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"Stochastic" indicator. The Stochastic Oscillator is displayed as two lines. The main line is called "%K." The second line, called "%D," is a moving average of %K. The %K line is usually displayed as a solid line and the %D line is usually displayed as a dotted line. There are several ways to interpret a Stochastic Oscillator. Three popular methods include: 1) Buy when the Oscillator (either %K or %D) falls below a specific level (e.g., 20) and then rises above that level. Sell when the Oscillator rises above a specific level (e.g., 80) and then falls below that level. 2) Buy when the %K line rises above the %D line and sell when the %K line falls below the %D line. |
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"MACD" indicator. There are several ways to interpret a Stochastic Oscillator. Three popular methods include: 1) Buy or sell when the trending lines cross or the histogram lines cross the zero line (this will always happen simultaneously). 2) Buy or sell when the trending lines alone cross the zero line. 3) Look for important divergences when price moves higher but the MACD histogram lines are lower than the previous peak, or when price moves lower but the MACD histogram bars are shorter under the zero line |
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"Directional" indicator. Trade only from the long side when the +DI is above the -DI and the ADX is rising Trade only from the short side when the -DI is above the +DI and the ADX is rising. |
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The "Williams' %R" indicator. |
| The "Relative Strength Index" indicator. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a price momentum indicator which depends solely on closing prices. RSI avoids the problems of erratic movement caused by dropping off the old data, the take away number that weakens the Rate of Change and Stochastics indicators. If the RSI is below 30 a buy should be considered. If the RSI is above 70 a sell should be considered. |
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The Momentum indicator:
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