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Global events - the last 18 Months. I recently posted a timeline of Bitcoin events as well as record several videos on the current Elliott Wave moves around Bitcoin, DXY and a few Forex pairs. Here’s a link to the Bitcoin timeline; Looking back at the last 18 months or so now, I wanted to cover some of the significant events that have taken place, which would have had some (but not as much as you think) of an effect on the Elliott counts as a whole. For those of you not familiar with Elliott, there is a link in the ‘related ideas’ section covering the basics. So, let’s go back in time; Brexit announced back in 2016 – carried through and completed in 2020. Thus, kicking off the year with a fair size event, the global markets not quite sure what the fall out would be, where the damage would come and of course if there where to be profitable positions to obtain. An awful lot of hesitation & fear seen in the market. Jump forward to the next big event; although COVID-19 was technically pre 2020, the real effects did not start to emerge until early 2020 when the world went into LOCKDOWNS, crazy mayhem soon followed and has not really disappeared since. After the world starts to go mad! A few other things happen during this period! - Oil goes negative for the first time in HISTORY - Gold hits $2,000 - S&P creates an all-time high If this was not enough to cause global confusion, we also had an interesting period in the United States. All though there are plenty of other events that have shaped this last 18 months or so, you can clearly see with so much – the charts will be a little more sporadic, a little harder to read. So, although methods such as Elliott and Wyckoff are still very powerful. Even Wyckoff Schematics got a good run in the social media platforms! (Probably kicked that off in March) 😉 Interesting times ahead - @TradingView community, take care of yourself and keep in mind! It’s been a crazy 18-months, 2 years! **(This is not a trade idea, even a bias - it's just highlighting how insane these last 18-months have been) For education on Wyckoff and Elliott - see my bio below; Disclaimer This idea does not constitute as financial advice. It is for educational purposes only, our principle trader has over 20 years’ experience in stocks, ETF’s, and Forex. Hence each trade setup might have different hold times, entry or exit conditions, and will vary from the post/idea shared here. You can use the information from this post to make your own trading plan for the instrument discussed. Trading carries a risk; a high percentage of retail traders lose money. Please keep this in mind when entering any trade. Stay safe.
TVC:DXYEducation
by Mayfair_Ventures
How Central Banks Are Stealing Your MoneySince the merger between the Fed and the Treasury (kidding, kind of), I've had so many conversations with individuals outside of the financial industry who struggle to fully grasp how central banks are stealing their money. Today, I'm going to share a short and simple post which I hope will help explain the direct effect of "money printing," on the working class. Let's jump right into it. When interest rates remain low for an extended period of time (historically), risk assets become more prone to rampant speculation (lucky for those holding assets outside of cash), leading to massive distortions in the underlying fundamentals of those assets, and historical valuation deviations from the mean (which is mathematically unsustainable). The rapidily rising prices of both assets, and goods & services, which is not being stimulated by an actual increase in the velocity of money, but rather from central banks artificially flooding the monetary system with liquidity (while interest rates are near zero), contributes to a lower standard of living for those holding cash as their primary asset. For example: If you have $100 in your bank account, and perhaps this is your only asset, then the central bank increases the money supply by 25%, what they've just done is increase the denominator which underpins the value of that $100. Here's a simple logical demonstration: 100/100 = 1 (baseline purchasing power.) 100/125 = 0.80 (a 25% increase in the money supply in this example, as a result of central bank money printing, results in a 20% loss in purchasing power.) In essence, in this hypothetical situation, you've just lost 20% of your purchasing power. With CPI in the US running at 5.4% YoY vs the Fed's 2% "target," we're currently looking at an inflation rate almost triple the Fed's goal. The US10Y yield trades at 1.25% while CPI is 5.4%, and the Fed continues to print $1.44 Trillion on an annualized basis, with no end in sight. Welcome to the wonderfully horrific world of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). Anyone looking for a hedge?
NASDAQ:TSLAEducation
by Hedge_Of_The_World
13
Found something awesome about DXY and BTC!Hi every one today we wanna talk about something that Is pretty Interesting and quite awesome for Crypto Traders! so we observed the chart of DXY and BTC and from last year they've been moving in the opposite direction! pay attention to the charts! you can see that the price of BTC starting from may 11th 2020 has started a bullish rally while on DXY chart the price has the started a Bearish movement exactly starting from that date! and In a single year DXY has kept Decreasing and BTC kept increasing . starting from may 11th 2021, DXY has started a bullish movement and you can see that the BTC price has started a bearish rally from that point. so we can come to a conclusion that If DXY moves (weather It's Bullish or bearish) BTC always moves in the opposite direction and of course Crypto market follows BTC. So this thing can be quite helpful for Traders such as you to understand the market better. Have a nice day and Good luck.
