"FOREX PROFITS WITH MACD"

DETAILED COURSE CONTENT

(over 6 hours running time)

Module I

• Introduction
• Why MACD?
• Course format
• Content overview
• Key trading principles
• Footnote - nomenclature

Module II

• What is a MACD crossover? (Example 1 – bullish)
• What is a MACD crossover? (Example 2 – bearish)
• Three types of MACD crossover
• ‘Weak’ and ‘strong’ crossovers
• Application #1: Anticipating MA crossovers
• MACD crossover with Guppy ‘bowtie’
• Application #2: Validating chart reversal patterns
• 123 bottom with MACD crossover
• Application #3: Validating reversal candle patterns
• MACD crossover with reversal candle (hammer)
• Application #4: Confirming strategic support/resistance
• MACD crossover confirming Trend Channel support/resistance
• Application #5: Validating trendline breaks on price
• MACD crossover with TDTL analysis – USD/CAD
• Application #6: Confirming completion of prior price projections
• MACD crossover confirmation example
• Application #7: Corroborating readings on other indicators
• MACD crossover corroboration example
• Application #8: Drawing trendlines on MACD
• MACD trendline break corroborating price trendline break
• Module recap/conclusions

Module III

• What is a ‘counter-trend pullback’?
• What MACD does in a pullback
• What a counter-trend pullback looks like
• Technique #1: Spotting pullbacks with multiple timeframe analysis
• Daily and 180m chart example side-by-side
• Technique #2: Spotting pullback with Moving Average analysis
• Spotting pullbacks with two MACD settings
• Example using two MACD panels to spot pullbacks
• Trading the resolution of a pullback
• Trading pullbacks with MACD continuation crossovers
• Trading pullbacks with validated trendline breaks
• Trading pullbacks with an EMA crossover on the same timeframe
• Trading pullbacks with low level signal confluence
• Module recap/conclusions

Module IV

• What is divergence?
• Step 1: Find ‘swing points’ on MACD and/or the histogram
• Step 2: Draw trendlines on MACD
• Ascending tops and bottoms on MACD
• Step 3: Draw trendlines on price
• Connecting swing points on MACD and price to signal divergences
• Slant vs. peak-to-peak divergence
• What is positive divergence?
• Standard positive divergence
• Inverted positive divergence
• What is negative divergence?
• Standard negative divergence
• Inverted negative divergence
• Why divergence sometimes doesn’t work
• Entry strategies that can be used with divergence
• Entry strategy #1: First higher/lower close beyond second swing point
• Entry strategy #2: Flip of histogram to opposite side of the Waterline
• Entry strategy #3: Trendline break on a lower timeframe
• Entry strategy #4: Moving average crossover on a lower timeframe
• Entry strategy #5: Signal confluence on a lower timeframe – part A (60m chart)
• Entry strategy #5 (cont’d): Part B - 15m chart
• Module recap/conclusions

Module V

• MACD Trend Cycle – introduction
• Preface – sample chart setup
• Event #1: MACD crosses the Trigger line
• Chart example
• Event #2: MACD attains Angle & Separation
• Chart example
• Event #3: MACD crosses the Waterline
• Chart example
• Drill-down to 180m chart to find the dip
• Event #4: MACD clears the histogram
• Chart example
• Event #5: Histogram forms divergence to MACD
• Chart example
• Event #6: MACD crosses over in reverse direction
• Chart example
• Module recap/conclusions

Module VI

• What is MACD neutralization?
• What MACD neutralization looks like – DOWN move on price (part 1)
• What MACD neutralization looks like – DOWN move on price (part 2)
• MACD neutralization after a down move
• What MACD neutralization looks like – UP move on price (part 1)
• What MACD neutralization looks like – UP move on price (part 2)
• MACD neutralization after an up move
• Trend continuations vs. reversals
• Continuation/reversal patterns
• Using trendline analysis with ABC patterns
• ABC up with trendline break
• Using other indicators with neutralization
• RSI and SMI indicators with MACD neutralization
• Using trend analysis (EMAs) with neutralization
• Higher level trend analysis (EMAs)
• The Leg 1/Leg 2 paradigm
• Reading the Leg 1/Leg 2 paradigm with MACD
• Module recap/conclusions

Module VII

• Standard 123 bottom pattern
• Sloppy 123 bottom pattern
• Standard 123 top pattern
• Sloppy 123 top pattern
• Primary uses of MACD with 123 tops/bottoms
• Standard 123 top: Identify #1 position with MACD crossovers
• Standard 123 top: Identify #2 position with MACD crossovers
• Standard 123 top: Identify #3 position with MACD crossovers
• Trading strategy options: standard 123 top
• Drilling down to scalp the action on 123 positions – 3hr chart
• Standard 123 bottom: Identify #3 position with histogram waves
• Sloppy 123 bottom: Identify #3 position with MACD divergence
• Module recap/conclusions

Module VIII

• Top Down Example #1 – USD/CHF, August 3 rd, 2007
• Indicators used
• Weekly chart
• Daily chart
• 240m chart
• 120m chart
• 60m chart
• 15m chart
• 5m chart
• Aftermath: 228 pips, 11.4 reward/risk ratio
  
• Top Down Example #2 – EUR/JPY, July 24 th, 2007
• Indicators used
• COT chart and USD/JPY reference
• Weekly chart
• Daily chart
• 240m chart
• 120m chart
• 60m chart
• 15m chart
• 5m chart
• Aftermath: 69 pips, 3.0 reward/risk ratio
  
• Top Down Example #3 – USD/CAD, August 1 st, 2007
• Indicators used
• Weekly chart
• Daily chart
• 240m chart
• 120m chart
• 60m chart
• 15m chart
• 5m chart
• Aftermath: 148 pips, 9.9 reward/risk ratio
  
• Module recap/conclusions