When the market goes into a bear phase investors can have a difficult time making money on the long side. I have seen stats that say in a bear market 3 out of every 4 stocks go down. As an investor that means that the odds are stacked against you if you’re only...
There are a number of technical patterns that you can use to determine price targets. In my experience there are four patterns that work really well: Head and Shoulders, Triangles, Rectangle Bases and Swing Trades. All of the following examples will give you examples...
When entering a position you should know what your attempting to make on the upside (reward) versus how much you can lose on the down side (risk). My personal minimum reward-to-risk-ratio is 3 to 1. Which means I’m attempting to make three times as much as...
One of the most important aspects of a successful investor is an exit strategy. Knowing where to admit you’re wrong and getting out of the position can save you a lot of money and stress. My exit strategy in brief, is to place a sell stop immediately after I...
One of the best chart patterns to trade is the breakout of a nice long base. The longer a stock is in a basing pattern the greater the potential for a powerful move once it breaks out of it’s base. The best breakouts are on high volume. When high volume is...
