Guides

The Three Black Crows is a bearish reversal pattern. This forms at the peak of an uptrend. If forms as a series of three long consecutive bearish candles. Continue Reading →

In earlier years, options brokers used to manipulate price charts – to their benefit. Then financial authorities came along and clamped down on these activities. So brokers found new ways to take money from traders. Well, online platforms are built to make money from traders. But besides legal ways such as spreads, they have a bag of tricks that’s meant to take more money from you and deposit it into their pockets. Continue Reading →

The Simple Moving Average (SMA) is one of the most popular moving average tools used for technical analysis. Using a single SMA has it’s drawbacks. The main disadvantage being the resulting lag due to the fact that SMA doesn’t take many previous price points when calculating the average. Using 2 SMA indicators on the same chart however can give you excellent trade entry points. Continue Reading →

The DeMarker (DeM) indicator is an oscillator that relates recent price action to closing prices. As such, it’s used to identify overbought and oversold areas giving you an idea about high risk and low risk buying and selling areas. Continue Reading →

IQ Option provides you with a handful of indicators to choose from when trading. Two of the most popular indicators are the Bollinger Bands and Relative Strength Index (RSI). When combined, these two indicators for a formidable pair that can help you make more winning trades when trading long positions. Continue Reading →

Traders who largely rely on technical analysis cannot overlook the importance of support and resistance levels. These two lines answer a simple question: At what points does the price seem to fluctuate within at a specific time interval? Continue Reading →

One of the advantages of using candle stick charts is that they can be used alongside many different technical indicators. In this guide, I’ll teach you how to use Bollinger Bands alongside support and resistance levels to trade on the IQ Option platform. This trading strategy is used to trade trend reversals. Let’s get started. Continue Reading →

Triangles are technical analysis tools that belong to continuation patterns when trading on the IQ Option platform. This pattern usually forms along a trend. It’s hard to recognize one unless you draw it. Drawing a triangle pattern requires you identify at least 2 highs and 2 lows along the trend. Connect the 2 highs with a straight line and the 2 lows with a straight line. Extend the two lines until they connect forming a triangle. Continue Reading →

I always discourage traders from taking short positions even if trading options. For example, if you enter a 1 minute trade, a 2 second price fluctuation can result in a losing trade. Continue Reading →

Many new options traders decide to join IQ Option for one reason – to make fast money. Options trading is simple right? All you need to do is guess whether the price of the underlying asset will go up or down and money will keep rolling in. Continue Reading →