Dick Arms

Dick Arms

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Arms is a renowned stock market technician. He invented the Arms Index (often referred to as the TRIN), which has become a mainstay of market analysis, appearing daily in The Wall Street Journal and weekly in Barron's. Arms also developed the widely used technical method Equivolume Charting.Expand

Since 1996, Arms has been publishing the Arms Advisory newsletter for money managers and financial institutions. He also has authored five books, including Stop and Make Money: How to Profit in the Stock Market Using Volume and Stop Orders, Profits in Volume and Trading Without Fear, and has been honored with the Market Technicians' Award for Lifetime Contribution to Technical Analysis. Earlier in his career, he was a retail broker for 15 years at E.F. Hutton and, later, managed an institutional portfolio with assets of about $150 million.Collapse

A New Wall to the Upside

By

Dick Arms

 | Dec 20, 2012 | 7:00 AM EST

The markets are ready for a sudden decline.

Beware of a Drop Ahead

By

Dick Arms

 | Dec 18, 2012 | 7:00 AM EST

The Arms Index 21-day moving average is at the most overbought level in two years.

Upping the Ante

By

Dick Arms

 | Dec 13, 2012 | 7:00 AM EST

The S&P pokes through resistance as the market becomes more overbought.

Teetering in a Range

By

Dick Arms

 | Dec 11, 2012 | 7:00 AM EST

The Arms Index is very overbought, implying that a major drop is in store.

A Wobbly Complacency

By

Dick Arms

 | Dec 6, 2012 | 7:00 AM EST

The market gets pushed and pulled by the news, but it's making little progress.

Room on the Short Side

By

Dick Arms

 | Dec 4, 2012 | 7:00 AM EST

A further market slide appears likely.

Doesn't Look Encouraging

By

Dick Arms

 | Nov 29, 2012 | 7:00 AM EST

The latest action has done little to alter the market's shaky technical condition.

Expect More Selling

By

Dick Arms

 | Nov 27, 2012 | 7:00 AM EST

Traders who bought last week will likely take profits on long positions.

A Reason for Caution

By

Dick Arms

 | Nov 23, 2012 | 7:00 AM EST

Another downturn may be close.

Don't Buy Into This Rally

By

Dick Arms

 | Nov 20, 2012 | 7:00 AM EST

Because it won't last.

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