It’s very important to understand what deceleration is, and also what consolidation looks like. 9 times out of 10 we need some sort of deceleration to be present in the market before executing a trade… deceleration is a signal that price may be turning around (i.e. price was accelerating to the upside, but reached a support and resistance level such as a horizontal line, and then began to slow down, ‘decelerate’, and potentially reject that level).
On the other hand, when we are witnessing periods of consolidation in the market, we want to avoid executing trades. Consolidation is messy, sideways price action, signalling indecision. We don’t want to trade during periods of consolidation, instead, we want to wait for a clear breakout above or below the sideways price action.
In this lesson, trending and ranging markets are explained. A trending market is indicative of price moving up or down (creating runs and pullbacks), whereas a ranging market moves sideways without any clear direction. It’s very important to identify the difference between the two market conditi...
The Fibonacci Retracement tool is something that you will utilize in your analysis every day. It’s used for planning entries, stops and even targets. What the retracement tool actually does, is assisting us to measure the potential pullback within a run. Fibonacci (also known as the golden rati...
The Fibonacci Extension tool is utilized to measure the actual run within a trending market (as opposed to the retracement tool, which measures the pullback). In this lesson, you’ll learn how to set up Fibonacci Extension and see examples as to how to apply the tool to your charts.
