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It has been at least 6 months or longer on these 3 indices since there has been a positive MACD cross. May just be indicating a positive turn for a while on the markets.
Possible sticking point tomorrow?? According to an Ichimoku Kinko Hyo chart, the XAO is now at a point of resistance (see blue cloud above today's price action). The clous represents a dynamic region of support/resistance.
Not all corrective wave patterns are 3 waves. There are more complicated correctives such as triangles (5 waves), double & triple zig-zags. double & triple 3s... and there is nothing to stop a impulse on a down leg.Tech, couple of questions. Doesnt EW generally only involve 3 waves down? Layman speak.
Also out of interest, do you ever add geometry to your EW?
The lagging Chikou span (jagged purple line) is simply the price action displaced backwards by 26 days.
in that case is it just another line for the sake of another line??
I worked for a short time at an EW software firm as trader and had a minor hand in writing their EW course. (It was well dodgy financially, so I left.)I never knew you used EW Wayne? Is it one of the things you studied on your way to establishing your trading plan, or something you actually use day to day? Guess the former from observation.
Cheers
Also saw him talk about Frank Dilernia (something like that) and his Fibonnaci pivots Wayne.
(Don't forget that this line represents the price action from 26 days into the future
By and large, the calculations for ichimoku charts are similar
to moving average techniques but use the historical highs and
lows rather than a series of closing prices.
An ichimoku chart is a trend-following system with an indicator
similar to moving averages. What makes it unique, however,
is found in the strategy to time-shift the trendlines to the
past for the delayed line and to the future for the preceding
lines.
The time spans of nine, 26, and 52 may be changed for the
current markets, as securities are not currently traded on
Saturday.
Note the key time spans of nine, 26, and 52 days in his
formulas. The time span of 26 days would correspond to the
number of business days (Saturdays included) in one month
when this charting method was devised and tested. So the time
horizons of nine, 26, and 52 days represent a week and half; a
month; and two months, respectively.
Some other values of these time spans may be more predictive
when the chart is used in today’s markets.
Ichimoku Charts by Ken Muranaka
Cloud charts are messy looking but each line has its place. The Japanese have been using Cloud charts since the 1960s. The process took 20 years to perfect starting in the 1940s; it is still commonly used in Japanese markets today. The cloud charts also use wave analysis btw. At a basic level, the study looks for stalling points within a larger move 9, 18 and 26 days ahead. They combine this with the thickness of the cloud plotted 26 days ahead of today's price action to see if the cloud and wave will give an idea of when the market is likely to change trend. Ichimoku day counts are plotted from intermediate his/lows and look for clusters similar to Fibo. However, the study uses a Timespan principle of 9, 18, 26, 33, 42, 65, 76, 129, 172 and 257
Regarding the Chikou span, take a look at my original chart once more. See how the Chikou crosses through the candles on or about the 5th Oct 2007. Now from that point on, trace the line with your eye and tell me what happens each time it hits a candle cluster? (Don't forget that this line represents the price action from 26 days into the future.)...I can count four times where the Chikou has faithfully respected the candles as resistance; and very obviously so. So potentially, it is more than just another line; if it works well on a stock/index (its not always so obvious), it might help us determine how bullish or bearish our posture.
some ichimoku cycles as applied to XAO in pic below (we take the bars) -
Here are some ( no exotic sounding names )
Moving Averages
A 9 period and a 26 period EMA
BUT
Both shifted forwards 26 bars
motorway
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