Technical Indicator

What types of indicators do I need in my trading strategy?

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As traders that we are, or pretend to be, we will spend most of the time looking for the best time to enter the market in a certain direction. In this search, we will use some tools such as technical indicators. From my point of view, any trader who bases his trading on technical analysis should use at least 4 types of indicators.

Well, rather, you should use those indicators that respond to the 4 basic trading needs: recognize the prevailing trend -> confirm the trend -> find the best entry -> find the best exit. These needs can be covered with the information of 1 or several indicators. Thus, I will classify the indicators into 4 categories according to the need they will cover, although this classification is for illustrative purposes only.

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Types of Indicators in Technical Analysis

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To perform a consistent technical analysis, it is necessary to know what are the most important indicators to make our trading decisions. If you are starting your career in the world of trading, the price charts of different currency pairs can be overwhelming at first. In addition, it is confusing to know what are the most appropriate technical indicators to study for each price chart.

In this article, we are going to see the four basic groups of technical indicators that exist based on the information that each one presents. In ForexDominion we already have several articles that explain exactly how all these financial indicators work and how you can use them to analyze trends, price objectives, and strategies. Therefore, we are not going to focus on saying which type of technical indicator is the best, since each trader has its own tastes and strategies, neither in specific details of the indicators but in the general characteristics of these analysis tools, since our goal is to help the reader to better understand each indicator and its use.

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The ConnorsRSI Indicator – Calculation and Strategy

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Before analyzing this technical tool in detail, I have to clarify that this indicator developed by Larry Connors is not exactly the same as that used in the RSI2 strategy (a simple 2-period RSI), although the strategy that we will see throughout the article has some similarity, although with some additional twist. But let’s not entertain ourselves, let’s start with the preliminaries: what is the ConnorsRSI?

The ConnorsRSI Formula

The ConnorsRSI indicator formula consists of 3 elements:

1-) An RSI of 3 periods, in order to measure the momentum of the price in the short term.

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Wolfe Waves Indicator for Metatrader 4

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In this article, we present a modified indicator for Metatrader 4 that shows Wolfe wave patterns in price charts and in any time frame. This tool can be very useful since it automatically identifies these price formations and saves the time and work it takes to be watching many price charts for hours looking for these and other patterns.

As every experienced trader knows, the biggest problem with price patterns, especially with advanced ones such as Wolfe waves, is the identification of these formations in the chart. This task not only requires skill and experience to visually find these patterns, but also the trader has to spend hours in front of the computer, without any guarantee that he will find a good opportunity. In addition, only rarely is it possible to observe these patterns in their ideal form, they almost always present with some small variations that further complicate the identification.

Therefore, resources such as this custom indicator are very useful as they significantly facilitate the work of the trader.

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Keltner channels – How can we use them?

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Keltner channels are a technical indicator consisting of three lines: a central line that corresponds to an exponential moving average, and two lines, upper and lower, calculated as a deviation from the central line based on the ATR (Average True Range). If you know the Bollinger Bands you will see that both are similar indicators, with the difference that the bollinger bands use a simple moving average (SMA) as the center line and the bands are calculated as standard deviation of this SMA. In addition, the introduction of the ATR for the bands calculation in Keltner channels gives it the feature of being an indicator based on volatility, as well as being a softer indicator than Bollinger Bands.

Keltner channels, based on an exponential moving average, are a trend indicator, a trend dictated by the inclination of the channel. The most prominent use of Keltner channels as a trend indicator is the identification of trend changes when channel breakouts occur as well as the identification of range phases in the market (flat trend). The areas determined by the upper and lower lines can be used to identify overbought and oversold areas.

The development of Keltner channels is attributed to Chester Keltner who introduced in his book How to Make Money in Commodities (1960) the “Ten-Day Moving Average” rule, considered as the original version of Keltner channels. This original version used SMA instead of EMA. The current version of this indicator is attributed to Linda Bradford back in the 80s of the 20th century who introduced the ATR in the calculation of the channel bands.

