Bucket Organization:
There are all sorts. Buckets, I mean. Garden pails, Milk pails, sand pails, these are truly just buckets. If you need more than a gallon or two of paint it comes in a what? A bucket. I remember life before bucket seats.
Even the boss has replaced her bucket with the microfibre wand.
I imagine we could name something to put in a bucket using every letter of the alphabet. Buckets keep things together. My life has always been governed by buckets of thoughts, things to do in a prioritized way. It is how I have been able to keep track of things in this hectic world we find ourselves in today.
A file cabinet could be called a bucket, or a set of ledgers, or a stack of in/out baskets on my desk. Some people with good memories keep buckets in their heads. But even if you are such a person… be honest… it used to be called a planner. Now you use technology toys like i-phones, tablets and blackberries as your buckets. Today my critical buckets are in a computer, with plenty of post it notes and scratch pads as well.
My wife claims I’ve put her in one of my buckets, but she keeps climbing out. A little irritating sometimes when I’m busy with another bucket – like writing another guidepost. She claims irritation is good, as she is trying to form me into a pearl and its going to take a lot of irritation! My response? “But I am already a silk purse, isn’t that good enough?!”
With online investing, order and organization is key, and we’ll be dealing with many buckets of information and tools. We find a Candle Pattern very helpful in this regard.
This post addresses one:
We mentioned the Candle Pattern called a Doji in an earlier Guideline. A Candle Pattern is formed because of the collective buyer and seller emotions in the auction market place. Recall the Doji occurs when the opening and closing price are equal (or very nearly so).
The key emotional issue in a Doji is indecision. In the tug of war between the buyers and sellers, at the end of the day it is a draw. But why is this of any value to us? How do tiny lines on charts make trading easier? The answer lies in our ability to sense the emotion of both buyers and sellers from the clues found in those tiny lines on candle pattern charts. For example:
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A stock price moves up for one (and only one) reason – There is more demand from people who want to buy the stock than there is supply from people who want to sell it. Buyers are driving price up.
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Prices move down for one and only one reason – More supply than demand. Why is there more or less demand? Because people in the market, the traders, are emotional and their emotions (how they feel), dictate what they do with their money. The Candle Pattern makes this easy to visualize.
So what message is contained in a Doji? The lack of emotion, or the “wait-and-see” mindset creates fewer transactions. That means fewer shares traded, or lower volume. Look at the Candle Pattern in Fig. 2o which has three Doji’s in a row, with low volume and little movement in the stock price.
Fig. 2 A Doji volume pattern.
How can these “Doji’s” help our trades? By itself, a Doji is not much help, but when considered with Candles before and after, there is great value to learn. The weakness of a single Doji is shown in the following charts. For example, a Doji can occur in a variety of conditions. Fig. 3a below shows the Doji occurring just before a rise in price. The next figure shows the Doji just before a drop in price, and the last figure shows the Doji preceding a flat spot in the Candle Pattern.
Notice how the volume in each case is low, as we’ve suggested is the standard Doji pattern.
Doji patterns.
But there are always exceptions to a rule, and the following two charts (Fig. 4) show where the “low-volume Doji” pattern does not hold true. In this case, when the Doji accompanies a gap.
Doji’s with Gaps.
How then do you use a Doji as a reliable trading signal? The simple answer lies within the candle patterns that lie to the left and the right of the Doji. Do not expect a single Doji to signal a profitable trade! We will consider many common combinations in future Guidelines and learn the great value in trading with Candlestick charts.
The major candle charts you will need to learn for successful investing is small. Although there are over forty Candlestick signals, you will only need six to ten of them to trade successfully. Using these signals will provide more than enough excellent buy or sell positions each day. These are the major candle patterns you will need:
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The Doji
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The Hammer and Hanging Man.
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The Shooting Star
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The Bullish Engulfing Pattern
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The Dark Cloud Cover
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The Piercing Line
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The Harami
We will also punch up the trading rules that accompany each candle. Each grand adventure adding to the number of buckets that will take us to trading success.
“An error doesn’t become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.” Orlando A. Battista
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