The bullish kicker is a two candle pattern that starts with a large bearish candlestick lower (black or red) then a second large bullish candle that gaps higher in price. The bullish candle should have a flat bottom or tiny wick with almost no movement back into the price gap. The bullish kicker candlestick pattern […]
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MACD (Pronounced Mac-Dee) is the short abbreviation for the moving average convergence/divergence technical indicator. The MACD is a trading indicator used in technical analysis to filter and trade the momentum of price action on a chart. It was created by the late Gerald Appel in the late 1970s as a tool for technical analysts. It
The delta of an option is the magnitude of the move in the underlier that the option will capture currently based on the odds of the option expiring in-the-money. Option delta is represented as the velocity of a price change in an option with a 1 point move in the underlying asset and is usually
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To be a profitable trader you need three things: A trading system with an edge. Proper position sizing per trade. The right trading mindset. If you don’t have the right mindset for trading then the other two will not work. Here is a trader cheat sheet of the principles you must understand to create the
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A self-fulfilling prophecy is a process where an original expectation creates the conditions of its own reality. With a self-fulfilling prophecy expectations and behaviors about a future event cause the result that confirm the original prediction. Some speculate that the reason that price support levels and price resistance levels have meaning is because people believe
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Gaps on a chart show that there were no buyers and sellers connecting at price levels on a chart. Gaps happen mostly when news comes out that instantly changes prices to much higher or lower prices than they were previously trading at. As the news event is instantly priced in by buyers and sellers a
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Profitable trading is simply making more money on your winning trades than you lose on your unprofitable trades. Profitable trading is not about being perfect and making money on every trade. It is not about predicting the future, making a great call, or any one big trade, it is all about the math. Here is
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Who was Warren Buffett’s investment mentor? Warren Buffett was not only in a class that Benjamin Graham taught at Columbia Business School, receiving an A+, but also worked for Mr. Graham after graduation. Buffett was so happy to get the job he didn’t know what he would be making until he got his first paycheck.
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This post is an example of one of the chapters in my new book ‘The Ultimate Guide to Chart Patterns‘. Image by Atanas Matov Chart Facts: The bear flag pattern is a continuation pattern of the previous downtrend. A bear flag chart pattern occurs after a downtrend showing that a new price base failed to
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Dr. Michael J. Burry is a well known investor and hedge fund manager of Scion Asset Management, LLC Holdings. He became famous when he was played by Christian Bale in the blockbuster movie ‘The Big Short‘ based on the best selling book by author Michael Lewis. Dr. Burry’s trade that made him a legend was
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