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Ultimate Oscillator From ScratchHi, traders! Oscillators are very important part of any trading strategy. It helps to find the momentum and gives rather reliable signals in conjunction with other indicators. Today we’ll speak about one of the most powerful oscillators – Ultimate Oscillator. Ultimate Oscillator uses the weighted average of three different timeframes and has less volatility and fewer trade signals compared to other oscillators that rely on a single timeframe. Buy and sell signals are generated following divergences. The Ultimately Oscillator generates fewer divergence signals than other oscillators due to its multi-timeframe construction. By using the weighted average of three different timeframes the indicator has less volatility and fewer trade signals compared to other oscillators that rely on a single timeframe. Buy and sell signals are generated following divergences. The Ultimately Oscillator generates fewer divergence signals than other oscillators due to its multi-timeframe construction. How to Calculate the Ultimate Oscillator -Calculate the Buying Pressure (BP) which is the close price of the period less the low of that period or prior close, whichever is lower. Record these values for each period as they will be summed up over the last seven, 14, and 28 periods to create BP Sum. -Calculate the True Range (TR) which is the current period's high or the prior close, whichever is higher, minus the lowest value of the current period's low or the prior close. Record these values for each period as they will be summed up over the last seven, 14, and 28 periods to create TR Sum. -Calculate Average7, 14, and 28 using the BP and TR Sums calculations from steps one and two. For example, the Average7 BP Sum is the calculated BP values added together for the last seven periods. -Calculate the Ultimate Oscillator using the Average7, 14, and 28 values. Average7 has a weight of four, Average14 has a weight of two, and Average28 has a weight of one. Sum the weights in the denominator (in this case, the sum is seven, or 4+2+1). -Multiply by 100 when other calculations are complete. UO= ×100 UO=Ultimate Oscillator How to use it? In order for the indicator to generate a buy signal, it's recommended a three-step approach. -First, a bullish divergence must form. This is when the price makes a lower low but the indicator is at a higher low. -Second, the first low in the divergence (the lower one) must have been below 30. This means the divergence started from oversold territory and is more likely to result in an upside price reversal. -Third, the Ultimate oscillator must rise above the divergence high. The divergence high is the high point between the two lows of the divergence. Three-step method for sell signals. -First, a bearish divergence must form. This is when the price makes a higher high but the indicator is at a lower high. -Second, the first high in the divergence (the higher one) must be above 70. This means the divergence started from overbought territory and is more likely to result in a downside price reversal. -Third, the Ultimate oscillator must drop below the divergence low. The divergence low is the low point between the two highs of the divergence.
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by Skyrexio
How to use RSI and MACD In trading?Hi every one *Definition of RSI: This indicator Is momentum base indicator. The biggest difference with momentum is that there are two line which indicate that: Is the price in the oversold or overbought area or not? We can easily compare the tops and bottoms of every instrument that we like! There is not much difference between RSI and Stochastic oscillator only that there is one line in RSI! Remember every Indicators shows the future of the market! **Full explanation of MACD: Moving average convergence divergence (MACD) is a trend-following momentum indicator that shows the relationship between two moving averages of a security’s price. The MACD is calculated by subtracting the 26-period exponential moving average (EMA) from the 12-period EMA. The result of that calculation is the MACD line. A nine-day EMA of the MACD called the "signal line," is then plotted on top of the MACD line, which can function as a trigger for buy and sell signals. you may buy the security when the MACD crosses above its signal line and sell—or short—the security when the MACD crosses below the signal line. Moving average convergence divergence (MACD) indicators can be interpreted in several ways, but the more common methods are crossovers, divergences, and rapid rises/falls. Moving average convergence divergence (MACD) is calculated by subtracting the 26-period exponential moving average (EMA) from the 12-period EMA. MACD triggers technical signals when it crosses above (to buy) or below (to sell) its signal line. The speed of crossovers is also taken as a signal of a market is overbought or oversold. MACD helps investors understand whether the bullish or bearish movement in the price is strengthening or weakening. The MACD has a positive value (shown as the blue line) whenever the 12-period EMA (indicated by