Yearly Archives: 2023
Inflation
Written on November 22, 2023 at 12:23 am, by chiayee
Inflation refers to the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services in an economy increases over time. This is usually expressed as a percentage. The rise in prices results in weakened purchasing power per currency unit, as more money is needed to buy the same amount of goods and services. […]
Indices
Written on November 22, 2023 at 12:22 am, by chiayee
Indices refer to a group of stocks or other financial assets that are used as a benchmark to measure the performance of a particular sector or market. Indices can be traded through a variety of financial instruments, such as exchange-traded funds (ETFs), futures contracts, and options contracts. This allows traders to gain exposure to the […]
Ichimoku Cloud
Written on November 22, 2023 at 12:22 am, by chiayee
The Ichimoku Cloud, or Ichimoku Kinko Hyo, is a technical analysis tool used to identify support and resistance trends that can generate buy and sell signals, comprising five separate lines that provide different types of information about the market. 1) Tenkan-sen: The first line, a moving average of the highest high and lowest low over […]
Heikin-Ashi
Written on November 22, 2023 at 12:21 am, by chiayee
Heikin-Ashi is a type of chart used in technical analysis to filter out price noise, making it easier for traders to identify trends. It uses a modified candlestick chart formula of close-open-high-low (COHL) instead of open-high-low-close (OHLC). In a Heikin-Ashi chart, candlesticks in an upward trend are empty in colour and often only have a […]
Hanging Man Candlestick
Written on November 22, 2023 at 12:21 am, by chiayee
The Hanging Man candlestick, also known as the Hanging Man doji, is characterised by a single bearish candle with a small candle body, long upper wick, and short lower wick. It is formed when the open and close prices of a security are near the low of the period. It occurs due to strong selling […]
Hammer Candlestick
Written on November 22, 2023 at 12:20 am, by chiayee
The Hammer candlestick, also known as a Hammer doji, is characterised by a single bullish candle with a small candle body, short upper wick, and long lower wick. It is formed when the open and close prices of a security are near the high of the period. It occurs due to strong buying pressure when […]