How it works

Just about every stock you look at will trade in a rhythmic pattern. It may be measured in either days or weeks or months. Cycles are caused by a number of things some of which are:

• Some stocks trade better or worse depending on the day of the week
• Some trade better or worse related to any options due to expire soon
• Some companies have a penchant for regularly scheduled news releases that affect stock pricing
• Some stocks trade in relation to the time of year

No matter what the reason for the cycle, almost all trade in some rhythmic time frame. To find these cycles just look at a chart covering the longest period of data available in your chosen periodicity (i.e. chart setting - daily, weekly etc).

For Stock Trader:
Use the Change%% statistics rather than the Price$ one.Use High, Low, Open, Close checkbox to improve the visibility of charts especially for the  filled radar mode.

For Options Trader:
Use Deviation Statistics to predict the trend of the Volatility. Look at the chart on the left the pick of volatility during the second week of month.

For Options Trader:
Look at the chart below the pick of volatility during the Thursday.