Stocks & Commodities V. 29:9 (32-36): Channeling Into Forex Profits by Mohammed Isah
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Channeling Into Forex Profits by Mohammed Isah
Forex pairs are usually considered to move in defined trends. Here’s a trend-trading technique that can be applied to trading currency pairs or crosses.
For both professionals and novices to master the game of trading, they have to learn and adopt certain strategies to help them achieve consistent profitability. To do this, specific price patterns need to be identified on the price charts and utilized as one of the tools to execute trades. My focus is on price channels. I will define what a price channel is, identify its importance both in technical analysis and trading, and establish how they are formed as well as how traders can use them to better enhance their trading decisions.
WHAT IS A PRICE CHANNEL?
A price channel is a chart pattern bound by upper and lower trendlines. This pattern can occur in a downtrend and uptrend. The two lines can also be called boundaries, with the upper one acting as resistance and the lower one acting as support. Price channels can be bullish, bearish, or sideways and short, medium, or long term, depending on which time frame you are looking at.
Now that you know the basic definition of a channel, let’s turn to its characteristics.
CHARACTERISTICS OF A CHANNEL
Channeling as a trading pattern in technical analysis can be used in different ways to enhance your trading and execution. It creates trading opportunities, meaning it gives you clues as to where the market is headed in short, medium, and long terms. Channels:
a) Create trading opportunities. In a typical channel trading environment, whether in an uptrend or downtrend, a trader can take directional advantage of channels or take trades in the direction of the channel, as you will see. The advantage is that it allows you to build positions or enter trades in the direction of the channel, whether it is an uptrend or downtrend.
b) Define trends. Channels have natural characteristics of defining the trend. For example, in an uptrend a channel confirms the underlying trend of a particular currency pair. This gives traders more confidence to trade in the direction of the trend.
Forex pairs are usually considered to move in defined trends. Here’s a trend-trading technique that can be applied to trading currency pairs or crosses.
For both professionals and novices to master the game of trading, they have to learn and adopt certain strategies to help them achieve consistent profitability. To do this, specific price patterns need to be identified on the price charts and utilized as one of the tools to execute trades. My focus is on price channels. I will define what a price channel is, identify its importance both in technical analysis and trading, and establish how they are formed as well as how traders can use them to better enhance their trading decisions.
WHAT IS A PRICE CHANNEL?
A price channel is a chart pattern bound by upper and lower trendlines. This pattern can occur in a downtrend and uptrend. The two lines can also be called boundaries, with the upper one acting as resistance and the lower one acting as support. Price channels can be bullish, bearish, or sideways and short, medium, or long term, depending on which time frame you are looking at.
Now that you know the basic definition of a channel, let’s turn to its characteristics.
CHARACTERISTICS OF A CHANNEL
Channeling as a trading pattern in technical analysis can be used in different ways to enhance your trading and execution. It creates trading opportunities, meaning it gives you clues as to where the market is headed in short, medium, and long terms. Channels:
a) Create trading opportunities. In a typical channel trading environment, whether in an uptrend or downtrend, a trader can take directional advantage of channels or take trades in the direction of the channel, as you will see. The advantage is that it allows you to build positions or enter trades in the direction of the channel, whether it is an uptrend or downtrend.
b) Define trends. Channels have natural characteristics of defining the trend. For example, in an uptrend a channel confirms the underlying trend of a particular currency pair. This gives traders more confidence to trade in the direction of the trend.
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