Monthly Archives: January 2012

GBP USD heading higher

It looks like the GBP USD could be heading higher. The pair found support above the ascending trendline of a massive triangle pattern. GBP USD Weekly Chart Source: Forex Yard Strength over the last couple days has pushed my proprietary indicator into the “moving higher” zone and the downward sloping trendline within the triangle was broken…

EUR USD found a bottom?

I am back from my time in the sun, and having not checked email, facebook, twitter or the news for over a week, I find the markets moving upon my return. Stocks have been pushing higher, in-line with the EUR USD correlation, as the Euro has also been moving higher vs. USD. The EUR USD…

Credit Crisis: Are We Set Up for The Perfect Storm?

Credit Crisis: Are We Set Up for The Perfect Storm? Robert Prechter discusses what’s backing your dollars  Originally published January 26, 2012 By Elliott Wave International In this video clip, taken from Robert Prechter’s interview with The Mind of Money, Prechter and host Douglass Lodmell discuss “real” money vs the FIAT money system, and what is…

Probabilities Part 2: Scoring the Probabilities in Trading

Probabilities Part 2: Scoring the Probabilities in Trading By Cory Mitchell, CMT Part 1: Probabilities: What are the odds probabilities in trading are calculated wrong?  introduces probabilities and some potential issues – namely Availability Bias. At the end of that article the following question was posed:   A man likes two women, and is going to ask…

Technical Indicators: A Love-Hate Relationship

Technical Indicators: A Love-Hate Relationship Part I: How One Technical Indicator Can Identify Three Trade Setups  January 27, 2012 By Elliott Wave International Trading using technical indicators — such as the MACD, for example — can do one of two things: help you or hurt you. Elliott Wave International’s Jeffrey Kennedy explains what he loves…

Learn to Find Trading Opportunities Using Fibonacci in This Free eBook

Elliott Wave International has just released a free 14-Page eBook, How You Can Use Fibonacci to Improve Your Trading. Created from a $129 two-volume set, it’s available free until February 6. Learn more here. Dear Trader, You may be missing trading opportunities that are staring you in the face. The charts you look at every day could reveal…

Probabilities: What are the odds Probabilities in Trading are calculated wrong? Part 1

Probabilities: What are the odds probabilities in trading are calculated wrong? Part 1 By: Cory Mitchell, CMT Probabilities explain the chance of something happening. Probabilities in trading are often discussed, but humans have an abysmal capacity to understand and calculate probabilities. Our minds are just not hard-wired for it. We love to assign probabilities though,…

Five Fatal Flaws of Trading

Five Fatal Flaws of Trading January 13, 2012 By Elliott Wave International Close to ninety percent of all traders lose money. The remaining ten percent somehow manage to either break even or even turn a profit — and more importantly, do it consistently. How do they do that? That’s an age-old question. While there is…

AUD USD: Ascending Triangle Chart Pattern

There is an ascending triangle chart pattern on the AUD USD daily chart, which is very near resistance. Source:  ForexYard on MT4 I have shown two potential drawings for the ascending triangle chart pattern, marked by the red lines. I prefer the smaller pattern which is highlighted by the blue box. Here is a potential entry, stop…

New Year, New High Hopes for Stocks

If you read Cory Mitchell’s recent article–Where is the Stock Market Going In 2012–you will have some idea of what he expects this year. The following article looks at a different angle: the disconnect between media and stock market performance. New Year, New High Hopes for Stocks January 11, 2012 By Elliott Wave International You…

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