As I mentioned in a recent Charts in Play, flag formations are one of my favorite chart patterns to trade. These triangles generally represent continuation patterns or pauses in a major trend.

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Applying Fibonacci levels to your Forex charts is a simple yet advanced two step method for finding price targets in the trends path. Article Summary: When studying how to place trades in the ...

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Ideally, when the market is in a downtrend, we should look for rallies up off of the lows to a resistance level as a selling opportunity. Conversely, when the markets are in an uptrend we should look ...

Fibonacci retracement levels are often useful in defining short- and long-term price trends for a stock or sector Technical analysis is an important aspect of stock and option trading methodology. In ...

It's probably one of the more misunderstood parts of technical analysis, because when Elliott first started to talk about Fibonacci ratios back in 1938, he basically only brought out .618, .382, 50%, ...

We've now discussed finding entry points, setting stops, and projecting initial profit targets in the previous lesson. I’ve found that it’s usually harder to decide what to do with the trade once you ...