Wednesday, July 2, 2025

顶尖操盘手的“交易智慧”:避免这十种技术分析陷阱,方能成为盈利塔尖1%的人

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精通技术分析需要一系列因素完美配合。这些因素包括获得交易技能、坚持不懈、投入大量时间和具备正确的个人特质。然而,最重要的是,它需要有从错误中吸取教训的能力。这样,交易者可以建立稳定可持续的学习曲线,可以基于自己的经验和同行的经验来制定交易策略。本文讨论了技术分析中最常见的错误,它将帮助你充分准备并避免交易中常见的错误,否则可能会让你损失大量资金。

避免技术分析中最常见的错误

著名作家、富有创新精神的牧师里克·沃伦(Rick Warren)在他的《标杆人生》(The purpose-driven life : what on earth am I here for?)一书中写道:“虽然从经验中学到东西是明智的,但从他人的经验中学到东西更明智。”

这个普遍真理适用于生活的方方面面,当涉及到交易时也不例外。精通技术分析是一个漫长的旅程,充满了潜在的陷阱。然而,它也提供了多种机会来建立职业生涯并确保稳定的利润来源。

避免陷阱并利用机会的最佳方法是从他人的错误中汲取经验教训。幸运的是,技术分析几十年的市场历史使我们能够总结出最常见的错误,并教会我们如何避免它们。

1. 直接跳入深水区

你可能知道,当你对新事物充满热爱之时的那种火热之感。你想立刻投身其中。然而,当进行交易时,让自己有这种感觉可能需要付出高昂的代价。

许多新手交易者对进行第一笔交易感到兴奋。很多时候,最热情的交易者很快就会看到这种兴奋变成愤怒或绝望。原因是技术分析主要是科学性的。它融合了数学、经济学、金融学、统计学,最重要的是,一个人需要具备找到联系并解释不同模式的能力。

这就是为什么精通技术分析和整个交易过程是马拉松,而不是短跑。你应该逐步进行。避免因为有人告诉你可以在那里快速获利而跳入未知领域。

请记住,对于通过交易赚钱的人来说,就必须有人处于亏损的一方。最大程度让你成为赚钱阵营的唯一方法是你要比其他交易者准备得更充分。其他一切都是纯粹的运气。而在交易中,运气不是可持续的策略。

如何避免

首先在模拟账户中使用虚拟资金进行交易,以便掌握交易基本原理并评估你的交易策略的一致性表现。

2. 在亏损后加倍下注

一个常见的陷阱是对某种交易过于执着,即使它持续亏损也继续交易。例如,交易者可能在其他地方看到了一些被证明可以“解决市场”的系统,或者花费了数周时间设计一种不想放弃的策略。然而,固守一种不起作用的交易设置是一种灾难。

那么,如何找出你的策略是否有效呢?可以理解的是,一个好的系统应该产生更多的盈利交易而不是亏损交易。或者,成功率应该在50%以上。行业内的一个不成文规定是,成功的交易设置具有2:1或3:1的盈利/亏损比率。或者,如果你在大约66%-75%的交易中处于盈利一方,你就符合行业的中位数。

然而,如果你的设置始终无法达到这种效率水平,那么是时候彻底检查或审视一下自己的交易系统是否存在偏差。如果你的策略在前十笔交易或更多交易中(在正常交易环境下)始终表现不佳,那么在这之后它会奇迹般地开始为你赚取利润的机会就很渺茫了。正如全球知名的大宗商品交易员埃德·塞科塔(Ed Seykota)所说:“成功交易的要素是:(1)减少亏损,(2)减少亏损,(3)减少亏损。”

如何避免

始终在模拟账户中测试你的策略。力争始终达到至少3:1甚至更高的盈亏比。这样的效率会在你真正进行交易时留有一定的纠正余地,你仍然会获利。如果你能够在交易现场做到这一点,你将最大程度地减小在使用实盘资本进行交易时遇到“不愉快的惊喜”的风险。

