Volatility trading

by Shaun Overton The forex marketplace supports a diverse community of successful independent traders who have developed winning strategies that work during changing market conditions. Trend-following strategies are popular among newbies, but veteran traders truly earn their keep during times of volatility. This article gathers and summarizes some longtime traders’ forex volatility trading strategies that […]

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by- Shaun Overton Swing trading broadly refers to a segment of trading strategies that combine technical momentum and pattern recognition with a smaller emphasis on fundamental analysis. On the whole, swing trading is a great strategy for individuals unwilling to the devote the time and energy necessary for successful day-trading while seeking to be more […]

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by Shaun Overton Many traders repeatedly ask for SMS alerts on their phones. That solution is now outdated with MetaQuotes release of build 445, which introduces MT4 push notifications. MT4 Push Notifications SMS alerts are a headache to set up in MT4. The great thing about push notifications is that they look exactly like an […]

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Analyzing Pairs with Correlation and Cointegration

Pairs Trading or Market Neutrality have long been seen as complex hedge fund style strategies with limited application for the retail trader. As part of our series on Correlation and Cointegration, we thought it would be beneficial to look at how both regression patterns can be used effectively to identify pair trading opportunities and scenarios, and […]

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Does SKEW Predict VIX?

SKEW should lead VIX, right? Traders get worried about a crash, which might anticipate volatility in the S&P 500. SKEW is in green. VIX is in blue. If SKEW was a perfect predictor of VIX, then you’d expect the blue line to look like the green line with a small gap in between them. The theory was that SKEW (in […]

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MACD & Stochastic Double Cross System

by Shaun Overton What would happen if we combined the indicators from different systems? Would they work together to make a stronger system or would they work against each other? I recently covered a MACD Trading System and a Stochastic Trading System. Combining these two systems can give us stronger signals. This should, in theory, help to reduce […]

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Fading range reversals is a powerful forex trading strategy. This “fading” strategy capitalizes on markets’ tendency to revert back toward their mean values in time. It relies on simple rules, and there’s plenty of room for adjusting it to fit any market. Range reversal signals rely on input from earlier-opening markets, which can provide the […]

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Bad Money Management

In my last post I said I was going to talk today about win/loss ratio and risk/reward ratio. However, I started thinking about something that ties in with the last post which talks about the emotions of greed and fear in connection with money management. (You can read the last post here: Trading Money Management Greed […]

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Written by Shaun Overton Correlation strategies appeal to forex traders because it removes the stress associated with picking market direction. When two correlated pairs diverge from one another, the idea is to simply buy one pair and sell the other. What are correlated currency pairs? Correlation offers a mathematical probability of two “time series” moving […]

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