http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Sylvain+Vervoort Finances Sylvain Vervoort Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=453580&ca=Finances During an illness in the mid-1930s, Ralph Nelson Elliott discovered the correlation between human emotion and trend patterns contained within stock price charts. Elliott discovered different patterns that repeated themselves in form but not necessarily in size or length of time; these patterns could... Finances Sylvain Vervoort Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=450622&ca=Finances In my opinion, one of the only tools that can give you an idea as to which direction the stock price will move next is Elliott wave analysis. With short, medium, and long-term Elliott wave trend analysis, you can have a pretty good indication if price has a better chance of going up or going down in... Finances Sylvain Vervoort Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=444050&ca=Finances With this article we have a look at the candlestick charts bottom reversal patterns. We will discuss a few strange names like bullish engulfing pattern, piercing line, bullish counter attack, bullish harami, morning star, hammer and inverted hammer, three white soldiers and more. If you need some ba... Finances Sylvain Vervoort Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=439768&ca=Finances What is technical analysis and is trading based on technical analysis profitable? Lets start with my definition of what I consider is technical analysis of financial price data. Technical analysis is using graphical charts to identify buy and sell patterns every possible way. With statistics proving... Finances Sylvain Vervoort Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=437132&ca=Finances Let’s have a look at candlestick top reversal patterns. I will discuss bearish patterns with the engulfing pattern, dark cloud cover, harami, evening star, abandoned baby, hanging man and shooting star pattern and more. Before looking at the top reversal patterns we have to define the rules for a to... Education Sylvain Vervoort Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=433352&ca=Education With this article I want to introduce you to basic candlestick chart patterns. We are discussing black and white candles, doji’s, spinning tops and bottoms and, tweezer tops and bottoms. A white body has a higher closing price than the opening price. The white body has a normal average size compared... Advice Sylvain Vervoort Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=427741&ca=Advice Let me start by saying that the candlestick patterns in candlestick charts should be part of any stock buying or selling strategy. Steve Nison introduced the candlestick techniques to the Western world in his first book, Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques in 1991. The advantage of using candle... Finances Sylvain Vervoort Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=424374&ca=Finances Let’s have a look at the heikin ashi candle chart and the use of this technique to smooth price data together with the zero-lagging technique we presented in an earlier article about moving averages. Heikin ashi, Japanese for “average bar,” is a technique used to better visualize price trends by rec... Advice Sylvain Vervoort Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=422572&ca=Advice In this article I will talk about the Relative Strength Indicator used as a leading indicator to show early price reversals. We will also look at the creation of a dynamic overbought and oversold level and the use of small M-and-W patterns, leading short term price reversals. The Relative Strength I... Finances Sylvain Vervoort Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=416440&ca=Finances With this article I will introduce you to the practical use of windows or also called gaps in price charts. An up window in a bar chart appears when the low price of the current bar is higher than the high price of the previous bar. A down window in a bar chart appears when the high price of the cur...