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What is your most favorite and useful reference on candlestick patterns? Thanks

They are timed to enter at the close of market at the end of the trading day, so you need to be watching the VIX or VXN near the market close. The typical hold is one to three days. But, I have noticed a few instances of profitable trades exiting the next morning. I am uncomfortable holding...

A book by Laurence Connors, "Trading Connors VIX Reversals" The basic premise appears to be that the value of the VIX is not as important in and of itself, as compared to the fact that the VIX is supposedly mean reverting. That is, if it gets extended far beyond the 5, 10, or 20 day moving...

I am not an expert, but I watch a 10 minute Trin all day to confirm market direction. My simplistic understanding is as follows, and I would defer to anyone more knowledgeable: If the Trin is between .35 and 1.0, there is a modestly strong advancing market overall. (some use .60 as the low...

Thanks easyguru and DTK. Much appreciated.

I have been using Norton Antivirus, and SPY Bot and Lava Soft for cleaning ad and tracking files. Plus my Internet provider has all ports stealthed. Not being a computer Guru, I assumed this was sufficient. Nonetheless, last week my trading program would constantly shutdown making it...

DTK I see you are probably using TC2000. You mentioned better stocks out there to trade. What type of stocks are you looking for and can you share some of your thought on scans. Thanks, Mike

I am not skilled in TA, but here's my 2c. for feedback. Indications favorable for a short term bounce up: The TRIN after 10:30 am today indicated some modest selling and the general market closed lower. Yet the stock did not drop below Thursday's low which is positive. There is a five day...

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Hardly. Maybe stupid like a fox. And all the while they are laughing all the way to the bank at our expense.

There are lots of jobs created. Mostly in Mexico, India, etc. as more and more of our services and manufacturing are exported. But you don't see any tax incentives or encouragement from either party to keep jobs here and to relocate them, like in our major inner cities.

How do you scan for your picks? If you would care to share.

OK thanks for the feedback.

I sat on a market sell for over half a minute through smart today and no fill(twice). If I recall correctly, also tried it through NYSE and the same results. Why should you have to sit on an open market order that long. Called IB and they said NYSE had received the orders, but NYSE did not...

Yes, I believe TA forms the basis and structure for potential trade setups. Unfortunately a TA swingtrade setup can be easily derailed by something unexpected like a change of broker rating or by strong institutional buying or selling, blowing through stops. This happened to me twice in two days...

I really don't understand what happened to you here. If you were trading with an online direct access broker, it would be impossible to conduct daytrading in a business like and professional manner, if your case was anything but rare. Most online daytraders are in and out of positions all day...

Threei recently authored a book, "Techniques of Tape Reading" I found the strategies in the book have been a great help to me in timing entries and exits, or whether or not to enter in the first place. Perhaps one of the most helpful books on trading that I have ever read.

Does the data for the QT charts sit on my computer, the QT server, or the Xoomtrade server?

Where does the data sit for the QT charts? Does it sit on my computer, your server, or the QT server? I wasn't able to get it to work. Does it require saving the data for the charts on my computer? More explanation would be helpful. I get an error message on the QT charts "not enough...

I was looking at Intu this morning. Hard to tell an entry for a short. What conditions are you looking for to enter a short?