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Expert traders are fast to let you know that combining two indicators will inevitably give you better and more reliable signals on when to enter or exit an open position. Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) is a trend-following momentum indicator that shows the relationship in the movement of the price of a security. It combines two indicators ; a 12-day exponential moving average for the short-term changes and a 26-day exponential moving average for the long-term changes. The MACD was invented by Gerald Appel in the 1970s, where his intention was to create an indicator that will reveal, direction, momentum, strength, and length of a stock's trend. This makes it unique compared to other indicators, as it's really an "all in one" indicator.  The MACD Formula The calculation of MACD is done by taking the 26- period exponential moving average (EMA) and then minus 12-period EMA. This gives a 9 day EMA of the MACD referred to as the signal line.  When the 12-

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Traders often blame their losses in trading due to "lack of discipline" and mental breakdowns. The truth is this isn't the actual problem causing you to lose money trading. There are many out there willing to sell their services to help you improve your trading psychology/discipline, these range from books, seminars, and even expensive weekly one on one video call sessions. The truth is these products will never help you long term and are flat out a waste of money . Many people who sell these products are exploiting inexperienced/naive traders out there. The real underlying issue of why traders keep losing is because they lack a clear-cut profitable edge. Where an edge is defined as a set of consistent decisions (including a trading algorithm) used to buy and sell stocks. Following a profitable system will keep you "disciplined" because it guides all your decisions for you and removes emotions. The list below is a series of steps on how I use my profitable e

Trading Options is a losing game. You will not get rich off trading options period. When I say options is a losing game I'm speaking from several different angles and a decade of experience. I'm not some bitter loser trader ( I've been a market-beating trader since 2012 ). This article is written from my experience, as I naively thought it could be possible to trade options profitably, almost going broke several times. The Trading Option Service Scam I was that guy who thought trading options were the answer to making my dreams come true. Start with a small account, and win big and fast. I was inspired by all the traders on social media bragging about making killing trading options. Conveniently enough, those that bragged were also selling very expensive subscription services. I joined a ton of them. My experience with these services was me hemorrhaging money as the services would trade options in an erratic fashion. As they claimed to victory I and others in the services w

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