Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. All stock markets have various trading patterns in them, as long as they have some level of volatility. Even in ...

Markets can be volatile at times. But even amid volatility, there are opportunities for pattern trading – including butterfly pattern trading. This charting pattern is the product of volatility and ...

Traders often use the cup and handle pattern in technical analysis to look for possible bullish continuing patterns in the market. This pattern has a cup-shaped shape at the beginning, followed by a ...

Though they originated from the Japanese rice trade centuries ago, candlesticks have made their way into modern-day charts. Their ability to convey much information in a simple diagram and ease of ...

As just about any experienced forex trader will tell you, technical analysis plays a pivotal role in identifying profitable trading opportunities. Occupying a well-established place among the classic ...

For day traders, a brokerage account isn’t enough to trade effectively. In-depth technical analysis demands specific pattern trading software. While many brokerages offer tools to make pattern ...

A bear trap is a technical term for a particular trading pattern in the stock market. Essentially, it’s a relatively sudden ...

Day trading and swing trading are exciting ways to play the market. Those with an expert’s touch can not only feel the ebb and flow of the market but also make significant profits from trading it. But ...

You can violate the pattern day trader (PDT) rules without realizing it. The consequences for violating PDT vary, but can be inconvenient for investors who are not actively trading. For active ...

There was a time years ago when the only people able to trade actively in the stock market were those working for large financial institutions, brokerages, and trading houses. The arrival of online ...