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Category: Technical Analysis
Twitter tips and other ideas: Etiquette on social media
Posted in Finance, Markets, Technical Analysis, Trading, Trending
Tags: LinkedIn, Social media, Twitter, Webinar, Zoom
Tags: LinkedIn, Social media, Twitter, Webinar, Zoom
Q: When is an island not an island? A: No, the answer isn’t Brexit Britain
With lockdown being de rigueur this season, and all the talk of family bubbles, travel corridors, quarantining and social isolation, I happened to spot a few potential island reversals in the charts. Which then set me thinking about their validity, […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA charts, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: Fibonacci Retracements, gaps, Island Reversals, moving averages
Tags: Fibonacci Retracements, gaps, Island Reversals, moving averages
‘Critical Cycles’: What you need to know and how to take advantage
The rather dry title of this month’s STA webinar presented by Andrew Pancholi who promised us a ‘’40 minute whistle-stop tour of 30 years of work’’. He lived up to his threat and I urge all and sundry to watch […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA charts, STA education, STA news, Technical Analysis, Trading, Trending
Tags: cycles, history, timing
Tags: cycles, history, timing
‘Fake News’ in focus: Traders and investors, beware
In a week when even President Trump was called out for spreading dubious facts on social media, you know that the format has a big problem. The obvious scare-mongering is often easy to spot, and we all know that screaming […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: Falls versus rallies, Financial media, Record highs
Tags: Falls versus rallies, Financial media, Record highs
‘Flash Crash’ in review: Were they looking for just anyone to blame?
Almost exactly 10 years ago – 6 May 2010 at 14:32 US Eastern Time – the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered its second worst ever intra-day loss of 998 points – in just 5 minutes; it then took half an […]
‘How to Determine Bearish and Bullish Markets!’: Speaker’s capitalisation and exclamation mark
The STA’s May monthly meeting was, unfortunately, conducted via webinar because of the Corona-19 virus; a pity as veteran (3rd time) invitee Zaheer Anwari is someone I look forward to catching up with over networking and drinks at our regular […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, Technical Analysis, Trading, Trending
Tags: Indices, moving averages, Portfolio, Technical Analysis Courses, time frames
Tags: Indices, moving averages, Portfolio, Technical Analysis Courses, time frames
When is parabolic too much? Answer: when it suddenly reverses
Charts for this piece: Tesla, Virgin Galactic (Zero Hedge), palladium, Argentine new bond prices as IMF negotiates, Lebanese bond yields 1000%. Media outlets – and not just financial ones – have been getting terribly excited about the share price of […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: Excess, momentum
Tags: Excess, momentum
‘Crush it with Clouds’ by Sankar Sharma MSTA: If only we could do the same with Covid-19
As a handful of countries start lifting corona-virus related restrictions, Britain looks set to enter another 3 weeks of lockdown. Tuesday the 14th April was the second STA Monthly Meeting that was held online due to limits to the size […]
Posted in STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Technical Analysis Training, Trading, Trending
Tags: Ichimoku Clouds, return, reward, risk, stops
Tags: Ichimoku Clouds, return, reward, risk, stops
‘Beware the Ides of March’: Remembering to keep a sense of proportion
Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar came to a sticky end on the 15th of March, lending the phrase negative connotations ever since. In fact, an Ide is a very ancient word for certain dates in the calendar, the first full moon of […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: Bear, Bull, percentage, Proportion, Technical Analysis Courses
Tags: Bear, Bull, percentage, Proportion, Technical Analysis Courses
Charting the Markets with IG: TV Guest Patricia Elbaz spills the beans
A little social media bird let me in on a surprise. For her interview on IG TV, hosted by Victoria Scholar, veteran technical analyst Patricia Elbaz arrived with a congratulatory card and cake. This is because Victoria had passed her […]
Posted in Markets, STA education, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading
Tags: 200-day moving average, MACD, psychological, Trend line
Tags: 200-day moving average, MACD, psychological, Trend line
Charting the markets with IG TV: Safe havens ahoy! But do you know where they are?
