# Technical Trader's Sanctuary **URL:** https://discussion.fool.com/c/investing-strategies/technical-traders-sanctuary/19.md?page=3 [Latest](https://discussion.fool.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discussion.fool.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discussion.fool.com/tags.md) **Page:** 4 --- ## [Trying to Sell Past Performance?](https://discussion.fool.com/t/trying-to-sell-past-performance/105815)
**Author:** [@Arindam](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Arindam)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2024, 3:22am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/trying-to-sell-past-performance/105815 "2024-06-05T03:22:44Z")
The chart is from IBD’s website. Looks pretty impressive, right? But now do this. Plot the ETF that tracks the IBD 50 against that same benchmark with a 5-year lookback where the black line is FFTY and the purple is … --- ## [Modifying Quill's Simon Sez System](https://discussion.fool.com/t/modifying-quills-simon-sez-system/105762)
**Author:** [@Arindam](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Arindam)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/modifying-quills-simon-sez-system/105762 "2024-06-05T00:55:10Z")
In some versions of Quill’s Simon Sez trading systems a pair (or a triplet) of moving averages is included. He favors 13/50. But I find that pair doesn’t backtest any better than many other fast-slow variants. In other… --- ## [Using HA Bars vs Unsmoothed Ones](https://discussion.fool.com/t/using-ha-bars-vs-unsmoothed-ones/105810)
**Author:** [@Arindam](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Arindam)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/using-ha-bars-vs-unsmoothed-ones/105810 "2024-06-04T16:04:33Z")
There’s no question about when the ‘Buy’ signal occurs. Here’s the same ticker plotted with HA bars where the previously generated signal is kept on the same bar. But there is no evidence in that chart for making… --- ## [Modifying Quill's Sell Rule](https://discussion.fool.com/t/modifying-quills-sell-rule/105758)
**Author:** [@Arindam](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Arindam)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/modifying-quills-sell-rule/105758 "2024-06-03T19:17:57Z")
Per Simon Sez (in the Standard Version, if I’ve got it right), this is the ‘Sell Rule’. After a Hi flag (frowny face) is planted, the ‘Wait One’ rule kicks in. If the bar following the flag is ‘red’, then exit at the op… --- ## [A Day Trading course para los que hablan espanol](https://discussion.fool.com/t/a-day-trading-course-para-los-que-hablan-espanol/105734)
**Author:** [@Arindam](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Arindam)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/a-day-trading-course-para-los-que-hablan-espanol/105734 "2024-06-02T22:32:23Z")
I kicked around Peru back in the early '70, teaching English for a couple of months. Surprisingly, even with a lack of practice in recent years (and decades) , the guy is easy to understand. People want to deny it. Bu… --- ## [CCU, Looking Good?](https://discussion.fool.com/t/ccu-looking-good/105722)
**Author:** [@Arindam](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Arindam)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/ccu-looking-good/105722 "2024-06-02T14:16:06Z")
Here’s maybe another. Possibly a third. Somewhat weakly. Lastly, not at all a strong chart, but something that I’ve been in and out of before. What these have in common is they’re from a watch list I’… --- ## [HUBS: As I said, "sideways to down."](https://discussion.fool.com/t/hubs-as-i-said-sideways-to-down/105669)
**Author:** [@Arindam](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Arindam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/hubs-as-i-said-sideways-to-down/105669 "2024-05-31T17:11:17Z")
--- ## [Short-term Bond Funds](https://discussion.fool.com/t/short-term-bond-funds/105337)
**Author:** [@Arindam](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Arindam)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/short-term-bond-funds/105337 "2024-05-25T19:01:53Z")
By and large, bond funds are to be avoided as opposed to owning the underlying directly. (Bonds mature. Bond funds don’t.) However, bond funds can be a means to access fixed-income asset classes that don’t readily come o… --- ## [Day Trading with TOS](https://discussion.fool.com/t/day-trading-with-tos/105265)
**Author:** [@Arindam](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Arindam)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/day-trading-with-tos/105265 "2024-05-24T22:26:44Z")
Day trading’ was mentioned a couple times in the ‘Simon Sez Teaching’ thread. That’s not something I normally do. But the TOS platform lends itself to it. So I figured, "Why not?’ given that the current market is so prec… --- ## [Quill: Setting up an order template in TOS](https://discussion.fool.com/t/quill-setting-up-an-order-template-in-tos/105411)
**Author:** [@Arindam](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Arindam)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/quill-setting-up-an-order-template-in-tos/105411 "2024-05-24T21:18:47Z")
Quill, The linked video will demonstrate how to set up (and save) an order template that sets a profit target and a stop loss. I used to use an order-entry front end when I was trading futures at IB and sometimes was k… --- ## [SARK, again (a followup)](https://discussion.fool.com/t/sark-again-a-followup/105393)
