The Tick is dangerous to use all by itself. Look at today for example. A 15 minute chart of the DOW shows a classic bottom formation, then we got...
Whenever I see the DOW hitting intra day lows, down 100, 200 points or more, I think of the song "Free Falling". Something about seeing all that...
If 475 bps of cuts haven't helped, what is 25 or 50 more going to do? Would any of the big investment powerhouses on Wall Street have predicted...
Great thread. BB's are one of the main tools I use in TA. You can't use them in a vaccum though. You need to employ other indicators to confirm a...
At what point do high open interest levels at a particular strike keep a lid on prices? Look at the QQQ Aug 24 calls. Almost 200,000 open...
I'd like to see what Junior does when: A. More middle east countries refuse to let the US use their soil for a base of attack (such as what...
What specifically would happen to the world economy and to the US economy if JPM's derivatives exposure "blew up" on them?? I hear alot about it,...
Suze Orman is a great case studying of filling a niche in a market. Here's a middle aged woman talking stocks and financial planning in plain...
If you're buying stocks right now, then I guess you don't buy the thesis of the US economy (and the markets) entering into a Japan style...
Without the cover of the "war on terror", where would Bush's presidency be? In the toilet, no question about it. A double dip recession for the...
Cramers down 50%?!?! Incredible. Being paid money by Action Alert Subscribers (assuming there are still subscribers) and being down 50%. What a...
dgabriel, Sorry, it is a weekly 5 year chart that I was looking at. Just the standard Bollinger Bands (20, 2 standard deviations). I don't have...
Here's my logic: The VIX got incredibly low prior to this recent sell off. Look at a 5 year chart, and you'll see it touched the lower...
Brian Finnerty worked for CE Unterberg Tobin (sp?) When was the last time any of these bulls have been on CNBC? What happened to Ralph...
The Wade Crook odyssey: Taxi cab fare $20 Real Estate Seminars: $2,500 Stock market seminars: $4,000 Wearing an orange prison...
This bear market won't end until a big perma bull goes into a perma bear. Have any of these perma bulls made their clients a dime in the past few...
No retest? Naz came within 20 points of yesterdays low today. The DOW couldn't even close in positive territory. Not very inspiring action.
Almost all of the great bottoms in recent history have a retest within a few days or weeks ('74, '87, '98, '00 etc). There are some anomolies like...
Bush won't go to war before the november elections. The Dems all ready smell blood with the Harken/Haliberton/Harvey Pitt is a stooge fiasco....
There doesn't have to be classic "capitulation" for the market to end a severe slide. Look at a chart of the DOW in 1974 (Bigcharts.com has it) It...
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