STOPD (Special Theory of Price Discovery)

After Hours is the trading session outside of RTH. Most of the time the liquidity during AH is not very good, making erratic price movements more likely.

Plunge Protection Team (PPT) is the nickname for Working Group on Financial Markets. The term was branded as a myth by the financial industry until it was exposed and subsequently ...

A terminal pattern for an uptrend. Detailed explanation can be found in this article

Various kind of moving averages. Just a generic term to refer to the use of MA.

Triple green is an old saying among many equity traders who trade equities in US stock markets. On old monitors, the instruments are displayed in green when they are ...

Non-Farm Payroll report is an highly anticipated economic report with major significance in moving both stock markets and forex majors. See its Survival Guide for more details.

Inverse Head and Shoulder is the upside down chart pattern of Head and Shoulder. Contrary to popular subjective usage or description, IHS should not have its right shoulder dropping below ...

Classic chart pattern pointing to potential moves to lower price level. Detail description of the pattern can be found here.

It has many names as it is discovered and rediscovered again and again by different people. When you see a move, say an up move, retracements are expected. If a retracement ...

Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the Federal Reserve in United States holds regular meetings on its interest rate and other monetary policy decisions. The post-meeting announcements are widely monitored ...