Technical analysis is often the bread and butter of short-term traders because specialized trading tools can quickly analyze price data and trends. While long-term investors are usually more concerned ...

Timing is everything in trading. Catching a market move just as it begins, or avoiding a downturn before it accelerates, can be the difference between a profitable and a painful trade. But how do ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

The Dow Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq set all-time intraday highs on Nov. 7 at 23,602.12, 2,597.02 and 6,795.52, respectively. Each have momentum (12x3x3 weekly slow stochastic) readings ...

Trading divergences happen when an indicator and price give conflicting signs, leading to possible buy opportunities. Trading divergences happen when an indicator and price give conflicting signs, ...

As an investor, you’ve likely grappled with one of the most fundamental questions in the stock market: Is this trend real, or is it just a temporary fluctuation? The main trend of a stock is your ...

The Dow Industrial Average and S&P 500 set all-time intraday highs on Nov. 7 at 23,602.12 and 2,597.02, respectively, while the Nasdaq eked out a new high of 6,806.67 on Nov. 16. Each still have ...

If you trade in the forex market and already use technical analysis techniques in your trading plan, then you may already be familiar with regular and hidden divergence and their importance in ...