Forex

Indicators

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Indicator: What Is a Moving Average (MA) and How to Use It

How the moving average works, how to spot trends and cross points, plus downloadable indicator files.

Downloadable · MetaTrader 4 / MetaTrader 5
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Indicator: What Is RSI? Finding Overbought/Oversold Zones

Read RSI values to spot potential price reversals, with ready-to-use MT4/MT5 alert files.

Downloadable · MetaTrader 4 / MetaTrader 5
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Indicator: What Is MACD? Reading Crossovers and Momentum

How the MACD line, signal line, and histogram work together to time entries, with downloadable MT4/MT5 alert files.

Downloadable · MetaTrader 4 / MetaTrader 5
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Indicator: What Are Bollinger Bands? Trading Volatility

Use the upper, middle, and lower bands to read volatility and spot potential reversals, plus downloadable MT4/MT5 files.

Downloadable · MetaTrader 4 / MetaTrader 5
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Indicator: What Is ATR? Sizing Stop Losses to Volatility

Measure how much price is really moving and use it to size Stop Loss and position size, with downloadable MT4/MT5 files.

Downloadable · MetaTrader 4 / MetaTrader 5
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Indicator: What Is the Stochastic Oscillator?

Read %K and %D to find overbought/oversold turning points, with ready-to-use MT4/MT5 alert files.

Downloadable · MetaTrader 4 / MetaTrader 5
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Indicator: What Is ADX? Measuring Trend Strength

Use ADX with +DI/-DI to tell a strong trend from a choppy market before you trade it, plus downloadable MT4/MT5 files.

Downloadable · MetaTrader 4 / MetaTrader 5
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Indicator: What Is Parabolic SAR? Trailing Trend Reversals

Read the SAR dots to follow a trend and catch reversal points, with ready-to-use MT4/MT5 alert files.

Downloadable · MetaTrader 4 / MetaTrader 5
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Indicator: How to Use Fibonacci Retracement Levels

Draw retracement levels to find likely support/resistance during a pullback, plus downloadable auto-Fibonacci MT4/MT5 files.

Downloadable · MetaTrader 4 / MetaTrader 5
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Indicator: What Are Pivot Points? Daily Support & Resistance

Auto-calculated Pivot Point, R1-R3, and S1-S3 levels from the prior day's High/Low/Close, plus downloadable MT4/MT5 files.

Downloadable · MetaTrader 4 / MetaTrader 5