Analysis Topic: Investor & Trader Education
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Thursday, February 11, 2016
Gain Trading Confidence by Improving Your Elliott Wave Analysis Skills - Video / InvestorEducation / Elliott Wave Theory
A lesson from Elliott Wave International's Jeffrey KennedyHow do you distinguish between a "good" Elliott wave count and a "bad" wave count?
In this lesson from our educational service for traders called Trader's Classroom, editor Jeffrey Kennedy walks you through the steps you should use to achieve a quality Elliott wave count.
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Monday, January 11, 2016
NEW Mathematical Model For Predicting The NEXT US Stock Market Flash Crash / InvestorEducation / Financial Crash
SUMMARY:
A new mathematical model has been developed that predicts future significant corrections in the US stock market, but in particular it has the potential to predict the next US stock market flash crash.
- In Q4 2015, a new mathematical model was developed with the potential to predict the next US stock market flash crash, prior to the actual event.
- Originally built to calculate strength in price movement in a stock index, the new model can be used to predict significant periods of price weakness.
- Key market corrections, including the recent stock market flash crash events of May 2010 and August 2015 are correctly identified by the model, in advance.
- In addition, key waterfall type corrections, including February 2009, August 2011 and May 2012 are successfully identified by the model, in advance.
- Predictions for 2016 are presented in this article.
Saturday, January 09, 2016
Book Review: Prosper!: How to Prepare for the Future and Create a World Worth Inheriting / InvestorEducation / Reviews
In their new book, Peak Prosperity's Chris Martenson and Adam Taggart don't sugarcoat the thesis, which is basically the end of the world as we know it.
It seems that three major trends are colliding:
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Trading with Elliott wave analysis - GPS vs. Road Map: Which Works Best? (Part 2) / InvestorEducation / Elliott Wave Theory
(Continued; here is part one of this article, if you missed it.)
Think of Trading and Investing as a Trip
Here's my advice: View the Elliott Wave Principle as your road map to the market -- and your investment idea as a trip.
You start the trip with a specific plan in mind, but conditions along the way may force you to alter course. As I mentioned earlier, alternate Elliott wave counts are simply side roads that sometimes end up being the best path.
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Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Forex Markets GPS vs. Road Map: Which Works Best? / InvestorEducation / Elliott Wave Theory
Some thoughts on trading forex (and other markets) with Elliott wave analysis
Some of the best stories about global positioning systems (GPS) are the weird detours they sometimes recommend.
A while back, while on a family trip through Great Smoky Mountains National Park, I decided to use my GPS to drive around the park's western boundary to see the wildlife. My old-fashioned map made it look like it would take the better part of the day. But my GPS said the trip would only be about 20 miles long. Little did I know -- until I got there -- that the road from the GPS was only the remnant of an old wagon trail. I had to backtrack and take the path my paper map had originally suggested.
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Thursday, December 03, 2015
Market Traders and Trendlines: A Match Made in Opportunity Heaven / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
See why this simple tool helps identify high-probability trade set-ups in real world markets
It's the start of the winter holidays -- which, if your family is anything like mine, is also the beginning of a long tradition of deeply regrettable line-crossing, i.e.:
- Crossing that line into interrogating "new" dinner guests as to why they are still single
- Crossing that line into inviting your recently divorced sister-in-law to "stay as long as" she needs
- Crossing that line into a third (no, let's be honest) fourth helping of pecan pie
Thursday, December 03, 2015
How to Win in Any Market: 9 Rules for Contrarian Investing / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
"A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle." ~ Kahlil Gibran
When it comes to investing, the first rule thing you need to learn is effective management of your emotions. It is impossible to eliminate the impulse to act when euphoria or panic are in the air. While you cannot eliminate the emotion that pushes to you react, you can control your reaction. You can choose to run with the herd of fight panic and stand aside while the herd stampedes. The most important rule is to never let your emotions do the talking. This means not succumbing to panic or euphoria. If you fail here, then nothing can help you. All the rules in the world will fail to alter your outcome.
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Tuesday, December 01, 2015
Financial Markets are a Psychological Phenomenon - Video / InvestorEducation / Trader Psychology
Interview with Robert Prechter
Watch this 2-minute video where Robert Prechter talks about his developing theory on finance with Douglass Lodmell for The Mind Of Money series.
Since then, Bob has been hard at work on his new book about his now fully developed theory on finance (scheduled for completion in 2016).
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Thursday, November 19, 2015
Using Elliott Waves: As Simple As A-B-C / InvestorEducation / Elliott Wave Theory
Two resources from Elliott Wave International can help you get started
When Ralph Nelson Elliott discovered the Wave Principle nearly 70 years ago, he explained how social (or crowd) behavior trends and reverses in recognizable patterns. You can learn to identify these patterns as they unfold in the financial markets, and use them to help anticipate where prices will go next. Elliott Wave International has developed a free comprehensive online course -- The Elliott Wave Tutorial: 10 Lessons on the Wave Principle -- which describes these patterns and explains how they relate to one another.
