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March 18, 2009

Bouncing Off Bollinger Bands (MTXX)

By Chip Anderson
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How are your money management skills these days?  Here's a real test for you:

Over the past 10 months, MTXX has been bouncing up and down between roughly 14 and 19.  One of the first signals that the stock is about to start moving higher again has been when it penetrates its lower Bollinger Band (blue arrows).  While extremely risky by themselves, those signals have often been confirmed by MACD Histogram crossovers within a couple of days (red arrows).

By practicing good money management skills (tight stops, well defined exits, etc.), agile traders may be able to take advantage of MTXX's recent history now that it has gone and done it again (green arrow).  The rest of us can watch with interest to see if history will repeat.

February 23, 2009

Up + Down = Down (CQP)

By Chip Anderson
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The MACD Histogram shows the change in momentum of the MACD Line.  The MACD Line - in turn - shows the change of momentum in the underlying stock.  In the case of CQP, the MACD Line has been moving up pretty steadily since early October (blue trendline).  Recently however the MACD Histogram has started moving lower and is now diverging significantly from the MACD Line.  This signals trouble for the stock - something that may already be appearing on the chart.

February 04, 2009

Hitachi's (HIT) RSI Rebound

By Chip Anderson
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Hitachi's RSI indicator moved back above 30 today after sinking down around 20 two days ago.  This big jump indicates that an important rebound is underway and has a good chance of continuing at least until the RSI crosses 50 again.  The price action shows what may be a selling climax follow by a strong 2-day rally.  This is worth watching closely.