image Thought I check out the gap you mentioned, wasn't able to get the futures chart but something close that I could find, the SA ETF. And ya look at those gaps!

South African JSE ALSI

I'm trading the SMA as well among other factors. Based on your experience, would a higher SMA ie above 20 be better to cancel out the whipsaws?

Apple Bubble?

and i thought the bubble had burst during last week's mini flash crash haha we shall see how far up this will go

Apple Bubble?

That is quite a volatility you have there. BRICS=Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, list of emerging economies.

South African JSE ALSI

No I am not but I became interested in SA's stock market. Currently looking into emerging markets to invest in namely the BRICS.

South African JSE ALSI

so far i have not came across of any. i have seen if not wrong on saxobank

South African JSE ALSI

Thank you, will check it out!

COT Excel Tool - desegregated data

not sure if you can apply it countries but one sure indicator will be bailouts that was executed ie Greece bailout is a strong indication of the strength of the country's economy but whether they will default (bankrupt) is another matter

Bankruptcy of Eastman Kodak

image I know this is not a forex chart but the chart of the straits times index (basket of stocks on the Singapore Exchange) but the concept is the same. Based on the thread of price is everything, on of the easiest way to track price is through ...

Price is everything

I tell them to trade the trend, just follow it until otherwise... there are many indicators to tell the trend, one of the most simple and popular is moving averages.

One thing you would pass on

News trading can be tricky. I tried it when I first started trading. There used to be a forum discussing news releases some forex news trading or something. The thing about news trading is that the price can spike in one direction and quickly change ...

Central Banks & Big Players

The prices are used as the support and resistance level and in the point and figure chart the time factor is not so much of a consideration if I am not wrong. When I traded with FXCM a few years back they had this feature where you can generate the ...

Gold according to my vision

Just found out bout this thread, I am using COT legacy reports and have been incorporating the desegregated report as well, will take a look at the file you have posted.

COT Excel Tool - desegregated data

MAs is one of the simplest method to identify the trend.

Trading the Trend

Ya people getting paid for their opinions. Even though you maybe wrong show that you know what you are talking about... Think Jim Cramer

EURUSD

Yup you are right, the COT doesn't tell a thing about interventions or breaking news, that is why it is not suitable to use it for short term trading. Sometimes the reportables are take position way ahead of any news releases and sometimes they are ...

USD/JPY Discussion

image The commercials are net long and non-commercials are net short on the yen since around May last year. As with the latest data (CFTC Commitments of Traders Report) there are no significant changes and we can expect the USDJPY to go down ...

USD/JPY Discussion

try removing the indicator and installing it back to the directory. the indicator mght not be communicating with the shatterfield server to get the weekly numbers. I have not tried the COT synthetics but I am using the same idea in the COT Proxy

COT Weekly Trading Strategy

For the past few weeks it was the best time to short the euro, any euro currency pairs. It has been in a downtrend and a strong one at that. I guess it has to do with everything in the Eurozone right now. So I guess I am short biased at the moment.

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