Entries by Peter Brandt

What does a chart pattern really mean…

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…and how and why I changed my mind on Sugar. Blogging during the past several months has driven home one huge lesson – many, many, many self-professed “chartists” do not have the first clue about the purpose of charting and charts. Some of these same people frequently tweet about charts. Yet, they appear to be […]

Do continuation head and shoulders patterns really exist?

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A number of readers have questioned the legitimacy of the continuation pattern. They claim that such a pattern does not exist. Well, it is time to set the record straight! Schabacker, Edwards and Magee are the authoritative sources on classical charting principles. The three men never claimed to be the final word on Gann or […]

An excellent example of the “all-one-market” phenomena

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It has come to be known as the “risk-on/risk-off” or “all-one-market” phenomena in global markets. It is a situation where seemingly unrelated markets have taken on an historically high correlation. Individual markets seem to be the proxy for all other markets. I have witnessed periods in the past when unusually strong correlations existed for months and […]