Sequence of Analysis

1. Let the market stretch
2. Support / Resistance
3. Price Actions
4. MACD / Stochastic
5. Overbought / oversold - two long candle (hourly / 4H / Daily

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Price History Indicator

There are times where all kind of indicators fail to signal exactly where a movement should reverse or making corrections especially in the overbought/oversold situations. As a result novice traders who are in-experience in this usually fall into a trap of making early setup on their positions based on the indicators signal.

As the market keeps continue its movement this will create psychological stress which could possibly force them to close positions prematurely resulting in substantial losses. Then upon reaching its target limits the market suddenly reverse and so will regrets followed up ;). For those whose deposits are big enough to stand the pressure may be patience enough to wait to save themselves and gaining small profits. These mistakes are unavoidable if you have little experience about the various possibilities of the market actions.

How can experience traders still able to handle such an unpredictable situation even when all other technical indicators fail? The answer is simple and it is call price history. Just like people use to say history repeat itself, and this statement also hold true in the forex trading. Price movement usually targets a place where it has been reached previously. If you are a savvy trader who observe the chart closely you will notice that price will go up and down very identical to their previous reached target. See the chart below…

price history formation

price history indicator

price historyNotice on the above chart how identical is every target movement of the the market.

So next time when you are looking into all the failures of your indicators don't worry look for the previous target and hit the place your position around there you will see fast profits moving piled up within minutes.

If you need to read more about this read here "The Memory of Price Strategy" written by Kathy Lien and Boris Schlossberg from Investopedia.

1 comment:

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