Reading Assignments: Indicators

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#101 
1. What is MACD and how is it used?
	a. The MACD is an oscillating indicator, fluctuating above and below zero. It is both a trend-following and momentum indicator.
	b. Strategy:
		i. if MACD is mostly positiv -> uptrend; if MACD is mostly negative -> downtrend
		ii. fast line corss through and above slow line -> buy
		iii. slow line cross trouhgh and below slow line -> sell
	
2. What is the difference between MACD and RSI?
	a. RSI is also an oscillator but moves between 0-100
	b. above 70 asset is overbought
	c. below 30 asset is oversold
	d. in a uptrend the 50 level is used to indikate a buy signal - if RSI is below 50 and back -> buysignal
	
3. What is OBV and how is it used?
	a. On-Banlace Volume: compiles a lot of volume information to a single one-line indicator
	b. used to confirm trend -> uptrend: OBV should rise; downtrend -> OBV should fall
#102

A: Moving Average Convergence Divergence is an oscillating indicator, fluctuating above and below zero. It is both a trend-following and momentum indicator.

A: RSI the price is overbought and due for a correction when the indicator in the histogram is above 70, and viewing the price as oversold and due for a bounce when the indicator is below 30. macd is more for seing when the the trend has changed

A: On-Balance Volume [measures cumulative buying/selling pressure by adding the volume on up days and subtracting volume on down days.

#103
  1. What is MACD and how is it used?
  • The MACD is an oscillating indicator, fluctuating above and below zero. It is both a trend-following and momentum indicator.
  1. What is the difference between MACD and RSI?
  • The RSI is a signal line value that ranges between 0-100. it is in use to indicate whether an instrument is overbought or oversold.
  1. What is OBV and how is it used?
  • It is use to confirm trends by measuring the buy or sell pressure. It does that by displaying a cumulative sum.
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#104
1. What is MACD and how is it used?
  • Moving Average Convergence Divergence, an oscillator and momentum indicator
  • Values above zero suggest an up trend, values below a downtrend
  • Buy signals are indicated when the short duration (fast) moving average crosses above the long duration (slow) average; sell signals are when the fast average crosses below the slow average
2. What is the difference between MACD and RSI?
  • RSI is a scale from 0 to 100 with “over bought” signals above 70 and “over sold” signals below 30 (The RSI indicator on Tradingview uses 80 and 20)
  • Buy signals occur in an up trend when the RSI moves below 50 then rises back above 50; similarly in a downtrend short sell signals occur when the RSI moves above 50 then back below 50
3. What is OBV and how is it used?
  • An indicator of cumulative buy/sell pressure. Total volume is added when the price moved up during the interval and subtracted when the price moved down
  • Should confirm the trend- rising when price is rising, falling when price is falling- if not it may indicate a trend change
  • If price is rising and OBV is flat or falling it may indicate a top; vice-versa for a bottom
#105

  1. What is MACD and how is it used?
    MACD means Moving Average Convergence Divergence
    It follows a trend and is a momentum indicator. Indicators are the moments where The MACD moves above zero and a sell signal when it cross below zero.

  2. What is the difference between MACD and RSI?
    RSI has values between 0 and 100, the MACD fluctuate above and under 0.

  3. What is OBV and how is it used?
    On Balance Volume
    To make price predictions and confirm a trend. A rising trend should be backed by a growing OBV.

#106
  1. MACD is a trend-following and momentum indicator, has two average price lines over two different period of time and oscillate above and below zero. one of the line is faster and is called Signal. When the faster line crosses above slower line is signal to buy and vice-versa.
  2. RSI it provides some different information than the MACD, oscillate from 0 to 100. when the indicator is above 70, interpret the price as overbought and when the indicator is below 30, interpret the price as oversold
  3. OBV it is a volume information indicator compiling into a one-line indicator that measures cumulative buying/selling pressure.If OBV is rising and the price isn’t, is likely start rising, If the price is rising and OBV isn’t, the price may be near a top,and if the price is falling and OBV isn’t, the price could be nearing a bottom.
#107
  1. The MACD is an oscillating indicator, fluctuating above and below zero. It is both a trend-following and momentum indicator.
  2. The RSI is another oscillator, but because its movement is contained between zero and 100, it provides some different information than the MACD.
  3. The OBV indicator measures commulative buying/selling pressures by adding the volume on up days and subtracting volume on down days.
#108

1. What is MACD and how is it used?
It’s a trend fully momentum indicator, that shows the relationship between 2 EMA (Exponential Moving Average).
Those lines cross each other every now and then, every time they’re crossing each other it’s called MACD cross.
It’s always used in the company of RSI (Relative Strength Index).

