Category: 1. Heikin Ashi

Heikin Ashi is a type of price chart that consists of candlesticks. Modified Japanese candlesticks. A Heikin Ashi chart filters market noise and provides a clearer visual representation of the trend. For beginner traders, this means that the trend is easier to see. For experienced traders, the Heikin Ashi charts help keep them in trending trades, while…

What are the limitations of Heikin Ashi? Unfortunately, Heikin Ashi is not the holy grail. Heikin Ashi definitely ain’t no Ed Sheeran song.  It ain’t perfect. Just like any other tool used for technical analysis, Heikin Ashi is useful but it does have some weaknesses or limitations. Let’s go over what these limitations are. Heikin Ashi candlesticks…

How do you trade Heikin Ashi? As mentioned in a previous lesson, using a Heikin Ashi chart makes trends easier to identify. Heikin Ashi allows traders to look for the emergence of new trends or for the reversal of already existing trends. Here are five basic ways to use Heikin Ashi charts in your trading. 1. Green candlesticks signal an uptrend.…

How do you use Heikin Ashi? Now that you’ve learned how to calculate Heikin Ashi candlesticks, let’s discuss how to use and read a Heikin Ashi candlestick chart. The idea behind using a Heikin Ashi chart is that it filters market noise. And since noise is filtered, you basically see the naked trend. Because the Heikin Ashi candlesticks…

How do you calculate Heikin Ashi? Let’s learn how Heikin Ashi candlesticks are calculated and plotted on a chart. Like we mentioned in the previous lesson, to a noob’s eye, they may look like regular candlesticks but they….are….not. It’s kind of like being able to tell the difference between a wolf and a dog. Looks cute and…

How is Heikin Ashi different from a typical candlestick? Let’s learn the difference between a Heikin Ashi candlestick versus a traditional Japanese candlestick chart. A picture is worth a thousand pips so let’s look at some actual charts. First, here’s a traditional Japanese chart of GBP/JPY on the daily (1D) timeframe: Here’s the same GBP/JPY displayed with a Heikin Ashi candlestick chart:…

Heikin Ashi? You’re probably familiar with the three popular chart types: line chart, bar chart, and the candlestick chart. But there’s another type of chart that you should know about that uses a totally different technique to display price action. The Heikin Ashi. Like the beer? Umm nope. Let’s focus now. We’re NOT talking about beer here! We’re talking about…