Category: Dow Theory applied to Trading

Dow theory Update for April 13rd: Once again back to divergent interpretations of the Dow Theory

posted on: April 13, 2019

Trends unchanged for stocks, gold, silver and their miners My new post concerning Schannep’s capitulation indicator will have to wait as more “divergent interpretations of the Dow Theory” (more than I could ever conceive) pop up. I have already analyzed some questionable interpretations of the Dow Theory here and here. Hence, the next post […]

Dow Theory Special Issue: Capitulation. The ultimate bottom indicator (I)

posted on: March 8, 2019

How to catch falling knives without cutting yourself There is a German saying which reads “Klasse statt Masse” (class instead of mass, so better little and good than a lot and of bad quality) Since I don´t have much time to write, and, hence I cannot do lots of “Masse”, I hope that the next […]

Dow Theory Special Issue: Isolating the value of the principle of confirmation and trend following

posted on: August 25, 2017

How much valuable is confirmation percentagewise? And trend following? It’s been many months without writing a post with some original thoughts which may be useful to the followers of this blog. For the last few months I have been confined to merely analyzing the markets (which in itself is OK and takes time) without any […]

Can Dow Theory be applied to short term trading as a filter?

posted on: September 13, 2012

While I plan to develop this idea in further posts, the answer is yes. The primary trend of the market as determined by the Dow Theory is so powerful that it is a very good filter to apply to other trading strategies. Hence, even though a trader might think that a trade lasting 1 week […]