2. What is the difference between MACD and RSI?
MACD indicator has fluctuating values above and below zero. It helps to indicate when could be a potential shift in the trend.
While RSI has values between 0 to 100. It helps to indicate 2 signals: Overbought when trend is below 30 and Oversold when trend is above 70.

3. What is OBV and how is it used?
On-Balance Volume, it compress a lot of volume information into a single one-line indicator.
It measures the cumulative buying/selling pressure by adding the volume on “up days” and subtracting volume on “down days”.

  • If OBV is rising and the price isn’t, price is likely to follow the OBV and start rising.
  • If price is rising and OBV is flat-lining or falling, price might be near to the top.
  • If price is falling and OBV is flat-lining or rising, price could be near to the bottom.
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#109

  • What is MACD and how is it used?
    Moving average convergence divergence used for trend following and momentum. It helps traders confirm whether its an up or down trend and assist with buy/sell trigger decision

  • What is the difference between MACD and RSI?
    Similar in helping understand trends and reversals. MACD fluctuates around zero, while RSI ranges between 0-100, with key points at 30, 50 and 70 (and below/above)

  • What is OBV and how is it used?
    On balance volume calculates the change between buy/sell volume to provide a trend indicator. It is used to confirm trends and determine price top/bottom

#110
  1. MACD is an oscillating indicator which fluctuates above and below zero. It follows the trend but also functions as a momentum indicator. for example I suppose that when the MACD forms a “hill-top” this would indicate that the trend is still up but the momentum starts to weaken and shift. Once the MACD crosses the zero it confirms the direction of the trend.
  2. The MACD works with moving averages an their crossings. The RSI indicates the momentum in the form of a a channel. Above and below the channel indicate that it’s either overbought or oversold. The range of the channel gets adjusted relative to the direction of the trend.
  3. OBV meassures trading volume. So if the chart moves up and this is reflected in the OBV this indicates that a lot of market participants are backing this move. Is the volume low it would indicate that maybe only few deep pockets are backing the price move
#111

MACD is a momentum indicator fast/slow. I like the histogram version so you can see when it shifts from red to green. Great for sporting volume reversals

RSI relative are the indicator is like the MACD since it’s an oscillator but it measures oversold/overbought. You can set it to 70/30 or any combination. I like 80/20 to show extremes 2 std Dev +

OBV is on balance volume. You can look at volume accumulation and sort your watch list by volume accumulation . +|- shares

#112

What is MACD and how is it used?

The Moving Average Convergence Divergence is an oscillating indicator, fluctuating above and below zero. It is both a trend-following an momentum indicator.

What is the difference between MACD and RSI?

The MACD analyses data from the outcome of engagement between two (could be several) moving averages, while the RSI measures price change in relation to recent price highs and lows from 0 to 100 and it working based on '‘oversold and overbought’'market.

What is OBV and how is it used?

It takes a lot of volume information and compiles it into a single one-line indicator. The indicator measures cumulative buying/selling pressure by adding the volume on up days and subtracting volume on down days.

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#113

  1. Moving Average Convergence Divergence.Potential buy signals occur when the MACD moves
    above zero, and potential sell signals when it crosses below zero.

  2. The MACD measures the relationship between two EMAs, while the RSI measures price change in
    relation to recent price highs and lows.

  3. On-Balance Volume. If OBV is rising and the price isn’t, price is likely to follow the OBV and start
    rising. If the price is rising and OBV is flat-lining or falling, the price may be near a top. If the price is falling and OBV is flat-lining or rising, the price could be nearing a bottom.

#114
  1. What is MACD and how is it used?