3. 过于频繁地更改策略

许多交易者走向了另一个极端。想象一下,你花了数周时间学习不同的技术指标,分析哪些指标最好地配合使用,并调整它们以适应你策略的需求,然后看到它们在几笔交易中失败,你迅速开始寻找解决方案。不过,这可能没有必要。

请记住,技术分析工具的理念是根据特定的市场事件为你提供信号。然而,如果市场动能发生剧变,原因往往超出了你策略的范围。此外,戏剧性的变化通常是由短暂的一次性事件引起的,例如闪崩或者黑天鹅事件等。在这些事件过去并且市场恢复正常后,你的策略应该再次按照最初的预期表现。

确保只有在你的策略在与你设计它的条件相似的情况下持续表现不佳时才进行更改。否则,你可能会不必要地放弃一个完全正常运作但在特定时刻不起作用的交易系统。

如何避免

同样,如果你已经在训练中广泛测试了你的策略并且表现良好,那么根本没有理由进行重大改变。相反,你应该考虑市场发生了什么变化 - 也许是宏观经济或地缘政治震荡期,高波动性,流动性不足等等。如果存在这些问题,那么要么等待它们过去,要么复制你的策略并调整它以适应当前的市场环境。

4. 无法控制自己的情绪

交易对交易者来说会引发强烈的情感,无论他们是赚钱还是亏损。要取得成功,交易者需要坚韧的心态,并随时保持冷静,不让情绪影响决策。

原因在于情绪会显著影响交易者的决策方式。通常,当交易者经历重大亏损时,他们会感到沮丧,并立刻放弃他们的交易计划,开始寻找弥补损失的方法。这种行为被称为“复仇交易”。然而,大多数情况下,复仇交易只会积累更大的亏损。这个过程会让交易者陷入一个向下螺旋,完全受情感控制并做出仓促的决策。在那一刻,赢得胜利只是一个运气的问题。

虽然没有交易者是没有情感的,但重要的是要记住,金融市场完全受到逻辑而不是感情的驱动。最终,它被称为技术分析,有其原因。如果你停止遵循你交易设置背后的逻辑,那么你实际上正在将控制权交给你无法影响的因素。

保罗·都铎·琼斯(Paul Tudor Jones)说:“每天,我都假设我拥有的每个头寸都是错误的。这种心态使你能够为可能发生的最坏情况做好准备并积极面对。”

如何避免

避免这个问题有一种预防性和事后处理的方法。在开始交易之前,请接受亏损是交易过程的重要组成部分,即使是最优秀的交易员也会如此。接下来,在一次亏损交易后,只需停下来一分钟,甚至整个交易时段。只有在你冷静下来,头脑清醒,准备好再次遵循你最初的交易计划时,才继续交易。

5. 盲目跟随他人的交易设置

技术分析最好的一点是它已有几个世纪的历史。这条道路已经被踏得很熟,你不必通过一次次错误来学习技术分析的复杂性。相反,你可以向成功的交易员学习并考虑他们的方法。

然而,不要盲目相信复制别人的交易设置会立刻让你变得成功。恰恰相反,它甚至可能适得其反。原因是有太多的变量预定了交易策略的成功。或者,环境背景在你两者之间几乎不会相同。而环境背景至关重要。

尽管从表面上看,其他交易者的方法可能适合你,但如果不考虑到许多其他的差异化因素,你可能会爆仓。例如,即使交易的工具相同,他可能拥有更多的资金,不同的退出策略,或者更青睐不同的交易频次。

盲目复制另一位交易者的方法就像尝试你穿你朋友的衬衫 - 尺寸可能适合你,但肯定不会完美适合你。类似地,依赖其他经验丰富的交易者进行的分析是一个好主意,但过度依赖它是不明智的选择。

如何避免

请记住,你可以并且应该向其他交易者学习,但永远不要盲目跟随或复制他们的策略。如果你坚决要尝试另一种设置,至少在模拟账户中这样做。这样,你可以找出该策略是否也适用于你,并在不冒险使用你的资本的情况下解决潜在问题。

