Market Masters: Identifying Strong Bases For Explosive Trades
by J.C. Parets   Today I want to talk about bases. This is something that rarely gets discussed for whatever the reason, but...
Market Masters: Day Trading With Pivot Points, Tick, and Vwap
By Urban Carmel
The Fat Pitch blog is about inter-day swing trading. So, with not a little irony, this post will be about day trading.
Experienced...
Using Weekly Charts To Gain A Tactical Advantage
During stock market corrections / pullbacks in a mature bull market I tend to gravitate to stocks that are displaying constructive price action around...
A Comprehensive Reading List For Professional Traders
This is the second edition of my recommended reading list for professional traders. I have continued the theme of highlighting investing literature that is...
RSI Divergence Patterns: Spotting Trading Tops and Bottoms
One of my favorite patterns to watch for near market bottoms and tops is the RSI divergence pattern. But, I must caution that it...
Market Masters: Dynamic Risk Management With ATR Trailing Stops
In today's post, I want to discuss my method of risk management and how I use a modified ATR trailing stop tool for measuring...
3 Ominous Bear Market Signals
These 3 bear market signals are typically present near major stock market tops:
Waning momentum
Bad breadth
Defensive credit markets
Central Banks Are Part Of Markets
Before we examine...
Industrials & the Abandoned Baby Candlestick Pattern
Ever seen an Abandoned Baby before?
The Bearish Abandoned Baby candlestick pattern is a relatively rare multi-candle construction, particularly on the daily chart of a highly...
Market Masters: Using Relative Strength During Market Corrections
During a market correction I focus almost exclusively on finding and studying the price action of individual stocks that are demonstrating relative strength versus...
Market Masters: Using Market Breadth for Portfolio Positioning
By Derek Hernquist   The Dow Jones Industrials are up 1% and you make an average of 2% each across your 10 longs. A week...