For those who view occasional
whipsaws as burdensome, the monthly close on the 12 - month SMA may be more compelling.
Too short a data base will produce
whipsaws as the index interprets daily price fluctuations as being cycle tops or bottoms.
Not exact matches
U.S. Treasury yields
whipsawed on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged,
as was largely expected.
Shares
whipsawed before settling up 3 percent after hours
as investors digested the good news of an earnings beat and higher average iPhone sales price, mixed with disappointing news around forward guidance.
It's been a volatile week for stocks
as DC - dysfunction and changes in market leadership have led to
whipsaw moves in the major averages.
As Schuback's car
whipsawed into other vehicles, the fibers of her brain twisted and tore, wreaking havoc on the delicate network that keeps humans sentient and mobile.
Even
as commodity prices
whipsaw on Earth, smart ultra-wealthy investors are starting to take an interest in precious assets overhead in the form of asteroids.
Current market conditions cluster among a set of historical observations that might best be characterized
as a «
whipsaw trap.»
In late October, I noted a condition that we characterize
as a
Whipsaw Trap - which essentially involves a breakdown in a broad set of market internals, followed by a recovery driven by some of the more volatile components (sectors such
as financials and transportation stocks are good examples).
The market started off the year
as it ended 2017, on a tear higher, then the brief crash in early February, which led to a nice calm recovery during the remainder of the month just to run into what I'm calling «
Whipsaw March» with the market jumping higher and lower by more than 1 % nearly every other day.
Exploration and production companies and workers in every sector are subjected to the same gyrations in inventor enthusiasm and future prospects
as commodity prices
whipsaw.
As the market continues to
whipsaw market participants, it has certainly left many of you scratching your head.
The
whipsaw changes roiled agriculture markets, and not everyone who makes a living off the land retained the same fealty to Trump
as Wacker.
As you can, 3 of the last 5 «sell» signals ended in
whipsaws which resulted in buying back in 6 %, 9 % and 8 % higher, respectively.
If it ultimately fails to hold it means a breakout and a possible new charge to ever further new highs or lows
as the case may be (for the record, it could also mean that a false breakout followed by a
whipsaw is about to occur.
Wilpon is described «
as a micromanager who creates an environment in which the Mets simply
whipsaw from one crisis to the next and are too often governed by how their decisions will be publicly perceived.»
By the way, if you like Kathy Bates movies, you'll probably be frustrated with this one, since
as Tripp's mother, the invaluable character actress is made to
whipsaw between playing sappy domestic slave to her son's laundry and salty, overly sexual wife.
Students in the classroom,
as well
as their teachers, are
whipsawed with the changes.
We want a stop - loss to be
as tight
as possible, while giving the trade enough room to
whipsaw.
Major stocks like Amazon and Microsoft
whipsawed near record levels on Thursday
as strategists...
We got a real
whipsaw in the markets
as a result.
In overvalued, overbought markets, the potential for
whipsaws is much higher, so we'll tend to establish an initial constructive position (
as I did on weakness early last week), and work into a larger position over a period of weeks, or more quickly if the market retains good internal strength on the next meaningful decline in the major indices.
Stock traders
as well
as algorithmic traders seem to want to re balance once they get into a drawdown.These stock traders and algorithmic traders are trying to avoid the inevitable
whipsaws and drawdowns.
There might be some
whipsaws, but they are not fatal
as long
as our trade risk is under control.
«However, in dull and lacklustre range - bound markets, avoid the MACD indicator
as it would create a lot of
whipsaws,»
as the definition goes.
In a
whipsaw period like that which we have had from 1998 to the present, it makes a lot of difference, because many investments during the bubble era put fresh capital into the market at a time of high valuations, with buybacks predominating
as valuations troughed.
As a group, they
whipsawed in their view of when tightening would happen over the last three datapoints, when I would not have changed much.
Absolute momentum has fewer false signals and
whipsaw losses,
as well
as lower transaction costs.
The panel isn't inclined to seek change for change's sake,
as frequent fund switches add trading costs and may cause investors to get
whipsawed by futile attempts to pick narrow regional or sector funds.
Support and resistance lines, Fibonaccis, moving averages
as well
as other tools may be incorporated and will merely help serve to cut down false alerts and
whipsaws.
This is because illiquidity and sharp price movements mean a trade can quickly translate into significant losses
as large swings take place or «
whipsaw».
There is nothing wrong with taking advantage of
whipsawing prices
as long
as you did nt cause them.
For those of us who grew up with a nod to Graham and Dodd, efficient market theory, or even discounted cash flow, this is one tough time,
as increased volatility,
whipsaw - like moves, and technical «tells» seem to be in ascension.
The
whipsaw patterns involve different movements in prices
as an ascending movement that then leads to a violent downward move.
Whipsawing public policy like this is not only shameless, it is highly inefficient
as well.
For GOP Sen. Richard Shelby, the fear is «where the bottom is» when it comes to the value of virtual currency, which has
whipsawed over the last few months — and lost
as much
as half its value in just weeks.
But
as the credit downturn
whipsawed demand for Manhattan skyscrapers, quarterly volume began to decline.
The developments
whipsawed Neiman Marcus's debt, with its $ 960 million of 8 percent bonds due 2021 initially dropping to a record low and then rising
as much
as 5.25 cents on the dollar to trade at 61 cents at 11:28 a.m. Tuesday, according to Trace, the bond price reporting system of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.