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Perry Kaufman Adaptive Moving Average (KAMA)

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This indicator was developed by Perry Kaufman, and is an adaptive moving average designed to take into account the volatility or “market noise”. The KAMA moving average approaches prices when price fluctuations are relatively small and noise is low. In addition, the KAMA will move away when price swings widen and follow prices from a greater distance. This trend following indicator can be used to identify the general trend, market inflection points, and to filter price movements.

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Chande Momentum Oscillator (CMO) – Definition and Signals

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The Chande Momentum Oscillator (CMO) was developed by Tushar Chande, who presented it in a co-written work with Stanley Kroll called “The New Technical Trader”. This indicator was designed to calculate what Chande refers to as “pure momentum”. The objective of this indicator is to detect trend variations of greater or lesser extent. The CMO is similar, although it is unique in itself, to other indicators oriented to momentum such as the Relative Strength Index (RSI), Stochastics, and Rate-of-Change.

The CMO uses data from both bullish days and bearish days in the numerator, directly measuring the momentum. The calculations are developed with non-smoothed data. This allows extreme short-term movements to be less hidden. However, smoothing can be implemented to the Chande Oscillator if desired. The scale of the indicator is between +100 and -100 allowing the user to clearly see changes in market momentum using level 0 as a balance point.

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Bears Power indicator – How to use it?

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What is the Bears Power indicator?

The trading participants in the market are the buyers, struggling to rise prices, and the sellers, struggling to lower prices. In this case, depending on which side scores off, at the end of the market session the price will end higher of lower than the price of the previous session. Intermediate results, related to the highest and lowest prices in any moment at the day, allows to establish about how the battle between buyers and sellers was developing.

For this reason, is important to be able to estimate the Bears (sellers) balance, as a change in this balance could mean a possible change in market trend, which offer important opportunities to trade. This task can be solved using a technical analysis indicator known as Bears Power which is basically an oscillator. This tool allows to identify if the sellers in the market are weaker than buyers, and if so, then look for long positions to caught a trend change. The creator of this indicator was the Dr. Alexander Elder, a famous stock trader who is living in New York.  Basically, the Bears Power indicator is the difference between the close price and the exponential moving average. It is used as a reflection of the selling power in the market at any given time.

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Line Forex Charts

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In technical analysis the technical traders use various types of price charts. The simplest of these types of charts is the line chart which is used to obtain an overview of price movements in the market. In this case it shows the closing prices at selected intervals. Line charts are very clear and facilitate the detection of the most obvious chart patterns but lack the detail level offered by bar charts and Japanese candlestick charts.

In these price charts the points for price are joined by lines. In general the price used is the closing price of the period (which may be 5 minutes, 1 hour, etc..), but it can also display the average price, the buy/sale price, and many other options that vary according the trading platform that we use.

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Commodity Channel Index (CCI) Indicator

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Commodity Channel Index – A Effective Tool for Traders

The Commodity Channel Index (CCI) was published in the October 1980 by Donald Lambert. Since its introduction its popularity is rising higher and higher as it is becoming a very common tool for traders. Commodity channel index is becoming a very effective tool for traders that use to identify cyclical trends in commodities as well as equities and currencies. There is nothing handier tool than the commodity channel index as it is a very easy way to chart cyclical turns in commodity prices. There are so many traders implied this tool in their business and get huge success in the field of trading. There is certain formula available to calculate commodity channel index.

The formula has been given below:

CCI =(Typical Price – SMATP) /(.015 X Mean Deviation)

Fortunately, you don’t have to calculate the CCI formula by hand, unless you have to give a good test of your mathematical skills or knowledge. CCI is an oscillating indicator and momentum indicator. The CCI is been calculated by using the typical price and simple moving average. The standard deviation is after that added with the scaling factor of .015 and scaling factor approximately confines 70% – 80% of indicators fluctuations around +100 to -100. Scaling factor of 0.15 was been suggested by Lambert Donald.

The formula makes use of simple moving averages of typical price that is same to the average price. The unweighted variables make the consistent evaluation of the actual conditions with relation to the historical price activity. CCI is been used to trade currencies, equities, as well as commodities. All the chartable assets are analyzed with the indicator. The CCI oscillates above & below zero line.

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