The article contrasts discretionary investing and technical analysis with rule-based trading, arguing that systematic methods are more consistent but are not automatically durable. It proposes that enduring strategies should be grounded in observable market…
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This document describes a moving average based on Demark’s Daily Range Projections method. It adds a simple visual cue: the line is green when the average rises and pink when it falls, making direction easier to see on a chart. The note identifies an MQL4…
This guide explains crypto trend trading as an approach built around sentiment and momentum: shared beliefs can prompt buying or selling, and continued activity can sustain directional price movement. It suggests using daily or weekly charts and price…
The document describes an Expert Advisor that runs three independent trading systems, each based on a different indicator: BrainTrend_V2, AbsolutelyNoLagLWMA, or X2MACandle. A system can open long or short positions when a bar closes and its indicator…
This document describes a MetaTrader Expert Advisor that combines four strategies with separate money management settings. The strategies use RSI signals with moving-average exits and limited rebuys, timed breakout orders, a Monday-to-Friday stop-order…
Visual Trend Momentum is an indicator concept for displaying directional conditions and possible trend changes. It classifies strong bullish and bearish conditions using candle direction, the close relative to an 8-period moving average, and the ordering of…
This brief description introduces a trend indicator built from Parabolic SAR and a moving average. It assigns SAR the role of the faster line and the moving average the slower signal line, with their relationship presented as an indicator cloud. The concept…
The document describes an Expert Advisor that trades from the Vertical Horizontal Filter (VHF), an indicator attributed to Adam White. It presents three ways to interpret VHF: its level can indicate trend stability, its direction can distinguish growing…
This article outlines three automated crypto scalping rule sets built around short intraday entries and higher-timeframe trend filters. The general approach is to use trend indicators on longer charts to favor trades aligned with the broader direction, then…
This indicator combines a 20-period average and standard-deviation bands with ADX readings calculated over multiple lookback periods. It labels a bullish condition when price is above the average and upper one-standard-deviation band while at least one of…
This strategy seeks to join a move after price has traveled more than a specified pip distance from its last touch of the eight-period exponential moving average. Once that move establishes a bullish or bearish condition, the system places a limit order near…
PowerSystem is a directional indicator that compares the latest changes in the MACD main line and an exponential moving average. When both rise, it marks an upward signal in red; when both fall, it marks a downward signal in green. If neither matching…
The document describes RSIOMA, an indicator built by applying the relative strength index to an exponential moving average of closing prices, then smoothing that RSI with a second exponential moving average. It supplies parameter examples: 14 periods for the…
Ticker AMA is a chart indicator that displays a colored cloud between the market price and Kaufman’s Adaptive Moving Average (AMA). The visual encodes the relationship between the price and the adaptive average, allowing a trader to see when price lies on…
This Chinese stock-selection example combines three filters: daily amplitude above 1, a 9:25 price increase below 6%, and a rising-trend condition. Its reference formula represents the trend condition with the 5-day moving average above the 10-day average,…
AFL_WinnerV2 is described as an indicator for identifying possible trend changes around established turnover areas. Its histogram uses pale and bright tones to distinguish ordinary rises or falls from moves that also enter or leave overbought or oversold…
The article argues that capital management should take priority over choosing individual securities, because losses can require disproportionately large gains to recover. It presents position sizing as a way to preserve the ability to keep trading and says…
The document describes ang_AZad_C as a non-normalized oscillator intended to help identify the dominant market trend. It gives a simple interpretation of the zero line: positive readings correspond to a rising trend, while negative readings correspond to a…
This description explains an Expert Advisor built from two similar systems that trade color changes in the XFatlXSatlCloud indicator. One system handles long positions and the other handles short positions, with separate input parameters, magic numbers, and…
This Chinese-language post describes an equity screen for companies associated with the metaverse concept. It requires the 30-day moving average to be rising and return on equity to exceed 15% for five consecutive years. The accompanying discussion frames…
This stock-selection rule first limits the universe to companies classified in the metaverse industry. It then looks for an opening price near or above the 10-day moving average and a rising 30-day average, using recent price data to identify stocks with a…
This document describes a chart indicator that displays directional signals generated by a separate HighsLowsSignal indicator. It can show an arrow for a continuing trend or an arrow whose color and direction indicate a changed trend and trade direction. The…
OC Momentum is an oscillator derived from open and close prices, with a single adjustable lookback parameter that defaults to 3. The document proposes using its curve and histogram to identify possible entries while a market is trending. A trendline is drawn…
This indicator description presents a SuperTrend-style trend filter built from average true range (ATR). It forms upper and lower price boundaries around a reference price, then switches the inferred direction when price crosses the prior boundary. In an…