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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.

Introduction to Scanning in MetaStock

The Explorer is one of the most powerful tools in MetaStock. It gives you the capability to search through thousands of securities at a time to help you find those hidden gems. To take full advantage of this powerful tool, it’s important that you have a good understanding of its capabilities.

Detecting deterministic dynamics in stock prices

by Tim Straiton

It may appear odd to many investors, but stocks that are less volatile than their counterparts have historically produced comparable or better returns. However our analysis of stocks which display long periods of deterministic dynamics perform much better than those which tend to trend sideways over long periods. We have applied the MACD-V indicator from Alex Spiroglou to scan the S&P500 stocks over 100 days. We wanted to see how many days constituent stocks traded outside the...

Is this apple turning sour?

2026-06-05 by Tim Straiton

“Biting into a sour apple” symbolises making decisions that are unpleasant but necessary. In this context it may well be the time for holders of Apple stock to consider hedging their positions. The stock closed at $311.23 on June 4th 20216.

A number of technical warning signs of momentum exhaustion are emerging. The MACD-V indicator is starting to roll over from a relatively high level. The 14 day relative strength index is at 66.5%, having broken its upward trendline.

The 61.8% Fibonacci upside projection target based on the 243.42 to 288.62 range traded between 3rd December 2025 and the 21st Jan 2026 comes in at $316.55 which is close to the recent high of $316.94.

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

CNBC

Site Description:

CNBC is the recognized world leader in business news, providing real-time financial market coverage and business information to more than 340 million homes worldwide, including more than 95 million households in the United States and Canada. The network's Business Day programming (weekdays from 5:00 a.m.- 7:00 p.m. ET) is produced at CNBC's headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. CNBC also includes reports from its news bureaus worldwide in Midtown Manhattan, the NASDAQ MarketSite, Washington D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, London, Singapore and CNBC's headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J.