TVC:DXYEducation
by CobraVanguard
10
Trading - Expectations VS RealityHey Traders, In this post we will aim to clear some of common misconceptions of trading and how we can help you go further in your trading career by giving you all the tools you need to better understand the market and kill the game. ____________________________________________________________ 1. Trading is easy. Trading is relatively easy IF you know the rules of the market and use certain analytical techniques. Once you have a full arsenal of technical tools, you can easily understand the market and figure out where it may go next. 2. Market moves in one direction. That can be true to a certain extent where we have trending markets. However, within that trend there are various types of pullbacks. Once you understand the different market phases, you can make money whether it's a trending or ranging market. Opportunities are endless! 3. Buy when low. Sell when high. If only things were that straight forward, right? Sometimes the lows aren't really the lows and the highs push higher and higher. This is when you need to understand the different patterns and structure of the market to help you figure out where the best possible place is to buy or sell. Once we understand the market, we need a trading plan. How do we enter? Where do we enter? Where is the stop loss? This is where having rigid checklist really helps! You can tick things off the list and grade the trade setup from good to bad and then enter accordingly using various entry methods. It may sound like a lot of but once broken down into little bits, you can learn this EASILY and know exactly how to analyse and enter trades! ____________________________________________________________ What we will be covering: - Market structure: Impulse & Corrections - Using Index charts to correlate your trades (Very important Topic!) - Drawing a trendline and levels correctly – There’s a hack to it! - Using Moving Averages Correctly - Combining higher timeframe & lower timeframe - Different patterns and how to trade them - More topics to come! Comment below on what other topics you would like to see! I hope this post help clarify some of the misconceptions of trading and the different elements involved. See the links below for information on how we can help you!
OANDA:XAUUSDEducation
by WicktatorFX
15
USD/SGD Long - 01 June 2021 | Hybrid Move Result: +3.00%Hey all, Another quick breakdown of one of our key strategies. The trade initiated from a Daily Jr. Zone stacked with a key quarterly and monthly trendline and of course a clean weekly area of demand. Beautiful price-action in my opinion at the higher-timeframes. The overall higher time-frames were perfect when the trade was executed and the Dollar index was also located in multiple layers of demand. The last couple months we've been eyeing the dollar for a clean recovery higher, the main reason for this was the fact that price was located in a key area of value at the monthly time-frame, at the weekly time-frame and at the daily time-frame as well| by stacking our unique zones, we can gain an edge in the markets and by utilising multi currency analysis this trade was executed live together with a scale-in position which is still running with an additional +3.16% locked in profits due to our trailing stop loss. The 4hour entry was formed strongly after a bit of slowing down for the recent 4hour candlesticks. Price exploded to the upside due to fundamentals, even though we do not trade fundamentals or check the news due to the subjectivity of it, we do love the volatility it brings to the table. Text book setup in my opinion which provided some good profits. Kind regards, Max Nieveld
Education
by newcapitalfx
THE REASON WHY CRYPTOS AREN'T PERFORMING WELL LATELY.AS I MARKED, THIS BIG MONTHLY CANDLE PRINTED BY THE DXY IS SHOWING A LOT OF STRENGTH BY THE $DOLLAR WHICH COULD THEORETICALLY PUMP A BIT HIGHER BEFORE I REALLY START TO WORRY, IF WE BREAK THE TL AT AROUND 93.00 THEN I'LL BE EVEN MORE SKEPTICAL THAT CRYPTOS CAN RECOVER THE DIP EASILY. THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE DXY AND THE CRYPTOS IS REALLY SIMPLE: CRYPTOS ARE THE HEALTHIER ALTERNATIVE OF THE DOLLAR AND THE CURRENT FINANCIAL SYSTEM, IF THE DOLLAR KEEPS ON PERFORMING WELL THERE IS NO REASON TO SWAP WORLD CURRENCY FOR A DIGITAL ONE. I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THERE ARE MANY REASONS TO STILL OPT FOR BTC INSTEAD OF THE $ BUT THE MARKET REACTS DIFFERENTLY, IT DOESN'T HAVE BRAIN NOR SOUL. CRYPTOS FOR THE LONG HAUL ARE GONNA FULFIL OUR DEEPEST DREAMS BUT FOR NOW WE JUST GOT TO SURF THE WAVE UNTILL IT LASTS. PAY ATTENTION ON THE DXY AND HOW IT WILL BEHAVE IN THE SHORT TERM TO HAVE A TRUE HINT OF HOW THE CRYPTOSPACE WILL MOVE IN THE SHORT TERM. DON'T FORGET TO LIKE AND FOLLOW FOR MORE CONTENT.
