Learn about outside reversal patterns, their significance in technical analysis, and how they indicate potential trend ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

From Tokyo rice markets to Wall Street trading floors, candlestick patterns have stood the test of time. Now, in the high-stakes world of cryptocurrency trading, where government policies can shift ...

Last week, I took a closer look at outside days on a candlestick chart of the S&P 500 Index (SPX). As a refresher, an outside day occurs when a stock’s daily high is higher than the prior day’s high, ...

A rare bullish outside day just formed on the SPX chart A positive signal emerged last week on the candlestick chart of the S&P 500 Index (SPX). On Wednesday, the chart formed a bullish outside day — ...

If you’ve ever looked at a trading platform and seen a chart filled with rectangles and vertical lines, you’ve already encountered a candlestick chart — even if you didn’t realize it. These colorful ...

Spotting breakouts above prior-day highs is an essential professional day trading skill. The challenge is to be able to quickly avoid false breakouts, while getting in on trades that continue up once ...