6. 使用过多或过少的指标

在规划交易策略时,交易者最先关心的问题之一是使用多少个技术指标。虽然没有明确规定要使用多少个指标,但有关不要使用多少个指标的规则是明确的。

许多交易者常见的错误是仅依赖单一指标(例如,移动平均线收敛/发散指标,MACD)。依赖单一指标意味着你完全依赖其信号。然而,这是一个代价高昂的错误,因为没有任何指标在任何时候都是完美和100%准确的。

另一方面,一些交易者认为指标越多越好。结果,他们为自己的交易策略配备了六七个技术工具,以试图提升交易胜率。然而,事实是,你添加的指标越多,你可能会遇到越多的噪音。想象一下 - 你打开一个图表,有六七个要查看的工具,其中一些的信号来自同时监控不同元素(直方图、两条或更多线等等)。再加上价格的蜡烛图,你会得到一个越来越复杂的设置,即使是最有经验的交易员也会难以驾驭。这种状态也被称为“分析麻痹症”。此外,添加太多的指标会增加出现矛盾或虚假信号的风险。

如何避免

建议使用两到三个相互补充的指标,帮助你从不同角度分析市场。如果你经验丰富,可以构建一个更复杂的设置,但要注意不同指标之间不相互兼容的情况。

7. 过度交易

一些积极的交易者经常认为他们必须始终保持交易状态。如果他们一段时间不交易,就会开始感到错失良机的恐惧(FOMO),通常最终会试图补偿。结果,即使在没有明显的盈利机会下,他们也入场交易,俗称“管不住手”。

请记住,交易涉及大量的分析和时间来完善你的技术交易策略。即使你没有分析市场,而只是耐心等待,你可能会做出比积极交易更好的决策。一些交易者可能每年只执行不到三笔交易,但仍然能够产生出色的回报。

例如,日内交易的先驱之一杰西·利弗莫尔(Jesse Livermore)曾经说过,赚钱是通过坐着而不是交易来实现的。因此,如果最著名的日内交易员这样说,那么你无需其他确认来解释为什么你不必一直交易。

尽管在同行赚钱的时候坐着不交易可能会有挑战,但重要的是要记住,交易是一场马拉松而不是竞赛。如果没有盈利机会,不要试图创造这种机会 - 你根本无法做到。没有可靠信号的交易是高风险交易,你应该明确地知道你可能会亏损多于你可以获得的盈利。

如何避免

坚守你的交易策略,只有在有明确信号时才进行交易。记住,有些信号可能需要时间形成,匆忙只会导致失去资金而已,别无他获。

8. 缺乏退出策略

构建坚实的技术分析交易策略不仅仅是挑选并结合最佳指标。它还涉及到明确你的优先事项和目标。其中最重要的是何时退出市场。

没有退出策略的交易者通常最终会成为恐惧或贪婪的受害者。在第一种情况下,他们会过早退出市场,失去了可能会在更长时间内获得的利润。另一方面,在获得小额利润后,贪婪的交易者通常会继续追求更大的利润,直到为时已晚。

入市策略也是如此。幸运的是,技术分析提供了许多指标,帮助你找到最佳的入场和出场点。剩下的唯一事情就是你是否愿意这样做。

如何避免

在开始交易之前制定你的入场和出场策略,并且永远不要违反它们。设定盈利目标或止损。一旦达到它们,请务必退出。不要忘记,恐惧和贪婪是你最大的敌人,所以不要让它们控制你,迫使你违反退出策略。

9. 不保持记录交易日志

交易日志帮助你记录你的交易活动。那么,为什么这很重要呢?原因是,在成为更好的交易者的过程中,你的首要任务将是复制你的盈利举措,同时将你的常见错误留在过去,永不重复。实现这一目标的最佳方式是保持写交易日志,其中包括你的历史记录,有关特定交易的详细信息,以及交易后的感受和其他相关细节。

