MACD Archives - Traders Log https://www.traderslog.com/tag/macd Online Trading Community for Stocks Futures and Forex Traders Fri, 21 Mar 2025 14:56:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.traderslog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-TradersLog-Icon-32x32.png MACD Archives - Traders Log https://www.traderslog.com/tag/macd 32 32 Trading Without Software https://www.traderslog.com/trading-without-software?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trading-without-software Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:08:44 +0000 https://www.traderslog.com/?p=16827 When just starting out, some beginning traders will want to use all of their available funds to trade rather than buying software and data feeds. In this article, we’ll look at how that can be done, using free end of day data and indicators.

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]]> Optimizing and Monitoring a Trading System https://www.traderslog.com/optimizing-trading-system?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=optimizing-trading-system Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:21:09 +0000 https://www.traderslog.com/?p=15917 After finding rules that work, many traders are tempted to optimize the parameters. This is easy to do, and is the beginning of the end of many solid trading plans.

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]]> Inside the MACD Indicator https://www.traderslog.com/insidemacd?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=insidemacd Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:25:43 +0000 https://qs2506.traderslog.com/2009/09/28/inside-the-macd-indicator/ By Alan Hull, AlanHull.com The MACD, Moving Average Convergence Divergence, indicator is probably the most popular indicator in use today. It is also one of the most misunderstood, with it often being described amongst chartists as ‘An average of an average’. Before we begin to dissect the MACD indicator it is necessary to mathematically define

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]]> MACD https://www.traderslog.com/macd-introduction?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=macd-introduction Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:26:17 +0000 https://qs2506.traderslog.com/2009/09/28/macd-introduction/ The MACD oscillator developed by Gerald Appel uses two exponential moving averages of closing prices. These are turned into a momentum oscillator by subtracting the longer moving average from the shorter moving average. This is the faster line you see on the chart. The slower line, called the signal line is a 9 period exponentially

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]]> A Trading Technique using the Inside Bar with the MACD https://www.traderslog.com/macdinsidebar?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=macdinsidebar Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:02:52 +0000 https://qs2506.traderslog.com/2009/09/28/a-trading-technique-using-the-inside-bar-with-the-macd/ Technical analysis to predict price action in the financial markets is just another factor used to put the odds in favor of the trader. But relying on any single indicator to provide signals for a trade is not advisable. Since indicators derived from price action are lagging indicators, they confirm a signal only after the move has been initiated.

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]]> Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD) https://www.traderslog.com/macd?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=macd Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:36:49 +0000 https://qs2506.traderslog.com/2009/09/24/moving-average-convergencedivergence-macd-2/ Gerald Appel developed an interesting oscillator that provides greater emphasis on recent price action over more distant activity through a creative use of exponential moving averages. The first step in the derivation of this indicator is to calculate a 12 and a 26 day exponential moving average from your price data. Your next step would

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