Three Black Crows is a term used to describe a bearish candlestick pattern that can predict a reversal in an uptrend. Classic candlestick charts show "Open", "High", "Low" and "Close" prices of a bar for a particular security. For markets moving up, the candlestick is usually white, green or blue. When moving lower they are black or red. The Three Black Crows...
I decided to apply the Wall Street Cheat Sheet to a chart of the S&P 500 during the Dotcom crash. It is impressive that it still works and holds so many lessons. The question you should ask yourself is, where are we now? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below. ------------------------------------------------------------- Understanding the implications...
Quad-witching is a phenomenon unique to the stock and options markets, occurring four times a year. It captures a flurry of activity sparked by the simultaneous expiration of four types of derivatives contracts: stock index futures, stock index options, stock options, and single stock futures. The third Friday of March, June, September, and December marks these...
Dividend Market as well as Dividend futures trading shines bright, in accordance with CME Group @CME_Group Q3'23 Equity Insights Report. Dividend futures combined Q3 ADV reached 5.1K contracts, and OI averaged 284K contracts (+5% vs. Q2 2023). Over 77K contracts have traded since the launch of Annual Dividend Index futures on Nasdaq-100 NASDAQ:NDX and Russell...
As a trader now of over 23 years, I have read a few hundred trading books in that time. It is always really interesting to have other people's perspective, strategies, hint, tips and tools. However, the main issue is not knowing if you are likely to get value from the book you purchase as it is also very subjective. You either have issues such as the book is too...
The VIX, or Volatility Index, is a measure of the expected volatility of the S&P 500 index over the next 30 days. It is calculated using the prices of options on the S&P 500 index. A higher VIX indicates that market participants are expecting more volatility in the future, while a lower VIX indicates that they are expecting less volatility. The VIX is an...
Have you ever heard of a stock heatmap? 📈 It's an innovative and visually appealing tool used in the world of finance to analyze and interpret market data. Let's explore what it is and how it can be useful in your trading journey. 🌡️ What is a Stock Heatmap? A stock heatmap is a graphical representation of a large set of stocks or securities, where each...
Hello @TradingView family , this is @Vestinda, and let's have some fun and enjoy the markets together. Vestinda is driven to offer our knowledge in developing winning strategies and make traders tasks easier. This is The Story About Bulls and Bears. Bulls can lift things up, Bears can eat you for lunch. Who Are The "Bulls" And The "Bears" In The Market...
The famous negative curve. This market concept is used when the US02Y or US03Y operate at higher levels than the US10Y, this behavior usually anticipates recessions, but why does this happen? The inversion of the yield curve distorts the expected functionality of the financial system. Under "normal" conditions, raising funds in the short term for investment in...
Here I put up a series of deflactors on the Nasdaq 100 Total Return... I like to use Total Return Indexes becuase they acurately reflect the actual growth of the invested money, rather than simple price indexes... I picked the Nasdaq because as you may have noticed from previous posts the Nasdaq is the absolute winner in terms of performance in the last 15...
The cycles of the S&P500 / PART 1 This post introduces a study I'm conducting with the main objective of understanding the cycles and sub-cycles that the S&P500 Index has. Why am I studying the S&P500? Because it is the most relevant index in the world. There is not any other economy in the world that gets close to the returns of the US stock market as a...
Hi! Most commonly used and popularized position sizing method is percent equity model i.e. trader should never risk more than certain percent of trading capital on a single trade. Quite often this number is 2%. This can be anything - within trading there is no right or wrong answers. It all depends from different factors: *Goals *Risk tolerance *Account size...
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Hello everybody, since I pay a lot of attention to statistical values in trading, I took a closer look at the #BoumidiBands (BB_SPX). The BBs are derived from the implied volatility of the futures markets. The upper and lower bands of the indicator give us the range with the highest probability in which the market can move. If the market breaks out of the BBs,...
( """ The pattern consists of a head (the second and the highest peak) and 2 shoulders (lower peaks) and a neckline (the line which connects the lowest points of the two troughs and represents a support level). The neckline may be either horizontal or sloping up/down. The signal is more reliable when the slope is down rather than up. The pattern is confirmed...
How Gold respond in past specially in 2008 crisis and we are again in speculative time where stock prices are matter but not real value. Between stock and gold gape is going wider but there a place where these can work as magnet and come to close again. If bad time come I'm sure peoples will only look stable defense wall
Hello Trenders, Been thinking a lot to or to not publish this signal. Many of you expect a deep on global level, therefore I here show you some mathematic forecast. This may not be the end of the world, yet it is far worse than the most downbeat forecasts. The evidence to support this outlook is in plain sight. Some sixth-grade math is a good place to begin...
Let's talk about DXY. TLDR: DXY is important and you should keep your trading eye on it. For those that don't know, DXY is the US Dollar Index. It measures the performance of the USD compared with a basket of six other currencies that are major trading partners of the United States. By far the largest component is the EUR, followed by JPY, GBP, CAD, SEK and...