这是至关重要的,因为你无法跟踪的东西你无法改进,你不跟踪的东西你不会改进。以体育为例。拳击手、足球运动员、篮球运动员 - 教练们总是向他们展示特定比赛中的录像,以帮助改进他们的弱点并在未来避免它们。即使扑克牌玩家也会在比赛中记笔记。

对于技术交易者也是如此。交易日志使你可以全面了解你的绩效。在交易时产生的所有这些数据包含大量隐藏的信息,可以帮助你在将来改进。保持交易日志对初学者和专业人士都有益处。它可以帮助初学者养成习惯,快速迈向更成功的交易之路。对于专业人士,它可以调整其交易策略,使其更容易进行详细的深入分析。

如何避免

很简单,从第一天开始保持交易日志。要保持一致,并记录所有活动,包括盈利和亏损的交易。有许多交易日志解决方案可以帮助你自动执行此操作。其中一些甚至提供了用于回测、交易优化、摘要绩效指标等高级功能。

10 将技术分析工具应用于不同市场并期望获得类似的结果

一些交易者认为,无论什么策略对期货有效,对股票、债券、外汇或其他市场也同样有效。然而,情况并非如此。不同的资产类别具有不同的要求和特点。

例如,如果你交易蓝筹股或高质量债券,波动性可能不会是你策略的基石。另一方面,如果你交易高度不稳定国家的货币或接近到期的期货和期权,你将不得不考虑到价格大幅波动。

始终记住,技术分析是概率游戏,而不是绝对游戏。这意味着如果你的交易设置在玉米期货市场上表现完美,那么其成功并不会线性地转化到其他市场。恰恰相反 - 其预测特性可能变得不太可靠,甚至会误导你。因此,你不应该犯将为一个资产类别设计的技术指标应用于另一个资产类别的错误。

如何避免

根据你将要交易的资产类别来调整你的技术设置,以确保它将按你的预期行为。如果你刚开始,专注于特定的资产类别,并不要试图从第一天开始交易所有市场。

总结

交易首先是关于保护资金,其次是关于增长资金。然而,许多交易者都在这个基本的“真理”上挣扎。

根据不同的估计,80%到99%的交易者都会亏钱。要跻身剩下的1%到20%中,你应该通过做好功课并减少潜在错误的机会来打好基础。每个使用技术分析的交易者都至少犯过这个清单上的一个错误。大多数人犯了更多的错误。避免这些常见错误的最佳方法之一是意识到它们。这个最常见错误清单是一个很好的开始。然而,技术分析的世界非常深奥,需要不断学习。如果你想在市场上取得成功,请确保继续扩展你的知识。


The Big Picture Stock Market Rallies Broadly Again; For A Fresh Growth Stock Idea, Check Your Neighborhood Business In This Sector

Stock Market Rallies Broadly Again; For A Fresh Growth Stock Idea, Check Your Neighborhood Business In This Sector

Growth investors, it's time to exhale. A day after scores of big stock market leaders — including many within the IBD 50 — got kneecapped with sharp losses, the market proved on Wednesday that its uptrend remains robust and healthy.

But Wednesday's action also signaled that the hunt for bargains based on typical measures of valuation, such as the price-to-earnings ratio, is far from over.

During the final full day's worth of trading this week, the Nasdaq composite gained 0.9% and made an all-time high of 20,397. At that price, the composite has now risen as much as 5.6% for the year. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% on Wednesday, also marking a record-high close.

The 100 largest nonfinancial companies on the Nasdaq also fared well on Wednesday. The Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) exchange traded fund gained 0.7%. It nearly recouped all of Monday's 0.8% drop. Indeed, action by the highly popular ETF has stayed positive since it tested support at the rising 21-day exponential moving average on June 23.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was a sore point in Wednesday's action. It closed nearly 11 points lower at 44,484. An 18-point drop by UnitedHealth (UNH), an IBD Long-Term Leader, hurt the Dow's cause. But the Dow Jones transportation average shined, rising 1.2%.

