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Article Archive For Keyword: Directional

  • A Directional Pattern To Ride The Wave

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here is a price pattern you can use with a trading strategy to filter trades and ride a price wave. We'll explain the logic and show step-by-step how to do it

  • A modification of Wilder's directional movement system by Thomas P. Drinka and Steven L. Kille

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A modification of Wilder's directional movement system by Thomas P. Drinka and Steven L. Kille In his New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems (Copyright 1978) J. Welles Wilder Jr. introduced his directional movement system with the following: ""Direc

  • Breakouts, Directional Movement, And The DJIA

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A shift in positive directional movement accompanies a breakout in the Dow Jones industrials.

  • Defining directional movement Part 8 by Jim Summers, Ph.D.

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Defining directional movement Part 8 by Jim Summers, Ph.D. Given the old adage that ""the trend is your friend"" and that most trading systems follow trends, J. Welles Wilder's Directional Movement Index (DMI) lets you measure whether a trend is in effe

  • Directional Breakout Indicator by Barbara Star, PhD

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:2 (44-51): Directional Breakout Indicator by Barbara Star, PhD Price breakouts of moving averages present many profitable trading opportunities. Here's an indicator you can use to detect breakouts and identify price direction.

  • Directional Movement by Stuart Evens

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Directional Movement by Stuart Evens There's no way around it: Traders trade the trend, be it short term or long term. It follows, then, that there is a need to identify when a market is trending. Here's J. Welles Wilder's directional movement, a set o

Directional Ratio Revisited by John Jay Norris

  • Directional Strategies For Option Trading

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Option trading has a big edge over stocks when it comes to leverage and risk control, but a trader must understand how to apply the principles of timing, using delta, and profit taking to succeed.

  • Directional To Delta Neutral by Chris Tyler

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 25:1 (58-64): Directional To Delta Neutral by Chris Tyler Staying alert to new opportunities and changing market conditions means you have to adjust your positions. Here's how. A Wall Street adage says winners take care of thems

  • How The Pros Use Average Directional Index by Barbara Star, Ph.D.

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How The Pros Use Average Directional Index Here's how technicians Charles LeBeau, Paul Rabbitt, and Linda Bradford Raschke integrate the average directional index into their trading plans. How would you like to look over the shoulders of professional t

  • Merrill Directional Patterns by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T.

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Merrill Directional Patterns by Arthur A. Merrill, C.M.T. Can we get clues to price performance from the swings of prices in the last hours of the preceding day? If we ignore volume and the amount of change, the direction of the swings of prices can be

  • Optimizing directional movement with cycles by John F. Ehlers

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Optimizing directional movement with cycles by John F. Ehlers Directional Movement, an approach which weighs the daily difference between highs and the difference between lows, can be optimized by applying cycle concepts. Ehlers explains the process and

  • Risky Bottom Reversals And Directional Movement - Kasten Chase

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The directional movement indicator (ADX) is a trend strength indicator that can be used in a variety of ways including spotting potential bottom reversals (an inherent higher risk play).

  • Sidebar: eSignal code for Directional Breakout Indicator by Barbara Star, PhD

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:2 (44-51): Sidebar: eSignal code for Directional Breakout Indicator by Barbara Star, PhD

  • The Average Directional Movement Index (ADX) by Thom Hartle

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Average Directional Movement Index (ADX) by Thom Hartle Directional movement, according to technician J. Welles Wilder, is one of the most interesting aspects of market analysis. Markets clearly move from trending periods to trading ranges, but dete

  • The DMH: An Improved Directional Movement Indicator

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The directional movement indicator originally developed by J. Welles Wilder has been a mainstay in technical analysis. It's time to modernize it

  • The Directional Cross Strategy

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here we introduce a simple chart-based strategy you can consider

  • Trading With The Directional Ratio by John Jay Norris

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading With The Directional Ratio by John "Jay" Norris Whether you trade long term, short term, or intermediate term, you need to know the direction of the trend. Here's a simple way to find out. If you are an active trader, or if you manage traders,

  • WTI Weekly: Mind The Gap - How Market Structure And Order Flow Can Confirm Directional Potential

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In this article, we examine the order flow and limit order book data in the WTI futures market that provides insight into the sell-side price discovery and development of support for Wednesday, June 12, 2019's auction. Market structure and order flo

  • Wilder's Directional Movement Index System Part 2 by Jim Summers, Ph.D.

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Wilder's Directional Movement Index System Part 2 by Jim Summers, Ph.D. As I noted in the last issue, I need both a charting program and Lotus 1-2-3 to trade with discipline and confidence, along with maintaining my emotional health. My first major prog







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