the red line) is above the 26-period EMA (the blue line) and a negative value when the 12-period EMA is below the 26-period EMA. The more distant the MACD is above or below its baseline indicates that the distance between the two EMAs is growing. The MACD has a positive value (shown as the blue line) whenever the 12-period EMA (indicated by the red line) is above the 26-period EMA (the blue line ) and a negative value when the 12-period EMA is below the 26-period EMA. The more distant the MACD is above or below its baseline indicates that the distance between the two EMAs is growing. MACD is often displayed with a histogram which graphs the distance between the MACD and its signal line. If the MACD is above the signal line, the histogram will be above the MACD’s baseline. If the MACD is below its signal line, the histogram will be below the MACD’s baseline. Traders use the MACD’s histogram to identify when bullish or bearish momentum is high. ***RSI VS MACD: The relative strength indicator (RSI) aims to signal whether a market is considered to be overbought or oversold in relation to recent price levels. The RSI is an oscillator that calculates average price gains and losses over a given period of time. The default time period is 14 periods with values bounded from 0 to 100. MACD measures the relationship between two EMAs, while the RSI measures price change in relation to recent price highs and lows. These two indicators are often used together to provide analysts a more complete technical picture of a market. These indicators both measure momentum in a market, but, because they measure different factors, they sometimes give contrary indications. For example, the RSI may show a reading above 70 for a sustained period of time, indicating a market is overextended to the buy side in relation to recent prices, while the MACD indicates the market is still increasing in buying momentum. Either indicator may signal an upcoming trend change by showing divergence from price (price continues higher while the indicator turns lower, or the other way around. The DEFINITION of Divergences! We hope that you've learn something with this post . Have a nice day and Good luck.
COINBASE:BTCUSDEducation
by CobraVanguard
10
Tools of the Trade: All about trendline'sI get a lot of questions on how do I seem to make such accurate trendline's, channels and support's and resistance. People seem to be impressed how often the lines on my chart are right where price seems to always react. Well this is as it should be, as your lines are markers where price action might do something interesting. But what is my trendline or support/resistance is probably different from yours. I will try to show my thought process on how I draw these lines. These tips work for me and they might work for you. But sometimes you have to fuss around some to find what works for you. This is because we all see different things. I will start with a trendline and I will use the GC (gold futures) chart. These methods work on all charts and all timeframes. We first want to find and connect at least 2 points in any given trend. Now in this case I connected the tips of the wick, but really for me anywhere between the open and the tip of the wick or the close and the tip of the wick is a valid area for a trendline. Now you may say, "great! but any 2 points make a trendline so what's the big deal?". You are right, 2 points do not make a trendline but this will be a start. So I can fuss around and pull my trendline down and to the left manually and try to find other areas that fit my trendline. But this will cause bias and we want to eliminate bias as much as we can. So what do we do to minimize bias? 1. Open up the settings for your trendline (click on the trendline and then click on the gear icon in the selection box). 2. Click the "extend trendline left" box. This is what you should see now for this example: Now you look at it and say, well that doesn't look valid because it goes through a bunch of candles in the yellow and orange ellipses. But now let's take a closer look at the orange ellipse area: look at all the blue arrows and that the trendline goes right through the wicks. This adds validity to our trendline. Now you may ask, what about all the bodies that the trendline goes through (see yellow arrows)? Does this matter? A different question though is does the trendline really go through the body pointed out by the yellow arrows? Let's take an even closer look! This looks pretty good to me. But what happened? I moved to a higher timeframe. I like to move at least 3x timeframes higher. Now you can see that the trendline goes through the wicks of the candle or at least pretty dang close. And because it is well known that looking at a higher time frame is always a good idea when entering a trade for confirmation this also applies to trendlines. A trendline that is still a valid trendline on a higher timeframe is an even stronger trendline. Now look at the yellow ellipse in a 3x higher time frame: Nope, that doesn't look good. Let's move to a 6x higher timeframe (12 hour) Nope, still doesn't cut it! But it does fit okay, not great on our initial 2 hour timeframe