http://sigmalearning.blogpico.com Just another Blogpico.com weblog Thu, 22 May 2008 18:49:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Alligator This technical indicator contains of three lines, which are Moving Averages with different parameters. The blue line: (chap) is a line of balance to the significant time period, which is used for building of the chart (13 period smoothed moving averages, shifted on 8 bars to the future.) The Red line: (teeth) ... http://sigmalearning.blogpico.com/2008/05/22/alligator/ Accelerator Oscillator Acceleration/Deceleration (AC) is introduced by Bill Williams; it measures acceleration and deceleration of the current driving force. When the AC value of the current bar is greater than the previous bar value, the histogram bar is colored in green (and vice versa). According to Mr. Williams this indicator will change ... http://sigmalearning.blogpico.com/2008/05/22/accelerator-oscillator/ Volumes Volume is a measure of supply and demand that is independent of price Volume is usually light during the formation of the pattern and increases on a breakout from the pattern.  For any pattern or trend line penetration, a breakout with increasing volume is more an indication that prices will continue ... http://sigmalearning.blogpico.com/2008/05/22/volumes/ Accumulation/Distribution (AD) Accumulation Distribution is a price and volume indicator. -    When the Accumulation/Distribution moves up, it shows that the security is being accumulated (Buying), as most of the volume is associated with upward price movement. -    When the indicator moves down, it shows that the security is being distributed (Selling), as most ... http://sigmalearning.blogpico.com/2008/05/22/accumulationdistribution-ad/ William’s Percent Range It was developed by Larry Williams. This system attempts to measure overbought and oversold market conditions. The %R always falls between a value of 100 and 0. There are two horizontal lines in the study which represent the 20% and 80% overbought and oversold levels. Indicator values ranging between 80 ... http://sigmalearning.blogpico.com/2008/05/22/william%e2%80%99s-percent-range/ Stochastic Oscillator George C. Lane developed the Stochastic Oscillator in the late 1950s. It’s a technical indicator which compares a stock's closing price to its price range over a given period of time. The belief is that in rising market stocks will close near their highs, while in a falling market they ... http://sigmalearning.blogpico.com/2008/05/22/stochastic-oscillator/ Relative strength Index Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a popular momentum oscillator developed by J. Welles Wilder. The RSI indicator ranges in value from 0 to 100, with numbers above 70 indicating overbought conditions and fewer than 30 indicating oversold (Go long when RSI falls below the 30 level and rises back ... http://sigmalearning.blogpico.com/2008/05/22/relative-strength-index-2/ Relative strength Index Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a popular momentum oscillator developed by J. Welles Wilder. The RSI indicator ranges in value from 0 to 100, with numbers above 70 indicating overbought conditions and fewer than 30 indicating oversold (Go long when RSI falls below the 30 level and rises back ... http://sigmalearning.blogpico.com/2008/05/22/relative-strength-index/ Moving Average of Oscillator Moving Averages Oscillator displays the difference between the oscillator and the smoothing of oscillator. In this case, the basic line of MACD is used as an oscillator, and the signal line of MACD is used for smoothing. The signal for buying is given, when OSMA stops falling and begins ... http://sigmalearning.blogpico.com/2008/05/22/moving-average-of-oscillator/ Momentum It measures the amount of change in commodity’s price during a period of time. Momentum indicators presume that the current tendency will continue. So, if the indicator reaches the extremely high values and then turns downwards, the coming price increasing should be expected. But, in any case, one should not open/close ... http://sigmalearning.blogpico.com/2008/05/22/momentum/