By Vadim Pokhlebkin
5/10/2012 5:00:00 PM
When you trade stocks, the question is always the same: What's the trend? Looking at the market's "fundamentals" today, you'd probably agree that it's a tough call. Europe is tanking, but maybe it's not so bad; U.S. jobs market is improving, but not as well as we'd like. Is the Fed done "stimulating"? Will the ECB lower interest rates? And on, and on. Here's how Elliott wave analysis helps you cut through the guesswork...
Filed Under: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, Interest Rates, Nasdaq Composite, S&P 500, stock indexes, technical analysis, trade targets, trading lessons, trendlines
Category: Stocks
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
5/8/2012 4:00:00 PM
Peter Brandt has the quiet confidence of an ex-Marine. If you met him on an elevator, you would never tell that he is "the greatest trader you've never heard of." (That's not an exaggeration.) At least once a week, Peter sends his Traders Boot Camp students an update. Today, Peter sent us another interesting email with 7 bullet points. Here's an excerpt with the 4 most crucial ones...
Filed Under: futures trading, market myths, online trading, technical analysis, trade targets, Traders, trading lessons
Category: Education
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
5/7/2012 9:15:00 PM
Bonds are a stepchild of the financial news world. Stocks, forex, energy, commodities -- all those markets get their spotlight many times a day on financial TV and in other media. Bonds, not so much. Bonds are complicated. For starters, there are lots of different bonds: Treasury, sovereign, agency, municipal, corporate; high-grade and high-yield (a.k.a. junk), etc. Then you have bond prices and bond yields; when one goes up, the other one goes down… Now multiply that across a dozen different nations. There is a lot going on.
Filed Under: Bear market, debt, diversification, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, europe, European debt crisis, eurozone, Interest Rates, safe haven, trade targets, U.S. Treasuries
Category: Interest Rates
By Jill Noble
5/2/2012 5:15:00 PM
Beacon Learning Group will host an educational webinar for EWI readers on Tuesday, May 8 at 11:00 am Eastern Time. Learn how to register today!
Filed Under: Elliott Wave Education, Elliott Wave Principle, Elliott Wave trading, risk management, technical analysis, trade targets, Traders
Category: Stocks
EUR/USD: Nowhere Fast?
How Elliott wave analysis helps you identify the forex trend in several simple steps
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
3/21/2012 4:00:00 PM
Today's euro-dollar exchange rate hovers near $1.32. That's the same price point where EUR/USD traded in early March -- and in mid-February, and in late January. You must look at the market's Elliott wave pattern to determine the trend. Let's do that.
Filed Under: Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, euro, forex, forex trading, technical analysis, technical indicators, trade targets, trading lessons, U.S. dollar
Category: Currencies
A Story About Overcoming the Odds
Winning in the markets is hard enough. Imagine if you had to also overcome THIS
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
2/23/2012 6:30:00 PM
A rare opportunity came my way this past December: My company, Elliott Wave International, sent me to Orlando to attend Peter Brandt's Traders' Boot Camp. I say "rare opportunity" because, well, how often do you get to come to a training event for serious market speculators? Of the 20 traders at that Boot Camp, I'd say 7 or 8 had a $1 million-plus trading account. One had been written about in a Forbes article. There was a lot of success in that room. Why, then, you may wonder, did those traders pay good money to spend 2.5 days with Peter Brandt, the instructor?
Filed Under: investment decisions, investment strategy, online trading, risk appetite, risk management, technical analysis, technical indicators, trade targets
Category: Education
By Editorial Staff
2/14/2012 2:45:00 PM
The Popgun is a two-bar pattern composed of an outside bar preceded by an inside bar. It introduces swift, tradable moves in price. Learn how to incorporate this bar pattern into your Elliott wave analysis.
Filed Under: Club EWI, coffee futures, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave Education, Elliott Wave trading, successful traders, trade targets, Traders, trading lessons
Category: Trading Lessons
By Jason Lureman
1/12/2012 11:45:00 AM
How do you know the right time to exit when price action goes your way? While no forecasting method guarantees that you buy at the absolute low and sell at the absolute high, Elliott wave analysis -- and, specifically, Fibonacci relationships between waves -- can help you identify high-probability price targets.
