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Divergences are NOT a Trade Signal Please keep in mind that we use divergence as an INDICATOR, not as a signal to enter a trade! It wouldn’t be smart to trade based SOLEY on divergences since too many false signals are given. It’s not 100% foolproof, but when used as a setup condition and combined with additional confirmation tools, […]

Divergence Cheat Sheet Have you had your fill on learning how to trade divergences? Let’s review! Divergence is a popular concept in technical analysis that describes when the price is moving in the opposite direction of a technical indicator. There are two types of divergences: Each type of divergence will contain either a bullish bias or a bearish bias. Since

9 Rules for Trading Divergences Divergences are used by traders in an attempt to determine if a trend is getting weaker, which may lead to a trend reversal or continuation. Before you head out there and start looking for potential divergences, here are nine cool rules for trading divergences. Learn ’em, memorize ’em (or keep coming back here),

How to Avoid Entering Too Early When Trading Divergences While using divergences is a great tool to have in your trading toolbox, there are times when you might enter too early because you didn’t wait for more confirmation. If you keep entering too early, you’ll keep getting stopped out (you do use stops right?!) and you’ll slowly

How To Trade Divergences Now it’s time to put those Jedi divergence mind tricks to work and force the markets to give you some pips! In this lesson, we’ll show you some examples of when there was a divergence between price and oscillator movements. How to Trade a Regular Divergence First up, let’s take a look at

Trading Breakouts With breakout trades, the goal is to enter the market right when the price makes a breakout and then continue to ride the trade until volatility dies down. Breakouts are significant because they indicate a change in the supply and demand of the currency pair you are trading. You’ll notice that, unlike trading stocks or futures,

Fade the Breakout Fade the breakout you say? Was that just a typo? Did you mean to say, “trade the breakout”? Nope! Fading breakouts simply means trading in the opposite direction of the breakout. Fading breakouts = trading FALSE breakouts. You would fade a breakout if you believe that a breakout from a support or

How to Detect Fakeouts Breakouts are popular among forex traders. It makes sense right? When price finally “breaks” out of that support or resistance level, one would expect the price to keep moving in the same direction as the break. There must have been enough momentum building up in order for price to have broken out of

How to exactly Measure the Strength of a Breakout

How to use Using Trend Lines Trading Breakouts Just like breakouts on your face, the nice thing about breakout trading in forex is that opportunities are pretty easy to spot with the naked eye! Unlike the former, you don’t even have to look in the mirror! Once you start getting used to the signs of