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Technical Indicators Explained, One at a Time

A straight explanation of every indicator worth knowing: what it measures, how to read it, where it works and, just as importantly, where it fails. No hype and no secret settings.

Trend

Is there a trend, and how strong is it.

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Moving Averages Explained: SMA vs EMA on MT5

Moving averages explained for MT5 traders: how SMA and EMA differ, the 20, 50 and 200 EMA, golden and death crosses, dynamic…

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ADX Indicator Explained

ADX indicator explained in plain English: what the Average Directional Index measures, how to read DI+ and DI- lines, key value…

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SuperTrend Indicator Explained

SuperTrend indicator explained in plain English: what SuperTrend is, how the ATR-based trend follower flips bullish and bearish,…

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Parabolic SAR Explained: Trailing Stops and Trend

Parabolic SAR explained in plain English: how the stop and reverse dots flip, using PSAR as a trailing stop in trends, its…

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Ichimoku Cloud Explained: A Full Trend System on MT5

Ichimoku Cloud explained in plain English: learn the five lines, the Kumo, support and resistance, and basic signals, plus how to…

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Aroon Indicator Explained: Spotting New Trends

Aroon indicator explained: how Aroon Up, Aroon Down and the Aroon Oscillator measure trend strength and signal new trends on MT5,…

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Vortex Indicator Explained: Catching Trend Changes

Vortex indicator explained in plain English: what VI+ and VI- measure, how their crossovers signal trend changes, how it compares…

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TRIX Indicator Explained: Triple-Smoothed Momentum

TRIX indicator explained: the rate of change of a triple-smoothed EMA that oscillates around zero. Learn zero-line crosses, the…

Momentum

How fast price is moving and whether that is fading.

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RSI Indicator Explained

RSI indicator explained: what the Relative Strength Index measures, the 70/30 overbought and oversold levels, RSI divergence, and…

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MACD Indicator Explained: Reading Momentum on MT5

MACD indicator explained in plain English: how the MACD line, signal line, histogram, crossovers, zero-line and divergence reveal…

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Stochastic Oscillator Explained

Stochastic oscillator explained simply: how %K and %D compare the close to the recent range, overbought/oversold at 80/20,…

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CCI Indicator Explained: Commodity Channel Index

CCI indicator explained: what the Commodity Channel Index measures, the +100 and -100 zones, overbought and oversold, CCI…

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Momentum Indicator Explained: Speed of Price on MT5

Momentum indicator explained in plain English: how it compares price to N bars ago to show the speed and strength of a move,…

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Awesome Oscillator Explained: Bill Williams Momentum

Awesome oscillator explained: learn how the AO indicator measures momentum as the gap between a 5 and 34 period median-price SMA,…

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Williams %R Explained: A Momentum Oscillator

Williams %R explained in plain English: a momentum oscillator from 0 to -100 that shows where price closed in its recent range,…

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DeMarker Indicator Explained: Exhaustion and Turns

DeMarker indicator explained: how the DeM oscillator measures buying and selling exhaustion on a 0 to 1 scale, the 0.7 and 0.3…

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True Strength Index (TSI) Explained for Traders

True strength index explained in plain English: how the TSI double-smooths momentum to filter noise, oscillates around zero with…

Volatility and range

How much room price has, and whether the market is going anywhere.

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ATR Explained: Measuring Volatility on MT5

ATR indicator explained in plain English: what Average True Range measures, how it is calculated, and how to use ATR for stop…

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Bollinger Bands Explained

Bollinger Bands explained in plain English: a moving average with bands set at standard deviations.

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Keltner Channels Explained vs Bollinger Bands

Keltner Channels explained in plain English: an EMA with bands set by ATR multiples.

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Donchian Channels Explained: Breakouts and Range

Donchian channels explained: the upper band is the highest high over N bars, the lower band the lowest low.

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Choppiness Index Explained: Trend or Range on MT5

Choppiness Index explained: a 0-100 gauge of whether a market is trending or ranging. Learn CHOP thresholds, how to filter out…

Volume and price context

Who is actually behind the move.

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VWAP Explained

VWAP indicator explained for MT5 traders: what the volume-weighted average price is, how it differs from a moving average, and…

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Volume Explained: Reading Participation on MT5

Volume indicator trading explained for MT5: what volume tells you about participation, why rising volume confirms moves and low…

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OBV Explained: On Balance Volume for Traders

OBV indicator explained: how On Balance Volume tracks buying and selling pressure, how to read OBV trend and OBV divergence, and…

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Money Flow Index (MFI) Explained for Traders

Money flow index explained: the MFI indicator is a volume-weighted RSI, a 0-100 momentum oscillator. Learn 80/20 zones, MFI…

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Heikin Ashi Explained: Smoother Candles on MT5

Heikin Ashi explained: averaged candles that smooth price to reveal trend more clearly.

Levels

The prices the market keeps reacting to.

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Pivot Points Explained: Daily Support and Resistance

Pivot points explained for MT5 traders: how the central pivot and R1 to R3 and S1 to S3 levels are calculated, how to use them…

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Camarilla Pivots Explained: Intraday Levels on MT5

Camarilla pivots explained for MT5 traders: how the H3, L3, H4 and L4 levels are calculated from the prior day high, low and…

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Fibonacci Retracement Explained for Traders

Fibonacci retracement explained: learn the 0.236, 0.382, 0.5, 0.618 and 0.786 levels, how to draw fibs from swing to swing, the…