TVC:DXYEducation
by knownasJK
Emotional Analysis I have posted recently on Wyckoff, Elliott cycled, Gann education and covered psychology. The Thing is - as a long time trader, you often see new comers and the assumption is more indicators, more stuff = better results. Take a step back and view this from 30,000 feet. You looking at finding an edge, an edge can be as simple as risk management and positioning yourself with a great risk to reward system. The problem is, if there was an algo or one indicator that could make you rich. The world would quickly run out of doctors and postmen. What Elliott, W.D.Gann, Wyckoff, Dow and others clearly understood - was not the technical count on the chart, or if this is a UTAD or a spring event. What they appreciated was human nature - psychology. I wrote this post to show how the mindset fits into the chart - When everyone started posting the "Wall Street, cheat sheet" and asking - Where are we? I would respond, depending on where you bought or sold. It's not a group thing. Unless you refer to sentiment - which is another topic again. The issue is - everyone is looking to have their hand held. Indicators can be useful of course. But you cannot depend, rely or only take buy and sell signals. Make yourself sheep and the wolves will eat you. Benjamin Franklin ================================================================================================================================== So whilst people assume The Elliott's and the Gann's where the titans of technical. There's a deeper skill they tapped into. Emotional analysis. When studying Elliott, you can walk through a certain journey of why the price moves up & pulls back. Why it rapidly grows in wave 3 and why the 4th becomes messy. Elliott knew what drove these moves & how the retail traders follow on like sheep. click link for full article ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wyckoff and Dow - this is not a lesson on the technical side. It's an eye opener. Wyckoff could make a schematic of the logic and emotions inside the chart and simply plotted it. Dow, simplified it into 6 market tenets. But either way they knew more about the market psychology than they did the chart. If you are looking to trade alt coins - you need to understand the project, the team & just like investing in a stock. Get a feel for the company. This last week, I have seen social media posts about "this guy lost this, that or the other" All blaming and pointing fingers at Musk - the truth is if you need to follow a celebrity for stock picking. Chose another sport. Doctors, lawyers, accountants and many professions take many years just to qualify - why is crypto trading any different? Professional traders know this - and currently it's like having penguins in the water for the first time, the pro's are the sharks. PSYCHOLOGY This is all it boils down to. We assume big brother is watching, we assume stocks, crypto etc all being manipulated. There's often talk about FOMO & FUD. Wyckoff knew this as the "Composite man" Truth is - retail do it to themselves 90% of the time, trying to catch tops and bottoms. Not learning market phases or cycles and then blaming everyone else for their mistakes. Everyone wants to strike it rich, one trade and millions. Seems to be the mentality. It needs time & proper risk management. ==================================================================================================================================== If you can take a step back and see the market with "emotional vision" switched on, you will see why Elliott & Wyckoff are applicable today - Humans don't change, the psychology and mindset is still the same. Market manipulation is strong and real - it's just not what you think. Disclaimer This idea does not constitute as financial advice. It is for educational purposes only, our principle trader has over 20 years’ experience in stocks, ETF’s, and Forex. Hence each trade setup might have different hold times, entry or exit conditions, and will vary from the post/idea shared here. You can use the information from this post to make your own trading plan for the instrument discussed. Trading carries a risk; a high percentage of retail traders lose money. Please keep this in mind when entering any trade. Stay safe.
