I use the 50 day average just to determine the strength of an intermediate term trend. I view that trend as approximately four weeks in length....
On 5/5/03 I posted how I use the time above and the time below the 50 day moving average of an index in determining the strength of weakness of a...
Your best way to manage this is with a stop loss order and a journal. Use a stop loss to preserve capital. Use a journal to record what you...
Keep a journal of each trade you enter. Record the reason why you entered the trade, what happened on the trade, and most importantly how you...
Indicators lag and respond to the market. If you use an indicator to trade you are waiting for a signal and then lagging the market on your entry...
In late March I mentioned how I used the time above and below the 50 day moving average as a guide to the technical strength of a stock or index....
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The crowd isn't always wrong. The crowd just generally stays to long. That is the crowd stays to long at the top and stays either too short or...
The problem with this is that those three simple moving averages may not be best for each "vehicle." Three other averages may work best for IBM,...
I prefer the exponential since it gives more weight to recent actioin. I use moving averages as points of support and resistance and for signs of...
I would use more than one chart comparison to say that the US will continue in a bear market. Bear markets come in all time frames and if...
I think it is the real thing. The negative sentiment is very extreme. The market is going up on negative financial news. The average time above...
Another way to look at moving averages is from a post I did several weeks ago and that is comparing the time spent above to the time spent below a...
I generally build a position of 100 in lots of 20 and I let the market decide how I scale out of the position.
Your plan should include your money management plan. How much are you going to lose on a trade. Stick with your money management through the use...
I view indicators as dynamic not static. To me this means that over bought is 80 sometimes and at others it is 60. The same applies to over sold...
I use it by combining three readings, the next day reading, the day two reading from the day before and the day three reading from two days...
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I think the book is excellent if you are new or somewhat experienced in the field of technical analysis. My favorite books on technical analysis...
About six weeks ago there was a shift where the average time above the 50 day line started to expand while the average time below the line started...
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