Aaron Lynch

Taking a different perspective

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:00:32 -0800

Many traders spend their trading day looking at charts on just one timeframe - perhaps a daily chart, or an hourly chart, or a fifteen minute or even a one minute chart. They get locked into a single viewpoint, and while they can get very familiar with that single viewpoint, it can often restrict their trading. ...

Some go up, some go down

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:04:48 -0800

In the last 3 weeks the Australian equities market has seen a relatively significant fall, with the benchmark ASX 200 index falling from highs around 4900 in mid-October to lows around 4500 this week. This was a comparable pull-back to the one in June and early July, and has so far lasted almost as long. ...

Reliving History

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:13:34 -0800

As I write it is Thursday 29th October 2009. Anyone with a taste for history may remember that this was the date of the Wall Street Crash in 1929 that ushered in the Great Depression. Here we sit on the 80th anniversary of one of the defining economic events of the 20th Century. ...

The Dow Jones at 10000

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:32:14 -0800

This has been seen by some sections of the market as the final tick in the checklist that we are ready for all the good times to return. There is an old saying that numbers are important until they are not important anymore. ...

The Basis of Market Forecasting

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:01:12 -0800

Whether they realise it or not, all traders and investors are in fact making market forecasts every time they trade. For example, assume you buy some shares of BHP. You would have an expectation, based on anything from research, experience, guesswork, etc, on the future market direction of BHP. ...

Stocks and Commodities - Joined At The Hip?

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:13:37 -0800

You can see from Chart 1 below that the big decline in stocks really got underway after May 2008, and accelerated in September. The stock market then made lows in November 2008 and March 2009. ...

Rebuilding after hard times

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:44:47 -0800

Those who have been in the markets for a little while will appreciate that there is so much more to trading than just looking at charts and reading reports. Good psychology is a common attribute that shows up time and time again in successful traders. ...

Trading Oil Futures

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:59:05 -0800

Most people have a viewpoint on the future direction of Oil Prices, either as a trader, investor, or analyst, or perhaps from watching the news. ...

How do you make your Trading Decisions?

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:57:15 -0800

Did you manage to buy shares during the sharp rises we have seen recently on both our local and global sharemarkets in the past month? Some traders did, others did not. ...

Time for a Pull-Back?

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:40:42 -0800

In my last article, Bullish Times?, I suggested that 'any pullback should be seen in a technical sense as a buying opportunity as long as other criteria can be satisfied. ...