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RSI Range – Gain a Better Understanding of the Relative Strength Indicator
| April 11, 2009 | Posted by admin under Intro to Trading, Techncial Analysis Tutorials |
There are many ways to use the RSI with the most common methods being overbought and oversold levels and divergence with price. Today we are going to look at a third way to use the indicator – RSI range. RSI is an oscillator and commonly people believe that the RSI is only valuable when price…
8 Trading Rules
| March 1, 2009 | Posted by admin under Intro to Trading |
These are the 8 Rules of “Carney” from the book “Ugly Americans” by Ben Mezrich (published by Harper Perennial). They are pretty good so I thought I would reproduce them here. Check out the book, it isn’t too bad. Not as much trading material as I was hoping for but still an entertaining read. 1.…
A Good Reminder
| January 31, 2009 | Posted by admin under Intro to Trading, Techncial Analysis Tutorials |
The following is an article I found which is a good reminder to keep things simple. I generally just use price as an indicator, coupled with chart patterns (past prices). Although occasionally I refer to an RSI or price overlay for confirmation. Here is the article…. Trading Analysis Pitfalls by Ginny Fairham It is very…
Stock Market Analysis – Tight Range
| January 27, 2009 | Posted by admin under Stocks & Stock Market Analysis |
The Dow Jones average has slipped into a short term range, but the breakout could be significant – especially to the downside. Currently the Down Jones average is ranging between 7900 and 8300. While volume was edging higher to form a possible bottom in the market, volume has normalized and has fallen off the recent…
Support and Resistance Tutorial
| January 22, 2009 | Posted by admin under Techncial Analysis Tutorials |
I start with these concepts because they need to be understood in order to use the day trading levels that I post each day. Support Levels are price points at which prices have had a hard time pushing down through in the past. In other words, a support level is a level where price stopped…
Million Dollar Traders By Harvey Walsh
There’s a great show on British TV – Million Dollar Traders. There are two very important lessons that every trader must understand, that have been perfectly illustrated in this documentary, and I want to discuss those here. Any trader who doesn’t understand these lessons is doomed to fail, just as many of the traders in…