A Three Dimensional Approach To Forex Trading: Using the power of relational, fundamental and technical analysis (Anna Coulling, 2013)
Potential correlate markets (secondary following)
- Gold ∝ US dollar
- WTI oil ∝ USD/CAD
- WTI oil ∝ USD/NOK
- WTI oil = CAD/JPY
- Copper = S&P 500
- Nikkei 225 = USD/JPY
- EUR/JPY = S&P 500
- Nikkei 225 = S&P 500
- VIX ∝ S&P 500
Key indexes
- VIX, CBOE
- CRB, Commodity Research Bureau
- CCI, Commodity Channel Index
- TED spread: difference of the three-month Treasury bill and the three-month LIBOR
- Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS): protection against inflation
Currency
- Weak currency good for export and bad for import.
- Rising inflation signals economic health, but may also lead to inflow from overseas which strengthen the home currency.
Data to be used
- GDP
- CPI
- Employment data and NFP
- PPI
- PMI
- Trade balance
- Retail sales
- Housing data
- US pending home sales
- Building permits
- Loans and mortgage data
- Composite indices
- CB Consumer confidence index
Candle stick
- The hammer: small top, long bottom wick: reverse bottom
- Shooting star: small bottom, long top wick: reverse top
- Doji: small middle, long top and bottom wick: stagnant
- Bearish engulfing: small up candle followed by a long down candle, both with wick
- Bullish engulfing: small down candle followed by a long up candle, both with wick
- Tweezer top: 2 candle with long top wick: reverse top
- Tweezer bottom: 2 long candle with long bottom wick: reverse bottom
- Hanging man: very small body with long bottom wick: reverse top
- Inside bar: large bar followed by small bar: continuation
- Long wick for small bar: reversal
Indicators
- Simple moving average (SMA): 15 SMA crosses 50 SMA = reversal
- Bollinger band: where the price is moving next
- Fibonacci: reversal at 61.8%
- Elliot wave
- MACD: cut the graph = reversal
- RSI: cut top or bottom line = reversal
- Ichimoku: cloud above market = bearish, cloud below market = bullish, thin cloud = reversal, thick cloud = strong trend

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