Inside the MACD Indicator
*New*
- The MACD, Moving
Average Convergence
Divergence, indicator is probably the most
popular indicator in use today. It is also one of
the most misunderstood, with it often being
described
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- The MACD Crossover Trading
Techniques*New*
- In my previous post, I have
gone through some of the ways you can make use of
forex MACD indicator to trade. If you have read my
post, you should have heard of MACD crossover which
is a good way to find reversal as well as a good
way to confirm a valid breakout.
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Forex Bollinger Bands
Explained
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The Forex Bollinger Bands is an
indicator that is developed by John Bollinger and
What Bollinger band can do for you is to help you
to measure the volatility of the market.
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Forex Parabolic SAR Indicator
Explained
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The parabolic SAR is a tool that
is developed by the same person creating the RSI,
Welles Wilder. It is a very simple indicator that
is mainly used to indicate the end of a trend or
the setting of stop loss by some traders.
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Trading With Stochastic
Oscillator
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The Stochastic oscillator is a
traditional technical indicator developed by George
Lane in the 1950s. It is one of the few indicators
that are based on price-action and Support and
Resistance. In this article you will learn how it
is calculated and how to implement it in your
trading.
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How the Dow Theory Can Help You
Understand Market Movements
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Most consider the father of
technical analysis (the science of forecasting
market movements based on price patterns) to be
Charles Dow, the founder of Dow Jones and Company
which publishes the Wall Street Journal. Around
1900 he wrote a series of papers which looked at
the way prices of the Dow Jones Industrial Average
and the Dow Jones...
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AB=CD Pattern – Keeping it
Simple
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In 1935 a book was published for
sale to investors at an incredible price of $1500.
That book was Profits in the Stock Market by H.M.
Gartley. On page 249 Gartley describes a chart
pattern,
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Check the crosses & relative
pairs
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Currency pairs often move in
correlation with each other, either in the same
direction or the exact opposite. Examples of pairs
that tend to have a strong negative correlation are
the EURUSD and the USDCHF.
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10% Of Traders Go Bankrupt
I was thinking about an article
I read some time ago that 90% of traders who ever
trade lose their account and that 10% actually go
bankrupt. If the first number doesn't scare you
then the second definitely should.
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this Article>>
Pivot Points
Those of you who have been
trading for a while will be familiar with Pivot
Points. During this lesson I want to go over how to
find a Pivot Point and also a slightly different
method of using them. First let's look at how you
calculate a Pivot Point.
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Adaptation to the Realities of the
Market
Many times in the past
I’ve written about the need to adapt, the
need to be able to change your behavior relative to
the market because the markets are ever changing.
I’ve stated that mechanical systems may be
workable, but for only a short time relative to the
life of markets. You must learn to trade what you
see and to understand what you see on a
chart.
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Trading vs Gambling
Many people think that trading
is similar to gambling. Is this really the case?
For example, let’s take a look at Black Jack. If
you start with $10,000 gambling capital, placing
bets of $100 per hand and play 100 hands per day,
how long will you last?
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Looking for Cup and Handle Chart
Patterns before Buying a Stock One of the biggest factors an investor
should consider before buying a stock is what type
of chart pattern the stock is forming. One of the
basic chart patterns to look for before investing
in a stock is called a "Cup and Handle"
pattern.
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this Article>>
Double Bottom Chart Patterns
There are three favorable
Chart Patterns to look for as an investor. They
include the "Cup and Handle", "Double Bottom" and
"Flat Base". This article will concentrate on the
"Double Bottom" pattern which looks like the letter
"W" as it develops
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Flat Base Chart Pattern-
Stocks that have
large price gains typically will stair-step upward
and form Flat Bases before resuming their up trend.
This action may occur several times as a stock
remains in an up trend and could last from a few
days to several weeks depending on the
situation.
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Chart Topping Patterns to Avoid:
Double Top - The Double Top
pattern is the reverse of a Double Bottom and looks
like an upside down "W" or "M" shape. If the second
top is being made on lower volume watch out as this
maybe a sign a big sell-off is coming. Some
examples are shown below.
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Chart Topping Patterns to Avoid:
Climax Top Off a Parabolic Move This pattern occurs when a stock rises
very quickly out of a base and gets overextended.
Stocks in a Parabolic Move can double or triple in
value in a very short period of time (usually less
than two weeks). As an investor you certainly don't
want to be one of the last passengers on the train
and get quickly thrown off.
