INDICATORS

COT Indicator

COT Indicator

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 Average

Moving Average

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

Ichimoku Kinko Hyo

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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PKS-oscillator

PKS-oscillator

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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Stochastic strategies

Stochastic strategies

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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Williams %R

Williams %R

If you want a simple indication of whether a security is overbought or oversold, Williams %R may be the perfect indicator. Williams %R, also known as ‘Williams Percent Range’, is a momentum indicator that compares a stock’s recent closing price with the price range the instrument has moved in over…
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Stochastic Oscillator

Stochastic Oscillator

The stochastic oscillator – also known as stochastics – is one of the most recognized indicators for assessing momentum in technical analysis. The idea behind this indicator is that in an uptrend, the price should close near the highest point of the range in which it moves in each period.…
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RSI

RSI

The Relative Strength Index or RSI is a momentum indicator that compares the magnitude of recent gains to recent losses over a period. RSI is usually used to assess whether a market is overbought or oversold. If you calculate RSI on a daily chart, it is done using the following…
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Bollinger Bands

Bollinger Bands

Bollinger Bands® is an indicator that measures market volatility. Bollinger Bands® was invented by the technical analyst John Bollinger in the 1980s, and he obtained trademark protection for the indicator in 2011. Bollinger Bands® consists of three lines: A middle line and an upper and lower line, often encapsulating the…
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MACD Indicator

MACD Indicator

The MACD indicator is one of the most used indicators in understanding market development. The indicator is based on moving averages and their interrelationship. MACD is an abbreviation for Moving Average Convergence Divergence. The MACD indicator is based on three different time parameters, namely time constants for three moving averages.…
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