There are few rules fabricated for trading divergences that would prove to be very useful if you apply them. If you ignore them, then it would not be advantageous for you.
Advantages of Trading Divergences:
1. There are various price scenarios on which the order of divergence normally exists such as Double top, towering than the former high, inferior than the former low and double bottom. You must not consider any indicator until one of the price scenarios occurs. If these scenarios have not occurred then you must not bother much.
2. If there is some changes in the price that is in accordance with any of the above mentioned price scenarios then you will notice a plane high, a towering high, a plane low or an inferior low. However, you can now draw a line back from the low or high to the earlier low or high. The major top or bottom has to be consecutive. If there are rise and fall in the major highs or lows, you have to ignore it.
3. If you notice are formed, you can connect the tops. If you notice two lows then you can connect the bottoms. You must not make a mistake while drawing a line in the bottom if you notice two towering highs. Else, you will get bewildered.
4. You have to connect the two tops or both the bottoms with a line. Thenceforth, you have to look towards indicator that you have preferred, and then you can compare it with the action of your price. However, you must not forget to compare the tops and bottoms. There are various lines in various indicators like the Stochastic or MACD.
5. If you are drawing lines that connect two highs on a particular price, you should draw a line that links both the highs on an indicator. You have to follow the same procedure for both the lows.
6. The lows and highs that are identified on the indicator must be lined up vertically with the highs and lows in the price.
7. The divergence would exist only if the slope of the connected lines to the indicator is dissimilar form the slope of the lines that are connected with the price. The slope should be rising, descending or flat.
8. If you have spotted the divergence but the price has been reversed and diverted in a particular direction for some time period, then the divergence id played out. Then you have only one option left with you and that is to wait for the next swing low or high in order to form and initiate the divergence search.
9. Divergences that are on a longer time frame are more precise. Therefore, you will receive fewer signals that are false. Your trade will also reduce, but you will surely get an elephantine profit. The divergences that are on the succinct time frames are not much dependable. You can look for your divergences on the one hour charts. There are several traders that utilize the fifteen minutes charts.
Monday, September 14, 2009
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