Pete Rathburn is a copy editor and fact-checker with expertise in economics and personal finance and over twenty years of experience in the classroom. NanoStockk / Getty Images The average directional ...

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Detecting a strong directional move is the most important skill for all traders to have. Trend chasing is the most popular technical method of profitable trading. But stock prices spend more time in ...

Pinpointing the right moment to apply your trading strategy is critical to forex trading. Trends help you accurately read the market's directional movements so you can jump on a trade at the right ...

I am often asked about my use of indicators in addition to price patterns. Remember, all indicators are derivatives of price. So, as a general rule my attitude has been why study indicators when I can ...

Technical analysis hinges on a great many formulas to contextualize market movement and volatility. The ability to identify patterns, create context and quantify volatility gives traders the edge as ...