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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.

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Things to watch out for when trading

by finance4traders.blogspot.com

I decided to write this post after reading so much of the anger in some of those trading forums, after some traders lose a significant portion of their wealth on the markets. Here are some methods that I SUSPECT, but cannot PROVE, what some brokers and some vendors use to earn your money. FOREX 1) Offer you way too much leverage than you need. Some brokers off 200x leverage for forex and allow you to set up an account for $100? While a low minimum deposit is always welcome, the high leverage is...

Gold/Silver Ratio - Bullish trend for Gold but nearing overbought levels.

2025-05-15 by Tim Straiton

The Gold/Silver ratio is currently flirting with the Fibonacci 61.8% retracement level measured over the entire 65.12 to 119.04 range traded since March 2020 at 98.44. The 14 week relative strength index is at 66% after having reached the 73% level in early April 2025. The MACD-V weekly reading of 202 suggests that this ratio is running into overbought territory and is a warning that downside retracement is a possibility with focus on the rising 40 week moving average at 89.54.

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ETF Trends

Site Description:

Site by financial adviser Tom Lydon was one of the first sites to cover ETFs and is one of the best. He has a section focused specifically on Bond ETFs which you can find here.