Plain-English guides to technical indicators, settings, chart behavior, and practical trading rules for trend following and breakout strategies.
The Volatility Stop sets trailing exits that widen in volatile markets and tighten in quiet ones. A practical guide with real chart examples and settings.
How to use the VIX Fix to build a synthetic fear gauge on any stock, ETF, or forex pair using only price data. Formula, signals, and traps.
Donchian Channel Width tracks range expansion and contraction to help traders spot breakout setups before directional moves begin. Formula and practical usage.
How to use Volume Rate of Change (VROC) to detect abnormal volume acceleration, filter false breakouts, and confirm price moves before they develop.
Network momentum uses cross-asset lead-lag relationships to improve time-series momentum strategies. How to identify which futures markets lead or lag.
How Fractal Chaos Bands use fractal highs and lows to define market boundaries and signal breakout conditions in real time.
The Volume Zone Oscillator classifies volume as bullish or bearish using zone thresholds. Learn to read VZO zones and filter trades by volume direction.
Yang-Zhang volatility combines overnight, open-close, and Rogers-Satchell components into the most efficient OHLC-based estimator. Full formula and examples.
Rogers-Satchell volatility removes drift bias from OHLC data. Learn the formula, worked examples, and when it beats close-to-close estimates.
Chaikin Volatility measures whether trading range is expanding or contracting. Learn what the signal means, how to calculate it, and where it misleads.