Binary Options Trading Charts – Why, What, How?
Binary Options Charts – Why, What, How? Financial analysis is divided into two main schools of thought: on the one hand, we have Technical Analysis and on the other hand we have Fundamental Analysis. Although opinions are divided about the profitability of one or the other, both have something in common – charts. Of course, fundamental analysts use charts less than technical analysts, but any trader is blind without a chart. It’s like trying to drive a car without seeing the road ahead. Unfortunately, Binary Options charts seem to be the least of the brokers’ worries and all they offer us are primitive and useless charting packages. Sometimes Binary Options charts are no larger than my cell phone screen, but brokers think we can use them to analyze an asset’s performance. Really?! Types of Binary Options Charts. Basically, charts are a graphical representation of an asset’s performance during a predefined period of time. This definition doesn’t apply only to Binary Options charts, but to all financial charts that track an asset’s movement. There are three main types of charts: Candlestick charts, Bar charts (also known as OHLC charts) and Line charts, most traders find trading with Candlestick charts the best. All of them have particularities and can be used for different purposes, but their main use is for analyzing how an asset moves and how it reacts to economic or financial news and support and resistance levels. Of course, we could argue that the same thing could be seen if we just watch the quotes, but tell me, how would you rather analyze the movement of an asset? Like this: 1.32433… 1.32476… 1.32498… 1.32391… 1.32330… 1.32156… or like this: Although I can understand the first string of numbers and I know they represent quotes, it’s far more useful to look at the chart and see how the prices behaved. In fact, in the early days of trading, prices were represented similar to my numbers above on paper printed by ticker tape machines and investors read the tape in order to get a feel of the market’s direction, if they wanted a chart they had to draw it themselves. This technique of trading is called "tape reading" but once technology advanced, trading evolved also and electronic charts appeared. When this happened people started to notice that prices made patterns and that chart patterns could be predicted. I mentioned three types of charts so let’s go into them in a bit more detail: Candlestick Charts. These were developed in feudal Japan and the "father" of the candlestick chart is considered to be Munehisa Homma, a rice trader who lived in Japan during the 18th century. A candlestick shows us the opening and closing price, but also the distance traveled during the period (open and close are usually different than high and low) and holds important insights into the market’s behavior because it tells the story of how prices moved during the period. For example, a long wick shows that initially the price traveled the entire distance but traders could not maintain enough pressure to close the price there and instead, the other side of the market took control and reversed the price. When you look at the chart Japanese Candlestick signals jump off the page in way that makes the bulls and bears look like pieces on a game board, all you have to do is read the.