by Vladimir Denis | May 1, 2019 | The Beginner's Guide, Trading, Trading Basics
What is the quantity of shares or crypto-currency exchanged during a given period? The analysis of volumes is often neglected nowadays in favor of technical indicators and oscillators of all kinds. It is true that the volumes displayed on your trading platform or at...
by Vladimir Denis | May 1, 2019 | The Beginner's Guide, Trading, Trading Basics
What is momentum? A key indicator of technical analysis, it belongs to the oscillator family and makes it possible to measure the strength of price movements. Its calculation is very simple. Momentum = Closing of the price of the period – Closing of the period n...
by Vladimir Denis | May 1, 2019 | The Beginner's Guide, Trading, Trading Basics
The RSI (Relative Strength Index) is a technical oscillator telling us how strong the price action is. Developed by J. Welles Wilder in the 1970s, it is the most widely used indicator by technical analysts and traders. Calculation formula RSI = 100 –...
by Vladimir Denis | May 1, 2019 | The Beginner's Guide, Trading, Trading Basics
The technical indicator MACD or Moving Average Convergence Divergence was created by the American Gérald Appel and has several interesting features. Basically, designed to detect moving average crosses more quickly (which, it should be remembered, often give late...
by Vladimir Denis | May 1, 2019 | The Beginner's Guide, Trading, Trading Basics
What is the Commodity Channel Index? The CCI, or Commodity Chanel Index, was first designed for commodities markets. Developed in the 1980s by an American, Donald Lambert, ITC has seen its popularity increase over the years and is now used in all markets. The CCI is...
by Vladimir Denis | May 1, 2019 | The Beginner's Guide, Trading, Trading Basics
Divergences Divergences. All beginners, as well as more or less confirmed, know these strategies. Indeed, when an indicator is lowering again while prices are rising, or vice versa, we say that there is a divergence between the price and the indicator. This is...
