Most people are only taught or are aware of the basic sex positions. As a result, most sexual relationships are only divided into 3 sex positions: missionary, rear entry or woman on top. These positions are very good and effective, however if you like to rise above the pack, you need to mix things up in the bedroom. This can come in the form of using new and unique sex positions. Here are 3 sex positions that are guaranteed to get some attention:

1. Bedside rear entry – this rear entry position can be very exhilarating for both partners and especially for the female. The reason rear entry is a good position for women is because of the angle and ability to hit her G. spot. If you put this position on the side of the bed, that is having her knees close to the edge of the bed as if she’s going to fall off, this will create a unique sensation. Of course, you will be supporting her so she doesn’t fall, but the effect will feel like she may fall which will clench up her body and tighten her inside creating more sensations.

2. V form – the V will be formed by placing her legs in the air upward, forming a V in missionary position. Rest her ankles on your shoulders and use a back-and-forth, side to side combination 3 penetration. This position is going to get a lot of penetration as well as friction between your groin in her clitoris. The angle formed aids the G spot path.

3. Reverse missionary – the reason this is reverse missionary is because the woman is on top lying towards a man’s chest just as the man would and standard missionary position. This position is very effective in creating high stimulation to her sensitive areas. Since she is leaning forward your groin will naturally stimulate her clitoris, then the angle will stimulate her G. spot. On top of all that, she controls the movements and the pace which should ensure that she is able to find the right spot for orgasm.

If you are interested in upping your game and being able to sexually satisfy any woman, you might consider increasing the size of your penis and learning how to last much longer during sex. It is all possible by investing some time into following a penis exercise program that will maximize your potential to fully satisfy your woman in bed…

Body Meridians are pathways through which chi or energy moves around the body. While invisible to some, people who are sensitive to energy can see these channels as light flowing through the body. Those that run close to the surface of the body are not difficult to feel and again those sensitive to energy can feel the push of the energy along these channels.

There are Body Meridians to deliver energy to each organ. Others perform different functions in the body. The Heart, Small Intestine, Lung and Large Intestine and Pericardium Meridians are in the Upper Body, along with The Triple Warmer. Lower Body Meridians include the Gall Bladder, Liver, Stomach, Spleen, Kidney, and Bladder. Other Meridians are: Directing, Governing, Penetrating, Yin Linking, Yang Linking, Yin Hill and Yang Heel.

Body Meridians can become clogged, just as arteries do. Sometimes, this shows up as acne, or freckled skin and moles. When you’re feeling tired and out of sorts, it just may be due to improperly flowing Meridians.

Here is an exercise you can use to help clear out the pathways and enjoy a burst of energy.

• Sit in a chair with your feet flat on the floor, shoulder-width apart. Make sure your back is straight and your hips in alignment.
• To center your energy pull in your diaphragm while raising your arms over your head, turning your palms toward the ceiling. While breathing through your mouth, slowly lower your arms, brining your hands in front of you until your fingers almost touch and the palms are facing upward. Repeat the breathing exercise 2 more times.
• Next breathe in slowly and close your hands into fists with your thumbs tucked inside, palms still facing upward.
• Exhale slowly as you push your hands forward while rotating your palms into a downward position.
• Take a short breath while pumping your elbows backward. Do this a total of three times.
• Exhale strongly as your thrust your fists forward three times.

Repeat the entire exercise three times.

Next, put your focus into the center of your body, pulling your energy into that space. Hold for a count of at least 10. Taking more time to center your energy is even more beneficial.

The best time to do this exercise is first thing in the morning. If you do this exercise late at night, you may have difficulty going to sleep. Do this simple exercise daily and you’ll be amazed at how it transforms your health and emotional wellness.

This article is written at a level which requires some knowledge of anatomical attachments, ie: origins and insertions of muscles, as well as names of muscles.

Should you wish to know more I invite you to look online for an anatomy atlas or dictionary to assist you with muscles and definitions you do not understand.

You can find one by looking for ‘anatomy atlas.org’ in any search engine.

I have been developing my massage diagnosis and treatment skills in a fitness setting for two years and as a massage therapist in a private home clinic environment for five years.

Many of the clients who come to me for injury therapy complain of back and gluteal pain.

The gluteals attach at the top of the hips and are responsible mostly for lifting the femur or upper thigh up and outward, what we call abduction. These muscles are also used in conjunction with the hamstrings which flex the leg backwards at the knee and which extend the leg backwards at the hip.