chart, we just can't confirm it on a higher time frame. So I say the trendline get's weaker around here: Another way to confirm an appropriate trendline is to use RSI (or any oscillator of your choice that shows overbought or oversold) The vertical red lines show that RSI is in the oversold area as price approaches or dips below the trendline. This is what you would expect right? especially since in these areas the price is coming from a downtrend. The blue vertical lines show that RSI is between 70 and 30 as we would expect as price seems to be consolidating around the trendline and actually tickles the overbought area at the price peak between the 2 blue vertical lines. This is also as you would expect. So these are my tips on trendline's and how I use them. I hope this is useful. Next tutorial I am going to go into how I do support, resistance and parallel channels. I hope this was helpful and I hope everybody makes money off these tips. Otherwise, play around with trendline's in your own way and you might find something that works better for you! Thank you! Miss Bunny
COMEX:GC1!Education
by UnknownUnicorn11430563
7
How to detect the active cycle length?This is a short tutorial on how to use the Detrended Rhythm Oscillator (DRO) to identify the current dominant cycle. The Detrended Rhythm Oscillator is an advanced Detrended Price Oscillator DPO which helps to spot the key market rhythm or beat for any symbol on any timeframe. It automatically labels the length of current market high-high and low-low pivots which helps to see cycle harmonics and relations. The output should be used as input setting for almost all technical indicators which require and "length" settings for the calculation. Using this length setting based on the dominant market rhythm will help to ensure better accuracy to your indicators at turning points. The indicators get synced to the beat of the market. The indicator is available as Public Open Source Script for your own usage:
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by StockMarketCycles
89
How to use the Crypto Sniper indicatorJust a simple tutorial on how to use the Crypto Sniper indicator. Rules 1. Wait for the entry Long/Short signal appears 2. Use the ATR take profit or stop loss as a trailing stop or to close your position 3. Use the exits signals to close partially or entirely your position 4. You can enable the additional entries where you can add more to your position following the trend 5. Any market or timeframe will work 6. Specially designed to scalp trade on cryptocurrency futures
Education
by ThiagoSchmitz
2
Aroon From ScratchHi traders! Today we gonna tell you about one of the most interesting indicators. As you know, trend is based on price action. Everything on the market based on price action, LMAO. Thus, it’s considerably important to define and extract some hidden states, that can play a huge role in trend predicting. Aroon is one of this hidden-state finders. The Aroon indicator is a technical indicator that is used to identify trend changes in the pric, as well as the strength of that trend. In essence, the indicator measures the time between highs and the time between lows over a time period. The idea is that strong uptrends will regularly see new highs, and strong downtrends will regularly see new lows. The indicator signals when this is happening, and when it isn't. The indicator consists of the "Aroon up" line, which measures the strength of the uptrend, and the "Aroon down" line, which measures the strength of the downtrend. Formulas for the Aroon Indicator Aroon Up(orange)= (x-periods since last high in x period) /x*100 where x – number of periods. Aroon Down(blue)= (x-periods since last low in x period)/x*100 where x – number of periods. How to use it? We use it in two ways: crossovers and parallel state. When Aroon Up and Aroon Down draw a parallel channel, we can make a conclusion that market is choppy and it would be better to avoid entering. Crossovers can signal entry or exit points. Up crossing above Down can be a signal to buy. Down crossing below Up may be a signal to sell. When both indicators are below 50 it can signal that the price is consolidating. New highs or lows are not being created. Traders can watch for breakouts as well as the next Aroon crossover to signal which direction price is going. As for the parameters, we use on 15M timeframe Aroon with the length 10 on 4H. It gives us less signals, but they are very strong. You can tune it in depending on your purposes and goals of strategy.
Education
by Skyrexio
EMA/MA ARE YOUR EYES THEY "FOLLOW" THE PRICE. ( SNAKE EYES )LISTEN - To your MA's they're your snake eyes. They move like snakes following the money. ( check out post " benefits of scale on the left ". They know where the price been and they're letting you know where it's going. NOW, IF ALL MA'S MEET AT ONCE, WHAT THAT MEAN? --- I HAVE NO IDEA. EXACTLY. WE HAVE NO IDEA IF THE Great Wall OF CHINA IS GOING TO SUPPORT PRICE TO THE GODS OR CRUSH IT LIKE THE COCKROACH IT ONCE WAS. GET THE HELL OUT!!!!! THEY'RE SNAKES, THEY HAVE TO SLITHER TO A SIDE AND CHOOSE THAT DIRECTION.WHERE WE'LL EITHER BUY ( LONG ) SELL ( SHORT ).
