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As you well know by now, the indicator Ichimoku Kinko Hyo uses 5 lines which are similarly to the use of moving averages where crossovers indicate either a buying or selling signals. Here are some observations on what the crossovers of Ichimoku lines mean: The Kijun-sen or the standard line serves as the indicator of […]
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Ichimoku is an integrated trading system where all the five component indicator lines have to work in concert with each other to produce an overall Ichimoku snapshot of a trading opportunity. Every strategy using the Ichimoku model must take the system as a whole rather than using each component in isolation. This is the mistake made by
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Ichimoku Kinko Hyo is a technical indicator developed by (of all people) a Japanese newspaper writer and builds on the Japanese Candlestick Charting Technique. It is said that its writer Goichi Hosoda developed this indicator in 1930 but spent the next 30 years perfecting it with the help of university students before finally releasing it
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The Ichimoku indicator is made up of five indicator lines and a cloud. Trading signals are generated according the position of price movements relative to the Ichimoku lines and the cloud as well as when Ichimoku lines crosses over each other. It may appear to be a bit complicated at the start but once you
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When should you use a fast or slow Stochastics indicator? Before that question is answered, you have to understand the difference between the two types of Stochastics. The fast Stochastic is the original indicator developed by Dr. George Lane and is intended to compare the closing price of a security to its price range for
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One of the reasons why the Stochastics indicator is popular among forex traders is its success in identifying overbought and oversold prices. When a currency price is overbought, it means that it is overvalued because of high market sentiment, and a correction may soon be due that would cause the price to go down. On
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Although the Stochastics indicator is effective in detecting trading signals when the currency market is in a trading range, it becomes more effective when combined with a compatible indicator such as the moving average convergence divergence (MACD). The two indicators work well together because Stochastics compare the closing price of a security to its price
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Even if you are just starting out in currency trading, you would likely already have heard of the Stochastics indicator. The concept behind the oscillator was developed by George Lane in the early 1950s due to his dissatisfaction over the indicators used back then to measure the momentum of the direction of a price of
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Momentum trading is all about the swing, and most experts agree that when looking for a swinger you need to find Mr. and Mrs. Stochastics. Kidding aside, this article will discuss the what, why, and how stochastics indicators can be used to search, identify, and get into the action on trends. Stochastics Indicators: Swing vs.
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If you are serious about currency trading, you should familiarize yourself with the Stochastics indicator. This indicator is also called an oscillator, because the price movement is banded in between two extreme values. What makes Stochastics popular among critics is that they are easy to use and understand, as well as being adjustable enough to
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