Showing posts with label trade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trade. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

SigmaForex - Why you Can Never Predict Forex Prices?


Many new forex traders think the core of a forex trading strategy should be predicting where forex prices will go. Try it and you will lose, you will win if you trade in a different way so why is prediction not the way to make money? Let's find out.

If you are predicting you are in effect hoping or guessing which is not a way to make money in any venture let alone forex trading. You cannot predict the future and if you try, your predictions will be as accurate as your horoscope.

There is however a big market in people who say they can predict and many theories that say you can such as Elliot wave, Fibonacci and Gann.

They argue that as human nature is constant so the markets must be as well.

However if you think about it this logic is obviously not true, because if markets were predictable with science, we would all know the answer in advance and there would be no market.

Markets move based upon uncertainty and while human nature is constant, it is not predictable with science - trading is a game of odds not certainties.

If you want to win you trade the reality of price change and don't try and guess in advance.

For example if you see a market testing a level of resistance you do not simply enter a trading signal - if you do you are trading against the trend and you could be wrong.

Instead you wait for prices to test resistance and wait for prices to turn back the other way.

Sure you miss the turn - but you couldn't predict that anyway, so there is no point trying!

How do you know when to trade.

The secret of correct market timing is using momentum oscillators. There are many you can use and three of the best are: RSI, ADX and the stochastic indicator.

We don't have time to go through exactly how they work here simply look at our other articles and make them part of your essential forex education.

The key advantage they give you with your forex trading strategy is they allow you to gauge shifts in price momentum. You can use these shifts, to allow you to trade the reality of a price change to achieve better market timing and more forex profits.

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SigmaForex - Currency Trading is Easy to Learn But Most Fail Why?


If you look at the adverts online there all about how easy it is to learn currency trading and it is - ANYONE can do it but paradoxically 95% of traders get wiped out so why is this and how can you avoid the errors of the majority?

Let's look at the reasons why most forex traders lose. The first reason is they believe forex myths and here are the main ones:

- You can predict forex prices

- You can follow a forex robot with a simulated track record and make money

- You trade news stories

- You can day trade or scalp the market for regular profits

- You take expert advice

- You believe the markets move to a scientific theory

Believe any of the above and you will kiss goodbye to your equity.

Now let's assume you don't believe any of the above, you're sensible, level headed and want to win now, you still have one major obstacle to hurdle:

Applying your forex trading strategy with discipline.

Discipline is really what sets apart the winners from the losers.

Its talked about a lot - but most traders don't realize how hard it is ( until they do it ), to keep executing your trading signals when your losing and the market makes you look a fool - its hard, very hard.

Most traders lack the discipline to keep their losses small - but have even more problems accepting big gains. Again, this may sound like a paradox - as we all want big gains.

So why can't we accept them?

Let's look at an example:

A trader gets a profit and is pleased and the bigger it becomes the more he wants to take it "before it gets away" what happens open equity eats into his open profit and it becomes too much, he moves the stop up to close and gets taken out the market by random volatility.

What happens next?

The position goes back the way he though piling up huge profits and the trader's not in, because he didn't have the discipline or courage, to hold the position and accept short term losses to get the bigger prize.

Look at a forex chart and you will see forex trends last for weeks, months or years and many can make you tens of thousands of dollars for you on a small deposit - but you must have the discipline to lock into them and hold them - its hard - but it can be done.

You need a robust simple forex trading system you have confidence in which you have the courage to apply with discipline.

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Monday, June 30, 2008

On Balance Volume

It was generated by Joe Granville.On Balance Volume is one indicator that is designed to track changes in volume over time.On Balance Volume is a running total, volume indicator that is arrived at by adding or subtracting the day’s volume, depending on whether the closing price is higher or lower than the previous close.On Balance Volume Indicator is to buy when the indicator breaks out from its recent range and sell when it breaks down from its range, but it might take price a day or even two to confirm the move, so patience and other supporting trend change indicators will help.

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Volumes




Volume is a measure of supply and demand that is independent of priceVolume is usually light during the formation of the pattern and increases on a breakout from the pattern. For any pattern or trend line penetration, a breakout with increasing volume is more an indication that prices will continue in the direction of the breakout than a breakout on low volume.Rising volume levels when price is falling after a major peak gives supporting evidence that there is an underlying weakness in the security & warns that falling prices may continue.When price goes to a new high on increased volume, traders often compare volume with that which occurred during previous rallies in prices. If the current volume is less than the previous rally’s volume, there is a potential for a price trend reversal.

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Alligator

This technical indicator contains of three lines, which are Moving Averages with different parameters.The blue line: (chap) is a line of balance to the significant time period, which is used for building of the chart (13 period smoothed moving averages, shifted on 8 bars to the future.)The Red line: (teeth) is the line of balance for the significant time period, which is one step less (8 period smoothed moving average, shifted on 5 bars to the future);The Green line (lips) is the line of balance for the significant time period, which is one more step less (5 period smoothed moving average, shifted on 3 bars to the future).Interpretation: When the Jaw, the Teeth and the Lips are closed or intertwined, it means the Alligator is going to sleep or is asleep already. As it sleeps, it gets hungrier and hungrier the longer it will sleep, the hungrier it will wake up. The first thing it does after it wakes up is to open its mouth and yawn.Then the smell of food comes to its nostrils: flesh of a bull or flesh of a bear, and the Alligator starts to hunt it. Having eaten enough to feel quite full, the Alligator starts to lose the interest to the food/price (Balance Lines join together) this is the time to fix the profit.You should close all positions and wait until Alligator awakes again.The goals of this indicator are:- to give integrated way for monitoring of the moving of the market;- to represent a simple indicator to trade in the current trade only;- to create a protective way to save the money during the moving of the market limitet with the price channel.
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Accelerator Oscillator

Acceleration/Deceleration (AC) is introduced by Bill Williams; it measures acceleration and deceleration of the current driving force.When the AC value of the current bar is greater than the previous bar value, the histogram bar is colored in green (and vice versa). According to Mr. Williams this indicator will change direction before any changes in the driving force, which will change its direction before the price.The only thing that needs to be done to control the market and make decisions is to watch for changes in color. To save yourself serious reflections, you must remember: you can not buy with the help of Acceleration/Deceleration, when the current column is colored red, and you can not sell, when the current column is colored green.
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