Stoploss.ch

Stoploss.ch

Technical Market Research and Investor Coaching

Delivering technical research of the financial markets
and offering professional guidance for those who wish to improve their trading performance.

Chart Patterns

Cup and Handle

Pattern Description:

The Cup and Handle is a bullish continuation pattern that marks a consolidation period followed by a breakout. The cup is in the shape of a "U" and the handle has a slight downward drift. The right-hand side of the pattern has low trading volume. It can be as short as seven weeks and as long as 65 weeks. As the stock comes up to test the old highs, the stock will incur selling pressure by the people who bought at or near the old high. This selling pressure will make the stock price trade sideways with a tendency towards a downtrend for four days to four weeks... then it takes off.
Cup and Handle

Featured Video

The RMO ATM 3.0 Trading System

The RMO (inbuilt in MetaStock) has been one of MetaStock's most popular systems by far, and the RMO ATM is also no exception when it comes to plug-ins.

Featured Article

Minimizing risk in trading

by Tim Straiton
Paul Tudor Jones, the legendary trader stated that financial markets trend only 15 percent of the time. The rest of the time they move sideways. When markets are in a trendless or sideways state, they become choppy and more difficult to predict. Technical analysis offers numerous indicators which are valuable in making us aware of the market trend state. We will be looking at four technical indicators available in Metastock which are useful in evaluating trend direction and trend...
Read more...

Technical Review

General Motors - Time to take profits?

2026-01-05 by Tim Straiton

General Motors Company is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. The company is most known for owning and manufacturing four automobile brands: Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac, each a separate division of GM. By total sales, it has continuously been the largest automaker in the United States, and was the largest in the world for 77 years before losing the title to Toyota in 2008. The current price of GM as of 2nd January 2026 is $81.32 and well above its 40 week rising moving average of 58.63.

Although the performance of this stock has been outstanding over the past two years, the technical picture suggests that we are entering a phase of bullish exhaustion. The choppiness index stands around the panic area of 30 and the MACD-V indicator is at +204, the highest level for the past 5 years. The 14 week relative strength index is at an overbought level of 82%. The Fibonacci 38.2% upside projection target price of $87.41, based on the $ 14.325 to $67.21 range traded between March 2020 and January 2022 can be regarded as an excellent level to take profits on long positions.


Disclaimer

Our opinions are not a recommendation to buy or sell a security. Your decision whether or not to open a transaction should be based on your own due diligence and not on any representation we make to you.

Featured Site

Affordablestock

Site Description:

Providing great picks that have great opportunities for quick gain on the market.
http://www.affordablestock.com/