Divergence Stocks Setups
Divergence is one of the trade set ups used by Stocks traders. It involves looking at a stocks chart & one more indicator. For our examples we shall use the MACD indicator.
To spot this trading setup find two chart points at which stocks price makes a new swing high or a new swing low but the MACD indicator doesn't, indicating a divergence between stocks price & momentum.
To look for divergence we look for two chart points, two highs that form an M-shape on the Stocks Trading chart or two lows that form a WShape on the Stocks Trading chart. Then look for the same M-shape or W-Shape on the Stocks indicator you use to trade.
Example of a Stock Trading Divergence Trade Setup:
In the stock chart below we spot 2 chart points, point A & point B (swing highs). These two points form an M-shape on the stocks price chart.
Then using MACD indicator we check the highs made by the MACD, these are the highs that are directly below Chart points A and B.
We then draw one line on the Stocks chart and another line on the MACD technical indicator.
Drawing Divergence Stocks Lines
The chart above shows example of one of the four types of divergences, the one above is known as hidden bearish divergence, one of the best type to trade. Types of divergences are covered in the next lesson.
How to spot divergence
In order to spot Stocks Trading diverging trading signal we look for the following:
- HH=Higher High- 2 highs but the last one is higher
- LH= Lower High- 2 highs but the last one is lower
- HL=Higher Low- 2 lows but the last one is higher
- LL= Lower Low- 2 lows but the last one is lower
First let us look at the illustrations of these trading terms:
M-shapes dealing with Stocks price Highs
W Shapes dealing with Stock price lows
Example of M Shapes
Examples of W Shapes
Now that you've learned the divergence trading terms that are used to explain set-up. Let us look at the two types of divergences & how to trade these chart setups.
There two types are:
- Classic Stocks Trading Divergence
- Hidden Stocks Trading Divergence
These two setups are explained on the following guides below