COINBASE:BTCUSDEducation
by CHarrison2021
Using the Relative Strength Index (RSI)Using the Relative Strength Index The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a very popular and often used indicator that can be used effectively in many different ways. My personal favorite two are: 1. As a tool to indicate a reversal. This is the most popular way. 2. As a momentum indicator. This is what it was designed for. Below we will discuss how to read the RSI, and how to set it properly depending on market conditions. What the numbers mean Before we discuss what to do with the information that the RSI gives us, we should learn what the numbers mean. The RSI is a line graph that moves from 0 to 100. When the RSI is 70 or over, we consider our crypto to be overbought (people bidding up the price). Then when the RSI is 30 or below, we consider our crypto to be oversold (people bidding down the price). Overbought means that the crypto might be overvalued. Oversold is the reverse. The crypto might be undervalued. The actual number is calculated using the average gain or loss over a set period of time. The default time period is 14 (minutes, hours, days, based on how the chart you are currently looking at is set). You could also set your period length to a lower number, I use 10 sometimes, so that the RSI is more sensitive to recent moves. This is good to do in markets that are highly volatile (crypto for example). The actual RSI number will increase as there are more and more positive closes within your time period, and will fall as there are more and more negative closes within your time period. As with every trading indicator, the RSI should not be used as the sole reason for a trading decision. It helps paint a picture of the market of the particular crypto you’re looking at. Nor are the default values always to be used. We’ve discussed time changes, but you could also change the upper and lower bands. In a bull market you may want to change the upper band to reflect the general trend of the market (more on that later). Trend Reversal Now, let’s about how to actually use the RSI. The first way to use it is as a way to spot a possible trend reversal. Put simply, the RSI can help us see if we have, in the last few candles, changed from an up-trend to a down-trend, or from a down-trend to an up-trend. When the RSI is below 30 and crosses up, we consider this a bullish move. When the RSI is above 70 and crosses down, we consider this a bearish move. Just to reiterate: A bullish cross up is not an automatic buy, just as a bearish cross down is not an automatic sell. As you can see below. But it is pretty accurate. Nothing in TA is 100%, but the closer you get to 100% the better trader you will be. One other thing to note based on the above picture is that there was no time that the RSI dipped below 30. In a crypto bull market (which we are currently in) it is more common to see cryptos that are overbought as opposed to oversold. You can compensate for this by changing the oversold line to 40. Additionally, as the crypto moves up in price, you can see the RSI making consistent higher lows. Divergence One thing to look for when you are trying to spot trend reversals is what is called a Bullish Divergence. This means that the price of your crypto is in a downtrend and making lower lows. At the same time, the RSI is oversold and is making higher lows. When you spot this, it can be a very powerful indicator that the trend is reversing to the upside. A bearish divergence is the same thing but in reverse. The price of the crypto is getting higher and higher while the RSI is overbought and making lower highs. RSI as a momentum indicator Another way to effectively use the RSI is by using it for its intended use as a momentum indicator. As we talked about before, the RSI rises as we have more and more positive closes in our time window. It rises more (faster) when the price movements are more extreme to the upside. The reverse is true for the downside. So, if we are oversold that means there is momentum to the upside, and if we are overbought that means there is momentum to the downside. Generally, it is better to trade with the momentum than against it. Unless we spot the reversal signals that we discussed above; crossing back down, or crossing up. It is also better to go long in bull-markets and short in bear markets when using the RSI in this way. Let’s take a look at the chart below: In a bull market the 50-60 range of the RSI acts as support and the RSI usually stays above 40. I like to set my upper band to 60 in a bull market so I can trade with the bullish momentum and spot potential reversals in the 50-60 range. As you can see it is necessary to use the RSI differently in different market conditions. Final thoughts As you can see there are different ways of successfully using the RSI. I hope I’ve made at least two of those ways clear in this beginner guide. Please let me know if you have any questions and if you like it, please hit the thumbs up and be sure to follow for more! Thanks for reading!