**Author:** [@Arindam](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Arindam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/sark-again-a-followup/105393 "2024-05-24T19:53:33Z")
Andy, As I said yesterday, on the basic of plain, old-fashioned tape reading, a ‘down’ day for SARK should have been expected today, which is exactly what’s happening. Suggestion. Clean up your charts. Get rid of a… --- ## [Jim Simmons obit](https://discussion.fool.com/t/jim-simmons-obit/105296)
**Author:** [@blacktreechaser](https://discussion.fool.com/u/blacktreechaser)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/jim-simmons-obit/105296 "2024-05-21T23:27:44Z")
I don’t know if he was using fundamentals or was a technician, but since he was a renowned math guy, I assume it was the latter. At age 40 he quit academia and jumped into investing, started Renaissance Technologies and… --- ## [How Often Do You Trade?](https://discussion.fool.com/t/how-often-do-you-trade/104819)
**Author:** [@Lakedog](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Lakedog)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/how-often-do-you-trade/104819 "2024-05-09T15:11:12Z")
I consider myself more of a swing trader, certainly not a totally buy-and-hold guy. I do weekly credit spreads, and certainly have scaled-in and scaled-out of many stocks, but I just get the feeling that it’s nothing c… --- ## [Peak Signals: Spotting A Stock's Direction With This Key Market Signal](https://discussion.fool.com/t/peak-signals-spotting-a-stocks-direction-with-this-key-market-signal/104495)
**Author:** [@PuddinHead42](https://discussion.fool.com/u/PuddinHead42)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/peak-signals-spotting-a-stocks-direction-with-this-key-market-signal/104495 "2024-04-30T22:17:13Z")
2/22/24: This video on categorizing rallies will be appealing to a number of people. Eric Krull, co-author of “The Lifecycle Trade,” joins Investor’s Business Daily’s “Investing with IBD” podcast to discuss climax signa… --- ## [Trading Baskets At Fidelity](https://discussion.fool.com/t/trading-baskets-at-fidelity/104301)
**Author:** [@Arindam](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Arindam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/trading-baskets-at-fidelity/104301 "2024-04-24T14:08:28Z")
Last week, I discovered that Fidelity now offers a lower-cost knockoff of what Foliofn offers. As as experiment, I’ve been running an equal-weight basket of gold miners. The price of gold is down on the day. But the mine… --- ## [Are We Seeing SPX Support?](https://discussion.fool.com/t/are-we-seeing-spx-support/104246)
**Author:** [@Lakedog](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Lakedog)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/are-we-seeing-spx-support/104246 "2024-04-24T01:48:31Z")
Drew these lines last night, assuming we would most likely drop further. Been trying to think through arguments for 4900 or 4800 as possible bottoms. But interesting so far today with the 4950 area, which has some resi… --- ## [SMCI Chart Analysis](https://discussion.fool.com/t/smci-chart-analysis/104112)
**Author:** [@PuddinHead42](https://discussion.fool.com/u/PuddinHead42)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/smci-chart-analysis/104112 "2024-04-23T17:49:04Z")
@buynholdisdead asked what IBD had to say about SMCI, here is my response… Remember that IBD does not make specific buy and sell recommendations. They talk about stocks that are setting up or breaking out, and they wil… --- ## [Price over 20 EMA's](https://discussion.fool.com/t/price-over-20-emas/104142)
**Author:** [@Quillnpenn](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Quillnpenn)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/price-over-20-emas/104142 "2024-04-19T18:36:03Z")
Price over 20 EMA’s as possible canditates. To make a fast buck. For sidebar actin, I buy stocks that cross the 20 ema line heading North. I get an email summary message every morning just after the bell plus or minus… --- ## [Weekly Heikin Ashi and 7EMA](https://discussion.fool.com/t/weekly-heikin-ashi-and-7ema/104015)
**Author:** [@bridgewater](https://discussion.fool.com/u/bridgewater)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/weekly-heikin-ashi-and-7ema/104015 "2024-04-18T20:01:56Z")
With retirement, I no longer want to trade too frequently (used to trade with 60m chart) - Been studying weekly Heikin and it seems to perform well - below is an example - simple trading rule: buy when weekly heikin bar … --- ## [Dutch Bros chart analysis #BROS](https://discussion.fool.com/t/dutch-bros-chart-analysis-bros/103577)
**Author:** [@PuddinHead42](https://discussion.fool.com/u/PuddinHead42)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/dutch-bros-chart-analysis-bros/103577 "2024-04-18T17:44:58Z")
I was recently reviewing the 100 charts of great stocks in the Bill O’Neil book and realized how many of them were related to consumers (HD, Price co, Costco, Walmart, Americal Online, Dell, Yahoo, Schwab, Ebay, Deckers,… --- ## [T + 1 Settlement starts on May 28, 2024](https://discussion.fool.com/t/t-1-settlement-starts-on-may-28-2024/104089)
