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Adding MT4 Ichimoku Commodities Trading Chart Indicator
Step 1: Open MetaTrader 4 Software Navigator Window Panel
Open MetaTrader 4 Navigator window as illustrated and shown below: Go to "View" menu (click it) & then choose the "Navigator" window (click), or From Standard Tool Bar click on the "Navigator" button key or use short cut keyboard keys "Ctrl+N"
On MT4 Navigator window, select 'Technical Indicators', (Double Click)
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Adding Ichimoku MT4 Commodity Trading Chart Indicator
Expand the menu by clicking on the expand button key marker (+) or double click "indicators" menu, after this the button will appear as (-) and will now display a list as shown below - select the Ichimoku commodity indicator from this list of commodity MT4 indicators so as to add the Ichimoku commodity indicator on the commodity chart.
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Ichimoku Commodities Technical Indicator Described
Ichimoku Indicator
Ichimoku is a Japanese charting technique
- Ichimoku means "a glance" or "one look"
- Kinko means "equilibrium" or "balance"
- Hyo is the Japanese word for "chart"
Thus, Ichimoku means, "a glance at an equilibrium chart". Ichimoku technical indicator attempts to identify the likely direction of commodity price & help the trader to figure out the most suitable time to enter or exit the commodity market.
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Calculation
Ichimoku technical indicator consists of five lines drawn using the mid points of previous highs and lows. Five lines are calculated as follows:
1) Tenkan-Sen: Conversion Line: Red Line (Highest High + Lowest Low) / 2, for the last 9 commodity price periods
2) Kijun-Sen: Base Line: Blue Line (Highest High + Lowest Low) / 2, for the last 26 commodity price periods
3) Chikou Span: Lagging Span: Green Line Today's closing commodity price plotted 26 commodity price periods behind
4) Senkou Span A: Leading Span A = (Tenkan-Sen + Kijun-Sen) / 2, drawn 26 commodity price periods ahead
5) The Senkou Span B: Leading Span B: (Highest High + the Lowest Low) / 2, for the past 52 commodity price periods, plotted 26 commodity price periods ahead
Kumo: Cloud: area between the Senkou Span A and B
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Bullish commodities signal - Tenkan Sen crosses over Kijun Sen from below.
Bearish commodity signal - Tenkan - Sen crosses Kijun - Sen from above.
However, there are different areas of strength for the buy & sell signals generated.
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Bullish commodities crossover signal occurs above the Kumo ( clouds ),
Very strong buy signal.
Bearish commodity crossover signal occurs below Kumo (clouds),
Very strong sell signal.
If a bullish cross-over signal or bearish crossover signal takes place within the Kumo (clouds) it's considered a medium strength buy or sell signal.
A bullish commodity crossover signal that occurs below the clouds is considered a weak buy signal while a bearish commodity crossover signal that occurs above the clouds is considered a weak sell signal.
Support and Resistance Levels
Support and resistance levels can be predicted by the presence of Kumo (clouds). Kumo can also be used to identify the current commodity price trend of the commodity price.
- If commodity price is above the Kumo, the prevailing commodity price trend is said to be upwards commodity price trend.
- If commodity price is below the Kumo, the prevailing commodity price trend is said to be downwards commodity price trend.
Chikou Span or Lagging Span is also used to determine the strength of the buy or sell signal.
- If the Chikou Span is below the closing commodity price of the last 26 periods and a sell signal is given, then the strength of the commodity price trend is downwards, otherwise the commodity signal is considered to be a weak sell signal.
- If there is a buy signal & the Chikou Span is above the commodity price of the last 26 periods, then strength of the commodity price trend is to the upside buy signal, otherwise it is considered to be a weak buy signal.
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