Trading Fibonacci Collisions for Higher Probability Trades
Talking Points
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The Value of Fibonacci Ratios
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Using Converging Fibonacci Levels
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An Example of Fibonacci Confluence with
AUDNZD
“The proportion of .618034 to 1 is the mathematical basis for the shape of playing cards and the Parthenon, sunflowers and snail shells, Greek vases and the spiral galaxies of outer space. The Greeks based much of their art and architecture upon this proportion. They called it “the golden mean. “
William Hoffner, Dec. 1975 Smithsonian Magazine
Fibonacci is a wonder of nature. The ratio plays out in the DNA helix structure, the structure of strong hurricanes, and in the scale at which the Pyramids of Giza were built. So, why do traders use it?
Learn Forex: Fibonacci Spiral in Nature
The simple argument is that trading any market is comprised by free willed individuals. Fibonacci places natural limits to how excited or depressed a free-willed mechanism will expand. These are known as Fibonacci ratios, which the most common are 38.2%, 50%, 61.8%, 100%, 161.8%, etc. Therefore, you can look for a Fibonacci ratio to catch the expansion of price or the retracement of a move.
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Using Converging Fibonacci Levels
Have you heard of the 3 best-non-kept secret to investing in Real-Estate? Location, Location, Location. The trading equivalent to the three steps of Real-Estate success is Confirmation, Confirmation, and Confirmation. The best way to do this is to find
multiple arguments
for the same trade idea. Because there are multiple ways to look use Fibonacci Ratios, you can look to the multiple Fibonacci tools on Marketscope 2.0.
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The most commonly used tools are the Fibonacci Retracement and Fibonacci Expansion tools. Fibonacci Retracements help you do see if price moves against the trend only to an exhaust itself at a Fibonacci Ratio of 0.382%, 0.50%, 61.8%, or 78.6%. A Fibonacci retracement looks to the adjacent wave so that you’d look to wave 2 to exhaust at a Fibonacci retracement level to Wave 1 in
Elliott Wave
speak.
A Fibonacci Expansion tool on the other hand, can help you look to a Fibonacci Ratio multiple of a corresponding with-trend move. In other words, the Fibonacci expansion can help you to see if a currency pair finds exhaustion at a Fibonacci relationship. Therefore, you could look at two down-trends and see if the second downtrend hits a Fibonacci ratio level to the prior trend. Look at this great example that called the bottom of the
AUDUSD
in late January.
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A Fibonacci collision takes place, when a
Fibonacci Level
meets on two difference courses. This is sometimes known as confluence or cluster. This will often require you to take two different major ranges to see if price turns around at a meeting point of Fibonacci ratios based off these different ranges.
Learn Forex: Fibonacci Collision on AUDUSD Resulted in 850 Pip Rally
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An Example of Fibonacci Confluence with AUDNZD
Last night, The Reserve Bank of New Zealand raised interest rates and encouraged buyers by saying that
inflation
and rate hikes are likely to increase. This caused a major strengthening in the
NZD
across the board. This notably happened off a key Fibonacci retracement and expansion level.
Learn Forex: AUDNZD Fibonacci Collision
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When you begin to look for Fibonacci Collisions, you’ll be amazed to see how often these key levels can provide great targets or entries for FX traders. Feel free to reach out to me at my information below or reach me live in on Demand with any questions about applying this in real-time. Also, now that you’re armed with a method of finding technical targets,
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—Written by Tyler Yell, Trading Instructor
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