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HTML <html> <head> <title>Candlesticks Belt Hold Pattern Predicts Stock Market Decline</title> </head> <body> <h1>Candlesticks Belt Hold Pattern Predicts Stock Market Decline</h1> <div class="info">Author: <a href="author_1_117070.html">candleman</a></div><div class="body">Prices in the S&P 500 and in other major Indexes rose quickly on the day after the government announced that it would take over Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Both agencies had been abused for years by top management which, it is now alleged, manipulated the numbers so as to falsely report earnings, as a result of which their own compensation was enhanced. It had been assumed, sub rosa, for a long time that both institutions were functionally insolvent.<br /> <br /> The advance in prices was particularly dramatic, and some investors took it to mean that good times were here again and that the various crises in the financial industry were on the way to solution. However, those who were knowledgeable in Japanese Candlestick technical analysis had a different outlook. Prices had risen to a common retracement level in an underlying bear market; and the next day’s price action would tell the story.<br /> <br /> As it turned out, that story was quickly on full display, in the form of a classic Candlestick “Belt Hold” pattern, which almost totally repeated the rise, but in the other direction. It was as if the market had seized the price action of the day before and had thrown it out of the ring.<br /> <br /> What are the forecasting implications, if any? The answer is that the “Belt Hold” usually is a good predictor for a continuation of price decline. Other aspects of technical analysis of recent price action also lead us to the conclusion that prices will be heading downward for an extended time. http://www.candlewave.com<br /> </div> <div class="source">Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlealley.com/article_634970_63.html">http://www.articlealley.com/article_634970_63.html</a></div> <div class="author"> <div class="authorOccupation"><strong>Occupation:</strong> investor; retired attorney and corporate CEO</div> <div class="authorBio">The author is an experienced investor; a retired attorney and corporate CEO; the creator of the "Candelaabra" technical analysis system for use in all financial markets; and has passed the NASD Series 65 Investment Adviser exam. He publishes investment recommendations three times per week to help guide you to profit in the financial markets regardless of the direction of price trend. Find out more about making money in any economic climate. Free information and sample up-to-date recommendations are ready and waiting for you, without any cost or obligation, right here at ====> http://www.candlewave.com</div> <div class="authorUrl"><a href="http://www.candlewave.com" target="_blank">http://www.candlewave.com</a></div></author> </body> </html>
Text Candlesticks Belt Hold Pattern Predicts Stock Market Decline Author: candleman Prices in the S&P 500 and in other major Indexes rose quickly on the day after the government announced that it would take over Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Both agencies had been abused for years by top management which, it is now alleged, manipulated the numbers so as to falsely report earnings, as a result of which their own compensation was enhanced. It had been assumed, sub rosa, for a long time that both institutions were functionally insolvent. The advance in prices was particularly dramatic, and some investors took it to mean that good times were here again and that the various crises in the financial industry were on the way to solution. However, those who were knowledgeable in Japanese Candlestick technical analysis had a different outlook. Prices had risen to a common retracement level in an underlying bear market; and the next day’s price action would tell the story. As it turned out, that story was quickly on full display, in the form of a classic Candlestick “Belt Hold” pattern, which almost totally repeated the rise, but in the other direction. It was as if the market had seized the price action of the day before and had thrown it out of the ring. What are the forecasting implications, if any? The answer is that the “Belt Hold” usually is a good predictor for a continuation of price decline. Other aspects of technical analysis of recent price action also lead us to the conclusion that prices will be heading downward for an extended time. http://www.candlewave.com Article Source: http://www.articlealley.com/article_634970_63.html About the Author: The author is an experienced investor; a retired attorney and corporate CEO; the creator of the "Candelaabra" technical analysis system for use in all financial markets; and has passed the NASD Series 65 Investment Adviser exam. He publishes investment recommendations three times per week to help guide you to profit in the financial markets regardless of the direction of price trend. Find out more about making money in any economic climate. Free information and sample up-to-date recommendations are ready and waiting for you, without any cost or obligation, right here at ====> http://www.candlewave.com http://www.candlewave.com
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