Gold ETFs and ETNs

Gold Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) allow an investor the opportunity to trade gold with the same ease as buying a stock. GLD, the first gold ETF, was launched in 2004 by State Street Global Advisors. In 2005 iShares introduced the COMEX Gold Trust (IAU) Leveraged Gold ETFs Powershares DB Gold

What is a Trading System?

A trading system is a collection of formulas and rules that generate buy and sell recommendations. Trading systems have been developed for decades, but the recent advances in technology with the pc and internet have increased interest in them and broadened the number of people actively involved in their use. Technical indicators such as oscillators,

Market Profile Trading

Market Profile™ is a form of technical analysis that was jointly developed by J. Peter Steidlmayer and the Chicago Board of Trade. Market Profile uses  a statistical approach to the analysis of price data. The market profile graph is simply a frequency distribution of prices histogram.

Introduction to Oscillators

Oscillators are group of countertrend, momentum based indicators that move above and below a horizontal axis that represents neutral market momentum. These indicators offer an alternative to trend following strategies and work well in non-trending, sideways markets where a clear trend is not evident. Interpretation of Oscillators They can be used as an indicator of

Two Crows Pattern

Bearish reversal pattern. The formation occurs during an uptrend, beginning with a long bodied white candlestick. The second candle gaps higher and is black. The final candle of the pattern is black, opening inside the body of the second candle and closing inside the body of the first.