Stochastic Oscillator Expert Advisor Setup - Setting Up Stochastic Oscillator EA

Stochastic Oscillator Expert Advisor Setup - Setting Up Stochastic Oscillator Expert Advisor - A trader can come up with an Stochastic Oscillator Expert Advisor based on the Stochastic Oscillator indicator explained below.

Stochastic Oscillator Expert Advisor rules can be combined with other Forex technical indicators to come up with other EA Robots that trade using rules based on two or more indicators combined to form a trading system.

Stochastic Oscillator Forex Technical Analysis Signals

Developed by George C. Lane

The Stochastic Oscillator is a momentum indicator - it shows the relation between the current closing price relative to the high and low range over a given number of n periods. The Oscillator uses a scale of 0-100 to plot its values.

Stochastic Oscillator Expert Advisor Setup

This Oscillator is based on the theory that in an uptrend market the price closes near the high of the price range and in a downwards trending market the price will close near the low of the price range.

The Stochastic Lines are drawn as 2 lines - %K and %D.

• Fast line %K is the main
• Slow line %D is the signal

3 Types of Stochastics FX Trading Oscillators: Fast, Slow and Full Stochastics

There are Three types are: fast, slow & full Stochastic. The three indicators look at a given chart period for examples the 14-day period, & measures how the price of today’s close compares to the high/low range of the time period that's being used to calculate the stochastic.

This oscillator works on the principle that:

• In an uptrend, price tends to close at the high of the candlestick.
• In a downtrend, price tends to close at the low of the candlestick.

This indicator shows the momentum of the Forex trends, & identifies the times when a market is overbought or oversold.

Forex Technical Analysis & How to Generate Signals

The most common techniques used for analysis of Stochastic Oscillators to generate Forex signals are cross overs signals, divergence signals & over bought over-sold areas. The following are the techniques used for generating trade signals

Forex Crossover FX Signals

Buy signal - % K line crosses above %D line (both lines heading upwards)

Sell signal - %K line crosses below the %D line (both lines heading downwards)

50-level Crossover:

Buy signal - when stochastic lines cross above 50 a buy trading signal is generated.

Sell signal - when stochastic lines cross below 50 a sell signal is generated.

Forex Divergence FX Trading

Stochastic is also used to look for divergences between this indicator and the price.

This is used to determine potential Forex trend reversal signals.

Upwards/rising trend reversal - identified by a classic bearish divergence

Trend reversal - Stochastic Oscillator Expert Advisor Setup

Downwards/descending trend reversal - identified by a classic bullish divergence

Trend reversal - Stochastic Oscillator Expert Advisor Setup

Overbought/Oversold Levels on Technical Indicator

Stochastic is mainly used to identify potential overbought & over-sold conditions in price movements.

• Over-bought values greater than 70 level - A sell signal occurs when the oscillator rises above 70% and then falls below this level.

Overbought - Values Greater 70 - Stochastic Oscillator Expert Advisor Setup

• Over-sold values less than 30 level - a buy signal is generated when the oscillator goes below 30% & then rises above this level.

Oversold - Values Less Than 30 - Stochastic Oscillator Expert Advisor Setup

Trades are generated when the Stochastic Oscillator crosses these levels. However, overbought/oversold levels are prone to whipsaws especially when the forex market is trending upward or downward.