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G91-1056 Support And Resistance Areas, And Will The Market Give Us A Second Chance?, Lynn H. Lutgen

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This is the sixth of nine NebGuides designed to aid producers in starting to use technical analysis in their marketing plan.

Among the most frustrating aspects of marketing are missed opportunities for good prices. These occur because producers becoming overly optimistic. This optimism stems from the belief that a bull market will keep going up.

Ultimately, the market does change direction -- it does so many times before the producer has priced his crop. This NebGuide examines where to draw additional support and resistance lines beyond the support and resistance trend lines explained in the second NebGuide in this series. …

G91-1051 Charting The Markets (Introduction And Bar Charts), Lynn H. Lutgen

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide focuses on the basics of the bar chart as it depicts market trends on a continuing basis.

This is the first in a series of nine NebGuides dealing with different technical aspects of a market. The series is designed to give producers an opportunity to explore the basics of charting as a marketing approach, and to allow individuals to determine if they are interested in learning more about it.

These marketing NebGuides also are designed as a handy reference packet to aid in understanding what radio announcers and commodity brokers are saying about movements of the market.

G91-1058 Using The Rsi And Other Oscillators To Analyze The Markete, Robin R. Riley, Lynn H. Lutgen

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This eighth of nine NebGuides on effective use of technical indicators in market analysis explains Relative Strength Index (RSI) and Stochastic oscillators.

Stochastic oscillators are called oscillators because they form a band across the bottom of a chart with a line that moves, or oscillates, above and below a midpoint.

G91-1054 How To Study Gaps In The Technical Side Of Marketing, Lynn H. Lutgen

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This is the fourth of nine NebGuides laying the foundation for producers who want to study the technical side of market analysis.

Anyone studying technicals or markets is continually looking for trends, ways to measure market movement, and support and resistance areas. Many market analysts say the market "wants to fill a gap." Producers need to understand what this statement means, starting with a definition of the term "gap."

A gap in the market is formed when the trading range (high, low) operates outside the previous day's trading range. This occurs in highly volatile markets, not in slow moving sideways …

G91-1053 Looking For Buy And Sell Signals From Charts, Lynn H. Lutgen

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

The third in a series of nine on the basics of technical analysis, this NebGuide explains what to look for in commodity charts.

Producers always look for the ultimate: ever-accurate, foolproof, technical signals to tell what moves to make in the market. The problem is the markets are an ever-changing phenomenon; no one signal can predict prices with 100 percent accuracy.

This NebGuide is design to give readers a feel for different kinds of tecnical signals analysts look for to determine market direction. Major signals discussed are: key reversals, double and triple bottoms, head and shoulders (top and bottom), and …