After flirting with the line that extends off of the 2011 and 2012 lows for 3 weeks, the US Dollar found legs and trades just shy of the 50% retracement of the year’s range and 200 SMA...
Stochastic is an oscillator that determines where the most recent closing price is relative to its price range over a given time period. It is one of the most popular oscillators that traders use in range-bound market...
Trading the Forex markets is like farming in many ways. Join me as I share some of my views and interpretations. Unconventional? - Maybe. Effective? - You Decide Trading Forex, just like a farm or any other business has an element of risk attached...
Momentum measures the rate of change of the currency pair. Momentum = V - Vn Where V = latest closing price Vn = closing price n periods ago...
The euro fell to fresh nine month lows against the dollar on Wednesday, as weak euro zone economic data and renewed concerns over the crisis in Ukraine pressure pressured the single currency lower. EURUSD was down 0.26% to 1.3333, the weakest level since November 8...
Relative Strength Index (RSI) measures the strength of all upward movement against the strength of all downward movement in a specified time frame. For mathematical formula of RSI is as follow: RSI = 100 - [100/(1+RS)] RS = average of n day's up closes / average of n day's down closes 1...
Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) shows the difference of two moving averages - EMA12 and EMA26, and a 9-day EMA of the difference is plotted against it to trigger buy or sell signal...
The moving average envelope is a variant application to the moving average. It is a trading band composed of two moving averages, which attempts to determine the range of market should be trading in...
Bollinger bands were created by John Bollinger in the early 1980s. The bands have similar theory and application with the Moving Average Envelopes...
Stock markets have their own mythology. You often hear a TV host say that the bears are in charge or that the bulls have taken over. Analysts like to say they are "bullish" or "bearish" on the market or on a particular stock...
Moving average is the average rate of a currency pair over a set period. For example, if you conduct a 20-day moving average (20 day MA), you simply add the close price of the past 20 days and divide it by 20. This is called a simple moving average (SMA...
Stock prices started retreating this past week, driven by newfound concerns that good economic news is bad news for the stock market. What? Normally, good economic news is good news for the market, right...
Make a million dollars in about half a year in forex is quite real, it needs a bit of math, and most importantly - no zhadnosti.Kak and many other traders at first I tried to take on each transaction to the maximum, which often resulted in subsidence, loss and slivam...
The basis for all indicators The moving average is probably the most simple to use and understand of all the major technical indicators. It’s simply the past x periods divided by x. This has a smoothing effect, as near-term price movements are registered in scope of the period of activity (x...
CANDLESTICK REVERSAL PATTERNS A candlestick reversal pattern indicate a reversal of the trend. In order for this candlestick chart pattern to work beautifully, the prior market trend must be identified as either bullish or bearish...
Looks like the pound’s glory days are over! After its steady climb since the start of the year, the U.K. currency has been having trouble sustaining its gains and here are three reasons why it could be in for more selling. 1...
European Services PMI ticks lower: 54.2 vs. 55.4 forecast, 54.4 previous European Composite PMI weaker: 53.8 vs. 54.4 previous U.K. Services PMI is higher: 59.1 vs. 58 forecast, 57.7 previous European Retail Trade m/m: 0.4% vs. 0.5% forecast, 0.3% previous; y/y higher at 2.4% vs. 1...
What are Trend lines? Trend lines are lines drawn on the historical price levels that depict general direction of where the marking is heading, and provide indications of support or resistance. Drawing trend lines is a highly subjective matter...
Many novice forex traders start their careers by jumping into the markets head first and attempting to learn by trial and error. However, in many cases this is not the best thing to do...
