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Technical Analysis Articles |
Written by Thomas Long |
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New traders typically want to know the difference between Fast Stochastics and Slow Stochastics. They also want to know whether the typical default settings of 5,5 (for Fast Stochastics) or 5,5,5 (for Slow Stochastics) as seen in most charting packages developed for FX are better or worse than the typical default settings of 14,3 (for Fast Stochastics) or 14,3,3 (for Slow Stochastics) seen in stock and futures charting packages. |
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General Trading Articles |
Written by Jim Wyckoff |
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I base the majority of my trading decisions on technical indicators and chart analysis--and also on market psychology. However, I do not ignore important fundamentals that could impact the markets I'm trading. Neither should you. In this feature I'd like to share with you the types of fundamentals in various markets about which technically oriented traders should be aware. While this article will be most beneficial to beginning and intermediate traders, the experienced traders may enjoy it as a "refresher." |
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Trading Psychology Articles |
Written by Jim Wyckoff |
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Hank Pruden’s theory of "Behavioral Finance" proposes that human flaws are consistent, measurable and predictable, and being aware of and utilizing this phenomenon can benefit a trader. "For the better part of 30 years, the discipline of finance has been under the thrall of the random walk\cum efficient market hypothesis. Yet enough anomalies piled up in recent years to crack the dominance of the random walk. As a consequence, the popular press has been reporting the market behavior," said Pruden. One of these new methods discussed is "behavioral finance." |
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Technical Analysis Articles |
Written by Ian Copsey |
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Have you ever been frustrated with RSI? How many times does it fail to reach those overbought and oversold areas? When it does, quite often price just continues. Well, there is another technique, not very exact but can be useful. It is possible to draw a trend line on RSI. |
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General Trading Articles |
Written by Jim Wyckoff |
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A lot of email has come in from readers asking me how to improve upon "pulling the trigger" to enter a trade. How many traders out there have ever pondered a potential trade for so long that once they actually got ready to execute it, they then got cold feet due to concern they had missed the move? |
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Trading Psychology Articles |
Written by Dr. Van K Tharp |
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If you are willing to accept total responsibility for your investment results, you will realize that you are the most important factor in your trading or investment success. If you have done that, you are way ahead of the crowd. |
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Technical Analysis Articles |
Written by Ian Copsey |
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Well, yes they are but that doesn't mean you can't use them in other areas also… Actually, trend lines on RSI can often provide you with break signals much earlier than signals from the price chart. Let's face it trends are trends wherever they are seen. If you consider the basic definition of a trend you will see that trend lines can be placed on trends on plots other than price. |
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Technical Analysis Articles |
Written by Thomas Long |
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In my opinion, one of the strongest signals generated by technical indicators is MACD divergence on a daily chart. MACD stands for Moving Average Convergence/Divergence and can be quite useful for giving hints of a possible market reversal. |
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Trading Psychology Articles |
Written by Brett N. Steenbarger |
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Although I do not maintain a private practice of counseling/coaching for traders, it is perhaps inevitable that traders would contact me for assistance after reading my book on The Psychology of Trading. Once in a while I take on a project of working with a group of traders because of the opportunity to push the envelope and use psychology to improve their trading performance. In the past few years, I would guesstimate that I have gathered personality questionnaire data and assisted over one hundred traders. |
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Technical Analysis Articles |
Written by Jim Wyckoff |
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The Percent Range (%R) technical indicator was developed by well-known futures author and trader Larry Williams. This system attempts to measure overbought and oversold market conditions. The %R always falls between a value of 100 and 0. There are two horizontal lines in the study that represent the 20% and 80% overbought and oversold levels. |
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Forex Articles |
Written by David Rodriguez |
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Did you know that the Canadian dollar has a very unique trading characteristic at the end of every month? According to our statistical analysis, we found that over the past 10 years, USD/CAD tends to fall in the last week of the month with a 95 percent confidence level. A more granular look at the data reveals that this drop is predominately concentrated around the 24th and 25th day of every month. Interested in knowing why this happens? |
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