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very useful in spotting market turns, as will be discussed
later.
The momentum oscillators evaluate
how current prices compare
to previous prices and provide clues about overbought or oversold
conditions that suggest a possible change in price direction. These
indicators are most reliable in non-trending situations when prices are
moving up and down. However, in trending situations, these indicators
may give a buy or sell signal early in the move and then just remain
stuck on that signal as long as the trend continues.
Look at the euro chart with the stochastics indicator as an example of
this problem (Figure 4.4). A downside crossover of the two stochastics
lines above a reading of 80
indicates sell, and an upside crossover
source: vantagepoint intermarket analysis software (www.tradertech.com)
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4.4.
indiCators provide more objeCtive information. indiCators suCh as
stoChastiCs Can provide timely signals in Choppy markets but beCome
unreliable when markets trend, as this euro Chart illustrates. their
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