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by zsamochin
63
Hash Ribbons buy signal breakdown and verbose explanationThere are two decision branches the indicator may take to trigger a buy signal. I've copied the most relevant lines of code below and added comments. I added a visual representation for every single element that exists in those lines of code. The different indicators I add here have educational purposes only. The original script already does an excellent job presenting the most relevant information. The coloured spring (circles) leading to a buy signal has everything I want to know. Publishing this idea has the main objective of serving as a cheatsheet for myself if I forget all the underlying context later. first buy condition (blue circle and dotted line) price momentum just turned positive, and hash rate growth has recovered after price momentum turned negative and miners capitulated crossover(s10,s20) and // simple moving average checkmark barssince(recovered) < barssince(crossunder(s10,s20)) and // red range on the price chart barssince(recovered) < barssince(capitulation) // red range on the price chart or second buy condition (purple circle and dotted line) price momentum is currently positive, and shorter term hash rate growth is higher than the longer term hash rate growth s10>s20 and // green range on the price chart crossover(HR_short,HR_long) // hash rate growth checkmark
BITSTAMP:BTCUSDEducation
by yalla-yalla-habibi
1
How to Select the Most Suitable Trading Indicators? One of the most commonly asked question by novice traders is "what indicators should I use?" which is unsurprising given the vast array of available tools on a typical trading platform. Some traders prefer to crowd their charts with all sorts of indicators, whereas others prefer a more minimalistic approach. While there is no perfect solution, one thing should be abundantly clear- the indicators you select should help you make sense of the price action rather than distract you. When it comes to the number of indicators one should use, the more does not necessarily mean the better. In order to narrow down your options, you can use the following guidelines we have compiled for you so that you can diversify your options depending on the underlying market sentiment. Is the market trending or ranging? The first thing that needs to be determined is what the underlying sentiment is - is the market trending or range-trading. While a keen eye can catch the subtle difference between the two without the use of any indicators, the ADX (Average Directional Index) can be used to determine the strength of the trend. Whenever the ADX is threading above the 25-point benchmark, this underpins a robust trending environment. Conversely, a reading of the index below this threshold indicates undetermined (ranging) market sentiment. If the market is trending, focus on the underlying momentum Price trends are by definition probing either lower or higher, which is why you need to track their changing strength as they develop. This is crucial for the implementation of trend-continuation or trend-reversal strategies. Filling the chart with multiple moving averages with different periods does a perfect job of underlining the changing market bias over time. That is so because MAs can be used as floating supports and resistances, and the behaviour of the price action each time it probes a given MA highlights the changing nature of the trend. The inability of the price to break down below one or several MAs in an uptrend can be perceived as an indication of persisting bullish commitment in the market. Hence, traders can use trend-continuation trading strategies and place long orders while the price probes the MAs. The opposite is true for downtrends. The eventual probing and subsequent penetration of the price above (in uptrends) or below (in downtrends) MAs with higher periods signifies waning commitment in the market. The gradual narrowing down of the space between various MAs followed by an eventual breakout/down underpins the possibility for using trend-reversal strategies. Also, keep in mind that MAs with higher periods are usually found at the bottom of the string in uptrends and on top of the bundle in downtrends. If the market is ranging, bet on the Stochastic RSI In ranging markets, in contrast, there is little need for moving averages, as the price action is naturally contained within a horizontal area. Instead of focusing on the direction of the price action, in this case, it makes more sense to study the discrepancies in the underlying buying and selling pressures. The Stochastic RSI is among the best-fitted indicators to do this job, which is why it is most effective in strong ranging environments. It can be used to gauge the likely rebounds of the price action within the two extremes of the underlying price range. If the ADX has been threading below the 25-point benchmark for quite a while and the Stochastic RSI is getting into one of its two extremes (overbought and oversold), this can be perceived by traders as a potential indication of imminent reversals in the direction of the price action.
TVC:SILVEREducation
by Trendsharks
Educational: AB=CD pattern w/ BTC exampleOne fairly easy and useful pattern for determining reversals is the AB=CD pattern. The pattern simply looks for two rising or falling legs up or down respectively. Then one simply measures the retracement level from point B followed by the projection from C (luckily tradingview has a tool to assist with this). If these values equal a 0.618 or 0.786 retracement followed by a 1.272 or 1.618 projection respectively, the pattern is likely to indicate a reversal of the current trend. For example, above we can clearly see the pattern almost perfectly matched the required levels of 0.618 and 1.272. However, no pattern is guaranteed, so it is always recommended to seek out confirmation. As we can see in the above example, there is bearish reversal divergence that can be seen on both RSI and MACD (dotted green lines), whereby price is rising while oscillators are falling, indicating an even greater likelihood for a reversal. Upon confirmation of a reversal, one can then target Fibonacci retracement levels as key points of interest as can be seen above. A nice part about this pattern is how simple it is to spot and draw out particularly with tools available on tradingview. Hopefully you are able to use this pattern as another useful tool in your arsenal!
