Global equity markets in 1996 were in a very bullish mood and that included the JSE. It was in the time leading up to the Dot.com bubble at the end of that decade. I was trading big time in JSE ALSI Futures for my personal...
We are entering 2018 on a very positive note on world markets. Tax cuts in the US will most probably fuel equity markets higher. However the years ending with an 8 did not augur well for markets in the last few decades. The number 8 has...
The last in our series on Introduction to Technical Analysis is Minor trend change indicators. They are very useful indicators of short-term changes in the price trends of securities and are mainly used by day traders and short-term speculators. There are four of these indicators...
Like MACD, discussed in the previous Blog in the series on Technical Analysis, Stochastics is a frequently used oscillator. The formula looks complicated, but using it to trade is far simpler. For the serious technical analyst: The Stochastic Oscillator compares where a security’s price closed relative to...
Ending off our Men's Month series this November, is our very own Head of Sanlam iTrade, Gerhard Lampen. Gerhard is a well-known and respected member of the Sanlam community who created, designed and currently manages Sanlam Private Wealth's online share trading business, Sanlam iTrade. What most...
This week's Men's Month post looks at Daniel Lossy, founder and creator of International Markets Trading Institute With a BCom Honours from the University of Cape Town, a Post Graduate Diploma in Management Practice from UCT-GSB a Master of Science in Financial Services from University...
Although the MACD is a more complex mathematical indicator, its application is relatively simple. For the serious technical analyst: The Moving Average Convergence/Divergence indicator is calculated by subtracting the value of a 26 period exponential moving average from the 12 period exponential moving average. The 12 and...
Using moving averages can be very helpful to investors to time purchases and sales. It also helps to smooth daily volatility. What is a moving average? Adding the latest day’s price and subtracting the first day’s price of the chosen period to calculate the simple moving average....
With so much of the new month focusing on #Movember, we at Sanlam iTrade are labelling it the unofficial 'Men's Month' and are using this opportunity to highlight and honour men who have excelled in business. First up is Kokkie Kooyman. Kokkie obtained a B.Com degree...
Wedges: Wedges develop similar to triangles, however the fourth minor reversal of the major trend is such that both minor trend boundary lines slope either up or down. A rising wedge is a bearish pattern where both boundary lines slope up. Prices usually break out...