COINBASE:BTCUSDEducation
by Mayfair_Ventures
19
Interest rates 101: How they influence the market?As individuals, we face decisions every day that implicate saving money for a future use or borrowing money for consumption. If we want to make an investment, one important task for us is the analysis of transactions with present and future cash flows. When we place value on any asset, we are trying to determine the worth of a stream of future cash flows. Money has time value which means that individuals prefer a given sum of money the earlier it is received. Consider the following exchange: You pay $4,000 today and in return receive $3,500 today. Would you accept this arrangement? Not likely. But what if you received the $3,500 today and paid the $4,000 one year from now? Can these sums be considered comparable? Possibly, because a payment of $4,000 a year from now would probably be worth less to you than a payment of $4,000 today. It would be fair, therefore, to discount the $4,000 collected in one year; that means to cut its value based on the time that passes before the money is paid. An interest rate( r ) is a rate of return that reflects the relationship between differently dated cash flows. If $3,500 today and $4,000 in one year are equivalent in value, then $4000 − $3,500 = $500 is the required compensation for receiving $4,000 in one year rather than now. The interest rate—the required compensation stated as a rate of return—is $500/$3,500 = 0.1428 or 14.28 percent. Interest rates can be reflected in 3 ways: 1. Rates of return 2. Discount rates 3. Opportunity costs The opportunity cost is the value that investors are willing to quit by choosing a particular investment over another. If the party who supplied the $3,500 had instead decided to spend it today, he would have forgone earning 14,28% on the money. So, 14,28% is the opportunity cost of current consumption over investing in this example. From the perspective of an investor analyzing the market-determined interest rates we can see an interest rate r as being composed of a real risk-free interest rate plus a set of premiums that are required returns for bearing some different types of risk: r = Real risk-free interest rate + Inflation premium + Default risk premium + Maturity premium + Liquidity premium • The real risk-free interest rate is the interest rate for a completely risk-free security if no inflation is expected. In theory, the real risk-free rate echoes the time predilection of individuals for current versus future real expenditure. • The inflation premium compensates investors for expected inflation and reflects the typical inflation rate expected over the maturity of the debt. The aggregate of the real risk-free interest rate and the inflation premium is the nominal risk-free interest rate . • The default risk premium compensates investors for the risk that the borrower will fail to make a contractually agreed-upon payment on time and in the agreed-upon sum. • If an investment needs to be converted to cash quickly, the liquidity premium compensates investors for the risk of loss relative to the investment's fair value. • When maturity is extended, the maturity premium compensates investors for the increased exposure of the market value of debt to changes in market interest rates (holding all else equal). Trade with care. If you like our content, please feel free to support our page with a like, comment & subscribe for future educational ideas and trading setups.
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TVC:DJIEducation
by financialflagship
97
How To Lose Money With CONFUSION (timeframe mixing) The issue for many new traders is understanding the correlation between timeframes. We often get caught up in indicators, news hype, chat room posts, and various other things. One of the biggest challenges I see when talking to new traders is simply the lack of "experience" in reading multiple timeframes. This causes confusion and even self-doubt. The issue with the internet being so vast is there is a lot of info - but what do you go with & why? In this post I have tried to "dumb it down" - the simple idea is to pick your timeframes based on your trading style. Now if work gets in the way and you need to trade end of day or even swing (Longer-term) then really, you shouldn't stress so much about a 15 minute candle. A lot can happen throughout the day. But on the opposite side of the spectrum, if you are sat in front of your screen every minute the market is open. (scalping) then trying to work out what the monthly is doing whilst you hold a trade for an hour is not going to affect your trade (in general). To give you a great example of this - I trade COT data as it's swing, with Monthly and weekly bias. I will have a mentee say something like "COT is a buy, but the price has dropped". Yes if you're looking at the 4-hour candle. If you think what institutional players can manage in terms of drawdown, especially using hedging techniques. It's far greater than the guy investing £5k of savings into Bitcoin. If a hedge fund buys Bitcoin at 45k and the price drops to 22.5k - the likelihood is they have a hedged position & will be buying it all back at fair value. Whereas Mr £5k has lost some sleep & half of his capital - bailed, only to see the price shoot back up above his original entry. You think of someone like Elon Musk - if his entry of a Billion Dollars was at 40k (example) and price drops to 20k, he has a paper loss of 500m for sure, it will hurt. But again if the Tesla share price drops from 800 to 700, he has a paper loss of (say 20 Billion) - a 