Category: 2. Trend indicators

What is the VWAP? The volume-weighted average price (VWAP) indicator is among such indicators that look to make the most of the volume. It is a technical analysis tool that calculates the true average price of a financial asset weighted by volume for a predefined period of time. The incorporation of volume into the average price of a…

How to calculate the indicator? The Mcginley Dynamic indicator is so special because it quickly adjusts for changes in the speed of the market. It also immediately minimizes huges prices, price whipsaws, and price separation. It is all automatically done by it as a factor of its formula. The formula is MD = MD1 +…

What is the Aroon indicator? The Aroon indicator is a technical indicator. It is used to detect trend changes in the price of an asset, and the strength of that trend. The indicator measures the time between highs and the time between lows over a specific period.  The idea is that strong uptrends will regularly…

What is the Moving Average indicator? In technical analysis, the moving average is an indicator. It represents the average closing price of the market over a particular period. Traders often use the moving averages as it can be a good indication of current market momentum. In statistics, a moving average is a calculation. It is…

What is the MACD indicator? Gerald Appel created the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator in the late 1970s. The indicator is one of the simplest and most efficient momentum indicators out there. The MACD turns two indicators, moving averages, into a momentum oscillator. It does so by subtracting the longer moving average from a short one.…