish stance is, I believe the key to telling the difference between fake rallies vs. real ones. Let's go over a few characteristics and then try to put the pieces together for today's market. (more)
How To Time Individual Stocks Using Fibonacci Price Analysis
Carolyn Boroden
A question I am often asked is whether or not my 'Fibonacci work' is valid or valuable when applied to individual stocks. The answer to this question is YES, as long as there is adequate data with well-defined swing points. (more)
How To Time The Market
Mark Boucher
Hedge fund manager Mark Boucher has done some of the most extensive research and testing in the trading history. Here, he illustrates the power of combining independent market "variables" to create more reliable market timing models. (more)
How To Time The Market -- Without Market Timing
Tim Truebenbach
Market timing is often confused with having a sound discipline. In my analysis, market action is only an “all-clear” to buy stocks that fulfill a regimented list of rules. (more)
How To Trade Trendless Stocks
Chris Tyler
Learn this technique, and the next time you see a stock bouncing endlessly in a range, you won't need to stay on the sidelines. As long as the stock stays in that range, you'll be collecting premium. (more)
How To Trade Where The Action Is...Every Day
Brice Wightman
Even if you are successful in predicting direction of a move, unless you get meaningful movement, you won't be getting the most out of your trade. This lesson shows you how to find the most volatile stocks. (more)
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)
How To Use Order Flow In Order To Get A Daytrading Edge
Kenneth Levey
The bulk of my trading experience is from a different perspective than a lot of you have probably seen (more)
How To Use Put/Call Ratios To Identify Potential Moves In Individual Stocks
Daniel Beighley
When I make my trading decisions, I like to know everything I can about what I’m getting into. I place a lot of emphasis on my charts, but they don’t always tell the whole story. Using the put and call ratios for options can reveal a lot about the potential price action for common stock. (more)
How To Use S&P 500 Futures To Get A Heads Up On Stock Price Action
Tsutae Kamada
As we know, to be successful traders, we should not fight the overall trend of the stock market. In addition to watching the overall trends, we should not forget to monitor the S&P 500 futures index. (more)
How To Use The TradingMarkets 'Stocks Building A Base' screen
Kevin N. Marder
Successful traders realize the importance of buying a stock as it emerges from a base-building period. Kevin N. Marder shows how he uses the "Stocks Building A Base" screen to search for potential buy candidates. (more)
How To Use TM's Indicators: Stocks That Rose On Worse Than Expected Earnings
Daniel Beighley
The focus of this lesson is a little gem on TradingMarket's Indicators page: Stocks That Rose On Worse-Than-Expected Earnings, and Stocks That Dropped On Better-Than-Expected Earnings. (more)
How To Use TM's Indicators: Stocks With Abnormal Call/Put Volume
Vincent Mao
Each night, we scan for abnormal options volume which can foreshadow big movements in stocks (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)
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: The Futures Trend Matrix
Marc Dupée
Four tactics using the Futures Trend Matrix keep you on the right side of trending futures markets. (more)
How To Use TM's Indicators: The Market Bias Page
Daniel Beighley
Indicators that identify potential directional bias in the overall market can help traders stay alert to short-time reversals. (more)
How To Use TM's Indicators: The Most Underpriced/Overpriced Puts and Calls
Vincent Mao
Each night we scan for calls and puts that show the biggest discrepancies between market price relative to theoretical value. What makes an option's price different from its theoretical value is its implied volatility, which tells you whether an option is cheap or expensive. This lesson shows you some of the advantages of using TradingMarkets' lists of indicators. (more)
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)
How To Use TM's Indicators: TM's Nightly Plan Of Attack For Daytraders
Eddie Kwong
Here is a game plan that will enable you to get a handle on the short-term direction of the overall market, find the best stocks in the best sectors, and the weakest stocks in the worst sectors. (more)
How To Use TradingMarkets.com's 'Stock Building A Base' Screen
Kevin N. Marder
Successful traders realize the importance of buying a stock as it emerges from a base-building period. Kevin N. Marder shows how he uses the "Stocks Building A Base" screen to search for potential buy candidates. (more)
How to Use Volatility to Your Advantage
Larry Connors
Tonight, I will begin a series of articles on how to use volatility to your trading advantage. The most important feature to understanding how to use volatility is that it is mean-reverting. (more)
How You Can Profit Using the TM FundScanner
Loren Fleckenstein
With the TradingMarkets.com FundScanner, you have a powerful tool for ferreting out funds that suit your personal trading or investing style. (more)
I Need Those Quotes Yesterday!
Loren Fleckenstein
In the fast-moving stock market, a reliable source of streaming, real-time quotes is imperative. (more)
Immunex Breaks Out of a Triangle
Eddie Kwong
Biotech stocks have exhibited unusual strength in the past two days and many traders may be thinking a comeback is at hand. But from a technical standpoint, throwing caution to the wind like this may be unwise. (more)
In The Pit With Borsellino
Marc Dupée
Futures Editor Marc Dupée shares with you insights gained from spending the day after the presidential elections on the floor of the Merc with S&Ps pro Lewis Borsellino. (more)
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)
Indexes Made Plain
Loren Fleckenstein
To make sense of a market of myriad stocks, traders need a variety of indexes. (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)
Intermediate-Term Trader Gary Kaltbaum Chats With Loren Fleckenstein
Loren Fleckenstein
When I first met Gary Kaltbaum, I came away with the impression that I had just encountered an elemental force rather than a person (more)
Interview: CME Executive and Futures Trader James E. Oliff
Marc Dupée
Ever wonder what's happening behind the scenes of the world's most powerful futures exchanges? Join Futures Editor Marc Dupée as he engages Chicago Mercantile Exchange Executive Jim Oliff in a discussion of topics ranging from demutualization to Dojis. (more)
Intraday Ascending Triangles: Where I Enter, Where I Place My Stop
David Baker
When people look for ascending triangles, descending triangles, and cups-with-handles, they often think that they have to be used for huge multiple-day moves. Why not use these patterns for daytrades? (more)
Intraday Charts for Position Traders
Eddie Kwong
If you're a short-term trader who tends to hold positions for several days to several weeks, you might, at some point, wonder whether you can benefit from intraday analysis. (more)
Intraday Cup-with-Handle Patterns
Eddie Kwong
While Cup with Handles are unusually applied on a daily time frame, they can be useful for intraday analysis as well. (more)
Inverted Head and Shoulders Bottom in Exxon Mobil
Eddie Kwong
With technology stocks fading from leadership lately, traders have to be asking themselves, "Where's the money going now?" One sector that seems to be cruising higher is oil. If you look at the AMEX Oil Index [XOI|XOI], you'll see that it made a bottom in late February and has been trending higher since then. This was around the same time that the Nasdaq started to top out. (more)
Is Biotech Next?
Eddie Kwong
I certainly hope not, but the chart certainly gives reason to be concerned about this group. (more)
It's Messy. . .So Deal With It!!!
Eddie Kwong
If you're a trader, dealing with probabilities is a way of life for you. Nothing in the markets is a sure-thing (duh!), and you have to constantly be on guard against becoming too self-confident. (more)
IWOV's Narrow Window Of Opportunity
Eddie Kwong
The best traders have a big pattern vocabulary and are alert to jump on different combinations as they arise. It's fine to know a strategy or technique, but they're of no use unless you have a plan of attack and are able to execute in a moments notice. (more)
Jeff Mills