500m loss on paper is less of a concern. *** You get the picture. Investors & traders know that things don't just moon! they have dips, impulsive moves and so on. So take the charts into account - You have an idea of what timeframes to pick based on your own personal availability or your style you have already identified. As a scalper it's easy to use 4 hour or even a 1 hour candle for your bias - a 15minute for a local area of interest & an entry on a 1m - 5m chart. (example only). If you trade swing trades (depending on the overall time & expectations) a weekly bias, a daily interest and a 4hour trigger could be what you look for. Here are some examples; In these examples - all I have done is used 1 tool. This is only to show the idea - If stochastic is up then I want to be Bullish, if down I'll consider Bearish moves. Keep in mind this could be anything from above/below a moving average, a key price level or a magnitude of other things. Even other tools like RSI for example. Example of step down The idea is this gives you a directional bias. Then we look at the area of interest. And finally - we want to look down on the next timeframe for the trigger (entry) Traders can easily get confused with one timeframe saying one thing and the next timeframe up or down saying something else. If you can treat it like a tick sheet, you can step down with confidence and work on a strategy favouring your directional bias & that's in confluence with the time period & your expectations. This really is an oversimplified breakdown. Just to give a general idea. Have a great week! Disclaimer This idea does not constitute as financial advice. It is for educational purposes only, our principle trader has over 20 years’ experience in stocks, ETF’s, and Forex. Hence each trade setup might have different hold times, entry or exit conditions, and will vary from the post/idea shared here. You can use the information from this post to make your own trading plan for the instrument discussed. Trading carries a risk; a high percentage of retail traders lose money. Please keep this in mind when entering any trade. Stay safe.
Education
by Mayfair_Ventures
10
5 Ways To Enhance Your Trading Psychology (Tips)Welcome to mindset Monday, where I will share something trading psychology-related. In this post, I will be breaking down 5 things that have helped my trading psychology over the years. Trading is not only a game of strategy, but there is a level of self-awareness involved as well. The 5 things that have helped me are basic brainwave science, limiting social media, diet, letting go, and having a trading ritual. Let’s discuss them further. 1. Your Brainwaves & Binaural Beats Did you know? When you wake up your brain is in what’s called “Alpha” state? Believe it or not this is actually not ideal for trading. When your brain is in Alpha state, it is actually in a more relaxed mode, Alpha is typically a state someone is in when they meditate or are about to fall asleep. It takes the average person 30-60 minutes after they wake up to transition out of Alpha and into the “Beta” state. Beta waves are what your brain is in when it feels “on.” When you are doing homework, working out, or even at a work, your brain is in Beta. How does this relate to trading? Well, back when I was obsessed with charts (in a dangerous way) I would wake up and just hop on the chart and try to trade. I would literally hop out of bed and look at my laptop. I now allow myself one full hour to transition into Beta before I begin trading, this allows me to operate at full capacity and stay sharp and alert. I also use an app on my phone called binaural beats. The app will actually play Beta waves through headphones, and while your listening to it will help your brain switch into it faster. I recommend looking into binaural beats apps, a quick google search will explain more to you. In trading, it’s important to find as many ways as possible to stay mentally sharp. This is one I use. 2. Limit Social Media I’ve seen it and I’m sure you have, the people on Instagram, Facebook, and other platforms flashing pictures of how many pips they are catching and how they are scaling accounts by 5000% in 8 days. That’s great and all, but this could potentially DESTROY you when you sit down and look at the charts. As humans, we are always comparing ourselves to other people, and when we see someone else doing better we either get down on ourselves, get inspired, or think that we need to do that too, or we aren’t performing up to par. Trading is unlike anything out there. You aren’t competing with anyone, it’s about you and the chart, your mind needs to be clear to tap into your zone. The issue with social media is people get googly-eyed at money and the lavish life but trading is not about that, it’s simply about building habits, when you take your mind off of your execution and systems and you start thinking you need to scale up quicker, you are going to be trading simply off emotion and probably make mistakes. Silencing my social media from flashy traders was one of the best decisions I have ever made. 3. Your Diet What you put into your body can affect your mind greatly. If you eat more whole foods, and get some exercise regularly these actions lead to a good feeling. Your brain will release more serotonin, this will help increase your mood. When you feel good about yourself. You usually have more confidence, and when you have more confidence, that is going to come through in your trading and your life, you’ll feel more confident in your intuition and decisiveness, and as traders, all we do every day is make decisions! 