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Heikin Ashi Cheat Sheet

Heikin Ashi is a type of price chart that consists of candlesticks. Modified Japanese candlesticks. A Heikin Ashi chart filters market noise and provides a clearer visual representation of the trend. For beginner traders, this means that the trend is easier to see. For experienced traders, the Heikin Ashi charts help keep them in trending trades, while…

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Limitations of Heikin Ashi

What are the limitations of Heikin Ashi? Unfortunately, Heikin Ashi is not the holy grail. Heikin Ashi definitely ain’t no Ed Sheeran song.  It ain’t perfect. Just like any other tool used for technical analysis, Heikin Ashi is useful but it does have some weaknesses or limitations. Let’s go over what these limitations are. Heikin Ashi candlesticks…

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Forex Signals

Forex signal services do everything a robot does except the actual execution of trade entries. Besides possibly using an automated program, a “professional” trader may generate trading signals (for a fee, of course) for clients to act upon. However, you may be paying for a signal in which you do not know the rationale behind each…

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Forex Scams

“Buy my ‘End of the Rainbow’ system and you’ll be able to make at least 100,000,000%!!!” It’s like finding the end of a real rainbow but easier!! Guaranteed profit worth a hundred pots of gold with absolutely no risk! Don’t be a sucker! You’ve probably heard or seen something similar on TV ads, online pop-ups,…

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What Makes a Good Trader?

What separates good traders from bad traders? A good trader realizes that trading is patience, discipline, and requires a trading approach adapted to their specific psychological profile. A good trader concentrates on the PROCESS of trading, and not just on the result. Here’s a list of other things that good traders do: What Good Traders Do A good trader knows if they…

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How to Trade Using Heikin Ashi

How do you trade Heikin Ashi? As mentioned in a previous lesson, using a Heikin Ashi chart makes trends easier to identify. Heikin Ashi allows traders to look for the emergence of new trends or for the reversal of already existing trends. Here are five basic ways to use Heikin Ashi charts in your trading. 1. Green candlesticks signal an uptrend….

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Tips for Forex Trading Beginners

As a beginner, you’ve taken your first steps towards learning the basics of forex trading. But it only gets harder from here. Just like learning how to walk, you have to take baby steps, and in between, you will fall, but you get back up and press forward. If you’re trying your hand at forex trading for the…