Forex Trading Using Intermarket Analysis
traditional moving averages: a lagging indiCator. perhaps the most
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- Broadening THe moVing aVerage VieW
traditional moving averages: a lagging indiCator. perhaps the most
popular teChniCal indiCator is a moving average, shown on this japanese yen Chart. however, beCause it is based on past priCes, it is a lagging indiCator subjeCt to whipsaws and does not provide the forward view a trader really needs. 45 ForeX trading using interMarket anaLysis ages—that is, today’s average is shifted several days into the future on a chart to reduce the lag effect of moving averages. Although this gives some semblance of a price forecast, it is a forecast based on past prices and prices that have not yet occurred, giving it a shaky foundation as a forecasting tool. In addition, while the momentum oscillator indicators lose their value in trending market conditions, moving averages have the disadvantage of being subject to whipsaw moves when market conditions are choppy as prices vacillate above and below the moving average. Despite advances in technology and more sophisticated software, moving aver- age analysis has remained much the same as it was years ago, and most traders still using traditional approaches to moving averages are no more profitable than ever before. Broadening THe moVing aVerage VieW In order for traders to gain an edge by taking a position just as a price move begins to develop, they need indicators such as predicted moving averages that not only look back at past prices and patterns but also look forward to anticipate market action. In addition, they need tools that can look sideways at related markets to see how price action in those markets is affecting price action in the market that is being traded. Weather forecasts for thirty days or ninety days into the future often are not that accurate, but forecasters have used technology in recent years to predict the weather accurately for tomorrow or the next few days. They forecast accurately the temperature highs and lows and the likelihood of storms or sunny weather. Their forecasts still are not perfect, of course, but the probability for the predicted conditions to occur has become quite high. Most traders would be very happy to have a similarly reliable forecast for prices for the next two to four days. Using leading indicators that incorporate intermarket data, predicted moving averages can be calcu- t r a d e s e c r e t s 46 lated for the next few days. Forecasting future values of moving aver- ages is easier than forecasting future prices themselves because moving averages smooth out the data and remove much of the market “noise” that clutters price forecasting. Through such financial forecasting, traders can develop mathematical probabilities and expectations of the future, which can give the traders a tremendous advantage over others still relying on single-market indicators that tend to lag the market. For instance, VantagePoint software compares a predicted ten-day moving average for four days in the future with today’s actual ten-day moving average as of today’s close. It also compares a predicted five- day moving average for two days in the future with today’s actual five- day moving average as of today’s close. Then, if the predicted moving average is above the actual moving average, the trend is expected to be up and vice versa. Figure 4.6 adds the predicted ten-day moving average to the chart in Figure 4.5 and shows how it compares with the actual ten-day moving average. Because the predicted moving average is being forecasted for four days in advance, note how closely it tracks market action and does not lag behind price turns as the actual ten-day moving average does. When the predicted ten-day moving average suggests that a top or bottom is forming before the actual ten-day moving average does or when the predicted average crosses the actual ten-day moving aver- age, that is a signal to buy or sell because it means that the market is expected to make a turn. Download 1.29 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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