A very brave Joshua Mahoney of the IG platform faces an incredibly tricky time explaining the carnage in all sorts of markets on the morning of Monday 9th March 2020 – plus, trying to forecast the next step. Well done, […]
Posted in Finance, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses
Tags: Crashing stock indices, gold, oil, Safe-havens
Tags: Crashing stock indices, gold, oil, Safe-havens
That was the Week that Was: And then the client asks: ’’how are you left?’’
A phrase dreaded by market makers in all areas of finance who, because they are obliged to make two-way prices for existing clients throughout the business day, means there are more difficult orders on the way and the most recent […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: Equities, percentage, Relative Performance, Start Point
Tags: Equities, percentage, Relative Performance, Start Point
Robin Griffiths, who has pedigree, overviews the last 50 years: Because the STA also has 50 years under its belt
Well, we’ll have to give it to him, he’s done 53 years as a professional technical analyst/strategist, despite a BA in economics from Nottingham University. His first City job was at stockbrokers Phillips and Drew – one of the many […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: Asset classes, cycles, demographics
Tags: Asset classes, cycles, demographics
It’s my birthday this month, so I’m looking at monthly candles: Not blowing them out though
Many markets this January have been a ‘Tale of Two Cities’ – or halves anyway. This has created a series of very interesting, and sometimes rare, single or two-candle patterns, reminding me of the song ‘Candle in the Wind’. Like […]
Tremendous turnout for equities in 2019: Despite Sino-US trade spat
I’m probably preaching to the converted, but: beware media headlines. Bad news is shocking, and shocking sells newspapers. Sensationalist wording gets eyeballs on social media. Slick and surprising video footage gets clicks; so it goes, and has always; therefore journalists […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: Equities, percentage, Relative Performance, Start Point
Tags: Equities, percentage, Relative Performance, Start Point
ACI “the filling in the sandwich”: The economist between the dark side
That’s how Adrian Schmidt said he felt as a fundamental analyst slotted between two technical analysts at yesterday evening’s special panel debate organised at the STA’s usual (and lovely) venue in conjunction with the ACI. To an almost full house […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA charts, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: 2020, Fundamental, FX, G10, panel, Technical Analysis Courses
Tags: 2020, Fundamental, FX, G10, panel, Technical Analysis Courses
Charting the Markets on IG TV: With IG’s Senior Market Analyst Joshua Mahony
The TV and media team and IG are a slick lot with a busy production schedule. As well as producing text and video content, they coordinate news feeds for the platform and do their own analysis. From Monday to Friday […]
This is not a blog; this is not even an M&S blog: It’s just seasonal greetings masquerading as a blog
I’m really looking forward to taking some time off over the Christmas and New Year’s Eve weeks. I’ve cut these out of my working diary for many years now, mainly because markets are dead – ergo technical analysis pointless – […]
Posted in Education, Finance, General, Markets, STA charts, STA education, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses
Tags: greetings, New Year, seasons, year-end
Tags: greetings, New Year, seasons, year-end
Charting the Markets with IG TV: Rajan Dhall tells us about indicators
I hear that IG TV presenter Victoria Scholar found this week’s segment with Rajan Dhall especially helpful – and having just watched it, I can see why. He focuses on 3 popular technical analysis indicators, walking us through, step by […]
Posted in Education, Markets, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading
Tags: convergence, divergence, MACD, RSI, Stochastics
Tags: convergence, divergence, MACD, RSI, Stochastics
Scam emails from HMRC – Reported by 900,000 people
The Weekend FT has a small FT Money section which covers personal finance (rather than companies and markets). It often has articles which are relevant to one’s current or future circumstances, or cover aspects that a friend might find helpful. […]
Charting the Markets with IG TV: Nicole Elliott on her day’s work
