Power Trend: How Sustained Index Strength Is Classified

An index climbs 8.54% over fourteen sessions of a recovery. The 21-day exponential moving average has just crossed above the 50-day simple moving average, the last eight daily lows sit…

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Follow-Through Day: How a Rally Attempt Gets Confirmed

An index has fallen 14.91% from its peak. For three weeks, every bounce has been sold, and the growth stocks on your watchlist have spent that time getting hurt. Then…

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Index Extension Above the 50-Day Moving Average Explained

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…

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Failed Breakout: Reading the Sequence After the Pivot

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…

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CANSLIM Trading System: Seven Filters That Work Together

The CANSLIM trading system is William O'Neil's seven-part screen for catching a growth stock before its biggest advance, and the acronym names the seven tests in order: C for current…

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