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I’m pleased to announce another indicator in SlopeCharts: the Ultimate Oscillator, which more than a few of you have requested.
Surely one of the most dramatically-named technical indicators of all time, this study was developed by famed commodity trader Larry Williams. The indicator is designed to offer buy and sell signals based on trend divergences.
(more…)No, this isn’t an inspirational, motivational post, in spite of the title. Now that we have finished the new technical studies dialog box, we intend to start adding studies at a brisk pace (whereas I think an entire year has gone by since we’d added anything). If you didn’t see the video introducing the new interface, please click here to watch it.
The True Strength Index was created in 1991 as a means to find market extremes and potential oversold/overbought conditions. It is a double-smoothed indicator, relying on exponential moving average as its foundation. Specifically, its calculation is:
(more…)There are three things that are having amazing bull markets: gold, bonds, and Slope Premium Subscriptions. Silver, Gold, and Diamond members get access to continuous futures contracts from all over the world in SlopeCharts, and I wanted to share a few below. I’ve captioned each.
SlopeCharts is the best in what it does in so many different areas, but one that is often overlooked is its FOREX charts. Due to recent events, I’ve been very focused on the Chinese Yuan. If you go to the supposedly great thinkorswim platform, it’ll just stare at you stupidly if you type in the symbol (and this is a company that was bought for two-thirds of a billion dollars). With sweet little SlopeCharts, however, bang, it’s there instantly.
I was reminded of this because there’s a lot of chatter about the collapse of the Argentinian Peso. I was curious about this, so I zipped over to SlopeCharts and, God bless it, the chart came up beautifully.
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