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Quick Charting Dow Jones Stock Performance in a Simple Grid

Swing traders often rely on relative strength when selecting stock candidates to trade, as stocks that are strong tend to get stronger while stocks that are weak tend to get weaker. Let’s take a quick look at all the Dow Jones Index’s 30 stocks on a annual percentage comparison basis and highlight the current winners…

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Another Bull Trap and Lesson from Crude Oil

Bull Traps are the enemy of Breakout Traders, and it’s important to learn the educational reference lessons when these scenarios trigger. Goal #1 is to protect yourself from escalating losses on a breakout opportunity that failed and Goal #2 (for aggressive traders only) is to profit from a trade outcome failure by playing into the…

March 5 Midday Quick Check on Market Internals at the Highs

With the S&P 500 at all-time highs, what are internals revealing “behind the scenes” of the market? Let’s take a quick look at price with internals in motion: For reference, we’re seeing the S&P 500 index with three key Market Internal symbols underneath: $ADD = Breadth or NYSE Advancing Issues minus Declining Issues (Advancers –…

Trend Day Trading Stocks on the Breakout for Feb 28

It’s the last day of February 2014 and US Stock Market indexes are breaking to all-time highs. Which stocks are leading the pack and topping our daily “Intraday Trend Day” scan list? Let’s focus our attention on the bullish/uptrending names today: The four stocks that top our algorithmic and visual scan list include Estee Lauder…

Structure and Fibonacci Planning Levels for the Euro EURUSD

The Euro (EUR/USD FOREX) faces a key decision point on the chart, and the current structure gives us clear planning levels for what to expect on a breakout or retracement down against current levels. By reader request, Let’s update the levels and plan quick strategies within the context of the current chart landscape: From a…