I ran a backtest on a very specific trading pattern on Apple. My research usually starts with a question. Today the question was, how bullish or bearish are three consecutive closes above the previous day highs?

Today I decided to look for momentum and mean reverting characteristics on the major US banks: JP Morgan (JPM), Citigroup (C) and Bank of America (BAC). Plus a few thoughts on trade preparation and chart analysis.

A research study on the price dynamics of the Nasdaq 100 Index around Bollinger Bands. A debate on wether short-term trading is a superior form of trading and a lot more.

There are also two kinds of traders who fail to find success: those who cannot adapt and those who cannot focus and exploit their edges in markets.

The best thing anyone can do when starting out is to learn how a trend system works. You should try to trade a trend-following trading system for a while.

A backtesting study suggests a bullish bias on International Paper.

Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR) has traded down for eight consecutive sessions. I backtested the stock to find out if there was any kind of trading edge to buying the stock for a short term bounce.

A backtesting study on what is likely to happen to Marathon Petroleum (MPC) stock after being down 6 days in a row.

There are basically five stages on the way to consistent profitability. What phase are you in now?

Since 1950 the S&P 500 Index has ended the month with positive returns 75 percent of the time. December actually has the highest percentage of positive monthly closes since 1950 followed by April with 70 percent.

A visualization of the S&P Futures intraday profile.

A quick look at copper futures can tell us a lot about global demand. Copper is often mentioned as Dr. Copper (Phd) for its forecasting abilities on the economic front. Copper is in a small trading range and pretty close to 52 week highs.