Standard deviations are used to measure current price action in relation to the average price of a chosen time frame. The assumption in the use of a standard deviation is that over the long term historical prices are distributed inside a bell curve. Although at times there are ‘fat tales’ or ‘black swans’ in prices […]
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Technical indicators give traders ways to quantify and measure price action. A technical indicator can show the direction of the current trend, volatility, momentum, and whether a market is overbought or oversold. The best use of technical indicators is to use them to create great risk/reward ratios on entry. Technical indicators can also be the
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The MACD (Pronounced Mac-Dee), is short for moving average convergence/divergence, it is a technical trading indicator used in technical analysis to filter and trade price action. It was created by Gerald Appel in the late 1970s as a new tool for technical analysts. It is designed to reveal changes in price strength, direction, momentum, and duration for trends and swings. The
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Bollinger Bands are a technical indicator created by John Bollinger in the 1980s. They were created to form a quantified visual trading range that was adaptive to dynamic volatility expansion and contraction. “Bollinger Bands are use a measure of central tendency as a base such as a moving average. They curves drawn in and around
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Technical analysis is a process for evaluating the historical price action on charts to identify the current trend or chart pattern to establish the possible probability of price action in the future. Technical analysts analyze past price action trading activity and the pattern of price changes in a market to project possible future price movements. Technical analysis
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I like moving average signals for their power and simplicity in trend trading and here is why: Moving averages are a way to smooth price action and quantify a trend. Moving averages are tools that can work on any time frame. They can remove your predictions and opinions from your trading and replace them with
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A moving average is a line on a chart that represents the average of prices over a specific timeframe, it changes as the price changes in the timeframe it represents. Moving averages are technical tools that traders use to identify trends on charts. A simple moving average is just the average of prices in
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10 Reasons moving averages work as trading tools. Moving averages filter trends in different timeframes. Moving averages can create entry signals at the beginning of a trend. They can be used as exit signals when price dips below them. Moving averages can be used as trailing stops so you can exit with profits when a
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