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Thomas N. Bulkowski’s successful investment activities allowed him to retire at age 36. He is an internationally known author and trader with almost 30 years of stock market experience and widely regarded as a leading expert on chart patterns. His four books, including the best selling Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns, have been translated into six languages. He may be reached at

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4,200 by 08/15/2010
375 by 08/15/2010
2,100 by 08/15/2010
1,050 by 08/15/2010
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This page serves as the main gateway to trading and investing tutorials. Be sure to scan down the entire list because articles are only listed once and yet they may apply to different categories.

 

Latest Releases

    Picking Stocks, ETFs, Options

  1. Adam and Eve patterns. What are they and how can they help?
  2. Busted chart patterns. The answer to profits?
  3. Covered calls. Boost your returns with options.
  4. ETFs. What you should know.
  5. Focus on fundamentals. Picking stocks using fundamental analysis.
  6. How to pick stocks, part 1.
  7. How to pick stocks, part 2.
  8. Premature buying. Learn how to prevent buying too soon.
  9. SEC Forms. What do they tell the trader or investor?
  10. Stocks that double. Discover what attributes they share.
  11. 3 tips to help you pick stocks.
  12. Money Management

  13. Averaging down. Should you average down and when?
  14. Hold on. How long to you need to hold onto a stock? Find out...
  15. Order types. What is a MOC order or stop limit? Find out.
  16. Position sizing. The truth revealed!
  17. Protect your assets. Seven tips to a safer life.
  18. Scaling in. Adding to a position may not pay.
  19. Scaling out. Should you sell a portion of your position?
  20. Trade review. Reviewing trades can lead to profits.
  21. Zero-cost averaging. What is it?
  22. Top

    Fibonacci

  23. Fibonacci retraces and extensions, in price and time.
  24. Setting price targets using Fibonacci.
  25. The nature of bottoms.
  26. Finding the Market Bottom
  27. Stops, Support and Resistance

  28. Best stop locations
  29. Price mirrors. How can they be used for price prediction?
  30. Stop Placement
  31. Example stop placement in a straight-line price run.
  32. Support and resistance. Learn the various types.
  33. Stan Weinstein has developed a unique stop placement technique.
  34. Patterns

  35. Flags and high and tight flags. What's the difference?
  36. Gauging Gaps. This article fills in the gaps.
  37. Head and shoulders patterns What's to know? Plenty!
  38. Inverted dead-cat bounce. The most important event pattern every trader should know.
  39. Two candlestick tips could improve profitability.
  40. When patterns collide. Two chart patterns, same chart, same time. Which is right? Find out.
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    Trading Tips

  42. Predicting the breakout direction: With some patterns, it's easy.
  43. Drawing 3 point channels. What's involved and how is it done?
  44. Indicators. Can they be your best friend?
  45. Market direction. 7 tips to determining.
  46. 12 Month moving average. Use a simple moving average to time the market.
  47. Option trading tips from Bill Greenwalt.
  48. Over trading Are you trading too often?
  49. Shorting stocks. Tips for shorting stocks?
  50. 3 tips might make your trading more profitable.
  51. 3 trading mistakes and how to fix them.
  52. Trading cycles help time your entries and exits.
  53. Trend change detection using a triangle apex.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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