- Monday, August 22, 2011, 17:48
- Stock Research
How often have you looked at a chart and tried to determine whether or not the market is really trending? How many times have you been fooled by your Stochastics or RSI indicators? How many times have you sold because your oscillators were screaming overbought then watched the market dip ...
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- Monday, August 15, 2011, 12:33
- Stock Research
Price is by far the most important. Volume is secondary in importance and is used primarily as confirming indicators.
Volume is the number of entities traded during the time period under study. The level of volume measures the intensity or urgency behind the price move. Heavier volume reflects a higher degree ...
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- Sunday, August 14, 2011, 9:54
- Stock Research
The moving average is one of the most versatile and widely used of all technical indicators. It is the basis for many mechanical trend-following systems in use today. There are many questions to be considered when using moving averages. Here we address some of the more common usages of the ...
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- Wednesday, August 3, 2011, 18:27
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The oscillator is extremely useful in nontrending markets where prices fluctuate in a horizontal price band, or trading range, creating a market situation where most trend-following systems simply don't work that well. The oscillator provides the technical trader with a tool that can enable him or her to profit from ...
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- Sunday, July 17, 2011, 9:55
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Most oscillator buy signals work best in uptrends and oscillator sell signals are most profitable in downtrends. The place to start your market analysis is always by determining the general trend of the market. If the trend is up, then a buying strategy is called for. Oscillators can then be ...
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