Tuesday, April 22, 2008

ForexGen Analytical Methods

"Forex indicators" is the name for a number of analytical methods applied to the trading system, whether its rules are called signals.

Certain functions represented by an indicator are taken from some time periods at the set time "window". There are six categories that indicators are divided into:

Trend indicators

Trend describes the direction in which the price moves during some period of time. Trend can move up, down and sideways. (E.g. Trend lines, Moving Averages)

Strength indicators

The data of market opinion intensity is described by market strength. It is carried out through analyzing market participants' positions. (E.g. Volume)

Volatility indicators

This indicator shows daily price movements despite their trend direction. So, prices changes are dependent on the volatility trend changes. (E.g. Bollinger Bands)

Cycle indicators

It indicates the cyclical fluctuations of the market caused by some unique or repeated events like elections or seasons. (E.g. Elliott Wave)

Support/resistance indicators

This indicator shows price showings at which market makes a repeated rise or fall and then returns to normal conditions. (E.g. Trend Lines)

Momentum indicators

The speed of price fluctuations during a certain period is described by the momentum. The beginning of the trend gives higher momentum values whether the end of the trend gives lower ones. An extreme price figures along with low momentum shows the end of the trend. Rising momentum and stable prices show possible inversion of the price direction. (E.g. Stochastic, MACD, RSI)

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