Stock Market: No Dearth Of News, Yet Lighter Trading

In addition, the Russell 2000 rose more than 1.2%. That made the large-cap indexes' advances look somewhat pedestrian. While the small-cap index has been lagging its large-cap siblings the whole year so far, it's very encouraging to see the Russell finish a third straight day above the long-term 200-day moving average. The Dow transports did the same on Wednesday.



Biotechs are also showing a bit more pep in their step.

Dow industrials component Amgen (AMGN), which three decades ago was one of the biggest stock market winners, gained 2.2%. At 296.85, the giant in biotherapies for a wide range of diseases is now back above its own 200-day moving average. The Relative Strength Rating of 29 is still wretched. However, it will become even more interesting to monitor Amgen, should it break through prior upside resistance levels of 300 and 320-335. These price levels serve as a key overhead supply of potential sellers.

Amgen is currently wallowing within a long, amorphous base after peaking at 346.85 during the week ended July 26 last year. According to MarketSurge, Amgen shows a 12-month forward P-E ratio of 14, far less than that of the S&P 500.

Scaling The Wall

Certainly, the stock market continues to act bullishly as it appears to take gloomy headlines on the economy in stride.

The monthly nonfarm payrolls report comes out on Thursday before the close. On Wednesday, a surprise drop of 33,000 in private-sector jobs from payrolls giant ADP basically did not cause stock market bulls to flinch.

Bill Adams, chief economist at Comerica Bank, noted that the jobs picture is mixed. While June saw 56,000 jobs lost in professional and business services and 52,000 lost in education and health services, employment rose by 32,000 in leisure and hospitality. Plus, the manufacturing sector added 15,000 net new jobs. And 14,000 positions were added in trade, transport and utilities.

"Foreign-born workers accounted for four-fifths of labor force growth between early 2020 and early 2025," Adams wrote in comments emailed to IBD. "Without their contribution to the ranks of job seekers, the labor force would have only grown by about 20,000 per month over that period. The current crackdown on immigration means that financial markets will likely be surprised by the unemployment rate holding steadier in the second half of the year than is currently priced in."

In May, the U.S. jobless rate stayed very low at 4.2%.

Stock Market Technicals On Wednesday

Going back to the stock market, volume declined on both exchanges. That comes as no surprise. The stock market will close at 1 p.m. ET on Thursday ahead of Friday's July Fourth holiday, during which markets will be closed. Equity trading desks are most likely to remain thinly staffed for the rest of the week, despite the developments arising out of the closely watched vote and deliberations by the House of Representatives on President Donald Trump's massive tax cut and spending legislation known as the "Big Beautiful Bill."

The landmark piece of legislation, which would slash as much as $1 trillion from Medicaid spending and include a tax deduction of up to $6,000 for seniors, narrowly passed the Senate after Vice President JD Vance cast the deciding vote.

A survey of IBD's 197 industry group leaders highlighted how the beaten-down trade is suddenly hip again.

For instance, in Tuesday's The Big Picture column, the accompanying General Market Indicators PDF noted huge gains by some of the worst-ranking industries within the 197 tracked by IBD each day. The residential building group, which went into Wednesday's trading ranked No. 181, bolted 3.9% higher, while home furnishings, at No. 190, jumped 4.3%. Truck transport, ranked 193rd, soared 4.4%, while No. 194 Building-Wood Products topped that gain, up 5.6%.

Is Your Neighborhood Bank Getting Busier?

Small and midsize banks have an outsized presence on the Russell 2000.

Large banks dominated the financial news headlines following the latest results of stress tests conducted by the Federal Reserve on key lenders. Many Wall Street firms announced plans to raise dividends. JPMorgan Chase (JPM), a full-size position on IBD Leaderboard, rose nearly 0.6% for its ninth gain in 10 trading days. At 292, JPM is way extended past a handle on a double-bottom base with a 269.52 buy point.

The bullish move wasn't limited to the so-called "bulge bracket" banks, which have large investment banking operations and expansive equity and debt trading floors.

Take a look at a daily chart of the SPDR S&P Regional Banking (KRE) exchange traded fund. It rose sharply for a second straight day in heavy volume, rising 5% in the process. The ETF has snapped a seven-month downtrend since topping at 70.25 on Nov. 25.

