Yesterday we posted a technical piece on gold, which one of our friends down under picked up. They made us think about how technical analysis is more art than science (just like economics, by the way) ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Alistair Berg / Getty Images A triangle chart pattern is used in technical ...

In technical analysis, classic chart patterns have varying degrees of success in predicting where a stock is headed. Several studies have shown that certain patterns have historically been right 80% ...

Technical analysts believe that stock prices often trade in patterns, as the motivating driver behind the movement of stocks is humans, and humans exhibit the same emotions when it comes to their ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

The world of technical trading can often feel overwhelming, a blur of lines, candles, and indicators. You might recognize a Head and Shoulders pattern when you see it, but do you have a disciplined ...

Technology sector trading is most effective during market regime transitions, not just in bull or bear extremes. Check out the systematic pattern analysis here.

Correctly identifying and subsequently trading the triangle chart pattern has benefitted many technical forex traders. The triangle pattern is traditionally categorized as a continuation chart pattern ...

As you begin to get familiar with technical analysis, you’ll start to see three distinct types of forex chart patterns emerge. While you might be looking for wedges, flags, channels and triangles, the ...

A downtrend has been apparent in Subsea 7 SA (SUBCY) lately. While the stock has lost 8.3% over the past two weeks, it could ...

It takes all kinds to make the stock market go round. From heavy-handed institutional investors to small but increasingly powerful retail traders to closely followed media pundits, there is no ...