Plain-English guides to technical indicators, settings, chart behavior, and practical trading rules for trend following and breakout strategies.
A base breakout clears its pivot on heavy volume, and the setup on the stock's own chart looks clean. The benchmark index closed at 4,780 that same day, with its…
Two journal entries from the same breakout method can look almost identical at the moment of entry, and the disposition effect is often what pulls them apart later. A stock…
A growth stock spends seven weeks building a flat base under 48.20, then closes at 49.35 on volume running 2.1 times its 50-day average. Two weeks later it might be…
Two traders watch the same base. The top of the range sits at 100.00 and the nearest chart-failure level is a support area at 96.00. One gets a fill at…
Two growth stocks finish their bases in the same quarter. Each one ran more than 100% in the months before, built a tidy six- or seven-week consolidation about 10% deep,…
A growth stock has spent seven weeks moving sideways between 46.80 and 52.10. The 50-day moving average sits at 48.90 and is still rising. On a quiet Tuesday the stock…
A growth stock climbs from 18.40 to 39.10 in seven weeks, a gain of 112.5%. Most charts that go vertical like that give a large part of the move back.…
Two growth companies report on the same evening. The first posts revenue up 38% from the year-ago quarter, and the headline reads well. The second posts revenue up 33%, which…
A company lists with an offer price of $22.00, opens at 31.50, trades as high as 38.20 in its first session and closes at 34.10. Six weeks later it's trading…
A mid-sized company issues a press release before the open. It describes a new product as "transformational" and "category-defining," names a large partner, and quotes a market-size estimate in the…