The complexion of the regional bank tracker's chart has changed since it bottomed out recently at 47.06 on April 7. A month later, the fund climbed back above its 50-day moving average and remained above it. That's a 180-degree turnaround from the way the ETF acted during much of February and March, when it spent its days trading below the 50-day line.

New Financial IPO

Northpointe Bancshares (NPB) probably won't be the first topic of conversation at outdoor barbecues or in between innings of baseball games over the weekend. However, IBD readers might want to keep the small cap as a watchlist candidate, if not as an additional stock to track how the banking sector is performing.

A member of MarketSurge's Growth 250 list, NorthPointe gained 1.6% to 14.28, notching its eighth gain in 10 sessions. In most of those up days, volume rang higher- than-normal levels. This price-volume action hints at institutional accumulation.

The Grand Rapids, Mich., lender went public in February at $14.50 a share.

Ants indicator | How To Buy Stocks: Use 'Ants' Indicator To Spot Exceptional Demand

How To Buy Stocks: Use 'Ants' Indicator To Spot Exceptional Demand

To maximize your chances of investing success, follow the "smart money" by tracking institutional demand. An easy to way do that is by using the new Ants Indicator on IBD MarketSurge.

The Ants Indicator identifies unusually strong price and volume action over a rolling three-week period. The indicator — developed by investing champ David Ryan while working as a portfolio manager at former IBD parent company William O'Neil + Co. — is a sign of unusually high institutional demand over a short period of time.

The bulk of trading in the stock market is done by institutions: mutual funds, hedge funds and other major investors with billions of capital to invest. While their public disclosures are usually limited to once per quarter, investors can use price and volume to gauge the institutional buying and selling in real time.

When stocks climb in rising volume, that's a hallmark of institutional demand. The Ants Indicator takes a magnifying glass to this concept.

How To Buy Stocks With The Ants Indicator

To trigger it, there are three requirements. First, the stock has to be up at least 12 of 15 consecutive days. At the end of that period, average volume needs to be up 20% or more from the beginning of the 15-day move. Lastly, the stock price needs to advance 20% or more from the start of that period.

The Ants Indicator will be marked on a daily chart by small black marks ("ants") right above the price bars on the days the signal occurs.

"It is not a signal to rush out and buy the stock," cautioned MarketSurge Manager Scott St. Clair. "After a consolidation or resting period, these stocks could be potential big winners for you to research."

So use the Ants Indicator as an easy to way to spot that overwhelming institutional demand that can result in big stock market winners.

Chipotle And Qualcomm Ants



Qualcomm (QCOM) triggered the Ants Indicator in mid-November, just a couple weeks before a breakout past a cup-with-handle's 130.37 buy point (1). On Nov. 16, 17 and 20, MarketSurge's mechanisms plotted the black markings on the daily chart (2).

The stock advanced as much as 36% from that entry through March 7. Qualcomm shares are now building another base.

In mid-November, Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) broke out past a 2,175.01 buy point in a cup base. A single Ants Indicator appeared Nov. 16, an auspicious signal as the burrito chain began a run of about 50%.

Since then, shares have gone up substantially from that buy point. They rallied as much as 49% to the all-time highs on April 29.

Using Ants As A Sell Signal

But excessive buying can also indicate when a stock's price move has become exhausted. When the Ants Indicator shows up after a big price move, consider it a bearish signal.

For example, artificial intelligence leader Super Micro Computer (SMCI) started showing the Ants Indicator in mid-February 2024 after the stock had already gone on a tremendous advance from a split-adjusted 357 consolidation buy point.

That was a sign of climactic action. While not an immediate sell signal, it was time for investors to take some profits off the table and be on the lookout for additional sell signals.

Be sure to follow Scott Lehtonen on X, formerly known as Twitter, at @IBD_SLehtonen for more on growth stocks, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the stock market today.

