Posted by Tom C. Well, not really. Just a few things I found interesting. First, a photo outside Bank of England in London: Second, a great article from Time via Jon's Stuff ...well worth reading: The End of Excess: Is This Crisis Good for America? Finally, is this really t ... Read t ... Read more

Posted by Tom C. At the beginning of the year, I made a post about watching for longer-term setups. "With many stocks closing near the [2008] low, I will be watching for them to rally off those levels. I plot my Fibonacci lines over the previous year's high to low*, and look for price to break ... Read more

Posted by Tom C. In his post earlier this year detailing his setups , Trader-X discussed the "deep pullback". He lists it as a short setup, but here is a long setup that adheres to the same criteria. WYNN gapped up, pulled back to the halfway point between the low and the 50% retracement, an ... Read more

Posted by Tom C. I will be making a few posts while Trader-X is on vacation. A few things about my trading: 1.) I make trades on 15, 10, and 5-minute charts. 2.) I still use Moving Averages as guides. I plot the 8, 13, and 34EMA. AMZN was one of my better trades today. I love this formation - ... Read more

My vacation starts - well, right now. So I am not too motivated to make a long post with detailed chart analysis. I'm sure you understand. But here are a few trades from today, with [very] brief notes. BCS gapped out of the previous trading range, and after a sharp retrace to the 50% mark it re ... Read more

I get a lot of questions about the "push through" setup . I am particular about the ones I take (as I am about all the setups I take). The classic setup (for me) would be a gap up, solid green wide-range first bar, green second and third bars that narrow in range (consolidate), close in the top 25 ... Read more

As Tom C. mentioned yesterday , I will be taking some vacation in April. I will be gone most of the month, but hope to pop back in occasionally. But Tom C. will [hopefully] fill the enormous void left by my absence. Here are a few things that I thought you might enjoy: For motivation - do you ... Read more

posted by Tom C. I am gearing up to make some posts in April when X goes on vacation. Days like today don't happen often, but when they do I catch the late day moves by looking for a saucer or "cup and handle" pattern. X taught me this pattern years ago, and Trader Jamie makes good use of them ... Read more

and all I got was this lousy EOG trade. Actually, it was a good trade. But it is days like today that make me re-think my new "only trade the first few hours" philosophy. EOG gapped up and printed a strong first bar. The second and third bars narrowed in range, with the third bar resumin ... Read more

Before I sign-off for the week, I had to post a funny video. John Oliver from TDS at an AIG protest...well, kind of. And watch closely at the 1:30 mark and you will see Dinosaur Trader make a cameo. Follow the link below for video posted by Trader X. ... Read the full post ... Read more