Japanese candlesticks Japanese candlesticks were invented in the 1600s to follow the evolution of rice prices in what was then the first market on the planet. They were later popularized by Steve NISON. A candlestick represents a unit of time. The reading is carried...

How to trace the supports and resistances in trading? The first and certainly one of the most essential thing to understand is that you have to trade prices. This implies the existence of different levels on the market. These levels are called ''supports'' and...

There are two ways to earn in trading. The first, mainly used by swing / intraday traders, is the positive risk / reward ratio. Intraday traders, and especially swing traders, generally enter into positions with the highest possible ratios. The second is the winrate...

What are Bollinger bands John Bollinger, an American writer, and financial analyst is best known for his technical indicator, the Bollinger Bands, that measures whether prices move too far from a moving average, and therefore from a volatility indicator. There are 3...

What is the moving average? Very present in technical analysis and indicator par excellence for trend monitoring, moving averages make it possible to gauge the current trend and measure its extent. There are different types of moving averages, the main ones being the...

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...

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...

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 -...

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...

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...

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...

The DMI indicator is a trend indicator that makes possible to assess the power of the latter and in particular to assess the balance of power between buyers and sellers. It was invented by someone rather famous in the world of technical analysis: the American engineer...

Charles Dow, author of the most famous stock market information company Dow Jones and Company and the world famous Wall Street Journal, he also gave his name to a theory : the Dow’s theory.   This theory identifies three main trends : - The primary trend that...