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The Ants indicator

 Apr 16, 2021

The Ants indicator is based on the research of David Ryan, three-time winner of the U.S. Investing Championship. David came up with the idea for the indicator while managing the New USA Growth Fund at William O’Neil + Company. David was interested to understand what drove some stocks higher once they were extended from their most recent base, while others had only moderate moves up.

What David found during his research was that stocks making the biggest moves often had consistent buying on volume over a period of 12 to 15 trading days. Stocks with these characteristics may be under institutional accumulation, where it may take days to weeks to fill a position.

— Momentum, Volume And Price (MVP) —

The Ants indicator looks for the following:

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎■ Momentum - The stock is up at least 12 of the past 15 days.
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎■ Volume - The volume has increased over the past 15 days by 20% to 25%.
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎■ Price - The price is up at least 20% over the past 15 days.

— Why Is The Indicator Called Ants? —

The "Ants" reference comes from the original implementation at William O'Neil where small black marks were placed above price bars when the MVP criteria were met.

— Ant Colors —

When the indicator was created at William O'Neil, Ants were shown only when all three MVP requirements had been met. You may find it helpful to see Ants when momentum and volume or momentum and price are detected. With that in mind, the Ants indicator supports the following:

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎■ Gray Ants - Momentum requirement met.
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎■ Blue Ants - Momentum and price requirements met.
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎■ Yellow Ants - Momentum and volume requirements met.
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎■ Green Ants - Momentum, volume and price requirements met.

— What Does It Mean If More Than 15 Ants Are Shown? —

It is possible that two or more consecutive series of Ants overlap. For example, you may have one series of 15 bars that meet all the MVP requirements. Somewhere within that series, another run of 15 bars may begin that also meets the MVP requirements. In situations such as this, once each run of 15 Ants is displayed, the total number of consecutive Ants shown will be greater than 15.

— Acknowledgement —

Many thanks to David Ryan for his time to clarify the details of the MVP requirements and providing feedback and suggestions during the development of the Ants indicator.

ORCL stock | Oracle unveils $10B data center expansion plan

Oracle unveils $10B data center expansion plan

The computer tech giant said just one of its planned facilities could accommodate about eight Boeing 747 airplanes lined up nose to tail.

Dive Brief:

  • Austin, Texas-based computer technology company Oracle plans to spend about $10 billion in 2025 on data center expansion, its CEO Safra Catz said Monday during the company’s third quarter earnings call. 
  • Interest in the firm’s cloud network is “extraordinarily high” and data center facilities are receiving a tremendous amount of demand, Larry Ellison, company chairman and chief technology officer, said during the call. The company did not specify the locations for these upcoming projects.
  • “[We are] building the largest data centers in the world that we know of. We’re building an AI data center in the United States where you could park eight Boeing 747s nose-to-tail in that one data center,” said Ellison. “We’re bringing on enormous amounts of capacity over the next 24 months.”

Dive Insight:

Catz shared ambitions during the call for Oracle to join other tech giants like Google and Amazon in data center construction activity. These hyperscalers, or tech companies that operate massive data centers, account for about 60% to 70% of new data center absorption, according to Databank, a Dallas-based provider of data center services.

Google has announced various data center construction projects across the U.S., such as in Oregon, Texas, Ohio, Missouri and Iowa. Meanwhile, Amazon announced last year a commitment of $7.8 billion into its data centers in Ohio.

However, supply chain issues continue to cause some headaches in the data center construction pipeline. 

PSMJ, a Newton, Massachusetts-based architectural engineering and construction data provider, found in a recent survey of architecture and engineering firms that proposal activity for data center facilities had decelerated. Additionally, buildout timelines have lengthened over the past few years for these projects, lasting now anywhere from two to six years, largely due to constrained power availability, according to CBRE.

Nevertheless, Oracle maintains that demand for its data center projects is soaring. The tech company also said it has been improving the time it takes to deliver them.

“The data centers take longer to build than we would like. That said, we are getting very good at building them quickly,” said Ellison. “Getting the building and the power and the communication links in — we’re doing that faster than we have ever had in the past.”