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Scalping is the shortest time frame in trading and it exploits small changes in currency prices. [3] Scalpers attempt to act like traditional market makers or specialists. To make the spread means to buy at the Bid price and sell at the Ask price, in order to gain the bid/ask difference. This procedure allows for profit even when the bid and ...
A performance indicator or key performance indicator (KPI) is a type of performance measurement. [1] KPIs evaluate the success of an organization or of a particular activity (such as projects, programs, products and other initiatives) in which it engages. [2] KPIs provide a focus for strategic and operational improvement, create an analytical ...
The Pareto Chart demonstrates a power law relationship between the rank of a quality issue and that issue’s contribution to cost. This means one can find a linear relationship on a log-log plot. The purpose of the Pareto chart is to highlight the most important among a (typically large) set of factors. In quality control, Pareto charts are ...
A candlestick chart (also called Japanese candlestick chart or K-line[8]) is a style of financial chart used to describe price movements of a security, derivative, or currency. Stock price prediction based on K-line patterns is the essence of candlestick technical analysis. However, there are some disputes on whether the K-line patterns have ...
Several methods exist for calculating the pivot point (P) of a market. Most commonly, it is the arithmetic average of the high (H), low (L), and closing (C) prices of the market in the prior trading period: [3][page needed] P = (H + L + C) / 3. Sometimes, the average also includes the previous period's or the current period's opening price (O):
Trix (or TRIX) is a technical analysis oscillator developed in the 1980s by Jack Hutson, editor of Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities magazine. It shows the slope (i.e. derivative) of a triple-smoothed exponential moving average. [1][2] The name Trix is from " tri ple e x ponential." TRIX is a triple smoothed exponential moving ...
Stochastic oscillator. Stochastic oscillator is a momentum indicator within technical analysis that uses support and resistance levels as an oscillator. George Lane developed this indicator in the late 1950s. [1] The term stochastic refers to the point of a current price in relation to its price range over a period of time. [2]
DuPont analysis (also known as the DuPont identity, DuPont equation, DuPont framework, DuPont model, DuPont method or DuPont system) is a tool used in financial analysis, where return on equity (ROE) is separated into its component parts. Useful in several contexts, this "decomposition" of ROE allows financial managers to focus on the key ...