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Technical Analysis or News?

Technical Analysis or News?

There's been a long running debate between the technical analysis chartists and the fundamentalists and both sides can make their case for being "right".  Both sides often think that their way is best and the other side is full of you know what...

Since no one can predict the future how did the recent Federal Reserve's hawkish position on interest rates that's filled the news just so happen to occur during a time when chartists like us were anticipating a potential pull back? 

(This is an updated post to include recent news and recent charts because this scenario occurs over and over again...)

ChartPros Awarding $1.2M Scholarships in September

ChartPros Awarding $1.2M Scholarships in September

Through ChartPros Pay It Forward – Traders Helping Traders program the company announced it is awarding scholarships valued at over $1.2M in September. 

Long time ChartPros Trade Room Member and Price Action Mastery graduate Vince Koehn was instrumental in helping Pay It Forward by setting this up through Apex Trader Funding. 

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This is What I'm Binge Watching this Weekend

This is What I'm Binge Watching this Weekend
I don't watch much TV, I'm not much of a movie person and when I do watch something I typically won't watch it more than once (but yeah I've seen the classics like the original Top Gun and the new one multiple times), I'm not a "gamer" however I would consider myself a binge watcher...

What I Like to Binge Watch:
  • Billions (the hit series on Showtime)
  • Shark Tank
  • Blue Bloods (my dad is a retired police officer)
  • Trading Education Courses...

Yes, Trading Education Courses!

See which ones...

Where are the Markets Heading? August 21 Chart of the Day - S&P 500

Where are the Markets Heading? August 21 Chart of the Day - S&P 500

So often I get asked "Tom, where do you think the market is heading?"

I start by saying the better question is "where could the market be heading?"

Because what I think doesn't matter to price action and no one knows with any certainty where the markets are heading. 

I don't make predictions, I don't call tops/bottoms however, I may react to price when it reaches a predetermined level of interest by trading or investing in that particular index, equity, commodity, Forex, etc.

Let's take the S&P 500 for example using it's futures ticker /ES...

How to Know When to Enter a Trade

How to Know When to Enter a Trade
A frequently asked question I routinely get is “Tom, when you have multiple levels of support/resistance, trend, or fibs how do you know which is the best level to use to get into a trade?”

The simple answer is I don’t. Nor, with any certainty does, anyone else.

“So what do you do” becomes the follow up question.

What's Your Trading Setup Look Like?

What's Your Trading Setup Look Like?

I often think about and wonder what and how technology could have reshaped our present lives if it existed centuries ago.  Along those lines, I wonder what sort of setup Jesus might have had if He used a computer. 

One of the most frequently asked questions I get is “Tom, what computer do you trade from and how many monitors do you have setup?”

My answer surprises most people and may surprise you as well...

4th of July 1776 - 1976

4th of July 1776 - 1976

It was 4th of July, 1976 when I was 11 ½ years old and I can still vividly remember all the fuss and excitement about our country’s 200th birthday – the bicentennial.

Have a happy and safe holiday.

God Bless the USA!

The Top Reasons Why Traders Fail and How to Overcome Common Pitfalls

The Top Reasons Why Traders Fail and How to Overcome Common Pitfalls

This article delves deep into the top reasons why traders fail and how you can overcome these challenges by focusing on your trading process of implementing trading rules, plans, and trading psychology rather than focusing on the outcomes of profits.

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I NEVER Believed in Technical Analysis Until I Realized This...

I NEVER Believed in Technical Analysis Until I Realized This...

When I was in MBA school back in the late 1980s (yeah that's me back then long before gray hair) it was drilled into me that a company’s stock price was always tied to its financial statements. You know, Profit and Loss statements, Balance Sheets, etc and all that fancy financial lingo. 

And so I went through much of my early adult life not really ever knowing otherwise. But along the way I had heard of this “technical analysis” stuff but considered it something like voodoo or witchcraft because as far as I knew it had absolutely nothing to do with the fundamentals of a company’s financial performance.

Until one day I saw a chart of the S&P 500 with standard deviations drawn on it based on the previous day’s settlement price. 
 
Hmmmm…. That looked interesting I thought.

Navigating the Markets with Price Action Technical Analysis: Expert Tips for Successful Stocks, Options, Futures, Forex, Crypto, and Commodity Trading

Navigating the Markets with Price Action Technical Analysis: Expert Tips for Successful Stocks, Options, Futures, Forex, Crypto, and Commodity Trading

Price action technical analysis is a popular and effective approach to navigating the financial markets, including stocks, options, futures, Forex, Crypto, and Commodity trading.

This article will provide expert tips and insights to help you successfully trade various financial instruments using price action technical analysis. By understanding and applying these concepts, you can improve your trading skills and potentially achieve greater profitability.

Free Guide: 6 Fibonacci Types that Create the Most Precise Price Targets and Reversal Zones

Free Guide: 6 Fibonacci Types that Create the Most Precise Price Targets and Reversal Zones

Most Fibonacci charts that we see posted on the internet are not drawn or used correctly.

Based on institutional algorithms this Free Guide will explain to you exactly what Fibonacci retracements and extensions are and how they should properly be used on your charts.

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