Category: Technical Analysis

1. Who was William Gann? William Delbert Gann was born June 6, 1878, in Lufkin, Texas, to Sam H. and Susan R. Gann, immigrants to Texas from the British Isles. Lufkin is midway between Houston and Texarkana....

In the section of technical analysis we have presented the stochastic oscillator. We have talked about what it is, how it is calculated, what its graphic representation is and how it influences trading decisions. We have also...

Forex traders who employ technical analysis techniques often just use past exchange rate movements seen in the market to forecast the future exchange rate behavior. Technical analysis takes many forms, and might including looking over forex charts...

Of all the strategies used to identify an entry into a trade, the use of support and resistance may be one of the more reliable.

In this lesson we will go over the various types of charts that are available to traders to conduct technical analysis of a currency pair.

You may have heard the expression “the trend is your friend”. Well, that could not be more true when it comes to trading. Being able to identify the trend on a currency pair — the direction in...

Multiple Time Frame Analysis is the practice of analyzing a currency pair by looking at the same pair through several different time frames on charts. The advantage here is that by looking at a larger time frame,...

With expectations of USD strength in 2010 by many analysts, it might be a good time to look at what a trend change looks like on a chart. The current EUR/USD daily chart shows a good example...

We always recommend to new traders taking the Daily FX Course to use support and resistance as one method to help time their entries and exits.

The terms “overbought” and “oversold” are commonly used by analysts when talking about the condition of the market. These terms appear to be complex but they can be simple to understand. They are very important to comprehend...