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Technical Indicators

Rate Of Change (ROC)

The Rate of Change is a momentum indicator. It measures the percentage change between the current price and the price a specific number of periods in the past. This indicator is commonly used to spot trading opportunities based on divergences and changes between positive and negative momentum. In order to

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Percentage Price Oscillator (PPO)

The PPO is very similar to the MACD. It measures the momentum of the price and includes moving averages in its calculation. Like the MACD, this indicator has a signal line. It is the nine periods EMA of the PPO line, which is obtained from the subtraction of a fast

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Parabolic SAR

The Parabolic SAR is a trend following indicator invented by J. Welles Wilder, who also brought us the RSI and ATR. The Parabolic SAR is displayed by a series of dots above or below the price. If the dots are below the price, the trend direction is bullish, and when

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On Balance Volume (OBV)

The OBV is a momentum and volume indicator. It combines price and volume in its calculation, and is represented with a line at the bottom of the chart. This indicator can give crucial insights into the volume of a market. It will rise once the volume and price are increasing

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Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD)

The MACD indicator was created in the late seventies by Gerald Appel, the Moving Average Convergence/Divergence, or MACD, is a combination of a trend and momentum indicator. It compounds two lines, the MACD and signal lines. Both lines oscillate around the zero line, which is a key component of

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Money Flow Index (MFI)

Also known as "the RSI that accounts for volume". MFI is an indicator that combines volume and price to carry out its analysis. It is a momentum indicator and can also be considered as a volume one. It measures the flow of money into and out of an

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Momentum Indicator

As its name suggests, this indicator purely analyzes the momentum of the price. It is measured by comparing the current price to it a specific number of periods ago. If the current price is higher than it was, for example, ten periods ago, the momentum line increases. On the other

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MESA adaptive moving average

The MESA adaptive moving average is a trend-following indicator. It adapts to price movements in a very unique way, based on the rate of change (ROC), as measured by the Hilbert Transform Discriminator. Like other moving averages, traders use this indicator to spot trends and trend reversals. This is done

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Kaufman’s Adaptive Moving Average (KAMA)

Developed by Perry Kaufman, the KAMA is a trend indicator used to identify the overall trend. It does this by smoothing out the noise when the price fluctuates. In order to account for the volatility of the market, KAMA introduces a so-called efficiency ratio. This factor will reduce the moving

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Ichimoku Cloud

The Ichimoku Cloud was created by Goichi Hosada in 1969. It has components of trend and momentum indicators and is compound by five lines. It includes several moving averages of which two create the so-called cloud. The cloud is the key component of this indicator, and all the entry and

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Hull Moving Average

Developed by Alan Hull, the Hull Moving Average is a very fast trend indicator. Moving averages are used to smooth price fluctuations and spot changes in the trend direction. In this case, the Hull moving average is much faster than an EMA or WMA. It gives more weight to recent

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Exponential Moving Average (EMA)

An EMA is a very common trend indicator. It reacts quicker than the Simple Moving Average to price changes. How does it do it? The EMA gives greater weight to the latest closing prices of the moving average. That is, the most recent price levels will determine to a greater

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Elder Ray

The Elder Ray is an oscillator and combines components of trend and momentum indicators to measure the strength of the bullish and bearish trends. This indicator labels both trends as “bull power” and “bear power”. It combines exponential moving averages (EMA) to generate signals and pinpoint the dominant power of

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Double Exponential Moving Average (DEMA)

The DEMA is a trend indicator. Its main characteristic is a faster reaction to price movements. Therefore, it reduces the lag between the price and moving average. As we argued in the EMA video, it is faster than a normal SMA. The DEMA increases to a greater extent the speed

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Directional Movement Index (DMI)

The DMI was created by J. Welles Wilder and has two lines, the positive and negative directional movement. The two lines measure the strength of positive and negative trends. When the positive directional movement line is above the negative one, the bullish pressure is larger than the bearish one. And

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Commodity Channel Index (CCI)

The CCI was developed by Donald Lambert in 1980. It measures the momentum of the price with a line at the bottom of the chart. The CCI measures the current price with respect to an average of the price during a period of time. It fluctuates around the value zero.

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Chaikin A/D Oscillator

Marc Chaikin invented the Chaikin Accumulation/Distribution oscillator. It is an indicator of an indicator since it uses the Accumulation/Distribution line in the calculation. It is a momentum indicator that adds volume to its analysis. As many traders say, price follows volume, and this indicator is used to analyze

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Bollinger Bands (BB)

The Bollinger bands, created by John Bollinger in the eighties, measures the volatility of the price through the deviation of two bands, an upper and lower band, from the moving average. The upper and lower lines shrink when the price barely changes during a specific time frame. However, if there

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Average True Range (ATR)

The ATR was invented by J. Welles Wilder in the late seventies. It is a volatility indicator. When the volatility of the market increases, the ATR line goes up. This indicator analyses the volatility of the asset. When the market is rather ranging, it remains low. However, when the market

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Average Directional Movement (ADX)

The ADX is a volatility indicator that was invented by J. Welles Wilder. It measures the current volatility in the market. When the market is not volatile, it will remain low and very probably with a value below 20. However, when the volume starts entering the market and the price

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Aroon

Aroon can be considered a momentum oscillator, but it is also used to spot trends. Aroon is represented by two lines, Aroon up and Aroon down, and fluctuate between 0 and 100. Aroon up measures the frequency of new highs during uptrends. If the price is continuously rising and making

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Absolute Price Oscillator (APO)

This indicator entails a simple calculation that provides powerful insights at the same time. It combines trend and momentum components and is calculated by obtaining the difference between two EMAs. This indicator can be used in two different ways, to pinpoint the momentum of the price or to spot divergences.

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