http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/6307 During a consolidation period, prices oscillate between a small range as supports comes in to prop up falling prices and resistances become formidable barriers to force prices to fall back to support levels. This type of trading action forms an easily identifiable pattern called a channel or rectangle. How should a trader trade during consolidation or congestion phases?In this article Peter Lim explains how one can trade the consolidation phase. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:58:25 PST en-us http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/6307 http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/6307 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:58:25 PST Most investors jump into their investment programs without a clear understanding of the process, the securities, or the risks involved in the effort. Few hold valid expectations, and most choose to ignore the cyclical nature of the investment marketplace. 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Market Cycle Investment Management makes market volatility your Very Best Friend http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5660 http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5660 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 08:19:19 PST To most investors, the DJIA provides all of the information they think they need, and they worship it mindlessly, thinking that this time tattered average has mystical predictive and analytic powers far beyond the scope of any other market number. It's Wall Street's rendition of 'The Emperor's New Clothes'. http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5662 http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5662 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:57:54 PST Perhaps ninety percent of the price movement in the equity markets is the result of institutional trading, and institutional money managers seem to be more concerned with politics and marketing than they are with investing. 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