Measuring and trade planning

Price range and date range

Two quick measuring tools: the price range shows the distance between two prices (and in percent), the date range shows the number of candles and the time between two points.

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Идея простыми словами

Often you only need one dimension: how tall a range is (for a breakout target), or how long a pattern or a pause has lasted.

Как считается

Click a start and an end point. The price range shades the band between the two prices across the chart; the date range shades the period between the two times.

Price range = end price − start price (and ÷ start price × 100 in percent)
Date range = candles and time between the two points

Как использовать

  • Measure a trading range to project a breakout target (the range's height added to the breakout level).
  • Compare how long consolidations lasted before earlier breakouts.

Выводы

  • A breakout from a range often travels about the height of the range.

Пример

A range in GBPUSD from 1.2650 to 1.2800 is 150 pips tall; a close above 1.2800 projects to about 1.2950.

Цены в примерах приведены для иллюстрации.

На что обратить внимание

  • Measured moves are a rule of thumb, not a promise.

Немного истории

Basic measuring tools found in every charting platform.

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