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发表于 2008-5-8 07:20
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Hi Market,
I don't post charts with MACD or any other indicators here because I don't use those items with Elliott Wave trading. But, here is how I do use the MACD as a trading system:
The way most people use these indicators is to buy when there is a 'crossover' or take a bullish or bearish stance when there is a certain reading on some indicator. I don't really agree with that so much. What I'm concerned with is the 'trend' of the indicator, MACD specifically.
I first look at the daily MACD. Is the MACD trending up or down? Not the trend of price action, but of the MACD. In the example below of USD/JPY, the Daily MACD turned lower on 26 Feb, so I was looking for setups on the short side. The second step is to drill down to the 60 minute chart. Now I'm looking again at the trend of the MACD. Since the daily MACD is trending lower, I am looking to see that when the 60 minute MACD trends lower price action follows suit and heads lower as well. This just confirms the trend. Then I look for the MACD to turn higher and begin an uptrend. When I see this, I look up to the price chart and what I'm looking for is price to be moving horizontal rather than following the MACD up. When I see this consolidation I just bracket the highs and lows of that consolidation. When price breaks lower, I go short with a 50 point target for 1/2 of my position and a 100 point target for the 2nd 1/2. When the first 50 point target is hit, I move my remaining stops to breakeven. The original stops are placed just above the highs of the horizontal range.
The second chart shows the same setup using a weekly/daily chart combination for longer swing trades. There aren't too many of these, but when a setup does occur, a nice trade usually follows.
The daily/60 minute system usually gives about 2 to 5 signals a month and so far has been pretty reliable.Attached Thumbnails
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