Technical analysis
What is negative divergence in the MACD? Negative divergence in the MACD is when the price of a stock or ETF is making higher highs but the MACD is making lower highs. It is a bearish indicator in a price… Continue Reading
Many investors and traders who are building their knowledge and experience with investing and trading will wonder whether to get into swing trading for a profit and just how profitable swing trading can be. First, we need to define swing… Continue Reading
What’s growth investing, how does that compare with value investing, and is one better than the other? This seems a simple question. The simple answer is – that depends. We already looked at value investing with a thorough review of… Continue Reading
Reading candlestick charts and patterns is one of the most important skills a trader can learn. There are many candlestick patterns. There are single candle patterns, two candle patterns, three, and more candle patterns. Candlestick patterns have been around for… Continue Reading
Every stock market investor needs to know how to use moving averages to trade stocks. Every charting package and online brokerage platform worthy of the name will allow you to superimpose moving averages onto stock price charts. The first questions… Continue Reading
Every trader needs to know how to use Bollinger bands effectively. Of all the trading tools out there, Bollinger bands are among the most popular for good reasons. Bollinger bands are easy to read and use. Bollinger bands show when… Continue Reading
What is the best use of the stochastic oscillator? An excellent question. Let’s start with a simple definition. The Stochastic oscillator is a price momentum tool that moves between 0 and 100 and shows when a stock may be overbought… Continue Reading
If you are a trader or stock investor looking into price action tools, at some point you will need to know what is the ADX. How does it work and what can it show me. The ADX stands for the… Continue Reading
Why is volume important in stock trading? There is a straight and simple answer to this question – volume is important because it shows the strength of price movement. Like with most price phenomena in the stock market, we are… Continue Reading
What is Fibonacci sequence stock trading, does it work and why do traders use this method and what if anything does it have to do with the golden ratio? These are all good questions that we will look into here.… Continue Reading
If you are a stock trader or investor who is having trouble sleeping at night because you don’t know how to do the relative strength indicator calculation, then worry no more. You’ve come to the right place. How relative is… Continue Reading
One of the challenges with all the charting and technical analysis tools is which tool to use for what purpose. In this article, we will be looking at what is the best use of the MACD. The MACD stands for… Continue Reading
Anyone who has invested in stocks for a while will know that the market goes through cycles, not just ups, and downs but distinct phases that repeat. You might also have noticed that certain assets perform better during different market… Continue Reading
This review looks at the best investment analysis books for anyone wishing to dive deeper into the subject, and then some. Table of Contents Fundamental Analysis Technical Analysis Quantitative Analysis Investing Wisdom Value Investing Growth Investing Fundamental analysis Fundamental Analysis… Continue Reading
In this second part of an introduction on how to do technical analysis of stocks, we look at more tools to analyze stock price movements. If you missed the first part it’s right here. Trending indicator types Trending – indicates… Continue Reading