For those of you reading this article with no or little anatomy background I will detail the attachments of the ilio-psoas.

Firstly the ilio-psoas is a combination of two muscles, the iliacus, and the psoas major.

The Iliacus originates in the inside or medial side of the ilium, or hipbone. It proceeds caudally down the pelvis bone to the inner thigh where it attaches to the femur. When the iliacus contracts it anchors the pelvis bone or ilium by the hamstrings, which causes an upward pressure on the leg and causes the hip to flex and the thigh and knee to move upward. This is one of the most important muscles in assessing gait dysfunctions.

The Psoas originates on the sides of the five lumbar vertebrae and also attaches to the transverse processes of those vertebrae, contributing to some rotation of the lumbar spine when tight, which is what is observed when the hands are not symmetrically aligned at the sides of the pelvis, when client is in standing pose.

There are psoas muscles on either side of the spine, one for each leg. An imbalance in one may cause rotation to the spine and cause muscle guarding and further dysfunction.

The psoas joins the iliacus muscle midway down the ilium (hipbone) and attaches to the same insertion on the inner thigh or femur. The psoas assists the iliacus in hip flexion and also flexes the torso when the action is reversed.

Visual assessment:

Upon investigation of pelvis alignment visually in frontal view, I usually notice one of two signs; firstly either the hands are anterior to the body’s *frontal plane, or, secondly, the position of the hands is asymmetrical, ie: they are not equally positioned on both sides of the pelvis. With a tight ilio-psoas on the left one would notice the right hand at the side, and the left hand positioned more anteriorly on the frontal plane and adducting towards midline. The left hand may also have moved posteriorly towards the left gluteal. With a tight iliopsoas on the right the positioning of the hands would be reversed.

*:frontal plane: is the plane when viewed from the front, perpendicular to the viewer, of a line which is drawn through the body from head to feet separating front from back.

Physical assessment: With the client in the prone position, on their back, I perform a gluteal stretch by bringing up the knee to the chest. This tells me whether the gluteals are contracted and adding resistance to the pelvis mobility. Secondly, I take the knee across the chest to the other side, to assess piriformis and obturator for lateral resistance. Thirdly, I place the left leg in a figure four position with the plantar surface of the left foot against the medial or inside edge of the right knee of the opposing leg.

This allows me to assess adductor tension which also contributes to pelvic resistance and mobility. My experience has led me to conclude that in almost every instance of ilio-psoas dysfunction has been associated with hypertonic (tight) adductors on the same side (ipsolaterally) as the tight or dysfunctional ilio-psoas. There is however, not always an associated hypertonicity of the gluteals.

My findings are that often there is associated gluteal and adductor contractedness of muscles, including adductor magnus which implicates the hamstring also.

Treatment:

Firstly I warm the abdominal obliques and six-pack to allow deeper treatment of the iliacus and psoas.

Secondly I treat the iliacus by taking the leg into adduction in a waving motion with the knee.

Thirdly I work my way up to the iliacus-psoas junction and release any tension found there with acupressure.

Next, I find the psoas belly with the client performing a knee to chest contraction and then I release psoas with leg ratcheting to the table and rotating thigh externally to lengthen psoas further.

Findings:

The interesting finding is that there is sometimes a contra-lateral relationship to the contractedness of iliacus and psoas. Should I have a tight low back on the right side, with quadratus lumborum being hypertonic(tight), I will also detect a short leg on the right side, in prone or supine position, I will also detect a tight psoas on the right side with often a tight iliacus on the left side (in compensating mode) and a slight to moderately tight psoas on the left side. The iliacus on the affected side may be slightly contracted or not implicated at all. There are also some instances where there is only tension in the iliacus muscles bilaterally and not as predominant in the psoas. However, the reverse is never true; where there is tension in the psoas there will always be tension in the iliacus.

Conlcusion:

The releasing of the ilio-psoas results in a release of the tension in the lumbar spine are surrounding tissues, including but not exclusively the abdominal obliques and quadratus lumborum whicfh are the flexion brakes joining the ribcage to the pelvis. There is usually observed a marked relaxation of the whole spine up to the nexk and occiput.

There is often observed a return to a balanced pelvis after treating ilio-psoas when previous to the treatment there was an anteriorly-rotated pelvis on one leg and an obvious short-leg on the side with the tight ilio-psoas.

