🎌 Starting Your Trading Journey at TradingCenter

"Trading success is the result of thorough learning and consistent training."

TradingCenter offers a wide range of educational and training resources to help you embark on your trading journey. Explore unique market research, trading signals powered by exclusive technical analysis models, in-depth trading reviews, and much more.

① LEARNING SECTION

Lifelong learning, a sharp analytical mindset, and disciplined risk management are the cornerstones of long-term trading success.

Blending Fundamentals and Technicals

As a general rule, always think like an investor and act like a trader.

• Think like an investor → by emphasising fundamental analysis

• Act like a trader → by performing technical analysis

All investment decisions should be based on fundamentals, while the timing and price for entering specific positions should rely on technical analysis. 🔗 The Technical Analysis Guide

Fundamental vs Technical Analysis

In a sense, fundamental analysis represents the “brains” of the market, while technical analysis reflects market psychology. Fundamental analysis helps identify fair value and profitable trades, whereas technical analysis focuses on the right timing for entering positions.

⇒ Fundamentals show your destination, while technical analysis tells you when to begin the journey and when to return home.

Fundamentals are definitely more important for the long term, while technical analysis is more relevant for the short term. Both types of analysis are essential for making the right trading decisions. 🔗 More: » Fundamental Analysis | » Technical Analysis

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CVD (Cumulative Volume Delta) Indicator

CVD is a strong volume-based indicator that tracks cumulative volume changes from buy and sell aggressors over a set period. You can combine CVD signals with other technical analysis tools to find more reliable market entries.

The Importance and Predictive Ability of Trading Volume

Volume is a key piece of information that most market participants often underestimate. In general, price action and volume should move in harmony. Any divergence between the two can be an early signal of unstable market conditions. For example, a major trend reversal or breakout should always be backed by strong volume. If a breakout happens without significant volume, it may not hold. Likewise, a market top or bottom should be confirmed by a clear surge in volume. If a price tops with only moderate volume, the market is likely in a re-accumulation phase rather than a distribution phase.

Wyckoff argued that when price action and volume move together, it shows an established trend with a high chance of continuing. But if price and volume move randomly, the trend is more likely to consolidate or even reverse. This is why volume is so important, and why volume-based indicators like CVD can be useful in confirming any bullish or bearish outlook.

Read more: CVD (Volume-Based Indicator)

 LEARNING

Education and training are both necessary to build expertise and trade successfully in the global financial markets. TradingCenter offers a wide range of fundamental and technical educational resources, along with trading strategies and money management techniques.

Trading Success Starts with Lifelong Learning

Lifelong learning, an analytical mind, and strict risk management rules are essential for achieving trading success.

Market analysis requires a combination of fundamental and technical analysis. Together, these approaches form a complete framework for assessing the global financial market. Fundamental analysis helps identify trading opportunities and forecast overall market direction, while technical analysis assists in timing when to open and close positions. Technical analysis cannot predict price movements, but it is essential for placing orders at the right time. Ultimately, implementing a trading strategy with clearly defined setups and strict money management rules is crucial for achieving long-term success.

① Fundamental Analysis Section

Fundamental analysis is a method for evaluating the intrinsic value of financial assets by examining economic, financial, and strategic factors. It relies on observing and analyzing economic and other “hard” data that influence market supply and demand.

TradingCenter's Fundamental Analysis Section:

• Introduction to Fundamental Analysis
• Understanding and Managing Investment Risks
  
• Key Categories of Financial Ratios
• A Comprehensive Guide to Stock and Industry Valuation (Supplementary resources in the Equity Trading section)
• Commitments of Traders (COT) Report
• Government Bonds and Their Relationship with Equity and Forex Markets

🔗 More about Fundamental Analysis

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The Platinum Sequence of Numbers

This analysis uncovers a useful numerical sequence for trading global financial markets, based on a combination of Fibonacci numbers, prime numbers, and Fibonacci ratios.

Starting with the Fibonacci sequence, then incorporating prime numbers, and combining them while maintaining perfect harmony (2.62/6.85).

🌀 The Basic Fibonacci Sequence

The Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers where each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers.

🧮 The sequence's first numbers:

• 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987, 1597, 2584, 4181, 6765, 10946, 17711, 28657, 46368, 75025, 121393, 196418, 317811, 514229, 832040, 1346269…

Main Features:

• Each number equals the sum of the previous two (e.g., 3 = 2 + 1 and 5 = 3 + 2).

• Each number is about 1.618 times the preceding number (e.g., 233 ÷ 144 ≈ 1.618).

• Each number is about 0.618 of the next number (e.g., 144 ÷ 233 ≈ 0.618).

Why Are Fibonacci Numbers Important?

Financial markets often form historical highs and lows near Fibonacci numbers. In particular, the 0.618 and 1.618 ratios are among the most important in trading.

⏪ Backtesting on the Dow Jones Industrial (1928–2016)

In my 2018 book Trading World Markets Using Phi and the Fibonacci Numbers, I examined Dow Jones Industrial record highs from October 1928 to April 2016.

As shown in the following table, there were many instances where the DJIA reached a record high close to a Fibonacci number.

Read more: Trading with Fibonacci Primes -The Platinum Sequence of Numbers

Trading “naked” means using clean charts without any technical indicators. Clean charts can be helpful, but they require precise identification of price zones. These zones are general areas of support and resistance where prices are likely to consolidate or even reverse.

Read more: Trading Naked Charts & Price Zones

⚙️ PriceMomentum: Introducing a New Chart Type from TradingCenter

A PriceMomentum chart improves a regular price chart by adding key features like intraday momentum and market volatility, giving traders a clearer view ️for stronger chart analysis.

️〽️ The PriceMomentum Chart: A First Look

PriceMomentum was created by Giorgos Protonotarios to offer a new way of looking at chart analysis. This chart type focuses on percentage changes rather than absolute prices. It also uses an algorithm that factors in market volatility and shifts in periodic momentum. It brings together three key elements:

• Periodic Percentage Change (%)

• Bullish/Bearish Periodic Momentum

• Volatility (measured by the daily high-to-low range)

Basic Features:

• Focuses on percentage gains/losses while ignoring price levels

• Closer to a logarithmic chart than a standard price chart

• Combines price action with intraday momentum and volatility, making it more accurate near market tops and bottoms

• Very sensitive to momentum shifts, especially when paired with high volatility (often seen near tops/bottoms)

• Technical analysis patterns and formations remain fully valid on a PriceMomentum chart

• Moving averages can be applied as usual

Read more: PriceMomentum Chart: A New Perspective to Chart Analysis