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Learning the Ichimoku Cloud*NEW*
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Still growing amongst the
Western and European traders, the Ichimoku Cloud
(or Ichimoku Kinko Hyo = One Glance Balance Cloud
Chart) was originally developed pre-WWII by a man
named Goichi Hosada.
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- How To Trade MACD Divergence*NEW*
- Personally, I love the MACD
indicator because of its reliability and its
ability to work well with other indicators to form
a trading strategy. In my previous posts, I have
gone through how you can make use of forex MACD
indicator in your trading and how you can trade
MACD crossover for profit.
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Forex Moving Average
Explained*NEW*
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If you have been reading forex
books or have attended any forex courses, you will
find that the moving average is one of the most
widely used forex indicators due to its simplicity
and functionality.
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How To Trade Using Moving
Average
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If you do not have a good
understanding of what exactly is moving average,
you can take a look at my previous blog post on
Forex Moving Average Explained.
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Forex Fibonacci Indicator
Explained
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As most of you know that the
forex market basically moves in waves and there
will be time where the market extends and there
will also be time where the market retraces.
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My Forex Breakout Indicator
Revealed
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In today's post, I will be
sharing with you several indicators that I use to
trade breakout and I call them the forex breakout
indicator.
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Using The "Andrews Pitchfork" Trend
Lines Indicator: A Cool Secondary Tool
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The Andrews Pitchfork is yet
another one of my "secondary" trading tools. My
"primary" trading tools include basic trend lines
and chart patterns, trader psychology and
fundamental analysis. I use the secondary trading
tools to help confirm what my primary trading tools
may be telling me.
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Using a 123 Reversal Pattern for an
Intraday Trading Entry Signal
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Just about any day of the week,
you can pull up a couple of stock charts and find
great examples of a 123 Reversal Pattern.
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Trader
Tax - The majority of individuals who, on
a part-time basis, buy and sell securities, mutual
funds, options, futures, commodities, and other
derivatives, file as an investor. Investors are
typically people who have a job that provides W-2
income, or they are retired and trade as a
hobby.
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Wash Sale Rules for Traders
Generally, the wash sale
rule applies to traders the same way it applies to
investors. The difference is that traders have a
much harder time keeping records relating to wash
sales because they engage in so many
transactions.
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Using a Legal Entity
As advisors to people who
are actively trading in recognized financial
markets on Traders Tax. We at
Traders Accounting are constantly concerned with
several issues. First, we want to make sure our
clients pay the absolute minimum amount of tax they
lawfully owe. That means we are always interested
in making sure the client takes advantage of every
deduction that is properly available.
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Frank Chen Filed as a Trader in
Securities, Got Audited and Lost
Find out how Frank Chen
got audited and lost his case. This is a must read,
you would not want to land up in his shoes.
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Minimising the tax burden for
full-time traders - CFDs
The IR will always
take the view that if ALL your income is from
trading or at least a very, very high percentage of
it is, then that is the source of your 'income' and
as such it should be taxed as 'income' rather than
as 'capital gains'. Now it does take some time for
them to get to this point if it is actually
relevant to you - if they ever do. Perhaps it might
depend on how you or your agent present your
affairs and even the presentation of your own tax
return supporting schedules.
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Don't Be Hung Out to
Dry By Wash Sales-
The Internal Revenue
Service loves to tax capital gains, but they are
just as diligent to disallow capital losses that
might offset those lucrative cash cows. Case in
point: the wash rule.The wash rule prohibits
traders and investors from claiming a capital loss
if they buy replacement stock 30 days before or
after the sale of a security. If you do so, you
can't deduct the loss; it is added instead to the
basis of your replacement stock for tax
purposes.
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Dont Overtrade!
Over Trading is the greatest
single cause for losses in the markets. Whether you
are winning now or losing now, ninety-five or more
percent of all traders trade too often.
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On...
Stop Placement
Stop placement is the sole
responsibility of you as the manager of your
trading business. It is one buck that you cannot
pass. You are the end of the line when it comes to
placing stops. Let me show you why you, and only
you, can decide where to place the stop. There are
several considerations:
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Technical Analysis and the Forex
Market: A beginner’s guide
Most people have heard of
technical analysis. It has been around for well
over 100 years and has been used heavily and touted
by securities traders for decades. Many of us have
been to a sales presentation touting technical
analysis.
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