BITSTAMP:BTCUSDEducation
by crypto_trends
Popular Trading Indicators (Simply) ExplainedEvery full-time trader knows that rule number 1 in this business isn't to make money; rule number 1 is: don't lose money. Hence, any successful, long term trading strategy must inherently focus on managing risk. I know that lately the word risk carries next to no meaning, and that's because the more risk you take, the more you're rewarded, while those who manage their risk, and are potentilly risk averse in general, pay the price (in purchasing power terms). Having said that, in this context, trading with risk in mind is critical to following rule number 1, and it's essential to managing your risk exposure, and creating a sustainable, successful trading strategy. Moving averages (MA): Sifting through dozens of mathematical functions to help understand, and predict price action can be very challenging. But, having an understanding of why we use certain indicators is a great place to start. Let's begin by talking about MAs. The name is self-explanitory, of course, and it's not much more complicated than that. When we're looking at a MA, what we're seeing is an average of the price over a specified period of time. Now, you could say that using a 20 day simple MA is better than using a 21 day exponential MA (which places more emphasis on recent PA). But, this is a moot conversation, because we don't actually know what they mean until we explore what the MAs reveal for the timeframe being analyzed. By knowing and focusing on industry standard MAs, we can see what larger institutional desks might be seeing, and those MAs include the 20 day MA (20DMA), 50 day MA (50DMA), 100 day MA (100DMA), and the 200 day MA (200DMA). When we apply these MAs across multiple timeframes to derive a thesis on price action, it all starts to make sense, and you can see these industry benchmarks being respected on the longer time frames, clearly. However, when you look at price action post 2008, it's almost as if the intraday MAs are seemingly ignored completely. The HFT EFT flows are so heavy and they distort price so drastically, imo it's a losing battle trying to day trade based on intraday MAs. Relative Strength Index (RSI): The relative strength index (RSI) is a great momentum indicator used to gauge whether or not a financial instrument is overbought or oversold. It's analyzed as a line graph with a range of 0 to 1, the latter being the top of the range, with overbought conditions identified at a value of greater than 0.70, and oversold conditions being observed with a value of 0.30 or lower. These polar extremes often indicate that a reversal is about to occur. Fibonacci Retracement (Fib): The Fib is a very popular and is used to gauge the magnitude of a price retracement. For example, if a stock falls 25%, and then bounces hard on high demand, we could apply a Fib to benchmark the move against previous, similar moves. How the Fib works, is it uses a mathematical formula which adds the previous two number together to get the next. For example, starting at 0, the Fibonacci sequence is as follows: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, etc.. Within the Fib indicator, there are 5 key levels to watch after you've applied the 0 and 1 ranges to your price move, which includes the 0.236, 0.382, 0.5 (not officially included but useful), the 0.618, and finally the 0.786. Typically, I divide the asset price by the money supply (M2), to find tradable Fib levels (a lot of price distortion currently as I mentioned). Volume: When the price of an underlying security changes, what we're witnessing is the demand and supply (discovery) process. While this does tell us a lot, volume tells us the power of the move, and hence also the weakness of a move. For example, when we're seeing price rise as volume falls, the power of the move is diminishing, therefore it tells us that the move/trend could be nearing exhaustion. Placed together with other indicators that may also be flashing "red" could help us make better, and more informed decisions. In forex, however, volume points to the number of price changes which occured within the specified time interval. This is a bit different than stock or bond price volume, but essentially speaks to the depth of the market as well as the participation rate, just as it's peer does.
