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Stock Option Trading by A.J. Brown. Trading Webinars, Trading Videos - Big Mike Trading Forum. Decisionpoint.com - Stock Market Technical Analysis & Timing. University. About | AlphaTrends. Brian Shannon, full-time trader, educator and author of the highly regarded book Technical Analysis Using Multiple Timeframes, is the founder of Alphatrends. His expertise has been achieved over a 20-year period as he has navigated the difficult path that relatively few traders follow to success. Early on, as a broker with Lehman Brothers and other major investment firms, Brian gained valuable insight into market dynamics and the human factors that drive them. Brian became an expert technical analyst, and his eye for value and timing combined with confident discipline have propelled him over the years to be the #1 ranked expert on Twitter in the categories of Investing and Day Trading with over 45,000 followers.

Brian is also well known for his technical analysis videos, which are the #1 most subscribed financial videos on YouTube. He is a sought after speaker and contributing author, as well as an investor, senior contributor and advisor of Stocktwits.com. Results May 2012: Huskins. Crowdsourced Trading — Overview. Traders Laboratory - Active Trading Community. Day Trading Forum. Technical Analysis, McClellan Oscillator, advance decline, advance issues, decline issues, breadth indicator, moving average. Technical Analysis, Studies, Indicators: Back to the List of Studies Description: breadth indicators in technical analysis, stock market sentiment analysis, charting, chart example, formula, calculations and how to use. Note: McClellan Oscillator belongs to the group of the Breadth indicators and as all advance-decline based technical indicators, it could be applied to indexes, exchanges, portfolios of stocks or any basket of stocks but not to a single stock or single ETF.

Description McClellan oscillator has been developed by Sherman and Marian McClellan in 1969. McClellan oscillator is a breadth indicator and it is based on the advancing and declining issues, yet, it could be applied to the advance-decline volume data as well. McClellan oscillator was developed to track the relation between the groups of advancing and declining stocks by applying MACD formula to their difference. Technical Analysis Chart 1: McClellan Oscillator and S&P 500 McClellan Oscillator Formula and Calculations. Home. The McClellan Oscillator & Summation Index - Technical Analysis Learning - McClellan Financial. Every day that stocks are traded, financial publications list the number of stocks that closed higher (advances) and that closed lower (declines). The difference between these numbers is called the daily breadth. The running cumulative total of daily breadth is known as the Daily Advance-Decline Line.

It is important because it shows great correlation to the movements of the stock market, and because it gives us another way to quantify the movements of the market other than looking at the price levels of indices. The second chart shows an example of the daily breadth. Each tick mark represents one day’s reading of advances minus declines. In order to better identify the trend that is taking place in the daily breadth, we smooth the data by using a special type of calculation known as an exponential moving average (EMA).

We use two different EMAs: one with a 10% smoothing constant, and one with a 5% smoothing constant. Akuma99 Not So Squeezy Journal. S&P 500 and Nasdaq rally. By Colin Twiggs April 14th, 2013 4:00 a.m. EDT (6:00 p:m AET) These extracts from my trading diary are for educational purposes. Any advice contained therein is provided for the general information of readers and does not have regard to any particular person's investment objectives, financial situation or needs and must not be construed as advice to buy, sell, hold or otherwise deal with any securities or other investments. Accordingly, no reader should act on the basis of any information contained therein without first having consulted a suitably qualified financial advisor. Full terms and conditions can be found at Terms of Use.

Inflation expectations are falling, as suggested by a weaker gold price and treasury yields. Interest Rates and the Dollar The yield on ten-year Treasury Notes is falling, reflecting a dovish outlook on inflation, and testing the base of the recent consolidation at 2.60 percent. . * Target calculation: 2.50 - ( 3.00 - 2.50 ) = 2.00 Gold and Silver. Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets by John J Murphy. The Calculated Mover: EURGBP. The Euro – Great British Pound Franc currency pair is a currency pair often with slow moving trends. Since its inception, the fate of the Euro has been tied to the United Kingdom. The economies are mutually tied due to geographic proximity and have had exceptional trade relations. This fundamental factor has helped the Euro zone grow and is seen in the appreciation of the EURGBP pair moving as much as 4117 pips from the 2000 low to the 2007 high at .9805.

Pictured below we can see the ascent of the EURGBP, begging near the inception of the Euro in 2000. During its climb the EURGBP has been known to have less volatility than other Euro pairs. On average the EURGBP moves approximately 50 pips a day making it about half as active as the EURUSD pair . As ATR decliend to more normal levels, the EURGBP declined as well trading nearly 19% off its 2008 highs and challenging to create a new trend! European Sovereign Debt Crisis Trading the EURGBP ---Written by Walker England, Trading Instructor. U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.