The appearance of the short leg is usually gone after treating the ilio-psoas(when there is absence of tight quadriceps or hamstring). Treating the ilio-psoas first when confronted with a client presenting with low back pain often resolves the issue of pelvic rotation without treating hamstrings or quadriceps. Although there is often a tight quadriceps with opposing ham-string tension associated with a tight ilio-psoas complex.

Follow-up: Since writing this article I’ve observed a client who had psoas tension and lumbar torsion which was the result of knee reconstruction.

What had happened since his reconstruction was that the non-reconstructed leg had become weaker in the quad and hamstring, and ilio/psoas muscle complex than the reconstructed leg. The consequence was a tighter ilio-psoas on the leg which had been reconstructed and also a lumbar torsion towards the opposite side.

Since most of the equity markets are at or near all-time highs, I thought that this might be a great time to talk about market capitulation and why you should be aware of this phenomena. It is important to understand that it takes considerable experience to properly identify and trade capitulation which can occur at all-time highs or solid resistance that can’t be broken through. A simple definition of capitulation is when long positions are abandoned and a period of high volume selling occurs as traders experience panic and are anxious to exit their positions to avoid losses or realized profits. A simpler explanation would include the term panic selling.

One way to identify capitulation, as opposed to a normal move corrective move to the downside is to observe volume with scrutiny. Capitulation gains momentum as panic selling grips the mindset of confused traders. The volume will increase and momentum of the panic selling increases as the level of fear increases. I think it is important to mention the word fear. Capitulation is correlated directly with fear and that fear can continue for quite some time as frightened investors bail out of their positions.

Volume is key to identifying this market move and you will observe far higher levels of volume than is normal. To be sure, the volume levels can be absolutely massive. Newer traders, especially those that started after the 2007-2009 market meltdown will volume see volume numbers that enormous relative to the volume levels they have been trading for the last 7 years.

I can vividly remember the market crash of 1987. Though I had been trading for a number of years, my experience was with a rapid upward trending market. We thought the sky was the limit and had no experience with a serious move to the downside. I can also remember the speed and breadth of the sell-off. I’d never seen volume numbers reach the levels the rapid move to the downside was creating. Frankly, it was frightening. I had the typical mindset of a novice trader. I thought during my early years that the market was headed for the moon. As the downside move gained momentum I was sure the stock market was going to hit zero.

In 1987, most of the sell-off was blamed on program trading and the NYSE and other exchanges have taken measures to control the influence of these programs. These measures are referred to as circuit breakers and companies are forced to terminate their program trading in hopes the market will normalize movement. Having experienced several capitulation moves, my general opinion is that the circuit breakers panic traders even further.

I suspect we will see a capitulation sometime in the future as this market tops out and upward momentum starts to deteriorate. If you can properly identify one of these moves there is great money to be made by trading short. As always, best of luck in your trading

The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD), developed by Gerald Appel in the 1970s, is a popular momentum indicator used by technical analysts. The MACD indicator provides traders and investors with a measure of short-term momentum compared to longer term momentum, which gives an an indication of the current direction of momentum.

The MACD indicator is comprised of two Exponential Moving Averages (EMA), that measure the price momentum of a security. The MACD is typically calculated by subtracting the (“slow”) 26-day EMA from the (“fast”) 12-day EMA. The MACD line is the difference between the two EMAs plotted against a centerline.

Plotted beside the MACD line is a nine-day EMA of the MACD, which is called the “Signal line”. This Signal line is used by traders and investors as a trigger for buy and sell signals. The common buy signal comes from the indicator when the MACD line crosses above the Signal line, and the common sell signal is when the MACD crosses below the Signal line.

Traders also watch for a move above or below the centerline as this signals the position of the fast moving average relative to the slow moving average. When the MACD line is in positive territory it is telling us that the fast moving average is exceeding the slow moving average and therefore there is upward momentum in the price. Conversely, when the MACD line is in negative territory it is telling us that the fast moving average is below the slow moving average and therefore there is downward momentum in the price. When the MACD line crosses over the centerline it is telling us that there is a crossing in the moving averages, with one now exceeding the other.

