Investing Education Stories

There are many times within a chart where the market begins to lose its direction bias and traders are left wondering where the chart may go. The high wave candlestick pattern is a candle pattern that lets traders know there is indecision in the market at the present time.

  over a year ago at Macroaxis 
By Nathan Young
Nathan Young

The Belt Hold candlestick pattern is one of the more recognizeable candle patterns and it only uses one candle compared to others that need several to confirm a potential move in the market.

  over a year ago at Macroaxis 
By Nathan Young
Nathan Young

Technical analysis is one of the most popular analysis out there and with that comes the various tools and indicators that can help you zone in on trades. The Aroon indicator is an indicator that is used to help you the trader find the different trends that are out there.

  over a year ago at Macroaxis 
By Nathan Young
Nathan Young

There are many ratios out there that measure anything from risk to cash flow, but the Treynor ratio is around to help traders and investors measure risk to reward.

  over a year ago at Macroaxis 
By Nathan Young
Nathan Young

When looking at data, it is important to understand how it is laid out and if everything seems appropriate. Skewness and distribution of data around the mean is key and Kurtosis helps with measuring that.

  over a year ago at Macroaxis 
By Nathan Young
Nathan Young

The on balance volume indicator or OBV for short is used when looking for momentum identification in a market. When people are looking at a chart, many wonder where the money is coming from and this indicator attempts to sort between the institutional big bank money and individual investor money.

  over a year ago at Macroaxis 
By Nathan Young
Nathan Young

People who trade on technical analysis typically look to find a few indicators to help give them direction. Not only technically speaking, fundamental traders still peek at these tools to help them solidify an opinion. The Chaikin AD Line is volume based tool used to help show investors and traders the flow of money to and from a particular equity.

  over a year ago at Macroaxis 
By Nathan Young
Nathan Young

Candlestick patterns are one of the most common ways technical trader s indicate a new trend or setup may be forming. The dark cloud cover is a candlestick setup that could be an indication of a bearish reversal looming.

  over a year ago at Macroaxis 
By Nathan Young
Nathan Young

As technical traders search for the next profitable opportunity, they also need to find patterns that can lead to a continuation of the current situation. The on-neck pattern is a continuation pattern that tells the trader the trend has the potential to continue in the current bearish pattern.

  over a year ago at Macroaxis 
By Nathan Young
Nathan Young

As investors and traders, we are always looking for the edge in direction, momentum, or price movement. In comes the directional movement index, which is an indicator that helps predict price strength as well as direction.

  over a year ago at Macroaxis 
By Nathan Young
Nathan Young