Conventional wisdom says to buy at the low and sell at the high. If only it were that easy. More experienced traders will tell you it is a matter of buying high and selling higher. Now this article will explore the differences in two types of common trading strategies that refute each [...]

A new market timing theory predicts market tops and bottoms by the emergence of new moons and full moons. The theory is not exact and must be used with other indicators to be successful. However, Steven Whiteside of TheUpTrend.com, always takes note when either a full moon or a new moon presents itself. [...]

The Ulcer Index is used as a risk indicator developed by Peter Martin and Byron McCann. Its name originated from a joke between the two founders that people invested in mutual funds with a high Ulcer Index rating, the more likely hood they would be unable to sleep at night and have Ulcers. [...]

The Absolute Breadth Index is a simple formula that takes the absolute value of the total number of advancing issues to declining issues. Traditionally, the NYSE has been examined, but this can be applied to any market. The higher the number the more volatility would be implied.
 
For Example: If there are 500 [...]

A Contrarian trader is one who generally does the opposite of what the mainstream is doing. The Contrarian believes that if everyone is doing something, then everyone can’t possibly be right. This is precisely something that Mark Fisher stresses in his ACD System lectures. He specifically calls them Retail Bus People. [...]

The Baltic Dry Index is one of the few leading indicators we can use to judge market price action. The futures market can be used as a short term indicator to gauge stock market opening price, but does little to predict prices outside of a few days. The Baltic Dry Index on the [...]

A very popular trading strategy of late is to trade the news in forex. This refers to sitting in front of your computer waiting for a major news announcement to hit the wires such as the Non Farm Payroll, GDP, or other high impact releases. There are many problems with trading the news [...]

The Forex market has greatly expanded in both number or participants and trading instruments in the last five years. Despite the addition of the Chinese Yuan, Mexican Peso, Gold, Silver, and CFD’s the major currencies still make up for half of the trading volume in forex.
 
The Major pairs and their respected trading [...]