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October 20, 2020 By Joe Marwood 10 Comments

What Trading Signals Work Best For Long-Term Investors?

Simple technical analysis is of limited use to long-term investors. Momentum can last for a long time but it doesn’t have much predictive ability on a five or ten year time horizon. Likewise, indicators like moving averages or RSI are best suited for shorter-term trading. With that said, you don’t know until you test. So in […]

Filed Under: Investing, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: investing, stocks, technical analysis

August 17, 2020 By Joe Marwood 12 Comments

Technical Analysis For Stocks Essential Guide

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Technical analysis is a method used to predict financial markets that relies on analyzing price charts and patterns. This is contrary to fundamental analysis which relies on economic and business information like interest rates or earnings. Technical analysis is a highly debated subject because academics say that markets are too efficient to be predicted by […]

Filed Under: How to, Stocks, Technical Analysis, Top Posts Tagged With: stocks, technical analysis

February 13, 2019 By Joe Marwood 7 Comments

Double Top Pattern – Backtest Rules & Results

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The double top pattern is a chart formation consisting of two consecutive price peaks that leads to a bearish reversal. For years, traders have claimed that the double top is a high probability short setup. This is because a double top pattern signifies that bulls are having trouble pushing the price past the prior high. […]

Filed Under: Amibroker, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems, Technical Analysis, Top Posts Tagged With: stocks, technical analysis

November 12, 2018 By Joe Marwood 11 Comments

RSI or MFI – Which One Makes More Money?

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RSI is one of the most popular technical indicators among quant traders, particularly the 2-period and 4-period RSI. Previous analysis and articles have shown how RSI(2) maintained a strong edge in stocks through most of the 2000s. The MFI indicator (money flow index) is similar to RSI but incorporates volume as well. MFI is not […]

Filed Under: Amibroker, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: technical analysis, trading systems

August 19, 2017 By Joe Marwood 6 Comments

Does Technical Analysis Work? Evidence From The Social Sciences

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Debate has raged for years as to whether or not technical analysis is actually a useful tool in helping to generate long run profits in the markets. For some, technical analysis is no more than hocus pocus. An approach that is based on faith rather than legitimate science. For others, technical analysis is the foundation of […]

Filed Under: Lists, Technical Analysis, Top Posts Tagged With: opinion, technical analysis

March 8, 2016 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

Do Major Hedge Funds Use Technical Analysis?

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Technical analysis refers to the study of past price action to predict future market moves. It makes use of charts, trading volume, and other statistical or mathematical indicators to gauge how the market might behave, based on the concept that the fundamentals of an asset are reflected in its historical price action.

Filed Under: Legends, Opinion, Technical Analysis, Trading Tagged With: hedge funds, technical analysis

March 3, 2016 By Joe Marwood 10 Comments

Testing The Shooting Star Candlestick Pattern

shooting star example in the S&P 500 index

Last Friday the S&P 500 formed a shooting star candlestick pattern on the daily chart. This is a Japanese candlestick formation that is normally a bearish reversal signal. Sure enough, the S&P 500 moved lower the next day, dropping around 15 points. We saw this happen last September too. But how often does this bearish pattern really […]

Filed Under: Amibroker, Strategies/ Systems, Technical Analysis Tagged With: amibroker, strategies, technical analysis

July 15, 2015 By Joe Marwood 8 Comments

Using RSI In Stocks – Can You Beat The Market?

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In this article I explain the RSI technical analysis indicator. I then test the indicator on historical stock market data in order to analyse its effectiveness.

Filed Under: Amibroker, Strategies/ Systems, Technical Analysis Tagged With: rsi, strategies, technical analysis

June 18, 2014 By Joe Marwood 5 Comments

5 Most Profitable Triangle Patterns For Technical Analysis Traders

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Technical traders have hundreds of different indicators and setups at their disposal. Triangle patterns are just one form of technical analysis that traders rely on but they are probably more accurate than most other indicators. On the whole, there is much debate around technical analysis. There are many in the academic world who claim technical […]

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