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Fibonacci Retracements and Expansions

September 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Fibonacci Ratios can be used in the financial markets to find potential support and resistance levels. They can also be used to find potential price targets.
If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to use Fibonacci Ratios in your trading, I’ve put up two pages on how to use the Fibonacci Retracement and Expansion (a.k.a. Extension) [...]

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Tags: Forex Trading · Support and Resistance · Technical Analysis · Trading Indicators · Trading Lessons

More Chart Trading Lessons

September 20th, 2007 · No Comments

There are 3 new pages on this site on using charts to trade the forex. It took me about 2 hours to create each page, so I hope there are some things that you can learn from them!

Here are the 3 new pages:

Using Trend Lines
Identify Support and Resistance Levels using Historical Price
Reading and [...]

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USDCHF Trend Strength Follow Up (Part 2)

September 12th, 2007 · No Comments

In a previous post to illustrate the possible use of the ADX, the USDCHF was used as an example. You can view the previous post here.
Here’s what happened after the post was published.

1-2-3 Chart Pattern

I’ve marked out the 1-2-3 chart pattern on the above chart. The trade entry would have been placed on the break [...]

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Tags: Chart Patterns · Forex Trading · Support and Resistance · Technical Analysis · Trading Indicators · Trading Lessons · Trading Thoughts

USDCAD Head and Shoulders Chart Pattern 02

September 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Earlier in one of my posts, I outlined a possible chart pattern trade setting up in the USDCAD. You can read the initial post here.

Today, I’ll follow up the trading lesson with the USDCAD Head and Shoulders Chart Pattern.

Following Up With The USDCAD Chart Pattern Trend Trade

You can see in the chart attached that the [...]

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Tags: Chart Patterns · Forex Trading · Support and Resistance · Technical Analysis · Trading Indicators · Trading Lessons · Trading Thoughts

EURUSD Bullish Break Out? (Part 1)

September 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Is the EURUSD breaking out to the upside?
Using some basic technical indicators, let’s take a look at the EURUSD on the daily chart. I’ll share some thoughts on the interpretation of the technical indicators, before looking at the prices on the charts.
Technical Indicator Analysis

The ADX has broken out above 20, which indicates that trend strength [...]

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Determining USDCHF Trend Strength with the ADX (Part 1)

September 8th, 2007 · No Comments

One of the ways to determine the strength or “trendiness” of a trend is through the use of the ADX. While there are some systems that are built around trading the ADX, the most basic use of the ADX is determining the strength of the current trend.

Take a look at the chart of the USDCHF:
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Divergence Signal For Weakening Trend

September 6th, 2007 · No Comments

A Divergence between price movement and indicator strength usually signals the possibility of a weakening trend.

While by no means is it a fail-safe signal, when used properly and combined with other entry parameters, it can create trades with potentially large profits. In this case, the divergence between price and Moving Average Oscillator signaled the potential [...]

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Tags: Day Trading · Forex Trading · Technical Analysis · Trading Indicators