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  1. A continuation pattern can be used by traders to make re-entries into an asset after taking profits during the brief retracement, or to take position afresh if the initial move was missed.
  2. There are several patterns that appear on charts to indicate consolidation: horizontal channels, the flag/pennant component of the respective flag/pennant patterns, Doji candles, etc. They can be used as an exit point for those who got in early into the initial trend, or used as points of re-evaluation of trade positions.
  3. Chart confirmations are used by technical traders to confirm trade entry and exit points. Many indicators used for technical analysis are imperfect and usually move ahead of time, give fakeouts or lag behind the market. Using a confirmation on a chart combines indicators and chart data to validate any alerts to a trade that have been generated.
  4. In technical analysis, confirmation is used to ensure that the signal used is the correct one so as to prevent fakeouts or entering trades too late.
  5. Common gaps are usually filled very quickly and are transient in nature.
  6. High volatility with a strong trend are the characteristic sought after by short term traders. The CSI is the indicator that is able to identify assets with high volatility and which are strongly trending.
  7. It is used in detecting trends that occur in a cycle as well as identifying price highs and lows of an asset.
  8. It is also used in calculating the accummulation distribution line.
  9. It signals the end of a trend and can be used to indicate when a trend is about to change or when price movements are about to get more volatile.
  10. The trend is considered to be bullish if the Chikou span crosses above the closing price, and bearish if it crosses below the closing price.
  11. Chartists use chart patterns to make a prediction on what the future price movement of an asset will be based on the exact pattern formed.
  12. It is required for the holder of this designation to have passed a proficiency test that is conducted by the MTA. This title is used to indicate that the holder has been tested and found to have a level of proficiency in technical analysis.
  13. It is used by charting analysts to determine the future price direction of an asset.
  14. There are three forms of channels. If a channel is formed by downward moving prices, this is a descending channel. If it is formed by upward moving prices, this is an ascending channel. If it is formed by prices formed in a range so that the highs and lows that form the parallel lines are equal, then this is a horizontal channel.
  15. This is an overbought/oversold indicator with levels above +50 showing overbought assets while levels below -50 show that the asset is oversold. This indicator is also used to produce crossover signals by the addition of a signal line, with a cross of the indicator line above the signal line being interpreted as a bullish signal and a downward cross as bearish.
  16. This indicator created by Marc Chaikin aims to use the accummulation distribution line of the MACD indicator to determine the momentum of the asset and form a basis of a trade decision based on this.
  17. Candlesticks are used by analysts to establish when to enter and exit trades. Patterns formed by candlesticks also form the basis of a form of technical analysis.
  18. Investors who adopt this trading strategy hope for a possible reversal of the downward movement of the price of the stock that is being traded, and for it to move against the trader.
  19. Investors use it as a sign to close short positions and enter into long positions.
  20. The bullish harami is used to show the reversal of a previous downtrend, and the resumption of an uptrend. It is a signal to go long on an asset.
  21. The bullish engulfing pattern is used to signify that the price of the asset will rise, as the second candle (the bullish one which engulfs the smaller bearish first candle) is a sign that buyers have driven prices back upwards from the previous lows.
  22. This is a bullish reversal candlestick pattern which is not very reliable as a stand-alone signal. It must be combined with other methods of technical analysis to be successful.
  23. It is a highly reliable candlestick pattern which shows clearly that buyers have entered and taken over the market.
  24. A breakout trader will typically wait for the price to break a key support level or a key resistance level. Breakout traders typically use Stop orders for their trades.
  25. As markets and stocks move higher and then higher again with very little retracement or sideways corrections the potential for breakout failures increase. Because of the surprise or shock to traders playing the breakout, these failures can produce great opportunities for swing-trading over a few days and even higher odds day-trading opportunities. Let's look at a couple of examples that have happened and some current patterns that may. As with all Pristine trading patterns, understanding the thought process of traders that created the pattern is an important component to having confidence in the play. The breakout failure pattern is an easy one to understand since everyone has been caught in one at some time in the past. But let's review it. As prices are trending higher, traders are waiting for an entry point to get on board the trend. The most popular entry is when prices pullback to a reference point of support. Some traders will use a prior high, a moving average, a percentage of retracement or simply a dollar about. However, when prices move sideways (a very strong tread), rather than retrace, the trader is confronted with the choice of having to buy a breakout. If the breakout results in prices falling back under the breakout bar's low, the unexpected or shock has happened. What are you going to do? Breakouts are high odds trading setups, however, they are best used after the initial start of a move. This could be after the first rally from a bottom phase or it could be a gap-trading setup where the gap was a daily Pro-Gap, followed by prices basing for a period of time intra-day. Breakout failures increase when prices have been trending higher for a long time or have moved too far, too fast. There aren't a lot of these failures happening yet, but there are a couple that I can show you and a few that might result in failures. Last week, Deere (DE) broke out above a several day base and at the time it looked like higher prices were a sure thing. However, the next morning DE gapped well below the breakout bar's low. Can you imagine the shock to traders and fund managers that had bought the breakout the prior day? DE is an example of prices moving too far, too fast. Think about what you would do if you bought DE and it continued to show more weakness. What if you were a fund manager with cash on hand and starting buying a lot more shares of DE, but sellers just kept on dumping, so price barely moved up. Are you feeling it? In the above chart of Castel Crown Intl. (CCI), the daily time frame actually looked good for a breakout to continue. The base was a reasonable length and it was forming at the top of a Bullish Wide Range Bar (+WRB). However, the weekly was up from its base five-weeks in a row. Now, that doesn't always mean the breakout could not have worked, but it was lower odds. That being said, the breakout failed when prices broke under the breakout bar's low. It's shock-time for the breakout traders, what are you and other traders going to do? HCN has been moving up on the weekly time frame since the end of last year, and notice that last week's range was the widest since the move started. In addition, it closed almost at the high of the week; no wick or upper shadow. In other words, buyers were falling over themselves to get these shares after multiple weeks of a straight up run into a weekend. Thinking must be that there is no risk of moving lower. Hum, well maybe that's true and we'll see. Friday, HCN broke out above two bars with equal highs. That was a minor stall of course and not what many would consider a base, but this is what strong trends do. If prices break under Friday's low it will come as a big surprise to those that bought last week. Universal INS Hldgs. (UVE) has had a big run this year and may move higher still, but right now it looks ripe for a breakout failure. Last week's range narrowed after the prior week having had a huge range. That signals that the bullish momentum reached an extreme and then slowed. Buyers of UVE are not expecting a move under Friday's low, so if prices do - the trap will be set. Lastly, here is a chart of the S&P 500 ETF symbol SPY. It also broke out above two prior days with relatively equal highs Friday. Buyers stepped up all day Friday and when there was no pullback mid-day, they scrambled to buy shares right into the close. Notice the size of last week's range compared to the prior ones. If SPY breaks under Friday's low, it will be a shock to those recent buyers and that is likely to bring in sellers short-term. However, it will not change this bullish uptrend simply because the trend will still be up. What I have shown you in this Chart of the Week (COTW) is how to recognize one type of failure/shock pattern. Educated short-term day-traders and swing-traders know how to take advantage of these moves when they happen. If you are holding long in this market for the intermediate-term there is nothing for you to do. That being said, watch to see if there are any breakout failures next week and what happens.
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