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Support and Resistance- Technical Analysis Mainstays

September 13th, 2009 · 18 Comments

When identifying stocks for our watchlist and portfolios, we look for uptrending price patterns and utilize moving averages to establish these trends. In an ideal situation the price bars (OHLC) bounce off and above the short-term ( 20-day) exponential moving average. When this occurs, the moving average is serving as support for the price of the [...]

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Tags: beta · economic news · moving averages · support and resistance

Using Moving Averages in Your Buy-Sell Decisions

June 14th, 2009 · 19 Comments

When it’s time to buy a new car we analyze the reliabilty and safety of the automobile. A comparison is made of the price of the car to the value we are receiving. We contrast that value to the worth of other vehicles. At some point, after all the analysis, a decision is made…..”that’s the car I will [...]

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Tags: Cashing in on Covered Calls · NYSE Euronext · Technical Analysis · economic news · moving averages · ticker symbols