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Technical Analysis
How to read price charts: candlestick patterns, harmonic shapes, trend lines, support and resistance, and the indicators built on top of them such as moving averages, RSI and Fibonacci levels. Technical analysis describes probabilities rather than certainties, and past chart behaviour does not guarantee future results.
Stochastic Oscillator: What the Settings Actually Change
What %K, %D and the slowing value do in MetaTrader, why fast and slow are one indicator, and the price field parameter no guide mentions.
TD Sequential Indicator: What Actually Cancels a 13 Count
TD Sequential counts bars. Almost every explanation of it teaches the counting and stops there, which leaves a reader able to recognise a 13 and unable to say when that 13 has stopped meaning…
Ascending Triangle Pattern: How Flat the Flat Side Has to Be
An ascending triangle is drawn with two lines: a flat one across a set of highs and a rising one under a set of lows. Almost every description of it uses the word horizontal for the upper line and…
Descending Channel Pattern: Drawing Rules and Trade Costs
A descending channel takes seconds to draw and can be argued about for the rest of the trade. Two traders mark the same falling market, one anchors the lines on the extreme wicks and the other on the…