Quiz
A Market Quiz

1. The statement "When entering a trade, a low risk strategy is buying in a support zone" is:
A] Always True B] Always False
C] Neither Always True Or Always False

2. When day trading, are you taking advantage of short-term trends?
A] Yes B] No

3. When a commodity rises to a price level that exceeds the last price high set four weeks earlier, it typically means:
A] Buy The Commodity Immediately B] A Double Top
C] Short The Commodity Immediately
D] Wait Another Week Before Taking Any Action

4. When a price shock moves prices your way, should you keep holding the trade?
A] Yes B] No

5. Chaos, in relation to trading, means:
A] Randomness B] New Information C] Madness
D] Get Out Of Trading

6. What is the best, most accurate measure of market momentum?
A] RSI B] Stochastics C] Oscillator
D] Bullish / bearish consensus

7. A market guru tells you to buy when a 10 day exponential moving average crosses above a rising 30 days simple moving average, and to sell when the reverse is true. This approach is useful when:
A] the investor wants to smooth out whipsaws
B] the investor wants a mechanical trading system
C] the investor wants to follow long term trends
D] the investor wants to buy into weakness and sell into strength

8. A good trading strategy is to sell when a support zone
A] is broken B] is located below a previous support zone C] neither [a] or [b] D] both [a] and [b]

9. A stock trades between $16 and $20 for five consecutive weeks. Then it rallies to $23 ½ on a sharp increase in volume. The broad market is above a rising 200 day moving average. Under most circumstances, ie, the percentage play, is to:
A] short it immediately with a stop at $25 ½
B] buy it immediately with a stop at $19
C] do nothing for the next few days

10. Consistent success as a trader is elusive because:
A] No one can ever learn enough about the markets to create consistent results.
B] Consistency is a function of one's attitude and few people have developed a truly winning attitude.
C] Consistency is a function of a distinct lack of trading errors and very few traders ever focus on eliminating errors.
D] All of the above.

11. When price and momentum occur at differing rates of change, this is most likely an example of:
A] Confirmation B] Divergence C] Premium D] Spread

12. When there is bullish divergence between a new low in price and a higher low in RSI, you should:
A] Buy immediately B] Sell aggressively C] Wait for price action to confirm the divergence before buying

13. If my stochastic and RSI oscillator have remained overbought for an usually long time, this is most likely a signal that:
A] the market is in a strong uptrend
B] the market is vulnerable to a sharp downward move
C] the market is forming an expanding triangle
D] the market is in a listless consolidation phase

14. What market signal ALWAYS appears at all significant tops and bottoms plus or minus one bar on whatever time frame you are observing?
A] a green bar B] a fade bar C] a fake bar D] a squat bar

15. In trading, a 'fractal' would be considered
A] a part of a spread B] a change in market behavior C] a broken trade D] a bad trade

16. I know that I've completely accepted the risks associated with a trade when:
A] I have decided what the market has to do to tell me the trade isn't working
B] I have put my stop in the market
C] I can get out of a losing trade without the slightest bit of emotional discomfort
D] All of the above

17. A stock is nearing an apex at $29 that has been created by a 5-week descending trendline that started at $33, and an ascending trendline that started at $24. Volume has been waning as the apex was forming. The trend of the broad market is bullish. Based on this information, I would generally
A] buy the stock immediately.
B] buy the stock as it re-enters the apex after having fallen below the rising trendline.
C] buy the stock as it broke the descending trendline on expanding volume.
D] avoid taking a position in circumstances like this.


Want the answers?
adapted from the Telerate Seminars, February 1997. The answers represent either the high percentage strategy or widely accepted wisdom but are not guaranteed to make you millions. Proper use of your head and trading acumen are required for consistent success.

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