I’m pleased – and surprised – that EWI is offering a 50-page guide to advanced trading tactics – Fibonacci, Elliott Wave, Divergences, Trendlines – for traders. The link below connects you to the download page. Club EWI is the educational arm of Elliott Wave International. Entitled “The Ultimate Technical Analysis Handbook,” the document provides the…
Rob Hanna of Quantifiable Edges recently released a 68-page “Guide to Fed Days” in which Rob shares a plethora of research on trading days before, day of, day after Fed Days and I wanted to share that link with you. He also released a post today entitled “Predicting Fed Rates.” There is also a link…
Earlier, I posted on FinViz’s new “Bubble Chart” tool and asked readers to submit other examples of free, useful “heat map” resources. This post links to four of those resources as follows: 1. FinViz’s Heat Map Page This is my favorite tool, because you can visualize the stocks of the market in many ways, including…
I just noticed that FinViz – which stands for “Financial Visualizations” – has added a new visualization for the day’s activity, called the Bubble Charts. It looks like a neat tool that allows you to see the day’s (or the week’s or month’s) top and bottom SP500 gainers, by percentage, RSI value, 52-week High/Low, or…
I wanted to share a very thought-provoking and informative link to a post written by Hale Stewart of the “Bonddad Blog” entitled “Storm Clouds on the Economic Horizon.” In the post, Hale addresses the slight turndown in the April index of Leading Economic Indicators (LEI), which declined 0.1% unexpectedly. He begins by discussing the unexpected…
It’s that time of year again! The Los Angeles Trader’s Expo is now two months away so it’s time to make plans now to attend! The mid-year Expo will take place from Wednesday – Saturday, June 9 – 12. The Traders Expos are great places to meet fellow traders, network with other traders and enthusiasts,…
With April 2010 coming to a close, let’s take a look at the Editor’s Picks from the NewsFlashr Business Blog section for the week ahead. 1. Dr. Steenbarger of Trader Feed shares with us Core Ideas of Trading Psychology. 2. Charles Kirk (Kirk Report) shares with us a Q&A on Trading Percentages and Management. 3. …
Dr. Brett Steenbarger of TraderFeed recently posted two installments in a series entitled “Coaching Insights for Traders” that can be very helpful for traders of all experience levels. Dr. Brett so far has released two posts in the series, with the first and second being: Coaching Insights for Traders “More Coaching Insights for Traders” I…
Steve Spencer at SMB Capital recently shared both a personal story of how he and Mike Bellafiore adapted to change by uniting shared interests and experiences via the founding of SMB Capital, which serves as a good example of how to turn misfortune into opportunity. In a post entitled, “Finding a New Trading Home,” Steve…
I couldn’t resist taking a look at the lengthy and often discussed negative volume divergences in the S&P 500 (and other indexes), so I addressed that issue in today’s column at the Green Faucet’s Technician’s Edge Column with a post entitled: “What’s Up (or down!) with Volume Lately? Something’s Gotta Give!” I show different perspectives…