Traders also look for divergence patterns between the MACD and the price movement of the security. A bullish divergence forms when the price of the security records a lower low but the MACD forms a higher low. The lower low in the price of the security confirms the current downtrend is in place, but the higher low in the MACD shows less downside momentum. The slowing of downside momentum can precede a trend reversal or a sizable rally. A bearish divergence forms when the price of a security records a higher high but the MACD Line forms a lower high. The higher high in the price of the security is normal for an uptrend, but the lower high in the MACD shows less upside momentum. Weakening upward momentum can precede a trend reversal or sizable decline. Bullish and bearish divergences should be taken with caution however. Bullish divergences occur often in a strong downtrend and bearish divergences often occur in a strong uptrend.

Thomas Aspray added to the visual aspect of the MACD by introducing a histogram in 1986, which highlights the difference between the MACD line and the Signal line. The histogram will be in positive territory when the MACD Line is above the Signal line and will be in negative territory when the MACD Line is below its Signal line. The higher the histogram bars are (either in a positive or negative direction), the more momentum there is behind the direction in which the bars point.

The typical time periods used in the calculation of the MACD and Signal lines are 12, 26 and 9 are, although a trader or investor may use alternative time periods depending upon trading style and objectives. Where the price movements of securities are more volatile the MACD can be calculated with shorter term averages, while with less volatile securities longer averages can be used. Note that it is the closing prices of a security that are used in the calculation of the MACD.

As the MACD is calculated using EMAs it is what is known as a lagging indicator. However, a benefit that the MACD has when compared to standalone Simple Moving Averages (SMA) or EMA is that it does not lag so much. As the Signal line crossover can be anticipated by witnessing the convergence in advance of the actual crossing the MACD does not lag so much as a basic SMA or EMA crossing indicator.

The beauty of Native American pottery is undeniable. Completely different from European or Oriental styles, Indian pottery is unique and fascinating. It is all the more remarkable because authentic Native American pottery is made without the use of a potter’s wheel. This pottery is made using the coil method. Long, thin ropes of clay are rolled out by hand then used to build a pot from the base, upward. It is a time consuming, exacting method that leaves the pot nearly as perfect as if it was formed on a wheel.

While every Native American tribe produced coil pottery, the most famous is that produced by the Southwest Indians. Some of the most easily recognized pottery pieces may be from the Navajo, Acoma and Hopi tribes. To help account for the distinctive look this pottery offers, geometric or stylized designs are used. A most important fact about Native America pottery is that it is traditionally made without using a kiln. The pots will be placed in a pit and then a thick layer of sticks and brush are placed over the pit. After the fire is ignited, the pottery will harden just as if it had been fired in a kiln. After firing, the burnished pottery is often polished with a smooth river stone.

Native American pottery can be decorated with bold and beautiful designs. Some of the designs are etched right into the wet clay with a variety of hand tools. The patterns can vary from geometric patterns to patterns of animals and birds. Represented on the pottery are things such as eagles, turtles and cattle. On some pieces of pottery, floral patterns are found as well.

Horsehair is a very unique and interesting form of Indian pottery. By placing horsehair, feathers, seeds, grass stems, and other natural items on the pottery when it is still hot, this unique style is produced. Almost abstract designs are formed in this way, and pots where red clay has been used are especially attractive. Legend has it that the long hair of a native potter brushed by accident against a hot piece of pottery. It became a style of its own because the resultant design was so pleasing.

In almost any home, Native American pottery can make an artistic and decorating statement. The earthy color tones will offer a unique touch and theme. A home decorated in the Southwest style is the perfect spot for this type of pottery. A ranch house, cabin or any rustic dwelling, can home Indian pottery with great success. Just by adding a unique piece of this pottery to your decor, it will add a bit of Native American culture to your home.

In the past, buying property in Dubai was not available to anyone outside the country. Foreign Nationals could not purchase, and the boom in Dubai property investment only developed after a vast amount of changes in the emirate’s property law. In today’s market, the Dubai property investment sector is seeing huge demand from overseas property investors and this rapid upward trend is expected to grow even further.

The huge growth in population of Dubai over the past few years, has given a sharp and growing increase in the number of foreign investors purchasing buy-to-let properties for long term growth. Both experienced and first time investors around the world are seeing Dubai as a ‘property investment paradise’, with long term capital growth potential.

Investment in Dubai property is very lucrative, as the immense development of Dubai continues to grow to meet demand of the population increase. Huge infrastructures are being built across Dubai, which shows the increasing need for space for the country’s multiplying population. The boom in Dubai property investment doesn’t seem to be slowing down in foreseeable future, and these upward trends in buy-to-let make investing in Dubai property more or less risk free for foreign investors.

