Technical Analysis

Creating an Edge with Support and Resistance

Most traders have a working knowledge of support and resistance. Aamar Hussain has turned it into a science. In this educational session he’ll share his proprietary combination of over 10 different Support and Resistance identification methods including, Price Swing Lows, Market Profile, Elli

Understanding the Limitations of Technical Analysis

In this webinar, FOREX analyst & trader Jason Alan Jankovsky introduces you to often overlooked basics of technical analysis. For example, technical analysis cannot be relied on for building a winning trade approach because it is not predictive, it is historical. It is the traders’ failur

Two Patterns You Never Heard of: Throwbacks and Pullbacks

By Thomas N. Bulkowski Throwbacks and pullbacks are not new to securities, but if you don’t understand how price behaves, a losing trade may result. Figure 1 shows an example of a throwback. Price forms a symmetrical triangle by bumping up against overhead resistance highlighted by a down-slopin

Harmonic Elliott Wave

INTRODUCTION There is no doubt Elliott Wave is one of those techniques that traders either love or hate. For some it’s almost a status symbol to be able to count waves. Others find it just too hard. I have looked over some online Elliott Wave forums on an occasional basis just to have a look at ho

Japanese Candlestick Ebook

Japanese Candlesticks Ebook Sign up below to receive the TradersLog.com Guide to Japanese Candlesticks PDF Ebook: Overview: Origins of Japanese Candlestick Charting: Manuhisa Homma and the Osaka Rice Futures Exchange. Anatomy of a Japanese Candlestick: The Real Body, the Wick and their Significanc

A Topping Formation Is Taking Shape

The economy and the stock market usually don’t turn on a dime. Their behavior is more like an oil tanker, needing time and space to change direction. In the stock market this shift is called a topping process and typically has two characteristics: 1. The range of its high to its low is between

Charts of the Week: 7 Stocks to Watch

This week we feature seven key charts to watch. The first is Applied Materials (AMAT), which looks like it’s getting ready to take off and challenge its prior high somewhere between 14.77 and 14.80, maybe even as high as 14.98. It closed at 14.47 on Friday, but looks like it’s poised to

Charts of the Week: View of Financials

This week we look at a few of the financials to analyze the chart structures after Friday’s major downside reversal in Goldman Sachs Group (GS) and other related financials. Apart from whether Goldman is innocent or guilty of the charges levied by the SEC, the indelible impression left by Friday a

Bearish Separating Lines

Bearish Separating Lines is a continuation pattern that occurs in a downtrend with a long bodied white candlestick followed by a black candlestick with the same opening price as the first but with no upper wick.

Bullish Separating Lines

Bullish Separating Lines is a continuation pattern that occurs in an uptrend with a long bodied black candlestick followed by a white candlestick with the same opening price as the first but with no lower wick. For a complete printable reference see also: Japanese Candlesticks PDF Ebook