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Stock market trends offer the best profit opportunities. Position traders like to size up their investment holdings at the beginning of the trend and pyramiding it along the way as the trend continues. Stock market traders begin to dispose their equity holdings in stages when near the end of the trend as well as the beginning of the trend reversal stage. That is one of the profitable ways to trade the stock market. Financial markets trends also exist in various time frames simultaneously. Regardless of the types of strategies used in trading or investing in the financial markets, trend analysis is the core fundamental work of technical analysis and therefore it is our objective to spot trend as early as possible for maximum benefits and to reverse position once we have the confirmation of trend reversal.

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Hi Lilianne,

First of all, I like your blog. But I have to disagree with your opinions that commodity futures and options are superior investment and speculation choice compared to stocks. Here is why I think so.

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I believe that most of us have heard of stock market operators. They are known by many different names and they are constantly the blame for our financial losses. In some parts of the world, they are known as sharks, syndicates, big bosses, speculators, liars, cheaters or stock market manipulators. Some of us cheer their existence and their operations while some cursed them as if they are the culprits to our financial ruins. Are they our friends or foes? As the famous saying goes, know thy foes and you will have the upper hand in battle. In this post, I will challenge and dare you to swim with the sharks and eat from the crumbs of their feeds and not to be their feed. Here I would like to bring out some of my personal thoughts on this question that most newbie has.

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In this introduction series, we will explore technical analysis (TA) as one of the methodology that is commonly used in stock market analysis. In TA, we will study the balance of demand and supply ratio and its strength using various tools available. One of the common pitfalls of newcomer in stock investment and speculation field is that they either attempt to use a single market analysis tool in isolation or crowding their stock charts with too many indicators. You heard the common sense phrases that things don’t exist in a vacuum and too many cooks spoilt the soup. All we need is the tools that are working for us.

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Fundamental analysis (FA) is the methodology used to evaluate the fundamentals of any asset class such as business. Valuation will be perform on the business by studying the balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement, gearings, competitive advantages, management team and many other factors that might influence the prospect of the company to derive to an estimated value. The derived value and other factors will be use in the investment decision making process.

Technical analysis (TA) is the methodology used to determine the balance and the strength of demand and supply of a particular asset class such as company shares. Evaluation is perform on the historical data mainly price and volume to interpret the direction of the stock prices and also to project the future prices. It works on the basis that history tends to repeat itself. Key concept of technical analysis would be the direction of trend and also the support and resistance level. As commonly phrased by any TA practitioner, the trend is your friend.

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