Dubai is also rapidly becoming a tourist hotspot, with plans for huge entertainment and recreation projects already underway which have drawn a lot of attention from investors across the globe. This international interest means an even stronger property market in Dubai and the potential returns will continue to shoot up. Experts predict that the population of Dubai will have increased 50%+ by 2012. This will make Dubai one of the world’s hottest destinations for residents and tourists alike and this makes investing in property have exceptional potential returns for property investors.

To the benefit of investors the demand for Dubai property by far outstrips the supply. This demand/supply problem makes Dubai property investment an extremely attractive prospect for the foreign investors. As the experts of Dubai property forecast, the market is very lucrative for the investors who already have bought property in Dubai. The cost to rent in Dubai is very high and is set to rise higher. If you have already secured property in Dubai, you’re likely to be reaping profits.

I have studied astrology for a very long time. Like everything else human there are lots of personal opinions, conflicting information and contradictory authors. Some of those can give you whiplash as your mind fights to comprehend the contradiction, argument or paradox created. One of those areas of variance is where do you find Mom and Dad in the chart and which parent is represented in the parental axis houses, the 4th and the 10th? This particular conflict has existed for many decades and even centuries. If the masters don’t agree, how do we as students form conclusions for our own work? I decided to use logic to see if it would prove itself in experience.

My favorite way to logic myself through something like this is to start with our “knowns,” those areas that make sense, don’t have as much contradiction, and seem to work on a consistent basis. In this instance we’ll look at the houses themselves first. In the Tropical Placidus system I am using, the numbering of houses begins with the ascendant and moves counter-clockwise (widdershins) through the wheel sequentially. The ascendant is the cusp of the 1st house, moving downward on the wheel of houses to the Immum Coeli (IC) which is the cusp of the 4th house, then moving upward on the wheel to the descendant (opposite the ascendant, 7th house), moving still upward to the midheaven (MC) as the cusp of the 10th house, then moving downward to complete the circle of houses at the ascendant. Twelve houses equally divided into quadrants (4).

The ascendant is where we enter the stage so houses 1, 2, 3 on the left side of the chart are intensely personal: I am (1), I need (2), I communicate (3). We branch out at the cusp of the 4th from “I” to “others” on the right side of the chart and who we are becoming now has to take into account “others” and our interaction with those others. That is true of all six houses (4-9) on the right side of the chart. The remaining three houses (10-12) are on the left side of the chart again, and join the first three houses in “I-ness). Left side “I”, right side “others”. The bottom six houses are internal and introspective. The top six houses are external and objective. (I’ve just defined hemispheres for you for free.) Back to houses: Each of those angles are major points of change of experience, from the purely “I” (1) to the encounter with “other” (4), to the purely “you” or “we” (7), to the achievement and eventual return to the purely “I” (10). I hope at this point you can see that there is a natural progression here and that we develop gradually through the arenas of physical and psychological experience. The 4th/10th axis and their houses represent our parents. Which one is which?

The 4th house itself represents home, hearth, family, where we go deepest (IC) in subjectivity, the womb (this should be a good clue), the dark warm cave, our first sense of security (4/10 is also the security axis), our rooted-ness, genetics, intensely personal, part of the subjective-developing houses (1-6).

The 10th house itself represents achievement, goals, stature, mission, where we reach out the most (MC) in objectivity, the mountain we climb to accomplish, success or failure for some, where we know how to “make it” or we don’t. It is the other half of the security axis, externalized, objectivity-developing houses (7-12).

Just by looking at what the house traditionally represents, it gives us a clue as to which parent belongs there. In a general sense that would indicate the IC and its house as more the mother, cocoon, family value, nurturing parent, the hub around which families are built. The MC and its house looks more like the parent who expects more of us and who prepares us for the outside world and its demands. This parent should teach us how to achieve potential success (if they know how to achieve it themselves). The concept or role is that one provides internal security while the other prepares you for external security.

But life does not always flow ideally does it? Role reversal is possible. Not all moms are nurturing, not all dads know how to succeed in business. Not all parents cooperate in their roles, have the skills, the motivation, the caring and the support individually or as a team. Some parents get to do it all, some are totally neglectful, some are just plain mean, and some are over-achievers. Parenting is truly a thorough mix of tradition, non-tradition, capacity, motivation, and application. Logic can take us this far, but the roles of the parents are not always clearly defined in traditional terms. What I came down to in my own readings was a verbal description for my client of how I saw each parent individually in their chart and to ask my client to place each parent correctly, because it is not a description of a person, it is a description of a role. I am not an astrologer to ask questions of the client and then roll their answers back to them as a reading. I have no problem clearly defining the two roles and allowing the client to place them. Works for me!

