Forex Trading Using Intermarket Analysis
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TeCHniCal analysis To Forex 35 t r a d e s e c r e t s 36 Fundamental analysis alone cannot provide these answers, especially when traders are looking at only one market at a time. In an effort to find the answers to these questions, new traders seem to follow the same path. After attempting to analyze and understand the fundamentals of a market, they realize that it is virtually impossible for individual traders to match their knowledge of the fundamentals with the professionals in the marketplace. Even for one market there are just too many fundamental factors with which to keep up in a timely manner. sTarTing WiTH CHarT analysis Many traders start with basic chart analysis such as trendlines and chart patterns. Perhaps they were enticed by the if-you-bought-here- and-then-sold-there arrows in a promotional piece that showed them how they could become independently wealthy based on a hypotheti- cal track record. Such tempting “pitches” may spur them into reading introductory books or magazine articles or viewing a video trading course. Much of the basic charting educational material today has not changed in more than thirty years except for the updated charts, graphs, and revised hypothetical track records. Traders new to technical analysis are usually first advised to find the price trend. This is a particularly important tip for the forex trader as long-term trends tend to persist in currencies as compared to many other markets because government policies and economic develop- ments usually do not change that dramatically overnight. So forex trad- ers should always have in mind one of the technical analyst’s favorite phrases, “The trend is your friend.” However, identifying the trend is not as easy as it sounds as a look at the chart of the Canadian dollar in Figure 4.1 illustrates. Looking back at the price action from the right side of the chart, the downtrend from 37 ForeX trading using interMarket anaLysis March until late May and the uptrend from mid-May to August seem rather obvious. However, viewing the chart from the left side as the price action unfolds daily, where would a trendline be placed? That is a subjective decision technical traders have to make. If the trendline is placed too tightly along the tops or bottoms and trad- ing decisions are based on penetrations of the trendline, traders are likely to be in and out of positions several times, which could prove costly. If the trendline is placed too far above or below the unfolding price action, this could also be harmful to a trader’s account. In this case, a trendline along the initial lows in May, long before an uptrend was evident, would have meant the highs in July and August were well over three full points or $3,000 above the trendline. This means trad- ers would have surrendered a large potential profit if they waited for prices to fall and penetrate the trendline to exit a long position. F igure 4.1. source: vantagepoint intermarket analysis software (www.tradertech.com) Download 1.29 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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