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The Art of Trading with Fibonacci Retracement

The art of trading with Fibonacci retracement levels is to wait for a price chart candlestick to confirm the retracement before opening a trade. Fibonacci retracements are scientific levels where a price is statistically expected to retrace. Fibonacci levels appear frequently in nature, art a... More >>

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Understanding the Kairi Relative Index

The Kairi Relative Index (KRI) is thought to have been founded by a Japanese of unknown origin on an unknown date sometime in the past. It used to be a very popular indicator however nowadays its popularity is declining fast as other indicators have become more in style and since the late 70&rsqu... More >>

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The History of Fibonacci Trading

Leonardo Fibonacci was an Italian mathematician who was born in 1170 and he was deemed by many to be the greatest mathematician of the middle ages. Fibonacci amongst other things was responsible for developing a series of numbers and ratios that are now used by many traders for technical analysis... More >>

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What are Schaff Trend Cycle Indicators?

The Schaff Trend Cycle Indicator (STC) has been developed in response to traders needs in being able to identify a trend in the market at an early stage. Traders are always on the look out for a way of accurately and at the same time speedily identifying a trend in the market. The STC is an impro... More >>

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What Is an Indicator/Oscillator?

This article will help traders understand oscillators as a type of indicators used in technical analysis. Indicators in forex, are tools used to predict future price movement of a currency. Indicators as used in forex terminology, usually refers to the tools used for technical analysis of the... More >>

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What is a Kagi Chart?

The Kagi chart is a short term indicator which traders use to determine the short term direction or trend of an investment. It eliminates time elements from the equation and all the price noise and focuses on important trend setting price movements.  Several techniques have been develope... More >>

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Applying Schaff Trend Cycle Indicators (STC)

The Schaff Trend Cycle Indicator combines MACD which is the moving average convergence/divergence and the slow Stochastics (a Stochastics oscillator is an indicator that shows resistance and support levels). The MACD is a indicator of trends with a receptive signal line which is slow and tends to... More >>

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Calculating RSI (Relative Strength Index)

The relative strength index is a technical analysis tool that compares the scale of recent price increases to the scale of recent price decreases. It is used to establish overbought and oversold states of an investments price. In this way the RSI can indicate exit and entry points. As yo... More >>

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The Basics of Moving Averages

There are three types of moving average, the simple moving average, the exponential moving average and the linear moving average. Moving averages indicate when and where a trend is about to start or to end. A trend is when a price continues to move in one direction. The up trend (bullish trend) i... More >>

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Squaring the Price Range with Time

One of the greatest and most valuable discoveries that Gann ever made was the squaring of price and time. Gann was always emphasizing in his training courses that a trader should keep to the rules and watch for when the price is squared by time or when price and time come together and the trader ... More >>

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