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Market Update Into 9/10: Broad Market Update
A prepared trader is a profitable trader, and Sunday is a great day to get ready for the week ahead. In this weekend’s issue, we are taking a look back at last week’s blog post as well as a few other main ETFs that track the market. As the market has been so volatile, anything […]
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Bollinger Bands® Trading Strategies
Bollinger Bands (R) are one of the most widely used indicators in the financial markets by traders and automatic trading systems. These mathematically backed lines do not necessarily need to be fully understood to trade them, but it is important to know how they are created and how they can be used. We will recap […]
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Market Update Into 9/3: Is the Market Too Hot?
Happy Labor Day from the TrendSpider team! A prepared trader is a profitable trader, and this Monday off from the markets is a great day to get ready for the week. In this weekend’s issue, we are looking at some weakness in the overall market for the short term. Take a look at these tickers […]
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Ways to Utilize the TrendSpider Platform
You’ve heard it a thousand times, but here it is again: there is no surefire way to win every time when trading in the markets. That said, if there is just one thing that really separates successful traders from the less successful ones, it’s having a concrete strategy. Here are five interesting and unique trading and analysis […]
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Trading Trendlines with Moving Average Confirmations
One of the main things to remember when trading is that using an approach that utilizes multiple confirmation signals is generally the best way to go for statistical significance purposes (the more confirmations, the less chance of a false signal). One of the most popular ways to find confirmations on the chart is through moving […]
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Market Update Into 8/27: FANG Technical Analysis
A prepared trader is a profitable trader, and Sunday is a great day to get ready for the week ahead. This weekend, we are focusing on FANG stocks as there seems to be some divergence occurring between the four tickers. In order to make sure you are on top of the trade, it is important to […]
Guest Post by Trader Stewie: Using Smaller Time Frames to Unlock Hidden Patterns
This guest post was adapted from a private, members-only update that Trader Stewie from the Art of Trading shared with his subscribers. This is his perspective on using multiple timeframes to identify trends that you might otherwise miss, specifically why dropping down into shorter timeframe charts can help expose interest and actionable patterns and trading opportunities. […]
Trading Momentum Oscillators: What They Are and How to Utilize Them
There are so many different approaches to trading, you could try a new one every day for the rest of your life and never run out of options. However, one that has been consistently popular, and consistently effective over the years has been momentum oscillator trading strategies.
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Finding and Trading Price Channels with TrendSpider
When it comes to trading, one of the most common strategies traders implement is simply trading between support and resistance areas created by previous volatility in the price of a stock. There are many different types of channels to trade such as Bollinger Bands (R) and Keltner Channels, but this article will solely focus on […]
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Market Update Into 8/20: Cryptocurrency Technical Analysis
A prepared trader is a profitable trader, and Sunday is a great day to get ready for the week ahead. This weekend, we are focusing on the cryptocurrency sector as it has been slammed over the last two weeks. We are paying attention to the weekly candle here for the potential confirmation of a short-term […]
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Trading Wedge Formations Using TrendSpider’s Trendline and Indicator Alerts
When it comes to trading, a huge piece of figuring out the puzzle is being able to identify simple patterns and have the knowledge of what their general sentiment is (i.e. bullish or bearish setup). One of the main patterns technical traders focus on is the wedge pattern. This pattern is essentially when support and […]
The Rise and Fall of the Crypto Boom