4. Let Go Let go of everything, let go of yesterday’s bad trade, let go of an argument you had with a loved one, try and let go of any stress you may feel. Meditate for 15 minutes if you need to. Beat the crap out of a pillow. Release that energy because if you don’t you may exert it onto the chart. Every trade is a brand new trade, the market doesn’t care about your problems, it will tick on with or without us. I have tried yelling at EURUSD when it stops me out, and I found that I never get a response from my computer screen. If you’re having a bad day, just step away and get a fresh start tomorrow. 5. Consistent Ritual Man, I can’t emphasize this enough, when you have a strategy, the name of the game just becomes execution really. You need to train your brain/subconscious to simply repeat your strategy over and over. In my opinion, the best way to do this is to trade from the same location. If you trade at home, do it in the same spot every time. Do something that puts your brain into “trading mode,” for me, it is making a cup of tea. I wake up, eat food, and once that cup of tea gets made, I started thinking “it’s game time.” Did you know that Tom Brady takes a nap two hours before every game? This is an example of his ritual, yours can be anything you want, affirmations, visualizing, anything you feel you can do before sitting down that will trigger your “trader state of mind.” I’m not a psychologist, but I hope this article gave you value, or maybe just gave you a break from reading posts about charts and setups. Just sharing my experiences. Let’s Elevate, Gio P.S. Every week I share a forex outlook, educational content and trade ideas, right here on tradingview. Make sure to follow so you don’t miss them!
Education
by elevatedinvestor
25
The Secret of Successful FEAR INDICATORSThe truth is - Indicators are only what you make them. 9 out of 10 indicators lag. The rest are used by so many people that it creates a type of unconscious bias. And above all else can clog up your chart as above! That's not to say indicators are pointless - far from it, it's more about creating a bias and using indicators or chart patterns as a confirmation instead of guidence in and out of trades. Especially in the COVID era, the markets are not behaving in any form of regular form. In the last 12 months, we have had the virus to deal with, we have had one of the craziest transitions of Presidents, In the UK - Well, Brexit. It doesn't get much crazier than this. Unconscious biases , also known as implicit biases, are the underlying attitudes and stereotypes that people unconsciously attribute to another person or group of people that affect how they understand and engage with a person or group. in trading terms, this is how indicators and groups of people that use specific indicators. Unfortunately, there is no silver bullet when it comes to strategies and indicators. You will find tools that work in some market conditions, and not so well in other circumstances. A lot of information you can get from an indicator is actually in the chart. *as a pure example you can spot things like Imbalances from candles prior to current price action. as per the example. As an institutional investor, it's easy to understand the fear and the bias of retail traders. You only need to look at sentiment from companies like Oanda and IG index - you often find as trends rally 60% of retail positions are Bearish. The reason for this is 75% of retail trading is based on indicators and strategies like breakouts, trend line touches, and moving average crossovers. Measured using Fibonacci levels. Which then makes it easy for the experienced operators to see order blocks and go hunting for stop losses. If you look at simple indicators like RSI - A lot of what it shows can be visualised in the chart itself. Now I don't want to be fully negative to indicators - it's just understanding their value and not fearing the herd. It's not only indicators - patterns can either be complex and you need a mathimatical degree to pin them down to perfection (joke) and they can sometimes be somewhat subjective. Starting points, anchors, measurements etc. Fibonacci - an amazing tool with countless indicators using it in some way shape or form. But a lot of what makes it so accurate is the psychology underpinning the market moves. When you add fibs to charts, or measure using other tools and patterns or indicators - they create the levels based on entries and exits of many people at the same levels. I posted an idea recently on the market mindset (click image for full link)- The idea is that emotions can control the ups and downs of moves based on perfect entries, terrible entries, ideal exits are simple trades you wished you never took, ones that now look obvious looking back. So in short - tools cab be useful. But you should not need to be dependant on them. Especially with market conditions the way they are currently. To summarise - Once you have your bias you shouldn't rely on indicators nor the group chat to execute your trade plan. Disclaimer This idea does not constitute as financial advice. It is for educational purposes only, our principle trader has over 20 years’ experience in stocks, ETF’s, and Forex. Hence each trade setup might have different hold times, entry or exit conditions, and will vary from the post/idea shared here. You can use the information from this post to make your own trading plan for the instrument discussed. Trading carries a risk; a high percentage of retail traders lose money. Please keep this in mind when entering any trade. Stay safe.
