How to Find Stocks to Swing Trade: The Screener Settings That Do the First Cut
The 5 screener gates I use to cut a stock list to a short watchlist, the exact settings, how to rank what passes, and what a screener can never check for you.
Entries by Spencer Li
Double Top and Double Bottom Patterns: How to Tell a Real One From an Early Guess
A double top is only a double top once the neckline breaks. The 3 confirmations that separate a real one from an early guess, and how the target is measured.
The Turtle Trading Rules: What They Were, and Do They Still Work?
The full Turtle rules from 1983, worked through: the 20 and 55-day breakouts, N, units, the 2N stop and the exits. Plus what changed, and what still holds.
Breakout Trading: How to Tell a Real Breakout From a False One
About half of all breakouts slip back within a week. 26 years of S&P 500 and gold data show which ones held, and the 4 filters that sort real from false.
Should You Wait for the Candle to Close? Why the Close Is the Price That Counts
Over 26 years of daily data, about 4 in 10 moves above a 20-day high on the S&P 500 closed back below it. What waiting for the close costs, and what it saves.