January 2008 – Technical Analysis of Stock Trends

Definition of stop: Stop the damage.

Post author:WHC Bassetti
Post published:January 25, 2008
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The reason you honor stops is so that you don't wind up owning Enron at 1/16. You never know till later whether you did the right thing. You only know…

Market panics. Technicians yawn. Is it a bear market?

Post author:WHC Bassetti
Post published:January 18, 2008
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It is not necessary to predict a bear market or even to identify it in its early stages. All you need to know is what to do now, and that…

At the tipping point? At the bungee point? Is there a point?

Post author:WHC Bassetti
Post published:January 11, 2008
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Indeed. More points than an eight point buck. Point 1. Stop taken out. Point 2. Theoretical question about placement of stop. Usually in a sideways pattern the stop will be…

Whoops. Was that an air pocket?

Post author:WHC Bassetti
Post published:January 4, 2008
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And is the parachute working? Or the bungee cord? That we won't know till next week, but we do know now that the price has returned to the bottom zone.…

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Definition of stop: Stop the damage.

Market panics. Technicians yawn. Is it a bear market?

At the tipping point? At the bungee point? Is there a point?

Whoops. Was that an air pocket?