Wyckoff Power Charting

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About the author: , an industry-leading "Wyckoffian," began teaching graduate-level courses at Golden Gate University (GGU) in 1987. Working closely with the late Dr. Henry (“Hank”) Pruden, he developed curriculum for and taught many courses in GGU’s Technical Market Analysis Graduate Certificate Program, including Technical Analysis of Securities, Strategy and Implementation, Business Cycle Analysis and the Wyckoff Method. For nearly three decades, he co-taught Wyckoff Method courses with Dr. Learn More

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Will PnF Light the Way in 2019

by Bruce Fraser

As 2018 was getting underway, a January Buying Climax (BCLX) and a February Automatic Reaction (AR) turned a robust uptrend into a ‘Range-Bound’ market for most of the remainder of the year...Read More 

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The NASDAQ Composite Stumbles into 2019

by Bruce Fraser

For stock indexes, 2018 started dramatically and ended with even more drama...Read More 

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Yield Curve Inversion?

by Bruce Fraser

The recent weakness in the stock market was partially attributed to the flattening of the ‘Yield Curve’. When bond yields (typically U.S. Treasuries) are plotted in order of their time to maturity, a Yield Curve is the result...Read More 

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International Intrigue

by Bruce Fraser

Rolling into the New Year can often bring seismic shifts in financial markets. In January of 2018 stock indexes climaxed and reversed. This set the tone of market action for the year. International markets were among the hardest hit during the year...Read More 

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Semi. Campaign. Completion?

by Bruce Fraser

As Wyckoffians we like to celebrate long holiday weekends by looking at Point and Figure charts. Allow me to contribute to your weekend chart stack with this case study on the semiconductor stocks (VanEck Vectors Semiconductors ETF will be our proxy)...Read More 

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Natural Gas Lights Up

by Bruce Fraser

U. S. Natural Gas Fund (UNG) made an important ‘Spring’ low at the end of 2017. A Change-of-Character (CHoCH) emerged in the trading behavior of UNG in the new year. On the weekly chart UNG had been in a one year downtrend that concluded with a Spring and a Test...Read More 

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Using PnF Charts for Intraday Trading

by Bruce Fraser

Point and Figure charts are useful tools for more than calculating price objectives. Many Wyckoffians start their analysis with PnF charts and then turn to vertical bar charts when and if needed. Classic Wyckoff analysis uses a combination of vertical and PnF charts...Read More 

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Nasdaq Composite. Down for the Count?

by Bruce Fraser

The current decline was accompanied by a large increase in volatility and volume. Can the Wyckoff Method help guide our thinking and improve our tactics? A recent parallel is the decline in January and February of this year and the market action that followed in its aftermath...Read More 

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Headwinds

by Bruce Fraser

Headwinds have been forming for the stock market. Point and Figure counts (PnF) have been signaling where these opposing forces to higher stock prices were likely to emerge. Stocks have reacted downward with authority after hitting these PnF targets...Read More 

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Health Care Plan

by Bruce Fraser

In March of 2017 the Health Care Sector (XLV) emerged from a large Reaccumulation structure into a fresh new uptrend. Much has happened since then. Let’s update the status of this uptrend. After a sustained advance from 2009 to 2015 the trend stopped and a Reaccumulation formed...Read More