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Hidden Divergence
We covered regular divergences in the previous lesson, now let’s discuss what hidden divergences are. What’s a hidden divergence? Divergences not only signal a potential trend reversal but can also be used as a possible sign for a trend continuation (price continues to move in its current direction). Always remember, the trend is your friend, so whenever you can get a signal…
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Regular Divergence
What is a regular divergence? A regular divergence is used as a possible sign for a trend reversal. There are two types of regular divergences: bullish and bearish. Regular Bullish Divergence If the price is making lower lows (LL), but the oscillator is making higher lows (HL), this is considered to be regular bullish divergence. This normally occurs at the end of a…
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Trading Divergences
What if there was a low-risk way to sell near the top or buy near the bottom of a trend? What if you were already in a long position and you could know ahead of time the perfect place to exit instead of watching your unrealized gains, a.k.a your potential Aston Martin down payment or future Christian Louboutin high heels,…
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Summary: Harmonic Price Patterns
Harmonic price patterns enable us to distinguish possible areas for a continuation of the overall trend. Six Harmonic Price Patterns There are six harmonic price patterns: The ABCD Pattern The Three-Drive Pattern The Gartley Pattern The Crab Pattern The Bat Pattern The Butterfly Pattern 3-Step Price Pattern Recognition Process The three basic steps in spotting harmonic price patterns are the following Step 1:…
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3 Steps to Trading Harmonic Price Patterns
As you may have guessed, profiting off Harmonic Price Patterns is all about being able to spot those “perfect” patterns and buying or selling on their completion. There are three basic steps in spotting Harmonic Price Patterns: Step 1: Locate a potential Harmonic Price Pattern Step 2: Measure the potential Harmonic Price Pattern Step 3: Buy or sell on the…
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Trading The Gartley Pattern
Once upon a time, there was this insanely smart trader dude named Harold McKinley Gartley. He had a stock market advisory service in the mid-1930s with a huge following. This service was one of the first to apply scientific and statistical methods to analyze the stock market behavior. According to Gartley, he was finally able to…
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The ABCD and the Three-Drive
The ABCD Let’s start this lesson with the simplest harmonic pattern. So what could be more basic than the good old ABCs? We’ll just pop in another letter at the end (because we’re cool like that), and we’ve got the ABCD chart pattern! That was easy! To spot this chart pattern, all you need are ultra-sharp hawk…
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Harmonic Price Patterns in the Forex Market
Now that you’ve got the basic chart patterns down, it’s time to move on and add some more advanced tools to your forex trading arsenal. In this lesson, we’ll be looking at harmonic price patterns. These bad boys may be a little harder to grasp but once you spot these setups, it can lead to some very nice…
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Summary: Elliott Wave Theory
Here’s a summary of what we covered regarding the Elliott Wave Theory: Elliott Waves are fractals. Each wave can be split into parts, each of which is a very similar copy of the whole. Mathematicians like to call this property “self-similarity”. A trending market moves in a 5-3 wave pattern. The first 5-wave pattern is called impulse wave.…
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How to Trade Forex Using Elliott Waves
This is probably what you all have been waiting for – drumroll please – using the Elliott Wave Theory in forex trading! As an Elliott Wave trader, you will be spotting “wave counts.” This means that you will be labeling the waves to see how they conform to the Elliott Wave pattern, to try and anticipate future price movement.…
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