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Thomas Bulkowski’s successful investment activities allowed him to retire at age 36. He is an internationally known author and trader with 30+ years of stock market experience and widely regarded as a leading expert on chart patterns. He may be reached at

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Busted
Patterns		 Candles Chart
Patterns		 Event
Patterns		 Small Patterns
Market
Industrials (^DJI):
Transports (^DJT):
Utilities (^DJU):
Nasdaq (^IXIC):
S&P500 (^GSPC):
As of 08/13/2018
25,188 -125.44 -0.5%
11,021 -69.80 -0.6%
724 0.96 0.1%
7,820 -19.40 -0.2%
2,822 -11.65 -0.4%
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1.9%
3.8%
0.2%
13.3%
5.5%
Tom's Targets    Overview: 07/31/2018
25,900 or 24,800 by 08/15/2018
11,300 or 10,500 by 08/15/2018
750 or 700 by 08/15/2018
8,250 or 7,600 by 09/01/2018
2,900 or 2,775 by 09/01/2018

Written by and copyright © 2005-2018 by Thomas N. Bulkowski. All rights reserved. Disclaimer: You alone are responsible for your investment decisions. See Privacy/Disclaimer for more information. Some pattern names are the registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Yes, plastic makes the sound of incoming artillery when it's melted. Ask almost any boy. This never happened, but it reminds me of what we did with plastic and fire in my youth.

Written: May 2003
Estimated reading time: 1 minute

Red Truck

Have you seen it? My truck. Not just any truck, but a dump truck made of red plastic with a bed large enough to carry our cat.
I move mountains with my red truck. We swim rivers. I fill it with wooden blocks and race to the end of the hallway, dump my load, and then race back. I love my truck.
# # #
"That's my truck!" I yell and chase after Dave who carries it like a football out the back door.
Five minutes later, I find him behind the shed, hidden from Mom and Dad, a lighter in his hand.
"Where's my truck?"
Dave glances at the red blob stabbed on the end of the stick and smiles. A knowing smile. A smile that spells trouble between brothers.
"You melted my truck?" My eyes open wide, my fists clench. I'm not going to let him get away with it. No way. Not this time.
"Watch."
Drops of flaming red plastic rain down, sounding like incoming artillery.
"Cool!" I said. "Let me drive."
The End

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