T. Livingston – Market Bottoms

Using Price Action, Volume, Moving Averages, Sentiment, and More to Spot Market Turning Points

Some people think of market bottoms as an exact moment. Others think of it as something only a professional or a genius can catch. Others see it as fleeting and impossible, almost like a fairy tale.

I don’t see market bottoms as any of these things. In fact, I don’t even care about buying at the exact bottom. Instead, I look for clues to determine when I believe a market bottom is in, and then when the current is at my back, I begin to take positions in the stock market.

In this course, I discuss the criteria I use to determine the market’s health and when a bottom may be in. I’m going to discuss how to use moving averages to determine the market trend, how to use volume to spot when big institutions are starting to put their money into the market, and how to use sentiment to determine if the trend is about change. In addition, I will illustrate the importance of using the action of individual stocks to gauge the health of the market. There’s even sections on seasonality and the presidential cycle so you have a general idea of which months and years are best to invest in the stock market.

The second part of the course is my favorite. In “Back in Time,” I look back at some of the most important bottoms in history. I go all the way back to 1932 to look at the signs that the bottom was in and a buying opportunity of a lifetime was taking place. I also analyze the early 1980s, 1998, 2018, and more so that you will be able to spot similarities during future market turning points.

What You’ll Learn In Market Bottoms

Introduction

• Introduction to Market Bottoms
• Disclaimer
• Bulls, Bears, And Insurance Companies: Some Statistics To Paint A Picture
• The Market Sentiment Cycle

The Market Stages

Secular Bull and Bear Markets

Follow The Big Money

Sentiment Indicators

Seasonality

The Presidential Cycle

• Presidential Cycle

Monetary Indicators

• Don’t Fight The FED
• Recessions & The Stock Market

Sidelines Indicator

• Margin Debt Indicator

Leadership Stocks

New Highs New Lows

McClellan Oscillator

Back In Time

• 1932 Bottom
• 1968-1986
• 1998 Bear Market
• The Dot Com Bubble Bursts: The 2000 Stock Market Top
• 2007-2008 Bear Market
• 2010 Correction
• 2011 Bear Market
• 2018 Bear Market
• Summer 2019 Correction
• 2020 COVID-19 Bear Market Bottom
• 2022 Bear Market: Part I
• 2022 Bear Market: Part II
• 2023 Market Bottom

Sample Trades

• Bitcoin 2017 to 2019
• 2018 Bear Market Sample Trades
• 2019 Correction Sample Trades

Just For Fun

• Yield Curve
• Panic of 1907
• 1929 Stock Market Crash
• The Dot Com Bubble Bursts: 2000 Market Top
• ARKK: Topping Like It’s 1999

Final Thoughts

• Summary of Indicators
• Final Thoughts

About T. Livingston

T. Livingston is the author of Trading Within the Box: Early Entry Points for Breakout Traders, Swing Into It: A Simple System for Trading Pullbacks to the 50-Day Moving Average, and The Education of a Trader. He is widely followed on Twitter for both his educational content and market analysis. After struggling for years to make money in the markets, he was able to drastically turn his trading around through a combination of risk management techniques, buying and selling tactics, psychology, and spirituality. You can learn more about him, his trading courses, and his market insights at TLivingstonBlog.com.

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