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Once in a while the technical indicators begin making news.When it's the VIX, or a moving average, someone picks up the story and soon it's on CNBC or Bloomberg as the news of the day.So, as an investor one must ask,"are specialized indications a reason to buy or sell?" In certain respects the answer is no, because"investing" is something different from swing trading or day trading.Let's suppose you're in exactly the same camp as we are and you believe the long term outlook on gold is quite positive...

The winning trader may be the disciplined trader.Discipline means controlling impulses and controlling emotions.As many new traders can let you know, however, maintaining discipline is frequently easier in theory.Just because the the greater part of market participants are driven by fear and greed, many new traders find it hard to avoid succumbing to self-doubt and panic.We are trend followers and our "edge" to profiting in the markets is named trend timing...

AFTER THE SPLIT ANNOUNCEMENT - Quite often, the inventory will create a pattern of falling back three to ten days following the announcement.This provides you with a chance to benefit from the split announcement.If you're playing calls this is when you purchase the things that they call" dipping undervalued calls".Many times you'll have 2-4 chances to produce this play before the inventory actually splits...