**Author:** [@Quillnpenn](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Quillnpenn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/t-1-settlement-starts-on-may-28-2024/104089 "2024-04-16T18:23:34Z")
T + 1 Settlement starts on May 28,2024 What to expect with T + 1 settlement date. Starting May 28, 2014, the trade settlement period for stocks and ETFs will be just 1 day (T+1) instead of the 2 days (T+2). Now what d… --- ## [CAVA restaurants, Post IPO chart analysis](https://discussion.fool.com/t/cava-restaurants-post-ipo-chart-analysis/103581)
**Author:** [@PuddinHead42](https://discussion.fool.com/u/PuddinHead42)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/cava-restaurants-post-ipo-chart-analysis/103581 "2024-04-15T19:38:04Z")
Cava is a Mediterranean food restaurant where you can build your own healthy bowls, similar to Chipotle. It IPO’ed in June 2023 and has 263 restaurants in 22 states and DC. I have not yet seen or been to one here in Fl… --- ## [Who Am I and Why Am I here](https://discussion.fool.com/t/who-am-i-and-why-am-i-here/103568)
**Author:** [@PuddinHead42](https://discussion.fool.com/u/PuddinHead42)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/who-am-i-and-why-am-i-here/103568 "2024-04-14T01:26:38Z")
I am a newly retired investor who has been in the market since I was in high school in the late 70s. I once even asked from some stock shares for Xmas and got them! I have tried all sorts of styles from Ben Graham valu… --- ## [First year receiving K-1s. Where do you go for yours?](https://discussion.fool.com/t/first-year-receiving-k-1s-where-do-you-go-for-yours/103630)
**Author:** [@LisaM](https://discussion.fool.com/u/LisaM)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/first-year-receiving-k-1s-where-do-you-go-for-yours/103630 "2024-04-13T23:00:05Z")
2023 was the first year I traded ETFs. I have received 2 K-1s so far and was able to download one more. All of those were ProShares - info on taxpackagesupport.com. Have any of you received K-1s from State Street SPDR… --- ## [AXON Chart analysis (Hello to Saul's board)](https://discussion.fool.com/t/axon-chart-analysis-hello-to-sauls-board/103890)
**Author:** [@PuddinHead42](https://discussion.fool.com/u/PuddinHead42)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/axon-chart-analysis-hello-to-sauls-board/103890 "2024-04-13T22:41:33Z")
Axon is another great stock that MF got me into long ago. On occasion I trade around my position. This is also a current holding on Saul’s board if any of you hang out there. Axon used to be Taser and the still sell t… --- ## [MIsc charts of interest](https://discussion.fool.com/t/misc-charts-of-interest/103937)
**Author:** [@PuddinHead42](https://discussion.fool.com/u/PuddinHead42)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/misc-charts-of-interest/103937 "2024-04-13T22:32:58Z")
Let me know if this is annoying, but I plan to post some snippets of strong stocks providing buying opportunities. First one DDOG, broke above 50dma on above average volume today. That could have been bought at the tim… --- ## [2024 Resolution: Fish More. Trade Less](https://discussion.fool.com/t/2024-resolution-fish-more-trade-less/100404)
**Author:** [@Arindam](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Arindam)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/2024-resolution-fish-more-trade-less/100404 "2024-04-11T00:30:14Z")
There comes a point when a sensible person realizes that more of something that isn’t needed, such as “more money,” isn’t more. It’s less. Less time for other things. Last year, for the first time in many years, I d… --- ## [How bad were the CPI numbers?](https://discussion.fool.com/t/how-bad-were-the-cpi-numbers/103871)
**Author:** [@Lakedog](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Lakedog)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/how-bad-were-the-cpi-numbers/103871 "2024-04-10T15:21:12Z")
This is a chart of the monthly CORE CPI numbers (small dashes) and a 5 period sma of the CCPI. The top graph is the more important aspect, it is a Rate-of-change (ROC) of the CCPI. These are stockcharts numbers, I have… --- ## [Chart Analysis for ServiceNow #NOW](https://discussion.fool.com/t/chart-analysis-for-servicenow-now/103810)
**Author:** [@PuddinHead42](https://discussion.fool.com/u/PuddinHead42)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 4:20am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/chart-analysis-for-servicenow-now/103810 "2024-04-10T04:20:31Z")
I have owned this for a long time thanks to MF and it is a great company and a great stock. It has very high IBD rankings and is currently in a flat base waiting to break out. You can see my red tick-marks in the table… --- ## [Squeeze and Bull Pennant in NET](https://discussion.fool.com/t/squeeze-and-bull-pennant-in-net/103782)
**Author:** [@Lakedog](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Lakedog)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 2:34am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/squeeze-and-bull-pennant-in-net/103782 "2024-04-10T02:34:25Z")
Quick look at possible moves. NET has not been a really happy camper for a while, but had a nice gap up with earnings in early February but with a slow decline since. While relatively flat, there still is a hint at a B… [Previous page](https://discussion.fool.com/c/investing-strategies/technical-traders-sanctuary/19.md?page=2) [Next page](https://discussion.fool.com/c/investing-strategies/technical-traders-sanctuary/19.md?page=4)