Breakouts

Bases, pivots, volume and how to handle fakeouts.

1. Bases, Pivots & Breakouts — What a base is, how to find the pivot level, and what actually happens when a stock breaks out to new ground.
2. Volume Confirmation — Why volume is the fuel behind breakouts, how to measure it with relative volume, and what quiet volume inside a base tells you.
3. Fakeouts, Stops & Targets — Why some breakouts fail, how to spot the warning signs, and how stops and targets keep failed breakouts small and winners meaningful.
4. Relative Strength Leaders — Why the stocks that hold up best during market pullbacks often lead the next advance, and how to spot relative strength on a chart.
5. Pullbacks to the Pivot — Why many breakouts dip back toward the breakout level, how to tell a healthy retest from a failure, and how traders use the pullback as a second entry.
6. Breakouts & Market Direction — Why the overall market’s trend has such a big effect on breakouts, simple ways to read market direction, and how to adjust your trading when conditions change.