How to Measure Breakout Strength
The strength of the breakout, traders already know whether it is trading with a breakout strategy and the indicators that can be used to detect it. Likewise, you already know that prices are consolidating in a certain period then there are two possibilities that: The price will move in reverse (reversal breakout) The price will move to continue the previous movement (Continuation breakout) There are several ways to determine the strength of the breakout so that the trader will not open a position in the wrong direction. Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD) MACD is one of the most common indicators used by forex trading and for good reason. It is simple but reliable and can help traders find momentum, and in this case, lack of momentum! MACD can be displayed in a number of ways but one of the "sexiest" ways is to view it as a histogram. What this histogram does is actually show the difference between the slow and fast MACD lines. When the histogram gets bigger, it mea...