Forex encyclopedia

It is an open secret that the most part of freshmen coming to the Forex lose their deposit in their first trading year. Some statistics shows that in percentage terms it is up to 95% from all beginning traders. A bunch of material on technical analysis and recommendations on preservation capital are in circulation and novices primarily focus on studying these works. Forex psychology in their education program is considered an afterthought and fades in the insignificance. In practice, having a good knowledge of Money Management, excellent trading system and serious capital, novices get to lose all their capital.

Parabolic SAR is the technical indicator developed by Welles Wilder for analyzing trend movements. The first time it was announced in a famous book “ New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems” published in 1976. SAR stands for as “stop and reverse”. Parabolic SAR is one of a few indicators that signalize about closing of positions. In many respects Parabolic is similar to a moving average with the only difference that SAR can change position against price. Under ascending tendency, the indicator is drawn under prices (candles, bars), under descending tendency it is put above prices. When price crosses Parabolic line, reversal of the indicator takes place.