The MACD is an oscillating indicator, fluctuating above and below a zero line. Its said to be both a trend-following and momentum indicator. Its used to provide potential buy signals when the MACD moves above zero, and potential sell signals when it crosses below zero.
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2. What is the difference between MACD and RSI?

The RSI is an oscillator where its movement is contained between zero and 100; It differs from MACD in that it is said to provide market overbought and oversold conditions that indicates the market is due for a correction or for a bounce.

  1. What is OBV and how is it used?

OBV stands for On-Balance Volume and takes various types of volume information and compiles it into a single one-line indicator. This volume indicator is used to confirm trends. A rising price is usually accompanied by a rising OBV and a falling price usually is accompanied by a falling OBV.

#115

What is MACD and how is it used?

  • MACD = Moving Average Convergence Divergence and consist of 2 moving averages
  • The MACD is an oscillating indicator
  • crossing can indicate a entry signal
  • MACD lines above zero indicates a trend is likely Up
  • MACD Lines below zero indicates trend likely down

What is the difference between MACD and RSI?

  • RSI indicates Overbought >80 or oversold < 20.
  • the MACD only indicates trends and not overbought/oversold indication

What is OBV and how is it used?

  • The indicator measures cumulative buying/selling pressure by adding the volume on up days and subtracting volume on down days
  • can be used as a early indicator, OBV is rising and the price not ==> likely the price will start rising soon
  • If the price is rising and OBV is flat-lining or falling, the price may be near a top
  • If the price is falling and OBV is flat-lining or rising, the price could be nearing a bottom
#116
  1. MACD is an oscillating indicator – not totally sure what that means – but it gives two moving averages (one fast, one slow – I’m not sure how those are attained) 
 when they cross, its an indication to buy or sell, depending. Also, above zero for a long time is posistive and below zero is negative.
  2. because it gives you a range between 0 and 100 which you can say okay after 70 or whatever sell, after 30 or whatever buy. indicates overselling and overbuying as i understand.
  3. OBV – On balance volume. takes a lot of volume info and puts it into one, apparently. A high OBV, should signal an upswing, also the opposite.
#117

1 - What is MACD and how is it used?

Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) is used to illustrate the overall trend of an instrument, trending up or trending down. They can be used to indocate buy signals and sell signals moving averages lines cross over each other.

2 - What is the difference between MACD and RSI?

RSI indicates whether an item has been over sold, or over bought. MACD indicates overall market trend of an item.

3 - What is OBV and how is it used?

On Balance volume (OBV) takes a lot of volume information and compiles it into a single one-line indicator. The indicator measures cumulative buying/selling pressure by adding the volume on up days and subtracting volume on down days.

#118

  1. MACD Moving Average Convergence Indicator that shows the relationship between two moving averages of a security’s price

  2. MACD measure’s the relationship between two EMA’s, While the RSI measures price change in relation to recent price highs and lows.

  3. (OBV) On Balance Volume shows crowd sentiment that can predict a bullish or bearish market

#119

1. What is MACD and how is it used?
Moving Average Convergence Divergence – Oscillating indicator, fluctuating above and below zero. Consists of histogram and 2 lines (fast & slow). Up trend when MACD lines are above zero and down trend when below zero for a sustained period of time. When MACD goes above zero this is a buy signal and when it moves below zero this is a sell signal. There are additional buy or sell signals when the fast and slow lines cross.
2. What is the difference between MACD and RSI?
They are both oscillators but provide different information. RSI movement is contained between zero and 100
3/ What is OBV and how is it used?
On-Balance Volume – It measures cumulative buying/selling pressure by adding the volume on up days and subtracting volume on down days.

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#120
  1. Oscillating indicator: arround 0
    '> 0 => trend likely up -> potential buy signal
    < 0 => trend likely down -> potential sell signal
    Trend-following + momentum indiocator
    2 lines: fast + slow
    Fast cross to above slow => buy signal
    Fast cross to below slow => sell signal
  2. MACD: trend following + momentum indicator; pos: potential buy, neg: potential sell
    RSI: Overbought (>70%) / Oversold (<30%) indicator;
    Uptrend and drops short below 50% -> buy signal; Downtrend and short above 50% -> sell signal
  3. Single line volume indicator: up when positive volume, falling when negative volume; confirms a trend
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