One of the more popular technical indicators in use today is Bollinger Bands. Created by John Bollinger in the early 1980s, this tool is essentially a Moving Average with a volatility filter. Volatility can be of great value in an indicator for those times when the market is swinging wildly…
Category Archives: General Forex
Weekly Trading Lesson: Don’t Change Time Frames To Stay In A Losing Trade
Too many times I hear about new traders opening a trade using the 5-minute chart (not my favorite approach) and when the market moves against them, they move to the 15-minute chart to justify staying in a little longer, hoping that the market will turn around. Then if the market…
A Lesson in Drawing and Using Trendlines
When I began my career as an analyst, I was lucky enough to have some time with a few old pros. One in particular that I will always remember told me that a kid with a ruler could make a million dollars in the markets. He was talking about trendlines….
RSI Indicator: The "Cornerstone" of Andrew Cardwell’s Trading Model
“The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is such an indicator, offering the best of all worlds,” said Cardwell, president of Cardwell Financial Group, Inc., based in Woodstock, Ga. The RSI “is the cornerstone of my trading model,” he said.
Monthly Economic Outlook
So it indeed has been. As this short quote from the Executive Summary of our 2009 Annual Outlook (published in December 2008) neatly summarized, the economic recovery faces a number of secular challenges that will alter the pace and composition of growth. For many decision-makers, the outlook for 2010 suggests…