⚡ MACD — A trend-tracking monster!
Want to ride the trend and detect momentum changes early? MACD reveals everything.
👉 Learn how to detect reversals, trend strength, and hidden divergence professionally 📉📈
Welcome to Episode 15 of:
"Understand indicators like a professional" 🔍
Today's topic: MACD — The secret to reading trend and momentum at the same time!
🧠 What is the MACD indicator?
MACD = the difference between exponential moving averages
Shows you when the trend starts, weakens, or reverses.
Consists of 3 main elements:
MACD line = the difference between fast EMA and slow EMA
Signal line = average of 9 candles of the MACD line
Histogram = the difference between MACD and signal line (as bars)
🔥 Why is MACD so powerful?
Confirms the trend direction
Reveals momentum strength
Discover divergences (early reversal signs)
Excellent in clearly trending markets
🚀 How to use MACD like professionals:
✅ 1. Crossover strategy
MACD crosses the signal line from below → Buy signal
MACD crosses from above → Sell signal
✅ Combining it with support/resistance or volume increases accuracy
✅ 2. Discovering divergence
Price makes new highs but MACD makes lower highs = negative divergence
Price makes new lows but MACD makes higher lows = positive divergence
📈 Excellent tools for predicting trend reversals
✅ 3. Reading the histogram
If the volume of the bars increases = momentum is increasing
If the bars have decreased = momentum weakens
📉 Use it to detect the beginning of the trend's end before the price moves
⚠️ Common mistakes:
❌ Using MACD in sideways markets = many false signals
❌ Ignoring trading volume — Must have confirmation
❌ Reacting to every crossover without understanding the context
📌 Next episode: Stochastic RSI — Double strength for accurate signals 🔄🔁
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