Defined in the October 1980 issue of Commodities magazine (now known as Futures magazine) by mathematician Donald Lambert, the Commodity Channel Index, or CCI, is a momentum oscillator – momentum measures the rate of change of a financial instrument. Since its inception, the indicator increased in popularity and is now a common tool for traders … Continue reading The Commodity Channel Index: The Basics
Born in 1932, Bill Williams is a US-based trader and the author of a number of books on trading, and also the gentleman behind the Awesome oscillator indicator (AO). In addition to this, Williams is the creator of other well-known technical indicators, such as the Accelerator oscillator, Alligator, Fractals, Gator oscillator and the Market Facilitation … Continue reading Measure Market Momentum Using the Awesome Oscillator
The history of trading bands, envelopes and channels is long and interesting. In the years since the creation of Bollinger Bands in 1983, a number of adaptive bands were created. Chief among them were Keltner Channels, introduced by Chester Keltner in the 1960s. This technical indicator is similar to Bollinger Bands, though rather than using … Continue reading Simplify Your Trading with Bollinger Bands