AMEX:SPYEducation
by Hedge_Of_The_World
4
RSI: Is it any good?RSI is the most popular indicator, according to TradingView. So why does it test like garbage? I show you backtest results using several RSI strategies: Crossunder from overbought/crossover from oversold (the default RSI strategy provided by TradingView and suggested by Wilder) RSI + EMA 200: is RSI profitable with the trend? RSI + ADX: is RSI profitable in sideways markets? RSI + Divergences: can RSI with divergences find turning points in the market? EMA fun fact: we use EMA's today because the previous generations of traders didn't even have calculators. EMA's aren't any better than other moving averages, but they are much easier to calculate by hand. Questions/comments welcome.
NYSE:OISEducation
by gregoirejohnb
MACD From ScratchHi, traders! Today we gonna start the tutorial “Trading from scratch”. These short but very useful articles are intended for beginners who’s just started their way in trading. We hope you’ll enjoy. Today’s article will give the full understanding of one the most popular, easy and very useful indicator - MAC. Moreover, we’ll show you how to apply it efficiently. MACD (Moving Average Convergence/Divergence) is a trend indicator that shows the trend and its momentum. It consists of two lines: MACD line and signal line. Both of them are EMA with different periods. We got MACD line subtracting from EMA with less period (fast) EMA with longer period (slow). The signal line is MACD line smoothed by the very short EMA. How to trade with MACD? Divergence The first very powerful signal is divergence. Divergence means the difference between slope of the trend line on chart and indicator. To learn about it properly you can read our Divergences Cheat Sheet . Catching divergences is a good signal to buy or sell. As you can see on the screen, the first time we got bearish regular divergence. Thus, we are going to short. Then we can see bullish hidden divergence and it’s a good chance to execute a long position. NOTE We can draw divergence lines both on MACD line and histogram.
Education
by Skyrexio
2
The DEFINITION of Divergences!Hi every one So in this post we want to talk about a thing that If you've been following us you would've see a lot of it ! we wanna talk about Divergences! and how to use them to our advantage! there 4 kind of divergences in total which we will describe one by one! 1-regular Bearish Divergence (-RD) 2-regular Bullish Divergence (+RD) 3-Hidden Bearish Divergence(-HD) 4-Hidden Bullish Divergence(+HD) first let's talk about the effects of divergences and than get into each one. divergences are strong signals that will reassure us of the continuation of the trend or the ending of them! so let's get into each one! note that the trend is pretty important in finding divergences! for finding regular divergences on a bullish trend we must look at the tops and in a bearish trend we must look at the bottoms. for Hidden divergences though we must look at the bottoms (in a bullish trend ) and tops (in a bearish trend) so let's get into it! 1.regular bearish divergences (-RD): these divergences accrue when the tops are higher than each other(in a bullish trend),but on RSI or MACD indicators the tops are lower or in the same position next each other (in a bullish trend) in this situation we can be sure that the trend is about to change and start the bearish movement at least for a while! these are examples which clearly show the effect of (-RD) on the trend of the market. 2-regular bullish Divergence (+RD) : this divergence is accrued when the trend is bearish (bottoms are lower than each other ) but on RSI or MACD indicators the Bottoms are higher or next to each other. in this situation we can come to a conclusion that the trend can't be bearish for ever and the trend must change! this is an example for (+RD) which you can see It's effect on the market! 3-Hidden bearish Divergence(-HD):The tops are lower than each other ( in a bearish trend) but the tops on MACD or RSI indicator are higher or in the same position next to each other in this situation we can be sure that the trend can still be bearish . this is an example for(-HD) : 4-Hidden Bullish Divergence(+HD): these divergences accrue when the bottoms of a bullish trend are higher than each other but on the MACD or RSI the bottoms are lower or in the same position next to each other in this situation we can be sure that the bullish trend can still continue! this is a clear example of (+HD) and It's effectiveness! We hope that you've learn something with this post . Have a nice day and Good luck.
BITSTAMP:BTCUSDEducation
by CobraVanguard
37
RSI (Relative Strength Index)RSI = Relative Strength Index Is fluctuates between 0 and 100 • A momentum Oscillator • Increasing RSI when: Average gains are greater than average losses = Bullish • Decreasing RSI when: Average gains are less than average losses = Bearish How to use: 1. Trend recognition: trading in the direction of the trend 1.1 Above 50: Uptrend 1.2 Below 50: Downtrend 2 Overbought and oversold entry signals. 2.1 In an uptrend look for oversold areas and open a long trade after the pullback above 30. 2.2 In a downtrend look for overbought areas and open a short trade after the pullback below 70.
