The AAII Sentiment Survey, conducted weekly by the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII), is a widely followed contrarian trading indicator in the stock market. It measures individual investor sentiment by tracking the percentage of respondents who are...
“Your worst drawdown is always ahead of you…Will you survive trading the way you trade today?”Let’s be honest…Short trades feel like a pain.They’re harder to find.They often lose money.And they feel “wrong” because everyone tells you markets go up over time. So why do...
The True Strength Index (TSI) is a momentum oscillator trading indicator designed to identify overbought and oversold conditions in an asset, helping traders predict trend reversals. Developed by William Blau, the True Strength Index indicator uses a double smoothed...
Insider activity refers to buying and selling a company’s stock by individuals with privileged access to non-public information—typically executives, directors, or large shareholders, while not a trading indicator as such, insider activity can provide valuable...
Short update this week because I am travelling... I recently had a breakthrough—not in the markets, but in the garden. For a while now, I’ve been running an aquaponics setup at home. When it works, it’s brilliant: Fish produce waste, bacteria convert that waste into...
The Price Volume Trend trading indicator (PVT) is a technical analysis tool that combines price movement and trading volume to assess market sentiment. It functions similarly to the On Balance Volume (OBV) indicator but differs in adding or subtracting only a portion...
The Market Facilitation Index (MFI) trading indicator, developed by Bill Williams, captures the idea of how efficiently the market moves based on the index and volume relationship. Price movement tells us what is happening in trading, and trading volume hints at why,...
I just wrapped up a 23-day push-up challenge with my daughter. The goal? 3,124 push-ups to raise awareness for mental health in Australia. At first glance, it felt overwhelming. Over 3,000 push-ups? That’s a mountain of pain and effort. But the app broke it down into...
Most technical indicators and chart patterns focus on price or volume, but the Demand Index trading indicator does something different—it combines both to uncover what’s really driving market movement. Imagine you're at an auction. It’s not just the price, but how...
Floor trader pivots are one of the most widely used trading indicators for day trading. Developed by floor traders in the pits of the Chicago futures exchange, these pivot indicators help traders identify potential support and resistance levels, providing key turning...