Lingo

9/36/15 Cross-Up – means that the 9-period moving average of a stock has crossed above the 36ma on the 15-minute chart. Such cross-overs are a strong indication that the stock has changed direction.

George Method – is George’s method for scalping. His system involves moving-average crossovers, stochastic, and MACD on multiple time-frames. Even if you are a fundamental investor, it is worth learning George’s system so that you can choose better entry points.

Ultras, Inverse, Underlying – is a way of referring to an ETF and its hyper cousins. For example, SPY would be the underlying for SSO, the ultra, and SDS, the inverse. Of course, SDS is really an “ultra inverse” while SH is the plain old inverse. But when daytrading, you want something with a little juice, so we generally ignore the simple inverse ETFs. However, SH may be better than SDS if you want to short SPY over a longer period since it will have less slippage.

NW – stands for NeoWave which is a forecasting service to which some commenters subscribe. They use a form of Elliot Wave theory. I have never subscribed, but they seem to have a pretty good reputation.

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