To use the Wave Principle as you analyze the markets, you need a basic understanding of the Elliott method -- the rules and guidelines, the literal shape of individual waves, even when the larger trend may turn.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Does Market Timing Work? / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death. ~ Betty Bender
Many individuals and experts state that market timing is impossible. The answer to this question is yes and no. We all know there are seasons in a year and we know roughly when winter, summer, fall, and spring will begin. No one can predict the exact time the one season will transition into the next. The same rationale applies to market timing. If you are trying to predict the exact market turning points, then you might get it right once or twice, but overall your record will be dismal, it is an exercise in futility for the most part and best reserved for those who seem to have a deep desire to take on large losses. Market timing is like waiting for a change in the season.
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Thursday, October 15, 2015
The "Personality" of Stock Market Waves / InvestorEducation / Elliott Wave Theory
Are movements in the markets just prices or is there more to it?
Elliott waves don't merely reflect prices plotted over time. Each wave has its own "personality." Watch this video by EWI's Wayne Gorman to learn more about the psychology behind the waves and how it affects your investment decisions.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015
The 2 Most Important Keys to Successful Trading / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
Examples from Whole Foods Market (WFM) and Reynolds American, Inc (RAI) show you what to do (or not) to trade successfully with Elliott.
After 20 years of experience applying Elliott wave analysis in real markets, our Senior Analyst Jeffrey Kennedy says that it remains the only tool that will tell him -- down to the tick, to the pip, even to the penny – when his forecast is no longer viable.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Top 3 Technical Tools Part 3: MACD - Video Lesson / InvestorEducation / Technical Analysis
Enhance your trading confidence with this short lesson on how to combine Moving Average Convergence Divergence with other technical tools.
Read full article... Read full article..."Guessing or going by gut instinct won't work over the long run. If you don't have a defined trading methodology, then you don't have a way to know what constitutes a buy or sell signal. Moreover, you can't even consistently correctly identify the trend." -Jeffrey Kennedy
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Free Traders Educational Week / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
Dear Trader,
You have an opportunity to spend the next week learning how you can spot high-confidence trade setups in the charts you follow every day.
Elliott Wave International (EWI) is hosting a free Trader Education Week. Register now and get instant access to free trading resources -- plus you'll receive more lessons as they're unlocked each day of the event.
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Saturday, September 26, 2015
3 Ways the Elliott Wave Principle Enhances Your Trading / InvestorEducation / Elliott Wave Theory
Learn practical ways in which Elliott wave analysis sets you apart from the herd
In this new interview, the head of Elliott Wave International's Educational Resources, Wayne Gorman, tells you about 3 practical benefits of trading with the Elliott Wave Principle: setting realistic price targets, finding ideal entry points -- and squeezing the most out of the trend.
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Thursday, September 17, 2015
Trading 101: Position Sizing / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
This is going to be the last of the trading lessons for a while. I don’t want to turn this into a trading blog, and there are important macro things to talk about (especially next week).
Here’s an imaginary scenario: someone tips you that an acquisition is going to happen. Of course, that would be insider trading, which is illegal—but let’s pretend for the purpose of this exercise that insider trading were legal.
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Friday, September 11, 2015
Stock Market Forecasts: Why You Should Consider Technical Analysis / InvestorEducation / Technical Analysis
Technical versus fundamental analysis? The winner is...
Technical versus fundamental analysis: Which approach yields better investment results?
A new study by three finance professors offers an answer.
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Friday, September 11, 2015
Decision Theory - The Certainty Equivalent / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By Jared Dillian
One of my students met me in my office the other day. He is a ROTC cadet; that’s Reserve Officer Training Corps, in case you don’t know.
He knows I have military experience, and he wanted to pick my brain about how he could use his MBA while working for the government.
“Uh, you can’t, really,” I said.
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Tuesday, September 01, 2015
Three Things Every Master Trader Knows About Trading Options / InvestorEducation / Options & Warrants
I don’t want that happen to you.
While I expect this increased volatility to continue as we head into September and October, things seem to have settled down for the moment, and the markets have, for the time being, resumed their upward march.
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Friday, August 28, 2015
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Market Fluctuations / InvestorEducation / Trader Psychology
Patrick Cox: Most of you know that my day job involves finding disruptive technologies for investors. Most of you also know that the stock market has recently taken a southward plunge.
When I was younger, I always wondered why big fluctuations in markets seemed to cause so many people so much anxiety and consternation. It’s not as if we don’t know that, historically, markets have always displayed big swings. Understanding this, it always seemed clear to me that a rational individual would not invest money in equities if that money might be needed in the short run.
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