Technical Analysis

Charting New Highs for Precious Metals

Precious Metals Poised for All-Time Highs

Taking a look at the longer term charts is always a fun proposition and this week things look exceptionally well. Gold is ready to fight for another all-time high in the near future, silver looks…

16Jul2008 | The Penny Sleuth | 0 comments | Continued

Candlesticks Predict Rise in Fannie Mae Shares; but Who Will Buy?

Fannie Mae is a “Government-Sponsored Enterprise,” but even so, it is a private corporation whose shares are widely owned, principally by financial institutions. In recent months, the value of those shares has plummeted from a high of $70.57 in August 2007…

13Jul2008 | William Kurtz | 0 comments | Continued

Japanese iShares Over the Edge? The perfect time to be a bear…

For the better part of ’06 and ‘07 it appeared that the Japan iShares (EWJ:NYSE) was building momentum for another push to the upside. Fortunately for the technically savvy investment crowd, all the signs had become apparently clear that the upside…

8Feb2008 | Stephen Oakes | 0 comments | Continued

Solving the Bollinger Band Mystery: An indicator that packs a punch…

Among the many technical trading tools available today, one that you should be familiar with is known as the Bollinger Band. To the untrained eye they appear to be nothing short of two lines that simply hug the price of…

7Feb2008 | Stephen Oakes | 1 comment | Continued

Broken Trends & Symmetrical Triangles?

A trick or two from the technical vault…

While I certainly appreciate a good fundamental overview of a particular stock to support a bullish or bearish argument, one cannot gain a greater understanding of timing mechanisms without honing in on the…

30Jan2008 | Stephen Oakes | 0 comments | Continued

Profiting from Divergences? You should be…

On December 13th, 2007 I wrote a piece, which pointed to shorting opportunities in the large cap sector. At this point in the game, Apple was trading for $189 and Google at $698. In a Chart of the Day segment…

16Jan2008 | Stephen Oakes | 0 comments | Continued

Credit Concerns on the Rise

Could Investors Have Avoided the Capital One Meltdown?

Recent reporting has indicated that the credit market turmoil continues. The latest casualty of this crisis can be found over at Capital One headquarters where the credit card issuer warned off ’07 profits…

10Jan2008 | Stephen Oakes | 1 comment | Continued

S&P500: The Line in the Sand Has Been Drawn

The major indices are at the crossroads. I’m sure you’ve heard by now that the Fed is once again considering a bailout of the economy under pressures from the Wall Street crowd to lower interest rates.

My gut tells me that…

7Jan2008 | Stephen Oakes | 0 comments | Continued

The Canaries in the Coal Mine, the Robins in Spring, and Candlesticks

Having discovered that the Candlestick patterns of stock prices in early October 1987 accurately predicted the catastrophic decline which developed during a two-week period which culminated in “Black Monday,” a larger question remained: Did the Candlesticks also predict the decline…

11Dec2007 | William Kurtz | 0 comments | Continued

Oil Index is Down but Not Out

One way to profit from technical reversals…

Whenever oil shoots up and then gives a little ground, the talking heads scream relief. However, if one were to look at a chart of the Oil Index (XOI:AMEX) he or she would notice…

29Nov2007 | Stephen Oakes | 0 comments | Continued

Wall Street Surging on Fluff

In the chart below, you should have every reason to worry. That is if you are a shareholder of domestic equities.

Dow Jones Industrials

I say this because the price of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDU) continues to struggle in an effort…

16Oct2007 | Stephen Oakes | 0 comments | Continued

Dow Jones & the Fed

On Tuesday the Fed is expected to come out and cut rates. Investors are curious as to what the central bank will do and what exactly is to be said about current economic conditions. In my opinion, a quarter point…

17Sep2007 | Stephen Oakes | 0 comments | Continued

More Weakness for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)

I’m guessing many of you out there are scratching your head with what’s been going on in the market recently.

DJIA

After the initial drop in mid July, the DJIA flagged sideways, teasing investors who were just thankful the bleeding stopped.…

16Aug2007 | Stephen Oakes | 0 comments | Continued

Dow Jones Industrial Average: Flexing Its Muscle

As I write the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is trending hard towards new heights, up 210.05 points at 13,787.92.

I’ve been touting the major markets here in the U.S. for quite some time now:

Dow Jones Just Getting Started…

Stock Market…

12Jul2007 | Stephen Oakes | 3 comments | Continued

ADCT long

Hey everyone, my name is Jason Leavitt. I recently teamed up with Jutia Group as a Financial Analyst/Editor to provide quality trading setups through the use of advanced technical analysis.

As we go along you’ll have the opportunity to learn…

10Jul2007 | Jason Leavitt | 0 comments | Continued