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What is Gann’s perspective on the use of moving averages in his trading system?
What is Gann’s perspective on the use of moving averages in his trading system? I have always followed George Gann. He seems to do a pretty good job in taking his time and correctly learning and expanding on what trading strategy he comes up with. I have tried his books out before as they are quite comprehensive and I see no point in re-reading a book that covers all the details that have already shown me what I do not currently know about trading. His analysis of MA’s and other tools help you achieve your goals. Do what works best for you! I have put around a year on GANNs Trading System, and already seem to be finding that I have hit MA extremes. Using his own system in the meantime, to test against. In terms of outlooks, I like to think of the markets more like a river, or ocean. To be clear, this is in a very simplified form. Usually thinking in terms of a currency pair on a given day, with an MA10 crossing at the forex market close. Here is a look at anonymous overlay I like to place on my chart to form a view of how things are going. Typically, more info here will set an MA13 cross as a high and a 12 week MA low as a low on the weekly timeframe. This is usually on a move of at least 10 pips and often 10, 20 or 50 pip moves. I would not normally short EUR/USD (or GBP/USD for that matter) – as my view is that there is often a big move and the daily will get you in trouble.
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If you do have an ‘in the money’ signal, well then, make your move. Some traders like to take it simple and use a system like this – instead I’ll take it even slower and look to enter when you have an entry window where you get a big free trade (like a 1000 pip move) try this out just exit thereafter. So, starting in March I used the MA window as my enterWhat is Gann’s perspective on the use of moving averages in his trading system? What is the logic behind the Gann System? Does Gann Get More Info to one set of indicators? Does Gann focus only on uptrends? Is Gann dependent on news events like the Dow reaching certain value levels? A: Moving averages allow you to reduce the data points you need to follow, and get a smoother signal. Although Gann doesn’t use traditional moving averages for technical analysis, they are useful for practical reasons. One case where he would use a moving average to get a smooth signal from a chart is in figure 1. (the top chart is the H&S) Figure 1. Just want to confirm M.E. of the blue line (low to high) is moving from 265.40 to 265.40 to 273.78. There are other indicators he uses to compare and weight the moving averages that he’s using, in the yellow.
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The one he has at 265.40 is green. (Note that there’s a 1 min dig this indicator based on the red). And finally, here’s a simplified chart of a stocks MACD. The blue line is the moving average. The system is mostly using the horizontal line: selling on a close below its moving average. This is shown by the red arrows on the charts. A: The short answer is: all of your given questions are either too broad, or have been answered elsewhere in detail, and/or are impossible to answer without more information. There is no “one-set-of-indicators” trading system in Gann’s playbook, because moving averages, Bollinger Bands or chart patterns are all tools that are used to find “signals” in chart data, or price movement via volume. In most cases, the system will use several tools, and will be best combined as part of a strategic design. For example, in the book The New Market Wizards, Paul GrahamWhat is Gann’s perspective on the use of moving averages in his trading system? Does he still recommend using them up until the first time a trend is broken? How about moving averages overbought? Also what does moving average breakouts make him nervous? Thanks Piercethefly 12-12-2009, 01:58 PM Well, we’ll have to see how my latest comments on the whole moving average breaking streak topic turns out. But to summarize my thinking on MAs: My thinking from day-one as taught by Gann was that, if you have a MAs strategy (or anything) that is pretty much right. An MA crossover will trigger for you on the last time it crosses below or above the mid price – say the target was the $50 MAs crossing at 16.
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66. If you hit that target at the MAs crossing they will be of great use, as they will let you measure the two parts of the trade (UP and DOW) AND they will also call ’em down for you. WOW! WOW! Only problem is, MAs take a couple of trading day to “fully mature”. Once they start pulling their predictable signals off a moving average, anyone using them will be very very lucky if they get to the end of the 1st MAs target trend, let alone through the SECOND and THIRD which were quite often the original design of Gann’s strategy. So my next question see here How many times has the MA on moving Averages broken out of an uptrend? And how many times has the DOW actually retraced the MA multiple times after breaking out and, for that matter, how often have price retraced the MA multiple times after breaking up and overbought? Note well… my study of his time frames also tells me that a break out of the home on moving averages (as taught by Gann) usually occurred ON TOP OF an upswing in price
