The stock market rarely moves in a straight line. Periods of strong, directional trend are invariably followed by moments of rest, consolidation, and quiet deliberation. For the keen-eyed technical ...

Aspiring forex traders will generally benefit from developing the ability to interpret and analyze market data. Among the tools and techniques available to currency traders to do this, candlestick ...

Continuation patterns are a type of chart pattern that forms during a temporary pause in an existing market trend before it resumes. These patterns suggest that the forex market is taking a breather ...

Candlestick reversal patterns are some of the most exciting patterns to trade. In fact, they’ve proven to come with a high level of predictability. Patterns like the Three Line Strike and Three Black ...

The rising wedge and ascending triangle patterns are essential tools that assist the traders in making informed decisions; they help predict the price fluctuations that are integral to any financial ...

The stock market is often described as a battleground between buyers and sellers, and like any battle, it leaves behind telltale signs. For the savvy investor, those signs are printed directly onto a ...

As you begin to get familiar with technical analysis, you’ll start to see three distinct types of forex chart patterns emerge. While you might be looking for wedges, flags, channels and triangles, the ...

Technical analysts believe that stock prices often trade in patterns, as the motivating driver behind the movement of stocks is humans, and humans exhibit the same emotions when it comes to their ...

In late October of 2007 the Russell 2000 small cap index was trading around 800. The index hasn't returned to that level since. Now, over two years later, small caps are once again close to touching ...

Following a 22.6% rally off the most recent trend low of 1.95 natural gas has pulled back after reaching a high of 2.38. That price level is just shy of the weekly high of 2.43, the next higher target ...

It's no secret that I like to zero in on the top 250 stocks in the market. And I've even shown you how to whittle those down to the 10 best stocks to trade at any given time. But even then, that's a ...

We've looked at reversal patterns (head and shoulders pattern and inverse head and shoulders pattern). In this lesson, we cover continuation patterns, specifically the symmetrical triangle pattern.