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Recommended Reading 09-25-2014
Readers repeatedly ask me for book and article recommendations, especially new traders who are interested in learning more about trading and investing. Here are two new magazine subscription recommendations from my personal finance library. For traders who are interested in … Continue reading
Divergence Strategies Generate High-Probability Trades
Divergences are simple conceptually. When prices are making higher highs and higher lows and a predictive indicator, such as market breadth, is making lower highs and lower lows, then the indicator has diverged from price and the upward price trend … Continue reading
Recommended Reading 03-27-2014
Readers repeatedly ask me for book and article recommendations, especially new traders who are interested in learning more about trading and investing. Education is the single most important prerequisite for trading success. Look for periodic posts with my personal recommendations … Continue reading
Five Headwinds for Equities
I typically release new posts on Thursdays, but market conditions justified an accelerated schedule this week. Five independent leading indicators all point to near-term trouble for equities: a forming divergence in market breadth, an elevated CBOE Skew Index, a very … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Indicators, Fundamental Analysis, In-Depth Article, Market Breadth, Market Commentary, Market Sentiment, Market Timing, Technical Analysis
Tagged advance decline line, CBOE Skew index, cumulative advance-decline line, divergence, double divergence, gamma weighted SOIR, market breadth, market sentiment, market timing, market top, price-to-sales ratio, put-call ratio, technical analysis, trade, trader
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The Deadly Double Divergence
Would you be interested in an indicator that has signaled ten market tops since 1966 without a single false signal? I read about such an indicator in an article titled “Double Divergences in the Advance-Decline Line,” which appeared in the … Continue reading
The Ahrens Moving Average (AMA)
I read about this indicator in an article titled “Build A Better Moving Average,” which appeared in the October 2013 issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities. The article was written by Richard D. Ahrens. In the article, Ahrens … Continue reading
Posted in AmiBroker Code, Technical Analysis
Tagged Ahrens Moving Average, AMIBroker Code, moving averages, technical analysis, trade, trader, trends
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Top 10 Trader Edge Articles
I started Trader Edge almost 18 months ago and it just occurred to me that I had never provided a list of the most popular articles on the site. If you did not get a chance to read these articles … Continue reading
Market Breadth Divergence Update
On Sunday November 17th, I posted an article that identified headwinds for the equity market. I explained that five independent leading indicators all pointed to near-term trouble for equities: a forming divergence in market breadth, an elevated CBOE Skew Index, … Continue reading →