Technical analysis is, and remains to this day, a popular method of analysing the foreign exchange market. Technicians attempt to plot market sentiment and psychology via chart studies, employing concepts such as support and resistance levels, trend research, Fibonacci patterns, and technical indicators.
Given the broad range of currency pairs available in the Forex market, analysing multiple instruments can become demanding.
Fortunately, Autochartist is in place to lend a helping hand, a technical analysis tool that delivers a customisable pattern-recognition engine on a number of key timeframes.
According to Autochartist, since its inception in 2004, the company has partnered with many leading Stock, Forex, Futures, and CFD brokerage firms across the globe, servicing millions of traders in over 100 countries.
With FP Markets, Autochartist is simple to install and free to use on both live and demo accounts via MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and MetaTrader 5 (MT5) trading platforms. It should be noted, however, using Autochartist on a demo account (a practice account that trades with simulated funds) incurs a delay of 5 candles, while live trading accounts operate in real-time.
Traders often demonstrate habitual behaviour in the financial markets and, observed in large numbers, form identifiable chart patterns.
The classic head and shoulder’s top and bottom formations, for example, are accepted reversal trading signals. Other chart patterns Autochartist highlights are channels, wedges, triangles, Harmonic (think Gartley and Butterfly patterns) and Fibonacci studies, key levels, and double tops/bottoms (see figure 1.A).
(FIGURE 1.A)
Autochartist scans financial instruments within ‘Market Watch’, seeking actionable trading opportunities. This essentially aids the technical analyst, providing the freedom to potentially look at other currency pairs. The more trading instruments logged in Market Watch, the more chart patterns the trader will see.
Employing Autochartist can obviously save hours of chart time, a key benefit of using the software. What’s also great is it is not only limited to the Forex market. The pattern-recognition tool scans global markets, such as Futures, CFDs, Cryptocurrencies (bitcoin), and Equities.
On top of displaying tradable patterns on charts (see figure 1.B), clicking the Autochartist web application (see figure 1.C) and copying/pasting the link into your browser gains access to Autochartist’s web component (see figure 1.D). This, although delayed on a demo account, allows traders the freedom to explore a number of additional key metrics, including Trading Opportunities, Volatility Analysis, Performance Statistics, Messaging and Alerts, and Trading Community.
(FIGURE 1.B)
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The Autochartist Risk Calculator delivers an easy-to-use risk-management system (see figure 1.E), applied by dragging and dropping the EA on to the chart of interest.
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Autochartist’s daily market reports (see figure 1.F) are a big plus for serious traders.
Reports are generated three times a day ahead of the Tokyo, London, and New York sessions (this can be altered by clicking on the small settings tab). Each page provides a snapshot of the technical outlook before the opening of major financial centres.
The report also highlights upcoming high impact economic indicators to be aware of, as well as chart patterns on the radar. As a side note, email reports are delayed by 24 hours for demo accounts, though live accounts receive real-time data.
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Autochartist is clearly a company that understands the needs of traders.
The market-leading software has a place in every trader’s toolbox, catering to all experience levels. Beginners, in particular, benefit from the software, helping to recognise patterns (such as Fibonacci retracements), and correctly calculate position size.
While the software can highlight potential trades, Autochartist’s MT4 plugin does not trade on behalf of the trader, despite functioning as an Expert Advisor (EA). Therefore, trading decisions are ultimately down to the individual trader.
To start trading can be a daunting process. Therefore, opening a demo account with FP Markets and loading the Autochartist plugin could be an idea to get your feet wet, allowing you to test drive the MT4 platform and also Autochartist’s features.
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