Top-Performing Trading Strategies. (more)
Jeff Mills Takes a Slow Ride
Mark Etzkom
In the long run, trader Jeff Mills finds the slow, steady approach is actually the most direct road to successful trading. We talk to him about the various techniques he has developed and traded over the years, and how his trading software reflects his take on the markets. (more)
Joining The Volume Cult
Eddie Kwong
I admit it. At one time in my life I thought volume was a useless indicator. (more)
Jon Najarian: Mercury Rising
Mark Etzkom
Top option trader Jon Najarian shares his insights from his nearly two decades as a floor trader, market maker and hedge fund manager. (more)
Keep a List of High Relative Strength Stocks Handy
Eddie Kwong
During a correction phase such the one we've been going through, its important to keep a list of high relative strength stocks handy and to look at the individual charts of those stocks every day. Adobe Systems provides a good illustration of this. (more)
Keep Longs And Shorts On Your List
Eddie Kwong
Hedge fund manager Mark Boucher always has his eyes on the long and short opportunities no matter what the market is doing. As the market trends assert themselves, Mark is ready to shift his weight in one direction or another. (more)
Keep Your Eye On the Base
Eddie Kwong
During the final phases of bear markets, many stocks often are we'll through their bottoming phases. You'll see them form nice, long bases, and exhibit signs of institutional accumulation. (more)
Keeping The Bench Filled With Hot Players
Eddie Kwong
One of the main tools you should consider using as a trader is a market-neutral watchlist. (more)
Kevin Haggerty

Reading The Specialist's Mind (more)
Kevin Haggerty: Exploiting Institutional Action In The StockMarket
Mark Etzkom
When the evening news tells you why the big rally or drop occurred in the stock market today, that’s one thing. When trader Kevin Haggerty tells you, that's another thing altogether. (more)
Key Intraday Moving Average Setups In The QQQ
Don Miller
For those who like a little spice to go along with their trading, MAs can be considered downright boring. Yet I continue to find MAs among the more important weapons in the trader's arsenal as a result of their ability to provide benefits beyond mere trend documentation. (more)
Know The Sector Before You Trade The Stock
Dave Landry
Trading can't occur in a vacuum--you need to appreciate the big picture to know if you've got an edge. Analyzing sectors can give you a better understanding of the larger market context you're operating in and help you focus on higher-probability individual stocks. (more)
Know When to Break the Rules
Eddie Kwong
The astute trader knows that charts can be messy affairs in which classic patterns rarely look as neat as they do in the textbook. (more)
Larry Connors

How To Trade Volatility (more)
Larry Connors Teaches: How To Adjust Position Size Using The VIX
Larry Connors
As market volatility increases, so does the potential for increased profits -- and losses. In this TraderTalk workshop, Larry Connors explains how he uses the VIX to adjust position size. He also answers members' questions. (more)
Larry Dunn: Stock Selection is Key for Hedge Fund Manager
Mark Etzkom
Here's a change of pace: A talk with a fundamentally based hedge fund manager with strong opinions about the importance of stock selection and the current state of the market. (more)
Leadership Rotates--So Rotate With It
Eddie Kwong
The public perception of the Middle East instills fear among traders. People get depressed. People sell. The market drops relentlessly. (more)
Leadership Rotates...So Rotate With It!
Tsutae Kamada
We often hear investors talk about sector rotation. Why is it so important to pay attention to stock sectors? (more)
LEAPs
Len Yates
LEAPs are an attractive alternative to stock ownership (more)
Learning From A Loss
Dave Landry
A loss is not a total loss, as long as something is learned. (more)
Learning From Your Successes
Eddie Kwong
While I find it instructive to learn from my mistakes, I also like to review my most su