With a strong open and weak close on Wednesday, hundres of stocks made the cut for the bearish engulfing scan (177 Nasdaq and 183 NYSE). The chart below shows Google ($GOOG) breaking wedge support last week and forming a bearish engulfing after a three day bounce. You can find more candlestick patterns on the Predefined Scans page.
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Arthur Hill, CMT, is the Chief Technical Strategist at TrendInvestorPro.com. Focusing predominantly on US equities and ETFs, his systematic approach of identifying trend, finding signals within the trend, and setting key price levels has made him an esteemed market technician. Arthur has written articles for numerous financial publications including Barrons and Stocks & Commodities Magazine. In addition to his Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation, he holds an MBA from the Cass Business School at City University in London.
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