Tag: indicators

What Is Money Flow Index (MFI)?

When you are performing a technical analysis, you need to focus on various indicators and what they say. Closely analyze the indicators and the...

Forex Economic Indicators: Housing Starts

As a leading indicator of what the markets are likely to do - and the health of the economy in general - housing starts...

Guide to Forex Chart Indicators Part 3: Momentum Indicators

When it comes to spotting trends, two of the most useful indicators are moving averages and MACD. On one hand, these are good ones...

Guide to Forex Chart Indicators Part 2: Oscillators

In broad terms, an oscillator is anything that moves back and forth between two points - so at any time, it will be at...

Guide to Forex Chart Indicators: Part 1

In this series, we'll be looking at two types of chart indicators, namely oscillators and momentum indicators. and how they can be used to...

Guide to Forex Options Trading Part 10: Option Volatilities

Option volatilities are a measure of the magnitude and frequency of the changes in the price of a currency. On the other hand, implied...

Guide to Forex Options Trading Part 9: Risk Reversals

Risk reversals reflect the expectation of the market in terms of the direction of an exchange rate. When used in the correct context, risk...

The US Dollar Index Explained – Part 2

Yesterday, we explained what the US Dollar Index is, and how it is calculated. Because it's an average of various currency pairs, rather than...

Guide to Forex Trading with Candlestick Charts Part 1

  Candlestick Charts: From Sakata to Wall Street While technical analysis may seem like a space-age discipline, it's actually been around for a lot longer than...

How to Calculate and Understand Pivot Points

  Pivot points are one of the oldest technical analysis tools in existence, and remain one of the most popular methods for determining key levels...

How To Use an Economic Calendar for Forex Trading

One of the keys to success when trading forex is to know why the market is moving in a certain way, and to be...