Recorded and broadcast live on Thursday the 21st November, Victoria Scholar gets Nicole Elliott FSTA to run through the charts and thinking behind that day’s email sent out to Investors Chronicle subscribers. Daily she covers 3 main indices, 2 currencies […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading
Tags: divergence, Doji, MACD, momentum, Size
Tags: divergence, Doji, MACD, momentum, Size
German corporates penalised by the ECB: Banks impose negative interest rates on cash balances
For a nation which prides itself on prudence, saving and balancing the government budget, they are furious at the ECB’s never-ending ‘quantative easing’ and now a minus 50 basis point key ‘lending’ rate. Data published by the Bundesbank, and a […]
Posted in Finance, General, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: bonds, Negative Yields, Zero
Tags: bonds, Negative Yields, Zero
Charting the Markets with IG TV: Special show on the Andrews pitchfork
Recorded and broadcast live on Friday the 8th November, just ahead of Remembrance Sunday 2019, STA Committee member Eddie Tofpik appropriately decided to do a special educational show on the Andrews pitchfork. Church on Sunday reminded me that Isaiah 2:4 […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: Andrews Pitchfork, FX, Indices, Schiff pitchfork
Tags: Andrews Pitchfork, FX, Indices, Schiff pitchfork
Momentum, Echo and Predictability: Evidence from the London Stock Exchange (1820-1930): Eye catching, as one doesn’t often see stock charts this old
One of the ‘advantages’ of being a journalist is the vast amounts of unsolicited email I receive. The other is that I spend a lot of time on social media and websites looking for information, finding what’s new, and what […]
‘Market action discounts everything’ says Technical Analysis: But sometimes price charts lie
Before reading on, take a close and careful look at the chart that goes with this piece. I’ve deliberately not told you what the financial instrument is, nor what it’s priced in, or where it’s traded. It looks, for all […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: gaps, holidays, volume
Tags: gaps, holidays, volume
‘Taking the Floor: Models, Morals and Management in a Wall Street Trading Room’ Presentation by Daniel Beunza (Cass Business School, SRC, LSE), 11/Oct/2019
Coinciding with his book launch – of the same title and published by Princeton University Press – I was invited, as a journalist for the Financial Times in London, to a presentation on the subject by the public relations firm […]
Charting the Markets with IG TV: Lee Sandford MSTA speaks to host Jeremy Naylor
I must say, I don’t envy men these days; sartorial decisions are so very nuanced. IG TV host Jeremy Naylor this week invited Member of the Society of Technical Analysts’ Lee Sandford of tradingcollege.co.uk onto their regular slot, looking at […]
‘Logical Price Action: Utilising Wyckoffian Principles in Modern Times’: Lecture by William Reardon 8 October 2019 18:30 BST
Invited by STA Executive Committee member David Watts to give this talk (who’d heard about him through the www.trade2win.com forum for active traders), I introduced myself and apologised for knowing nothing about his subject. Unfazed, William told me he was […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: Accumulation, Distribution, Technical Analysis Course, volume, Wyckoff
Tags: Accumulation, Distribution, Technical Analysis Course, volume, Wyckoff
Pitchforks at the ready! Just in case Brexit really gets going
I’m not talking French Revolution or anything like that – at least I hope not – but to tie in with this week’s IG TV interview with Eddie Tofpik MSTA, Senior Markets Analysts at ADMISI, where he makes extensive use […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Trading, Trending
Tags: Andrews Pitchfork, bar chart, Gridlines, moving averages, Technical Analysis Courses
Tags: Andrews Pitchfork, bar chart, Gridlines, moving averages, Technical Analysis Courses
Charting the Markets on IG TV: Victoria Scholar interviews Eddie Tofpik MSTA
Recorded yesterday, October 2nd 2019, and sent over to me today, I cannot believe Eddie described the chart of the Australian dollar versus the US as ‘’a very pretty chart’’ and that cable’s rally was a ‘’fly in the ointment’’. […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: Andrews Pitchfork, Bands, moving averages, Technical Analysis Course, Tines
Tags: Andrews Pitchfork, Bands, moving averages, Technical Analysis Course, Tines
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