The purpose of this Market Call section is to
educate readers in technical analysis patterns and indicators. As with all investment
information, you need to research information and consult your financial advisor before
initiating any strategies that are contained in Market Call.
Also, you must realize that as with all trading strategies,
opinions can change quickly depending on market conditions and developments.
This column tries to present historical examples, potential set
ups, and examples of entry and exit strategies.
Also, you must realize that as with all trading strategies, opinions can
change quickly depending on market conditions and developments.
This column tries to present historical examples, potential set ups, and
examples of entry and exit strategies.
Drawing Trendlines in a Support and Resistance Channel
Support and resistance can take many shapes. Sometimes it is a horizontal
line across support and many times it takes the shapes an angled channel.
The drawing of the trendlines is basically the same. You draw them across
the bottom support. Many times you will find the resistance trendline as a
parallel line.
It is a good idea for a trader to be drawing trendlines on their charts to
help them visualize these support and resistance areas. The chart below
does not have trendlines drawn on them. You should print them out and draw
your own.
Print out this chart and let's draw these trendlines on Citigroup, C.
By looking at he chart below, a trader would draw a Support trendline
across the recent support at 44 and across short-term resistance at 45.
C has been in a downtrend over the past couple of weeks. A trader would
draw a trendline across the tops. Place your ruler on the July 19 high and
the high on July 28. Notice the peak volume on July 19 at the top.
Stocks that are moving down tend to keep moving down.
Each support level in C has been broken as we have seen in many stocks.
