technical analysis

Technical Analysis is the study of price action of the market itself rather than the economic factors that contribute to it. Technical analysts believe that human behavior is the principle driver behind change in financial markets and that this behavior produces trends and repeating patterns that are predictive to the trained eye.

The first recorded history of a trader using technical analysis was Sokyo Honma, a rice trader in eighteenth century Japan. Charles Dow is the recognized father of modern technical analysis based on a series of editorials he wrote for The Wall street Journal between 1897 and 1902.

The most authoritative text on technical analysis is Technical Analysis of Stock Trends(1948) by Robert Edwards and John Magee. The most comprehensive text is Technical Analysis (2007) by Charles Kirkpatrick and Julie Dahlquist. The premiere organization dedicated to the advancement of technical analysis and credentialing of practitioners is the Market Technicians Association (MTA.org).

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• Forex Technical Analysis with Top Dog Trading

  
  Automatic Forex Trading Software — Authority: 144
  Top Dog Trading Review One of the biggest problems facing the uninitiated to the Forex market , is the perception that it is straight forward. This perception is very costly, I know, because we fell foul of it ourselves and it lost us a considerable amount of money. It doesn’t matter how you start Forex ...
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• Key Levels In the S&P 500

  
  market folly — Authority: 602
  MarketClub just posted up a new video examining the S&P 500 and in it theyve outlined two key levels in the market. They highlight that while the trend is up, you still have to be cautious and know when to switch from long to short. So, theyve identified a level at which to exit longs (S&P 1072) and then ...
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• OmniVision Technologies plunges on soft 3Q revenue outlook

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 655
  Filed under: Major movement , Earnings reports , Bad news OmniVision Technologies ( OVTI ) shuffled into the earnings spotlight Monday night, and the stock is getting punished as a result. While the company managed to exceed analysts second-quarter earnings expectations , traders seem utterly dismayed by ...
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• First Solar Charts: Long-Term Buy

  
  TheStreet.com — Authority: 557
  The long-term risk on First Solar is quite small when compared to the potential reward.
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• New S&P Pivot Points For Cautious December (SPY)

  
  24/7 Wall St. — Authority: 694
  There is some growing technical concern that is coming in the S&P 500 Index, which of course most trade via the SPDR (NYSE: SPY) ETF or the Spyders.  This is one of the older and most liquid ETF instruments out there with well over 100 million shares traded per day.  INO, one of our affiliates, [...] [[ This is ...
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• Technical levels shaken but not broken by Dubai crisis

  
  FP Trading Desk — Authority: 576
  The debt crisis in Dubai has rattled markets over the past few days, but not enough to trigger the end of the 2009 rally, says RBC Capital Markets technical analyst Ray Hanson. "The tree has been shaken, but no significant price breaks have taken place," Mr. Hanson said in a research note. Early last week, the ...
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• PMCS - PMC-Sierra Inc - Long Term Stock Chart

  
  Pattern Spy — Authority: 132
  Long term, monthly candlestick chart of PMCS stock (PMC-Sierra, Inc. - NASDAQ:PMCS), with trend lines and support/resistance levels: PMCS - PMC-Sierra - Long term stock chart, monthly, since 1997
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• LVLT - Level 3 Communications - Long Term Stock Chart

  
  Pattern Spy — Authority: 132
  Long term, technical analysis chart of LVLT stock (Level 3 Communications, Inc. - NASDAQ:LVLT), with trend lines, trend channels and support/resistance levels: LVLT - Level 3 Communications - Long term stock chart, monthly, since 1998
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• Currency News – Tuesday, 01 December 2009

  
  Forex Market Tips and Analysis — Authority: 127
  Economic News USD – Dollar Declines as Concerns over Dubai Ease The Dollar declined slightly against higher yielding currencies in today’s early trading as concerns over credit losses in Dubai eased and better than expected economic data signaled the global economy is on the way to recovery, boosting demand for ...
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• Scandinavian Kroner Declines Amid Dubai Debt Concerns

  
  Forex Trading Education : Forex Trading Blog by FOREXYARD — Authority: 141
  Scandinavian markets were greatly affected by global events this past week. Swedish Krona headed for its second monthly depreciation versus the EUR, falling 0.5% to 10.4946 per EUR yesterday after Dubai’s government said Dubai World’s debt is not yet assured. The Krona also dropped 0.5% today to 6.9987 per ...
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• Gold Surges to $1200, Oil Extends Rebound

  
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• Daily Review 01/12/2009

  
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  USD Dollar (USD) The Dollar weakened slightly versus the other majors as Dubai\s crisis seem to have been contained. Chicago PMI came out stronger with 56.1 versus 53.4 expected. NASDAQ and Dow Jones gained by 0.29% and 0.34% after trading in the red zone for most of the trading session. Crude gained by 1.81% ...
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• Cautious Optimism Returns to Markets

  
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  The Dollar declined slightly against most rivals in todays early trading, as concerns over Dubais debt repayment problems eased, boosting demand for higher yielding currencies and commodities. USD - Dollar Declines as Concerns over Dubai Ease The Dollar declined slightly against higher yielding currencies in ...
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• Daily Technicals - Dec 1 2009

  
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• AIA Engineering

  
  Dead Presidents! - India Equity Research — Authority: 455
  Recommend a buy in AIA Engineering from a short-term perspective. It is evident from the charts that the stock has been on an intermediate-term uptrend from its March low of Rs 102. Since then, the stock has been shaping higher peaks and troughs. Conclusive break-out of the stocks significant long-term resistance ...
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• Top Takes From RealMoney

  
  TheStreet.com — Authority: 557
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• Dow, Gold, Dollar: Chart View

  
  TheStreet.com — Authority: 557
  The broader market is becoming unstable and looks like it could have more of a pullback this week.
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• Monday Penny Stock Watchlist: Bank Stocks Offer Another Chance at 20.5% Gains

  
  Penny Sleuth — Authority: 419
  As Monday’s market struggles to push into the black today, all eyes are on Dubai. As the credit crunch contagion spreads to yet another country, investors are beginning to get nervous once again that a significant downturn could eat away at open portfolio positions. But in the land of penny stocks, we’re somewhat ...
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• Can the Tiger Woods situation impact Nike?

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 655
  Filed under: Columns , NIKE, IncB (NKE) , Business of sports Okay, so everyone is weighing on the Tiger Woods incident over the holiday weekend. As a "business of sports blogger," its my turn to toss in my two cents. First things first, whatever you think happened early on Friday morning , Tiger has asked for ...
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