Yes, You Can Time the Markets – Here are More Ways!
August 23, 2010 at 00:05 AM EDT
Trading without indicators is like running blind and it encourages emotional trading that is the bane of successful investment and speculation. It is hard to know what to buy or sell let alone just when to do prudently. Thank goodness there are indicators available that provide information of stock and index movement of a more immediate nature making life during these times somewhat more bearable. There are over 80 such indicators divided into 6 categories. The most popular indicators, and also available for use free at online charting service such as stockcharts.com and/or bigcharts.com, are the trend (See: http://www.munknee.com/2010/07/timing-the-market-using-trend-indicators/), momentum, market strength and volatility categories. This article will deal with the 6 most popular Momentum Indicators as follows: Momentum Indicators At its most fundamental…