Innovation and technology play a major role in today's trade and financial markets. In the past, trading success was mainly dependent on logic, calculations and intuition; today, advanced algorithms ...

Trend-following indicators are technical tools that measure the direction and strength of trends in the chosen time frame. Some trend-following indicators are placed directly on the price panel, ...

Jay Kaeppel has 25+ years of experience as a trader, analyst, and portfolio manager. He is the author of four books on financial trading. Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced ...

Most traders will tell you “the trend is your friend” and for good reason. When trading on shorter timelines, fundamental data like earnings and margins generally matter less than they do for ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF closed above the 200-day moving average this week. This is a widely followed indicator, and for good reasons. Making investment decisions based on trend-following can ...

Forex trading can be pretty overwhelming, especially for newbies. That’s why indicators were developed and are used for technical analysis in the market. There are thousands of indicators but using ...

Trend following has become a popular allocation in many investment portfolios, and is one of the largest alternative strategies with over $300 billion in assets under management. The trend following ...