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Stochastic Oscillator Indicator

In short: A stochastic oscillator is an indicator comparing a closing price to a range of prices over a certain period of time. It is used to generate overbought and oversold trading signals. Developed by George C. Lane in the late 1950s, the Stochastic Oscillator is a momentum indicator that shows the location of…

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Ichimoku Cloud Indicator

In short: The Ichimoku Cloud are 5 of indicators that show support and resistance levels, as well as momentum and trend direction. It also uses these figures to produce a “cloud” which attempts to forecast where the price may find support or resistance in the future. What is the Ichimoku Cloud Indicator? The Ichimoku Cloud…

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Fibonacci

In short: Fibonacci retracements are based on the key numbers identified by mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci in the 13th century. Fibonacci’s sequence is expressed as ratios, between the numbers in the series. Fibonacci Retracements are ratios used to identify potential reversal levels. These ratios are found in the Fibonacci sequence. The most popular Fibonacci…

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OCADO GROUP

Ocado Group plc operates as an online grocery retailer in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Ocado Retail, UK Solutions & Logistics, and International Solutions. It sells general merchandise products on its Ocado.com; and operates Fetch, a pet store, as well as Sizzle, a kitchen…

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the Smart Money Index (SMI)

In short: SMI is an index of orders in the last half hour compared to the first half hour. The Smart Money Index, or Smart Money Flow Index, was popularized by Don Hayes in the 1990s and seeks to understand what the “smart money” is doing relative to the “dumb…

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Shopify Inc (again?)

Sector: TechnologyIndustry: Software—ApplicationFull Time Employees: 7,000 Shopify Inc., a commerce company, provides a commerce platform and services in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Latin America, and internationally. The company’s platform provides merchants to run their business in various sales channels, including web and mobile storefronts, physical retail locations, pop-up shops,…

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TA (Technical Analysis)

In short: Technical Analysis is trying to predict the direction of prices through the study of market data via graphics. Primarly price and volume. Behavioral economics and quantitative analysis use many of the same tools of technical analysis, which, being an aspect of active management, stands in contradiction to much of modern portfolio theory. The efficacy…

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Waarde-belegging ? / Value-investing ?

Wat is fundamenteel beleggen en wat is waarde-beleggen? (What is value-investing? – English translation below) Vandaag kregen wij een interessant stuk te lezen. Het is de kwartaalbrief van Pure Value Captital de zij naar hun deelnemers sturen om ze op de hoogte te houden van wat er met hun geld…

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Trendlines

In short: Trendlines are used in TA to quickly point out the general direction of a stockprice by connecting the highs and the lows. Unlike horizontal support and resistance, trendlines are diagonal or slanted areas of value. Trendlines do behave like support and resistance in that price action can be confined…

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ENPHASE ENERGY

Enphase Energy, Inc., (ENPH) together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells home energy solutions for the solar photovoltaic industry in the United States and internationally. The company offers semiconductor-based microinverter, which converts energy at the individual solar module level, and combines with its proprietary networking and software technologies…

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