'Where's your head at?' If you've never watched Love Island - I have a girlfriend so I am practically forced to - this is a question that is asked by the contestants to their prospective partners to figure out the basic human relationship formation, as to whether someone actually likes them or not. I like to use visual imagery to see whether it lines up with my...
The start of the Covid-19 pandemic kicked of a volatile time in the stock market with a 34% market decline in 24 days. This marked a clear new leg in the market and allowed one to start an Elliott Wave mapping. In this chart, I begin with the classic A-B-C correction wave as the market declines and follow it up with the 1-2-3-4-5 impulse wave of the new Bull...
"Look for a confirmation!" "Wait for a confirmation!" When I was learning how to trade and when I was watching and reading different trading educators, these words naturally pissed me off. What the hell are you talking about? What confirmation? It was a full-blown mystery...🤯 Then, once I started to mature in trading and trade full-time, I became an author...
What is a level breakout? A large number of orders are located behind the level. Either this is a limit entry order if the price overcomes the level, or it is a protective order - it is triggered if the price goes out of our way and overcomes the protective zone in the form of a level ------------------- Share your opinion in the comments and support the...
Hello traders, in this post, we will be talking about how to use the MACD indicator, PROPERLY. I will be going over all of the main indications on how to use this tool and most importantly, how to interpret it. The MACD is another most commonly used tool within the trading community, and if used right with other indicators, this tool can be incredibly useful for...
In the comments below, write about a trading or investing experience that did not go well. More importantly, explain what you learned from that experience and how it shaped you as an investor or trader today. No trader or investor wins 100% of the time. We all have setbacks or at times make decisions that did not perfectly work out. Your experiences and...
In the comments below, write about a trading or investing experience that did not go well. More importantly, explain what you learned from that experience and how it shaped you as an investor or trader today. No trader or investor wins 100% of the time. We all have setbacks or at times make decisions that did not perfectly work out. Your experiences and...
DISCLAIMER This is in no way, shape or form, fluid and function, an analytical, qualitative or intelligent compte rendu. There is absolutely no financial advice here because the only financial advice I can give is to research, research, and research. The purpose of this analysis is to serve as an example of an investigation into a company's background,...
1- What is a trend line? Trend lines are easily recognizable lines that traders draw on charts to connect a series of prices or show the best fit of some data. The resulting line is then used to give the trader a good idea of the direction in which the value of an investment could move. A trend line is a line drawn above the pivot highs or pivot lows to show...
If you find the analysis useful, please like and share our ideas with the community. Any feedback and suggestions would help in further improving the analysis! The “Coinbase effect” refers to the notion that up-and-coming cryptos go through massive rallies during listing on the Coinbase exchange. Some cite the reason behind is the fact that Coinbase is a listed...
Markets trend. There are impulses, and in those the price consistantly makes several higher highs and lows, or lower highs and lows in the case of a downtrend impulse, or leg. The majority that try to compete in this activity fail, and from what I have seen they either don't know the basics, or have loss phobia. Or are dense, that's also a possibility. It is...
Market Makers are now in control as we can see with those Bart patterns forming up as demand faded away and supply is also weak. We have strong orders in the books around 47.5 and 50k acting as major resistances across the board. Swaps now showing more frequently trading above spot which implies bearishness BUT we don't have yet the structural daily trend from...
Hello everyone: Welcome back to this week’s trading recap video. Let's take a look at the trades entered/closed this week from me. I will explain my approach on the entry, SL, TP and management. EURUSD: Running +2% profit Full analysis/forecast: USDJPY: Running +3% profit Full analysis/forecast: SILVER: First Trade -1% loss Second Trade running +1%...
An impulse describes a strong move in an asset's price coinciding with the main direction of the underlying trend. Impulse waves are trend confirmation waves. The corrective wave is the period move where price is struggling against the trend. e.g. A dead cat bounce (trend continuation pattern) is a short-term recovery in a declining trend that does not indicate a...
At the end of a trend, there is a typically a reversal pattern indicating to us that the trend is about to reverse. There are 3 main patterns that you NEED to know. 1. Double Top/Double Bottom A double top/bottom pattern is a chart pattern that consists of 2 consecutive peaks of similar height indicating that there is not enough buying/selling pressure to...
In this video we explain Inverse ETFs as a tool to gain short exposure to the stock market. These can be used as a tool to profit directly from market or as a hedge to protect your stock portfolio in times of market volatility. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below! Have you ever invested using one of these ETFs?
FOMO Trading vs Disciplined Trading: THE CYCLE (chart) The process of placing a trade can be very different depending on the situation in hand and the factors that are driving a trader’s decisions. (On Chart example) Here is the journey of a FOMO trader vs a disciplined trader – as you will see, there are some fundamental differences that can lead to very...
A failed break (false breakout) occurs when a price moves through an identified level of support or resistance but does not have enough momentum to maintain its direction. Failed breaks may also signal traders to enter a trade in the opposite direction of the attempted breakout. Since the breakout attempt failed, the price could head the other direction. A ...