COINBASE:BTCUSDEducation
by Mayfair_Ventures
6
DXY vs. USDOLLAR - Which One Should You be Using??? DXY The most common index used by many traders would be DXY. This is considered to be the go to index in interpreting USD strength against the other major currencies. When looking at this particular index, the first thing we should know is, what currencies are actually in the basket and how it is calculated. Below are the currencies included and the percentage weighted to each. EUR - 57.6% JPY - 13.6% GBP - 11.9% CAD - 9.1% SEK - 4.2% CHF - 3.6% As you can see from these numbers, the standard dollar index is very heavily weighted towards the Euro, making up almost 60% of the entire basket. This gives a misleading interpretation of the overall strength of the USD as it compares it mainly to the Euro, almost ignoring the price action happening with other major currencies. USDOLLAR Many traders do not even know there is a second, arguably more reliable index available to them. This basket was created back in 2011 by FXCM and is weighted differently with a slight variation between the currencies involved. Below are the currencies included and the percentage weighted to each. EUR - 25% GBP - 25% AUD - 25% JPY - 25% As you can see, EUR does not carry as much weight in this basket. The weight between the 4 currencies that are included in the calculation are evenly distributed giving a better interpretation to the overall strength of the USD. EURUSD Now finally, the last piece of the puzzle. Let's take a look at what this would have meant for you if you were trading EURUSD. Based on the chart itself, it appears that it has not broken the trend yet, which would align with DXY as well. Therefore, many traders would not have gotten involved in this trade or at least would not have seen as much weakness in the USD as what was presented in the USDOLLAR chart. If someone was swing trading long-term and using the USDOLLAR index to determine direction for the USD, this trader would have been able to start scaling in to their trades 3 months earlier and banking an extra 400 pips on this move. Can this be used for day trading??? The answer to this question is very simply, yes!... Of course this index can be used for intraday trading just as well as DXY. Price action even on lower timeframes will be displayed with slight variations in certain swing highs and lows that can help determine possible entry points in the market. Another benefit of using the USDOLLAR index is that it trades 24/5, the same as every other currency pair, therefore there will be no gap displayed in price as you often see with DXY.
FX:USDOLLAREducation
by TheCaffeinatedTrader
2
Ichimoku Fundamentals: The Cloud and the DollarInspired by serendipitous events today I wanted to make this video about Ichimoku and how it can be used to analyze and confirm price trends. I use the TVC:DXY as an example because it is of topical discussion by everyone. In this video I show how to use the most prominent feature of Ichimoku, the Ichimoku Cloud, in tandem with the Chikou as momentum to confirm price trends as they are about to change.
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TVC:DXYEducation
by norok
46
Is the US Dollar dying or dead?In this very busy chart, I compare 6 forex pairs. It needs some study. What seems clear to me is that the USD strength has been heading south manly since March 2020. This is not unexpected of course, following the FED's money-printing spree, now called QE infinity. I'm not here to say whether that's a good thing or a bad thing. The overall effect of a weak USD is to keep the US stock indices afloat. I'm not saying that is an intended effect of what the FED is/was doing. I think the effect is dangerous on both Bond and Stock markets, because at some point people or banks are gonna wake up and wonder 'What's the value of money?'. In a sense that's already happening, as in other posts I've shown that there is movement of value into metals and Bitcoin. The above are speculative opinions that may well be wrong. This means that you ought not to make decisions based on anything I say. Disclaimers : This is not advice or encouragement to trade securities on live accounts. Chart positions shown are not suggestions. No predictions and no guarantees supplied or implied. Heavy losses can be expected if trading live accounts. Any previous advantageous performance shown in other scenarios, is not indicative of future performance. If you make decisions based on opinion expressed here or on my profile and you lose your money, kindly sue yourself.