BITSTAMP:BTCUSDEducation
by apadanaforex
How to use the RSIHi guys, today I will be explaining how to use the Relative Strength Index (RSI) to your advantage. First of all if you have not already, please follow me. Okay, so the RSI is commonly said to buy when oversold and sell when it is overbought. However, this strategy does not always work, and can result in you predicting what the security will do. First Step: You should first check to see if the RSI is making higher lows, or lower lows. This is important because it can show whether the asset has strong buying pressure or weak buying pressure. I call it buying pressure because the index essentially represents the demand for it. So, why would you short something, when tons of people are buying in? However, the index can work short term, if you are day trading, but does not work as well for swing traders. If you see a rising RSI it is a good sign, and the opposite for a falling. Second Step: This is a step where most people don't do, but I think is very important. The step is to check whether or not the asset has an RSI that is hitting overbought, or hitting oversold. In this example, Gold is hit oversold two times. This proves how weak gold is and why it could have a breakdown. Another thing to check in this step is if it stops falling at the oversold level and does not fall beneath. If this occurs, it is a great sign because it shows that the asset is strong. For Gold, it had done that, and if you had spotted that you could have made 40%! In sum, the second step is to see if the asset is hitting overbought levels (good), or hitting oversold levels (bad). Third Step: The next step is to draw support and resistance levels, look at other indicators, etc. You could even look at fundamental data to support your technical data. Last step: Your last step is to place you limit order, and or stop order. Thanks for viewing guys, and please like and follow. Thanks!
AMEX:GLDEducation
by SmartVest
A 100% profitable strategy on BitcoinHello guys, in the Daily chart of Bitcoin after last candle close, recently something bullish happened, short term 5 Moving average crossed long term 20 Moving average. MACD is also supporting the further upward movement in the daily chart. this is a bullish signal in an uptrend. this is one of my swing trading strategies in Bitcoin market. I'll go long with a low leverage margin, whenever this daily Moving average crossover happens. I'll close the position as soon as the opposite situation happens which is short term 5 daily MA crossing down the long term 20 daily MA. A useful tip to this strategy is to combine it with a oscillator indicator like MACD or STOCHASTIC to prevent the fake outs. For example do not go long if the STOCH is at overbought territory and do not go short if It is at oversold territory. Disclaimer** This strategy doesn't work in a range market condition. Only use it in trendy markets. You can go back in the chart and backtest this strategy, it is pretty great for swing trading. Please like and share this idea if you like it. Thanks for your attention
Education
by TiranTrading
3
How to set the RIGHT Stop loss!Hey hey traders!! Setting the "right" stop loss is a vital skill, yet for many traders... its a random act. This video will help you find stcutrue in setting the right stop loss, a stop loss that has the best chance of not being hit and allowing your trade to workout! For us that comes down to basics: 1. Use the ATR value 2. Enter only via the fibs (definite entry) and by following this process we have achieved great things so far, even increased our win ration by a solid 12% in February (since we added it) If you have questions, feel free to ask! All the best and good luck trading!
Education
by PrimedGroup
TDI Indicator for Entry SignalTDI (Traders Dynamics Index) is a powerful tool that determine the entry signal This indicator consists of 3 important indicators a below RSI (30, 70) Period (20) --> Green MA (50) --> Red Bollinger Bands --> Yellow with Blue band lines How to use the above indicator is as below When the Green cross the Red positively, this is a green signal to buy When the Yellow cross the Red positively, this is a green signal to buy When the Yellow moves above the Red line, the market in up trend. If the Yellow moves below the Red line, the market in down trend Crossing the Yellow line of the lower RSI band from bottom to top mean time to buy, while Crossing the Yellow line of the upper RSI band from top to down mean time to sell Crossing the Yellow line the average RSI line (50) means time to buy When the Green line cross the upper BB means the trend is strongly going up. If the Green line cross the lower BB line means the trend is strongly going down Easily can determine the RSI Divergence (opposite top or bottoms) with the stock. If opposite bottoms, time to buy and if opposite top, time to sell Best buy signal is when the Green line cross the Red line positively after the existing of RSI Divergence at the essential level
NASDAQ:AAPLEducation
by hamzaabusitta