Woodie CCI | Indicator Series
The Woodies CCI indicator gets its name from the founder, Ken Woods, an independent trader. A Commodity Channel Index (CCI) indicator compares the current price with the average price …
Detrended Price Oscillator | Indicator Series
The Detrended Price Oscillator (DPO) is an indicator that essentially works to average out the price of a stock over time, sequestering short-term trends. Its main function is to show the highs …
Chaikin Money Flow | Indicator Series
Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) is a technical indicator used to show the flow of money into and out of the market. It was created by famed analyst Marc Chaikin together with the Chaikin Oscillator and Accumulation/Distribution. …
Donchian Channels | Indicator Series
The Right Tool for the Job There are hundreds of financial analysis tools available to help investors interpret market data, identify pricing trends, and guide buying and selling behaviour. It is essential to use the …
Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD)
Moving Average Convergence/Divergence, or MACD, is a tool for technical analysis of financial markets. Like other technical analysis tools it follows the changes in a stock price and indicates how quickly or …
How To Apply the 5 “Why” Analysis to Solve Trading Technology Problems
“If you don’t ask the right questions, you don’t get the right answers. A question asked in the right way often points to its own answer. Asking questions is the …
How Technology Can Reduce Behavioral Bias in Trading
Let’s suppose 10 traders are given similar trading capital and same brokers and they are told to follow similar indicators; their performances will still be different. If we are to follow market stats that state that 90% of retail traders …
Why Algorithmic Systems May Not Always Work in Trading
Though many companies sell algorithmic trading systems as a holy grail of trading, this is simply natural. The reason is simple: an algorithmic system is designed by humans and may …
How Effective Are Algorithms in Trading?
The world is getting increasingly dependent on software and now even complex tasks, which were considered to be the prerogative of humans, are going to machines. Trading of financial instruments such as forex, stocks, bonds, …