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Most technical indicators uncover and exploit the price patterns on the charts and make assumptions, suggestions, and predictions of the next price movement accordingly. However, price is only half the story. The measure of activity behind price movement is key. It is the crescendo and diminuendo of ‘market noise’ which holds the key. In other words - volume
For the traders of the past, tape reading was all they had, reading volume and price as the ticker tape punched out the last price and associated volume, a powerful approach we still use today with the Quantum tick volumes indicator.
But now, with the Quantum VPOC ( volume point of control) indicator we have taken the analysis of volume and price to a higher level, which both compliments and expands the VPA relationship. Whilst the Quantum tick volumes indicator considers the relationship between a single volume bar and its associated candle, the Quantum VPOC indicator analyses the density...
The combination of poor retail sales and a worse than expected Trade Balance number has resulted in a unanimous sell of Aussie overnight, with big moves across all the AUD pairs.Now focus shifts to the UK, US & Canada. First up is GBP with an interest rate decision from the BOE and statement. Market not expecting any change, but statement will be interesting given recent run of poor PMI. On the GBP matrix of six pairs we monitor cable's recent reversal off the VPOC indicator for MT4 at 1.5145 has now stalled & is waiting for today's news.Of the others GBP/JPY has been in consolidation and testing the deep resistance at the 190.71 area. And of the three GBP commodity pairs, all look pretty similar and testing key resistance levels with the trend monitor below confirming the bearish picture at present.
The decision, as always, is whether to sit out the news, or if you are already in a trade whether...
In a relatively quiet day of trading in the forex markets with both the UK and Japan closed for public holidays, it's been the Canadian dollar which has moved significantly during the session, and picking up the longer term bearish tone once again. In early trading, the pair moved in a tight range, before finally breaking through the platform of support in the 1.2145 area and continuing lower to currently trade at 1.2095 at the time of writing. The price action has now continued lower with the volume point of control indicator (VPOC indicator MT4) remaining firmly in place above in the 1.2110 area on the 30 minute chart, and signalling further downside momentum in due course.
The trend monitor has remained firmly red throughout the trading session, and with the currency strength indicator to the left confirming further strength for the CAD and weakness for the USD, the volume point of control (VPOC) is likely to move to the next...
