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and offering professional guidance for those who wish to improve their trading performance.

Chart Patterns

Flag or Pennant

Pattern Description:

A flag or pennant is a continuation pattern which portrays a period of consolidation in the market before resumption of the original trend. They can be observed in both rising and falling markets. A rise in volume should be observed at the breakout point. If this is not the case then the move is likely to falter.
Flag or Pennant

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Elasticity Toolkit

The Elasticity toolkit was created to obtain maximum gains in both sideways and trending markets with minimum risk. Developed by Timothy Straiton, the system performs with incredible results in almost all equity markets with a daily periodicity. The Elasticity toolkit focuses on short-term market fluctuations and takes advantage of deviation or "elasticity" from the mean price. One could visualize the action of a rubber band being stretched and at the moment where the expansion loses momentum, a contraction takes place, forcing movement in the opposite direction. The Elasticity system opens a trade at the moment that deviation from the mean price loses momentum.

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Could A 'Transaction Tax' Be A Good Thing?

by Lance Roberts
Summary Over the years, I've heard from several clients who have had trouble disciplining themselves from trading too frequently. Free trading may save you money on trading costs, but if it causes you to trade rashly, your returns may suffer. As a fiscal conservative, I'm not too fond of taxes of any sort. I am a firm believer in "free markets." I recently discussed why "Free, Isn't Really Free" regarding the retail investor. While "free...
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Technical Review

Royal Bank of Canada - the air is getting thin up here.

2026-01-23 by Tim Straiton

Current price is $168.86 and 15% above its 40 week moving average. There are a number of reasons why one should look to secure profits on long positions here.

The weekly choppiness index at 33 suggests that a bout of panic buying or short covering has recently taken place. Furthermore, the  MACD-V level of +224 stands at a multi-year high. The Fibonacci 78.6% upside projection target of $174.32, based on the $49.55 to $119.41 range traded between March 2020 and January 2022 has recently been reached and rejected.


Disclaimer

Our opinions are not a recommendation to buy or sell a security. Your decision whether or not to open a transaction should be based on your own due diligence and not on any representation we make to you

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Big Charts

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Stock Charts, Screeners, Interactive Charting and Research Tools.
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