Balance of Power Analysis & Balance of Power Signals

Developed by Igor Livshin

Balance of Power estimates the strength of the bulls vs the bears by assessing the ability of each to drive the price to extreme levels.

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XAU/USD Analysis and How to Generate Trading Signals

When using this technical indicator, the zero line crossovers are used to generate trading signals.

Center is labeled and marked as the zero line, levels oscillating above/below are used to generate trading signals.

Buy - The scale is marked & tagged from Zero to +100 for bullish market movements

Sell - The scale is marked and tagged from Zero to -100 for bearish market movements

How to Generate Buy & Sell Trading Signals

Buy Signal

When Balance of Power (BOP) crosses above zero mark a buy signal is given/generated.

Also when the Balance of Power is rising, the market is in an upwards trend, some traders use this as a buy signal but it's best to wait out for the confirmation by the technical indicator moving above the zero line. As this will be a buy signal in a bearish territory & this type of trading signal is more likely to be a whip-saw.

Sell Trading Signal

When Balance of Power(BOP) crosses below zero mark a sell signal is given/generated.

Also when the Balance of Power (BOP) is declining/falling, the market is in a downwards trend, some traders use this as a sell signal but it's best to chill and wait for a confirmation signal by moving below zero line because this will be a sell signal in bullish territory and this type of trading signal is more likely to be a whipsaw.

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Sell and Buy Trading Signals

Divergence Gold

In trading, divergences between the BOP and price can be effectively used to identify the potential market reversal and/or trend continuation levels in the price movement. There are different types of divergence-setups:

Classic Divergence - XAU/USD Trend reversal signal

Hidden Divergence - XAU/USD Trend continuation

Gold Overbought/Oversold Conditions

This Balance of Power can be used to identify the potentially over-bought and oversold conditions in price movement.

Over-bought Oversold levels can be used to provide and give an early warning for potential market trend reversals.
These levels are generated when indicator clusters its tops and bottoms thus setting up the over-bought and oversold levels around those values.

However, price might also stay at these overbought & oversold levels & continue heading in that particular direction for some period of time & thus it's always good to wait until the BOP crosses over Zero mark.

From the example shown below, even though the Balance of Power (BOP) showed the price was over-sold, price continued moving downward until the technical indicator crossed over to above Zero.

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