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Leading and lagging indicators

In short: Technical traders use indicators to identify market patterns and trends. Most of these indicators fall into two categories: leading and lagging. Leading tries to predict the future, Lagging shows exactly what has been. What is a leading technical indicator? A leading indicator is a tool designed to anticipate…

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Support And Resistance Lines

In short: Support and resistance trendlines are horizontally drawn lines to indicate where the price might end or gain strength. In stock market technical analysis, support and resistance are certain predetermined levels of the price of a security at which it is thought that the price will tend to stop and reverse. These levels are denoted by…

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Candlesticks

In short: A Candelstick is a chart symbol of a specific period where the opening and closing price is given as the body and the price difference during that period is given as a line above and below the body. What is a Japanese Candlestick? Japanese Candlesticks are a technical…

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XEBEC ADSORPTION

Xebec Adsorption Inc. provides gas generation, purification, and filtration solutions for the industrial, energy, and renewables marketplace in Canada, China, the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company designs, engineers, and manufactures various products that transform raw gases into marketable sources of clean and renewable energy. It operates through three…

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Is Shopify still a buy?

We do not really think so. Unless the stockprice falls back to about $800 to #900 (fair value see our TA chart of December 1st: here) it is overpriced at the moment. The recent gain is caused by windowdressing and fomo. Shopify, Inc. is ranked as the fifth-best e-commerce stock…

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Chart Patterns – The Basics

In short: A chart pattern is a shape within a price chart that helps to suggest what prices might do next, based on what they have done in the past. A lot of TA traders believe in returning chart patterns. Chart patterns are the basis of technical analysis and require…

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ENPHASE ENERGY INC

Enphase Energy, Inc., (ENPH) together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells home energy solutions for the solar photovoltaic industry in the United States and internationally. The company offers semiconductor-based microinverter, which converts energy at the individual solar module level, and combines with its proprietary networking and software technologies…

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What is payment for order flow?

In short: “Payment for order flow is the way your broker will outsource his order fullfillment. They usually have a prearranged agreement with a market makers who will execute the order for them.” The new buzz word for 2021 is “payment for order flow” whereby some brokers receive payments from…

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