Can we make a somewhat flexible rule as to the traditional roles that parents play, allowing for uniqueness and individuality in non-traditional applications? I think that’s okay as well. This is a ‘normally it acts this way, but occasionally we find the exception’ thinking. All life contains exceptions, paradoxes, contradictions and anomalies, and we are just allowing for that up front.

Who is the first parent you encounter as a newborn child? Personal and subjective, moving from I to other. Is it your mother or your father? There will always be exceptions, choose normal.

I have an excellent personal example of the complexity of reading the parental roles. My dad got to play both roles when my mother died quite young and he became both father and mother. My dad, was a good man, a farmer, and a construction worker with no idea how to succeed any other way and therefore taught me to work hard, earn my keep, be loyal to my boss, etc. That is what he understood about success, which is what he taught his children. His whole life was his family, his kids and his personal circle: Mom, sisters, brothers, etc. He would do anything for any of us. He “mothered” all of us instinctively. My mother died early but while she was alive, she was a typical Broadway stage mother, wanted me to be a little Judy Garland or any other Hollywood child success story. She strove for our success and did everything in her power to bring us into the limelight of the late 40s.

Astrologically I have Pisces on the MC with Neptune in the 4th, and co-ruler Jupiter in the 9th conjunct the Moon, Virgo on the IC, ruler Mercury in the 6th. What is the translation?

• My mother was the dreamer Pis/MC, rulers Nep in the 4th and Jup in the 9th joining the Moon.
• My father was the practical person Vir/IC, ruler in the 6th.
• My father became both father and mother: Pis/MC, ruler Nep/4th (4th/10th association)
• This is one very good example of an astrological jigsaw puzzle piece fitting into a chart.

Please be aware that the 4th/10th axis is just one piece to the reading of parents in a chart. Aside from my single example of a parent occupying both houses, no mention has been made of the planets in either the 4th or 10th house. This discussion has been about the axis itself and how the parents can be read from that axis. Any planet in the 4th or the 10th must be added to the material developed for the parent described by that house. It adds to the flavor of the description, enlarges or enhances and gives you more detail.

The two lights, the Sun and Moon are traditionally given parental designation as well, the Moon for the mother, the Sun for the father. And, just to confuse the issue, Saturn is frequently used for the father. While these may contribute to your reading of each parent, it does not help us determine the 4th/10th parent, so it is a subject for another day.

And as if that wouldn’t do it for the parental axis choice, what might change as we move from a new born infant taking its first breath with a set of parents to a fully grown adult with the same but different parents? Life changes us through experience, all of us, including our parents. Their role has the possibility of changing just as all of life does. The identification process we use for our concept of our parents is also constantly changing. Ask any teenager; I’m reasonably sure you were one of those at some time yourself. We grow through living, hopefully in a progressive and evolutionary way, but not always, like an onion growing from the inside out, Our core is our natal pattern, at our very center, and experience adds itself like layers on the outside as we grow and become. We will all view life differently as this happens, including our parents.

Comments are welcome.

This article covers 4 of the main forex chart patterns that are necessary to understand some of the chart patterns which help traders make profitable decisions.

Symmetrical Triangles.

Symmetrical triangles represent areas of indecision. These patterns usually occur when the market pauses and future direction is questioned . Such patterns usually represent a graphical representation of equal forces of demand and supply. Attempts to push higher are quickly met by selling and dips are seen as bargains. Each new lower top and higher bottom becomes more shallow than the last taking on the shape of a sideways triangle. An interesting characteristic of markets which are exhibiting these movements is that transaction volume usually decreases until there is a breakout.

Eventually, when there is a breakout from the pattern, volume and volatility increase thus providing new opportunities for traders.

Symmetrical triangles more frequently resolve themselves in the direction of the trend. Symmetrical triangles are easily recognizable and in my opinion, are great patterns to use.

The ascending triangle is a variation of the symmetrical triangle.

Ascending Triangles.

Ascending triangles are considered bullish and are most reliable when found in an uptrend.

