Bollinger Bands as a Map for the Price Landscape
Bollinger Bands
The most advanced variety of bands whose width changes with volatility was developed by John Bollinger, who called them Bollinger Bands. We have...
The Donchian Breakout System - The Way of the Turtle
Donchian Breakout system
Richard Donchian was an Armenian-American commodities and futures trader, and pioneer in managed futures and systematic trading. He is the author of...
Envelopes using Moving Averages, How to Profit from Them?
Bands formed by moving averages
As we already saw in our previous article, we can create different types of bands that can be used in...
A Brief History of Bands and Envelopes
Bands and Envelopes
John Bollinger defines bands as moving lines built above and below a prescribed distance of a central region. It does not need...
Market Psychology through Candlesticks
What and How to Interpret the Candlestick Chart
Candlestick Chart plays an important role in the Financial market. It is the most commonly used...
Everything you should know about Stochastics and the Williams Percent R
The Stochastics and the Williams Percent R Oscillators
Introduction
The function of the markets serves as a fair-price discoverer. The instantaneous price of an asset reflects...
Trend Assessment Using Price Action, do you know how?
Recognising a Trend
Probably you've heard the following phrases "Follow the trend", or "The trend is your friend." It may sound trivial, but the question...
The Moving Average Convergence Divergence: MACD
Moving Average Convergence Divergence: MACD
The MACD is a superior derivation of moving average crossovers and was developed in 1979 by Gerald Appel as a...
Trading the Momentum
In the broad class of trading strategies, it is possible to generate profits when the price gains "momentum". When we talk about momentum, we...
Revisiting Support, Resistance and Breakouts
Talking about Price Action, the first concept a trader should grasp when doing market analysis is the notion of Support and Resistance. In this...