Alcoa (AA), a Dow Jones component that manufactures aluminum and is taking advantage of the recent materials rise, broke key resistance to make a new high in 2008 today, and could continue higher to make potential all-time highs soon.
Let’s see what’s up:

The stock broke a rectangle consolidation period from $34 to $39 per share, giving […]

Today’s US Stock Market Indexes surprised us with a semi-trend day.  The day began with a perfect gap-fade and then gave us a ‘double-distribution’ trend day.  Let’s look at it!

In the DIA 5-minute chart, we see the day start with an opening gap that was filled and then the market trended in the direction of […]

So far, the US Stock Market Index trading has been stable using simple strategies that I have discussed frequently on the blog.  Let’s examine the U-Turn Buy (or Saucer/Rounded Bottom) action along with the classic Gap-Fade trade today.

You can almost ‘feel’ the balance shifting through simple visual inspection of the price action alone to see […]

Happy Mother’s Day!  Let’s take a quick view at the Dow Jones Index, along with two key sectors which I’ll put in focus today - Materials and Healthcare.
First, the Dow Jones ($INDU):

The market failed at the resistance provided by the (now) falling 200 day moving average, and from prior support at the 13,000 level (which […]

The US Dollar Index staged an impressive rally on the daily charts, but is currently failing to surmount resistance via the strong 20 period moving average on the weekly chart.

Notice how the falling 20 period moving average (exponential) has served significantly as overhead resistance, thwarting any rallies ever since late 2006.
Price recently tested the $74 […]

How can you increase your % win rate for your trades by adjusting one of two parameters?  Would it be worth it for your overall profitability?
I’ve been doing a fair amount of trading system development and optimization thanks to TradeStation, Tradecision, and Excel and have found some surprising initial results.
For the purpose of this post, […]

Apple Inc (AAPL) showed some interesting patterns today on its intraday chart - I thought you might like to take a closer look.

The day started with an overnight gap down that didn’t fill, although price achieved a 50% retracement.
Gaps that fail to fill can lead to larger trend moves in the original direction of the […]