The top part of the triangle usually appears flat but still can have a slight upward angle. The bottom part of the triangle has an upward slant. In ascending triangles, the market becomes overbought and prices fall back. Buying then starts again and prices soon reach their old highs, where they once again fall back. Buying then resurfaces at a higher level than before. Prices eventually break through the old highs and thrust even higher as new buying comes in. Breakout from the pattern usually results in an increase in volume as the trend re-establishes itself.

Descending Triangles.

The descending triangle is also a variation of the symmetrical triangle and is generally considered to be bearish. It is usually found in downtrends. Unlike the ascending triangle the bottom part of the triangle appears flat or has a slight downward sloping angle.

The top part of the triangle has a downward slant. Prices drop to a point where they are oversold. Low volume buying tends to come in at the lows with prices subsequently rising. Because of the downward trend the higher price entices more sellers and prices fall and re-test the old lows.

Buyers then once again enter the market and the price movement is repeated.

Sellers are in control and push through the old lows of this pattern, while the previous buyers (long positions) rush to dump their positions and reverse their positions. Volume tends to increase on breakout.

The Head and Shoulders.

The head and shoulders pattern is a reversal pattern and it is most often seen in uptrends. It is most reliable when found in an uptrend.

The pattern is exhibited when the market begins to slow down.

Sellers come in at the highs (left shoulder) and the downside is probed beginning at the neckline. Buyers soon return to the market and ultimately push through to new highs which is represented by the head.

The new highs are quickly turned back and the downside is tested again – a continuation of the formation of the neckline. Buying then re-emerges and the market moves up again but fails to take out the previous high. The last top is considered the right shoulder.

Buying ceases and the market again tests the downside. Your trendline for this pattern should be drawn from the beginning neckline to the continuing neckline.

Volume is of greater importance in the head and shoulders pattern in comparison to other patterns. Volume generally follows the price higher on the left shoulder. However, the head is formed on diminished volume indicating the buyers aren’t as aggressive as they once were. On the last rally attempt the left shoulder volume decreases compared to the head volume which signals that the buyers may now be out of the market. New selling comes in and previous buyers get out. The pattern is complete when the market breaks the neckline.

These are 4 of the 7 main forex chart patterns necessary to understand for profitable trading.

Knowing how to cut hair with hair clippers can be a useful skill to have. If you know how to cut and trim hair with the help of clippers, you can cut and style your own hair. This can save you a lot of money in the long run because you won’t have to visit your barber regularly anymore. You can even help your friends save money on barbershop expenses if you volunteer to cut their hair, too.

So, how do you cut your own hair with hair clippers? Here’s a step-by-step guide to giving yourself a haircut with the help of professional clippers.

1. Invest on a hair clipper with a set of guide combs. The guide combs will give you more control and allow you to cut your hair more evenly. Not only that, they protect your scalp from injury. For short haircuts, use shorter guide combs. If you want longer hair, use longer guide combs.

2. Always start your hair cutting by washing your hair thoroughly. It’s easier to cut hair when it’s clean and free from grime. Pat your hair dry with a towel.

3. Attach your desired guide comb to your clippers. Make sure that the guide comb is held securely onto the clippers. Otherwise, you may end up injuring yourself.

4. Turn the clippers on and hold it downward and flat against your forehead. From your forehead, move the clipper to the back of your head. Repeat that until you’ve evenly cut the hair off the crown of your head.

5. To cut the hair on the sides of your head, hold the clipper flat against the lower tip of your sideburns. And then, move it upward until the clipper reaches the point where your head starts to curve up to the crown. Repeat this step until you’ve trimmed your sideburns and cut away the hair on the sides of your head.

6. To cut your hair from the back, hold the clipper upward and against the nape of your neck. And then, run it up to the point where the back of your head curves into the crown. Once again, repeat this step until you’ve got the hair on the back of your head all out.

7. Use scissors to trim the excess hair. Don’t hesitate to use the clippers again if you see that you’ve missed a few spots.

8. Brush your hair to get all the cut hair off your head. Take a shower if you must. If you used these steps to give yourself a buzz cut, apply aftershave or alcohol along your hairlines to prevent infection and razor burns.

Cutting your own hair is not difficult at all. As long as you have a good hair clipper, the appropriate set of guide combs, and all the tools that you need to give yourself a good haircut, you can do away with visiting your barber every month. This way, you can save money and experiment with your hairstyle however way you want.