Filed Under: Fibonacci, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, Elliott Wave Principle, trade targets, forex
Category: Currencies
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
1/4/2012 7:00:00 PM
Looking back at 2011, almost everyone agrees that the euro weakness/dollar strength we saw was only logical. Seriously, where else was the euro to go but down last year, with all the problems in Europe? It's a wonder EURUSD didn't fall any lower! "Fundamentally"-based explanations like this always make perfect sense when you look back. It's when you try to apply them going forward, that's when it gets tricky. I'll give you an example.
Filed Under: Elliott wave, eu, euro, euro/USD exchange rate, europe, European debt crisis, european markets, eurozone, forex, forex trading, technical analysis, technical indicators, trade targets, Traders, trading lessons, U.S. dollar
Category: Currencies
Opportunity into Reality: Real-Life Example
"Catching market opportunities" sounds good -- but how, exactly, does Elliott wave analysis help you do that?
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
10/10/2011 4:15:00 PM
As an elliottwave.com reader, you know that we often talk about "catching market opportunities." That sounds good -- but how, exactly, does Elliott wave analysis help you do that? Last week offered a good example. October 4, was an interesting -- and significant -- day for the Dow...
Filed Under: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott Wave trading, European debt crisis, Greek debt, Nasdaq Composite, Robert Prechter, S&P 500, technical analysis, technical indicators, trade targets, trading lessons, trading lessons
Category: Stocks
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
9/29/2011 6:45:00 PM
Novice traders (and investors) usually think that an accurate forecast is all they need to succeed. You read "a good forecast," you open a trade -- and then you close it. Buy low, sell high, wham-bam -- you’re rich. That happens only if you’re really, really lucky. But let’s consider a more probable trading scenario...
Filed Under: derivatives, Dick Diamond, futures trading, Nasdaq Composite, S&P 500, technical analysis, technical indicators, trade targets, trading lessons, trading lessons
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
9/20/2011 5:15:00 PM
Senior U.S. Equity Analyst Tom Prindaville watches intraday market movements like a hawk. He knows when trendlines have been breached, impulsive waves are unfolding, and corrective moves are underway. He identifies and labels waves on an intraday scale in the way our other services label waves on a longer time scale. If you're an experienced stock speculator, find out how to gain that extra intraday edge you've been looking for...
Filed Under: Elliott Wave trading, momentum, short selling, trade targets, Traders, trendlines, U.S. STOCK MARKET
Category: Stocks
Commodities: "Simple" Elliott Does The Trick
Even basic Elliott wave analysis can put you miles ahead of other traders. Today's focus: lean hog futures
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
9/14/2011 3:30:00 PM
Vadim Pokhlebkin: Jeffrey, I don't think I'm alone in saying that whatever the problem, I prefer simple solutions. Now, you use Elliott wave analysis on commodities every day, and I've seen you make it both simple and complex. Which approach do you think is more effective? -- Jeffrey Kennedy: It depends. When the chart picture is not easy to recognize as any specific Elliott wave pattern, it forces you to "make it complicated" by using additional technical analysis tools. But let's look at a very recent example...
Filed Under: corn futures, feeder cattle futures, Fibonacci, futures trading, lean hog futures, live cattle futures, soybean futures, soybean meal, technical analysis, technical indicators, trade targets, trading lessons
Category: Commodities
By Jill Noble
7/20/2011 2:45:00 PM
See an interactive example of Fibonacci targets playing out as projected by our Currency Cross Rates team.
Filed Under: Elliott Wave Principle, euro, European debt crisis, Fibonacci, forex, forex trading, Swiss franc, trade targets, Elliott Wave trading
Category: Currencies
By Bob Stokes
7/6/2011 5:30:00 PM
What if prices head down from the Right Shoulder for yet a third time -- and then crash through the neckline? Senior analyst Jeffrey Kennedy offers an explanation...
Filed Under: Elliott Wave trading, futures trading, head and shoulders pattern, Jeffrey Kennedy, technical analysis, trade targets, Traders
Category: Commodities