There is always excitement when the earnings season approaches and individual companies are to ‘reveal’ their bottom lines. Often, the price moves sharply up or down if the earnings surprise analysts. As a trader, it can be difficult to trade during the earnings season. Still, there is a sound trading…
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This daytrader strategy, in brief, consists of a moving average and seven so-called pivot lines. The trade is initiated when a specific pivot line is breached, and the trade is stopped again when the price crosses the moving average. The pivot lines constitute some extremely important price levels in most…
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Many traders use the expression ‘The trend is your friend’, and there is much truth in that. Beginners in trading dream of ‘catching the turns’, thereby reaping the full benefit of a trade by buying exactly at the low point and selling exactly at the maximum profit. But if you…
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PKS is also known as The Stochastic Slow. It is simply a Stochastic oscillator that is slower than a normal Stochastic. This oscillator compares a product’s most recent closing price with the price range it has moved in over a period. The idea is that a stock appears weak if…
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As an active trader, you are always on the lookout for a strategy that works. Often, you end up having your trading screen filled with a jumble of lines and advanced indicators. But maybe it doesn’t have to be so complicated. The active trader, blogger, and analyst Joe Marwood has…
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The COT (Commitment of Traders) indicator is a powerful forex trading tool, surprisingly used only by a minority of traders. The indicator is based on the reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) every Friday. The report from the CFTC can be used by traders to spot potential…
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Moving averages are one of the most fundamental tools in technical analysis. Among other uses, moving averages can be used to determine the trend in a market, whether it is upward, downward, or moving sideways. Looking at a moving average over the last 50 hours provides a long perspective for…
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Ichimoku Kinko Hyo, also known as the Ichimoku Cloud, is a technical indicator used to measure momentum, identify the direction of the trend, and to get an overview of future support and resistance points. Ichimoku Kinko Hyo was developed by the Japanese Goichi Hosoda. It took him 20 years to…
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The stochastic oscillator – also called stochastics – is one of the most recognized indicators for assessing market direction in technical analysis. The stochastic oscillator is a technical indicator that enables a trader to estimate the end of a trend as well as the beginning of another trend. Before starting…
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Price breaks offer great opportunities for the technical trader. But very often, a trade around a price break ends as a huge disappointment and lost money. This article helps you understand how to trade price breaks correctly. Most traders who use technical analysis are always on the lookout for so-called…
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