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by Captain_Walker
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BITCOIN: What's driving it? Is 30,000 in sight?In this video I show my theory on what's probably happening with BTCUSD. It appears that Bitcoin is being used to hedge against the US Dollar crashing. $22,000 is certain in sight and who knows it could get to $30,000 sooner than anyone might imagine. I still think that BTC is too volatile for my liking and therefore I've stayed out. I've been happy to avoid FOMO. I've lost nothing. I think that many will profit from a possible further charge north. But there is also still a risk that it BTC could reverse significantly. Best wishes for the Christmas period 🎅and have a Happy Prosperous New Year. 🥂🎁
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BITSTAMP:BTCUSDEducation
by Captain_Walker
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Dollar Index (DXY) From an educational point of view, time cycle theory shows that the price of the dollar in January is interested in reaching its lowest level. In fundamental terms, the dollar usually weakens slightly towards the end of the presidency. Especially if a Republican like Trump is president. The value of the dollar weakens, especially during the Republican era, and grows during the Democratic era. (Just look at the chart) There are two lines of support here that mark the end of the flat correction pattern. Wave support line (4) and correction wave support line (a) I estimate the probability of a price return from wave support (4) as 30%. And I estimate the probability of a price return from wave (a) support at 80%. I wish you good deals Please like the post and leave a comment so that we can get energy and provide more analysis, thank you
TVC:DXYEducation
by UnknownUnicorn13531177
Adding Instruments to TradingView Chart to Track CorrelationsQuick Tutorial video to show how I add and use other instruments like DXY and ES1! to track correlations across markets. These correlations are a powerful confirmation to help identify behaviour across markets, to give confident in the forex or futures instrument you are trading. I briefly mention Support & Resistance zones in this video. You can learn how I produce them in the recording of my recent live streaming class >>HERE<<
CBOT:ZB1!Education
by PBratbyOfficial
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2020: Why Bitcoin Is Inversely Correlated With the US DollarThere is no doubt that Bitcoin and the overall crypto market has some correlation with the stock market, with market experts remarking that Bitcoin has been surging in tandem with traditional markets for awhile over the past year or so. Extensive research has already been conducted by market experts to study the seeming correlation of both markets, but I would like to take my stab at it as well, but from the US Dollar correlation perspective. Investors should be aware of the close inverse correlation between the strength of the US dollar and Bitcoin. A widespread debate among investors is the correlation of Bitcoin (BTC) with other markets. In other periods, gold and Bitcoin appear to be moving in tandem. However, the correlation that needs to be monitored most closely is that of the dollar, as the global economy is based on the strength or weakness of our global reserve currency, the US dollar. Bitcoin and Cryptos as assets: The US dollar is the de facto world currency, thus the value benchmark for everything else, including assets and other fiat currencies. A lot of financial activities are based on US dollars like loans and settlements, which no doubt increase requirements and adoptions of US dollars (In a negative word, US dollar colonization). When the world lacks a supply of US dollars, everything else will fall in price in reference to US dollars. If the US dollar is stable, then the crypto prices may have become influenced by the monetary policies of other currencies. For example, there is very high inflation in Argentina, so the general public would like to exchange their Argentine pesos for Bitcoin, to reduce the risk of inflations. Although Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies can function like currencies, like payment and store of value, the market cap of cryptocurrencies is quite small compared to traditional finance, and most financial activities are based on fiat money. After all, you can't borrow Euro, then pay back Ethers. Typically you need to pay back Euro. In other words, the financial inclusion of cryptocurrencies is not enough. If bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies replace more traditional financial functions, which may reduce the role of the US dollar and other fiat money, the relationships between Bitcoin and other fiat money will be different. For most of Bitcoins’s young life, the correlation between the cryptocurrency and the S&P 500 was largely negative—until the 2017 bull run (when Bitcoin’s skyrocketing notoriety seemingly invited a host of new investors, many of whom had their hands in other markets). What I believe: I believe that since the US dollar is now standing at the frontlines of support, and testing it twice, we can see some form of recovery within the US dollar, especially with Trump miraculously being tested negative again, and now also going into elections - which makes people want to carry more cash while the stock market remains volatile. People will be looking for a hedge, whether it is gold or Bitcoin, we also can't take out the fact that cash is also king. In the chart above, we can clearly see the inverse correlation between Bitcoin and the US dollar. For example, the COVID19 crash led to the USD rise immensely high in preparation for a possible recession caused by this pandemic (stocks also plummeted). After a miraculous recovery, we saw the US Dollar bleed slowly and also saw a clear recovery in the stock market, bringing Bitcoin along with it up. From a pure technical standpoint, we can see that Bitcoin has broken down our legacy trend line, and is now retesting the resistance twice, while the US dollar retests the support for a second time. With all of these considered, we can assume that Bitcoin will have some form of correction, while markets remain volatile and cash driven investors will liquidate their investments in preparation for a hedge. Trade Safe. X Force
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by XForceGlobal
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