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Volume, Bands and Where Price Traded

Beyond the price line: how much actually changed hands, at which prices, and how wide the market has been swinging while it did.

Who it is for
A reader who has the price chart read and wants the second dimension.
Before you start
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You will be able to

  • Say what a volume bar on a forex chart is actually counting
  • Read on-balance volume and the money flow index as flow, not as signals
  • Use VWAP as the day's average price, and say who watches it
  • Read a volume profile and name the price where most trading happened
  • Read Bollinger Bands as volatility, and say what a squeeze is
  • Say what Keltner channels measure that Bollinger Bands do not

15 papers

A short quiz after every paper; the next paper opens when you pass it.

  1. Unit 1

    How much changed hands

    1. 01What Is the Volume Indicator5 min
    2. 02What Is On-Balance Volume5 min
    3. 03What Is the Money Flow Index5 min
    4. 04What Is Open Interest4 min

  2. Unit 2

    At which price

    1. 05What Is VWAP5 min
    2. 06How to Trade With VWAP5 min
    3. 07What Is a Volume Profile5 min
    4. 08How to Read a Volume Profile5 min
    5. 09What Is Market Profile5 min

  3. Unit 3

    How wide it is swinging

    1. 10What Are Bollinger Bands5 min
    2. 11How to Trade a Bollinger Band Squeeze5 min
    3. 12What Are Keltner Channels5 min
    4. 13Bollinger Bands vs Keltner Channels5 min

  4. Unit 4

    Charts that hide the noise

    1. 14What Is a Heikin Ashi Chart5 min
    2. 15What Is a Renko Chart5 min