The stochastic oscillator is a commonly used momentum indicator that measures the current currency price compared to its historical price for a given time period...
Booming jobs and falling gas prices make this the best economy in 15 years (WaPo) see also Revisions Made This A Blockbuster Jobs Report (fivethirtyeight) Jeffrey Gundlach’s Surprising Bond Forecast (Barron’s) Who Will Rule the Oil Market...
Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD) Crossovers The most common way to use the MACD is to buy/sell a currency pair when it crosses the signal line or zero. A sell signal occurs when the MACD falls below the signal line, while a buy signal occurs when the MACD rallies above the signal line...
Scalpers seek to profit from small market movements, taking advantage of a ticker tape that never stands still during the market day...
Traders love breakouts and breakdowns, but profit strategies that take full advantage of these market phenomena can take a lifetime to master. The trouble starts when we forget our game, fixate on the emotional crowd and react to their excitement or fear...
Plush Life: Why did people lose their minds over Beanie Babies? (Slate) Dimensions of Popularity: The Journal of Portfolio Management (IIJ) Diversification: From Free Lunch to Greedy Fee-Eater? (Chief Investment Officer) What on earth is the ECB up to...
A 230K rise in U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) accompanied by faster wage growth may heighten the appeal of the greenback and spur a short-term selloff in EUR/USD as it boosts expectations of seeing the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) normalize monetary policy in mid-2015...
Finding a strong directional move is the first priority of any trend trader. However, when having to select a currency pair to trade, it can be difficult to identify the best trends. For the ADX 50 strategy we will be using the ADX (Average Directional Index) indicator for this process...
Before getting started it is important to understand that economic releases are designed to try and give a picture of either: What has already happened in the economy based on past numbers (referred to as a lagging indicator) What is anticipated going forward based on past numbers...
2015-02-05 00:30 GMT (or 02:30 MQ MT5 time) | [AUD - Retail Sales] past data is 0.1% forecast data is 0.4% actual data is 0.2% according to the latest press release if actual > forecast (or previous data) = good for currency (for AUD in our case...
2015-02-04 15:00 GMT (or 17:00 MQ MT5 time) | [USD - ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI] past data is 56.2 forecast data is 56.3 actual data is 56.7 according to the latest press release if actual > forecast (or previous data) = good for currency (for USD in our case...
Byron Wien: The Power of Lower Oil Prices (Blackstone) A Revelation For Small-Cap Investing Strategies (Capital Spectator) but see Most of the time stock markets do nothing...
High Probability Trading Strategies: Entry to Exit Tactics for the Forex, Futures, and Stock Markets by Robert C. Miner Trading today's markets - including stocks, futures, or Forex - can be a challenging and difficult endeavor...
2015-02-03 03:30 GMT (or 05:30 MQ MT5 time) | [AUD - Cash Rate] past data is 2.50% forecast data is 2.50% actual data is 2.25% according to the latest press release if actual > forecast (or actual data) = good for currency (for AUD in our case...
The Parabolic SAR is an indicator that, like Bollinger Bands is plotted on price, the general idea of which is to buy into up trends when the indicator is below price, and sell into down trends when the indicator is above price...
Talking Points: Donchian creates a channel that encapsulates price. Trade entries can be made when Donchian is broken. Stop losses can be created from the opposing channel line. I’ve written quite a bit about the importance of support and resistance levels for trade entries and trade exits...
The advance U.S. 4Q Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report may generate a larger rebound in EUR/USD should the fresh batch of data highlight a slowing recovery in the world’s largest economy...
In this lesson we are going to learn about the Average directional Index (ADX), an indicator which helps traders determine when the market is trending, how strong or weak a trend is, and when a trend may be about to start or reverse...
We should now have a good understanding of how to spot trends in the forex market, stock market, and futures market. Now lets tie everything together we have learned thus far with the final concept - Multi Time frame analysis...
Mastering the Trade: Proven Techniques for Profiting from Intraday and Swing Trading Setups by John F. Carter The bestselling Mastering the Trade presents you with a step-by-step approach for becoming a successful trader. Written with authority by fulltime trader and fund manager, John F...
