Hello, traders! Last time we considered the topic about the technical indicator's types combinations to increase your profit. I promised you to show in details some strategy which applies combination of the indicators. Let's consider the TREND + OSCILLATOR strategy which uses the EMA and RSI indicators. First of all we should define the direction of a market...
What is a short squeeze? A short squeeze is a short period when the price of a security increase rapidly due to the demand greater than the supply available for that security. A short squeeze is due to short-sellers covering their positions and long traders looking for a bargain. How to trade a short squeeze? A common shape of a short squeeze is an...
Hello, dear subscribers! The topic of this article is Money Flow Index Strategy (MFI). Definition This is the oscillator type indicator, which looks like RSI, but takes in account the volume. Thus it demonsrates not only the price momentum, but also the money volume. It is calculated as a ratio of the positive or negtative money volume divided by the total...
I’m Markus Heitkoetter and I’ve been an active trader for over 20 years. I often see people who start trading and expect their accounts to explode, based on promises and hype they see in ads and e-mails. They start trading and realize it doesn’t work this way. The purpose of these articles is to show you the trading strategies and tools that I personally use...
Everything can be thought. But not everything can be learnt. Developing a risky instinct in investing is not something you learn. It’s something you are born with. Then you are given the power to share it. Agree? Probably not. It’s understandable. I went into stock trading not because I dig and sturdy deeply into companies’ financial and books at first hand, or...
I think I won't be far from the truth if I say that novice traders think about trading signals and trading strategies as the main components of their profitable trading in the financial markets. They are wrong, but they will need time and enough knowledge to understand their mistakes. It is obvious that novice traders think that if they know when to buy and...
Pennant Chart Patterns Tutorial ! Pennant Pattern : Pennant Patterns are continuation chart pattern, forms when price of a security or asset makes strong upward or downward movemnt followed by a consolidation period with converging trendlines which forms a pennant before continuing to move in the same direction. Bullish pennant forms in a bullish trend market...
Bull & Bear Flag chart patterns Tutorial! Bull Flag : A bull flag forms in bullish trending market, After a strong bullish movement when this pattern forms it signals the market is likely to move more higher. Bull flag pattern much similarly looks like a horizontal parallel channel or downward parallel channel along with a strong bullish vertical rally; when...
RSI = Blue, EMA of RSI = Red. RSI 14, EMA 45 Long Rules: 1) RSI > EMA RSI = look for long setups 2) Resistance is broken ( a new high ) 3) Price rejects (pulls away) from the previous resistance 4) RSI > EMA RSI >> 50 Short Rules: 1) RSI < EMA RSI = look for short setups 2) Support is broken ( a new low) 3) Price rejects (pulls away) from the previous...
Head and Shoulders Pattern Tutorial - Head & Shoulders chart pattern is a price reversal pattern that helps traders identify when a reversal may be underway; this reversal signals the end of an uptrend. The formation of a H&S pattern resembles a baseline or neckline with three peaks where the middle peak is the highest between the two right and left peaks. Head...
Never underestimate the power of a momentum move... either up or down! Because once the momentum train starts going its very hard to stop it and it will keep going much further than most have anticipated so don't be that trader that try to predict the reversal! This video explains more!
In this educational idea I’ll cover the SMA cross strategy. I’ll will cover how it works, what my peripheral values are and how it can work for you. The Simple moving averages cross strategy is a strategy where you buy something on a buy-signal of the indicator and sell it on a target, for example if you had 5% profit. What is a moving average? A moving average...
It can be a very daunting task to create a trading plan/strategy that fits you without conflict. There are a lot of obstacles that inhibit the average trader from leaving a profitable trading plan or strategy as it is. Even I struggle with this which is why I have decided to publish this article. After much reflection, I have come with a few metrics you can use to...
This is a very descriptive example on how a trader can find high probability trades that are very unlikely to reverse. The markets are full of fractals so this strategy should be good for any timeframe but I highly suggest you use these timeframes as follows. If you place trades using the 4hr, use the daily for trend (example on the chart). If you place trades...
Psychology Psychology, like anything in life, plays a big role on how humans function. It affects the way we think, act, talk, and so on but when it comes to trading it affects us, oddly enough, in only one way and that’s through our emotions. Any experienced (or shall I say inexperienced) trader knows and understands the waves of overwhelming emotions that...