Our Stock Picking Partner Sites: Stock Expert's Picks Finds stock investment opportunities that have the highest Reward/Risk ratio. They allow you to set a very tight stop loss. Contrarian's Picks Finds stocks that are extremely over-sold. They are highly probable of a market correction. Cup and Handle Stocks Stocks that just completed the Cup and Handle formation, the most profitable technical chart pattern. Candlestick Stocks Stocks with Japanese candlestick reversal patterns. Selected using sophisticated trend detecting mechanism. Extremely accurate. Stock Analysis Note: Trend Line Analysis (Straight analysis lines) If the price falls back to the trading range in the near future, it is considered a false breakout. A false breakout is an excellent opportunity for shorting, because the upper trendline becomes a strong resistance line, pushing the stock down. Therefore, it is usually very profitable to short when you witness a false breakout. According to traditiona stock analysis, breakouts are more accurate when coupled with spikes in volume. Many experienced traders also look for other confirmations of breakout by examining the stock's fundamental data and recent news. The profitability of trend analysis is related to the length of narrow trading ranges prior to the breakout. If the stock has a very narrow trading range for a long period of time, the breakout can be said to be extremely profitable when confirmed. Trend Line analysis is best used to detect changes in trends, which gives traders very profitable investing opportunities. Following are some very common trend analysis that would appear in our stock picks: Flags and Pennant: Flags and Pennants are continuation patterns that consist of short term consolidation of stock price. When the previous trend resumes after such consolidation, a flag or pennant is formed. Stocks display repetitive flags and pennants in its trend are very reliable as profitable trading opportunities. Triangles: Stocks display triangular price patterns means a battle between bullish and bearish sentiments in the market. A triangle is basically a contracting trading range. When the stock price breaks upward or downward from a triangle pattern, it presents a good buy or short opportunity because the market has taken a side after several oscillations between bullish and bearish sentiments. Support/Resistance: When the stock price approaches a previous high, there is a resistance on the up trend. Similarly, when the stock price approaches a previous low, there is support against the down trend. Breakouts from support and resistance are very profitable when confirmed because it means that the stock will continue into a new trading range. Double Bottom: With the shape of "W", the stock's down trend has been stopped twice. Most bearish shareholders have stopped out during the process, giving the stock a very bullish kick. Double top is the opposite of double bottom, and it looks like "W" upside down. Cup with Handle: Happens when the stock price forms a big downward arc followed by a small arc or narrow trading range. It looks like a cup with a small handle on its right side. This chart pattern is very profitable because bearish traders are weed out at the handle portion. When the price breaks upward from the handle, it is likely to continue the trend in the future. PSAR + EMV Analysis (Black Dots with Moving Average Lines) This is a combined use of the PSAR indicator and the Exponential Moving Average (EMV). In most cases, the stock will go up after a buy signal is generated. However, different stocks has different time frame for the up-swing. So please keep a tight stop loss to prevent a quick down-turn. For more analysis methods, please see detail usage of the software. Additional Information: ASPS is a software that is fully configurable to the needs of modern stock traders. It does trend line analysis, pattern recognition, candlestick analysis, indicator analysis, and much more. Using ASPS screening ability, any trader can find winning stocks in a matter of seconds. The different analysis methods included in the software can satisfy the needs of swing traders, penny stock traders, market timing traders, contrarian, and more.