The Rational Blog

If you’ve been around TRi for any time, you’ve likely heard about M’s and W’s. Brian often talks about these price patterns, and you’ll see them show up everywhere. They appear all over the charts, in candlestick fractals, indicators, and larger price pattern structures like Wykoff accumulation and distribution. But why do W’s and M&rsq... Read More

Let’s review where we are in the economic cycle. This blog post will review the first week of April 22 and discover where the market is moving. We’ll look at sector rotation, which analyses how money moves between industries and use this to forecast the next stage of the economic cycle. This study looks at the sector rotation from April 1st to April 8th.  Read More

This blog post will outline how to start investing in stocks for beginners, intermediate, or pro traders. I'll keep it as short as possible while giving the most value. At the end of this blog, I'll give you a trading resource that (if you use it) will help you become a pro trader. At The Rational Investor, you learn how to start investing using two simple rules that ever... Read More

A common phrase exists among traders. "Price gaps get filled". But how often do they get filled? and what does a price gap mean? If you're a stock trader, crypto trader, or investor interested in learning about gaps, this post is for you.   Read More

I recommend accompanying this article with your journals open and a triple-shot espresso. Now you're ready. Let's talk about the TED Spread. Buckle up.    Introducing The TED Spread   The TED spread is the... Read More

Expert Larry Williams has uploaded his 2022 forecast to Youtube, providing insightful analysis into previous prediction accuracy along with trends to look out for in 2022. Williams uses the 2022 Decennial Roadmap Pattern as a basis for his 2022 outlook and... Read More

January has almost passed, and investors are looking ahead to what 2022 will bring. If you have experience in the markets, you’ll know the concept of the January Barometer, and in this post, we’ll dig a little deeper into this theory and try to understand it.  It’s impossible to predict the market, but every investor still wishes to know the future. Traders... Read More

With stock market indices at all-time highs and corporate valuations reaching questionable levels, most investors are understandably looking for investments that can provide them with steady returns at minimal risk. Bonds represent the risk-off, flight to safety investing approach that many investors in the current investing landscape are searching for. So, what are bonds and how do they work? Read More

Samuel Benner was a farmer from the 1800s who wanted to understand how market cycles worked. In 1875, he published a book forecasting business and commodity prices. He identified years of panic, years of good times, and years of hard times. Panic Years: These are years when the market panicked, either buying or selling a stock irrationally until its price skyr... Read More

When you trade stocks, you must have a plan. If you don’t have a plan, you may not win. This post will help you make a trading plan that contains rules telling you when to buy and sell. Before you trade, you must decide what you’re going to do. If you don’t figure it out, you could lose money and you won’t know why.   Read More