Opinions are not generally discounted by the market

Stock market news is more important than general news in determining the future direction of the markets

Unexpected news does not get factored into the market

General news reflects slowly unfolding economic and financial trends not yet discounted by the markets

Point and figure

Simple moving average

Swing breakout

N-day breakout

The arithmetic scale is preferred

A linear scale is preferred

A logarithmic scale is preferred

A logarithmic or a linear scale is preferred

Longer time periods increase the signaling importance of saucers but not of peaks

Saucer bottoms are more valid when they form over a short time period

Long time periods between market peaks and troughs reduce the potential for a market reversal

Longer formation time periods increase the signaling importance of both saucers and peaks

Indicators do not take into account trading costs

Indicators optimized for the past often do not work in the present

Indicators are frequently so complex to create as to be of little use in making trading decision

Indicators usually give conflicting trading advice

trend-following indicator .

momentum indicator.

breadth indicator.

oscillator

When short periods of trading activity are plotted

When long or short periods of trading activity are plotted

When long periods of trading activity are plotted

When intervals of trading activity are plotted over a limited span

Piercing Line & hammer

Piercing Line & Evening Star

Bullish Engulfing & Shooting Star

Bullish Engulfing & Hanging Man

Options, indexes and pyramiding

Options, indexes and currencies

Options, leveraging and pyramiding

Options, leveraging and currencies

Volume

Trend

Slope or momentum

Ratio of two prices