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Balance of Power Trading Technical Analysis & Balance of Power Signals

Created by Igor Livshin

Balance of Power indicator measures the strength of the bulls versus bears by assessing the ability of each to push price to extreme levels.

Forex Technical Analysis & How to Generate Signals

When using this indicator, the zero line crossovers are used to generate signals.

Center is marked as a zero line, areas oscillating above or below are used to generate trading signals.

Buy - The scale is marked from Zero to +100 for bullish market movements

Sell - The scale is marked from Zero to -100 for bearish market movements

How to Generate Buy and Sell Signals

Buy Signal

When the BOP crosses above zero a buy signal is given.

Also when the BOP is rising, the market is in an upwards trend, some traders use this as a buy signal but it is best to wait for the confirmation by the technical indicator moving above the zero mark. As this will be a buy signal in bearish territory & this type of trading signal is more likely to be a whipsaw.

Sell Signal

When the BOP crosses below zero a sell signal is given.

Also when the BOP is declining, the market is in a downwards trend, some traders use this as a sell signal but it is best to wait for a confirmation by moving below the zero mark because this will be a sell signal in bullish territory and this type of trading signal is more likely to be a whipsaw.

Sell and Buy Signals

Trade Divergence Trading

In trading, divergences between the BOP and price can be used to effectively identifying potential reversal &/or trend continuation points in currency movement. There are several types of divergences:

Classic Divergence - Trend reversal signal

Hidden Divergence - Trend continuation

FX Overbought/Oversold Conditions

This Balance of Power can be used to identify potentially overbought and oversold conditions in price movement.

• Overbought/Oversold areas can be used to provide an early signal for potential trend reversals.
• These levels are generated when indicator clusters its tops & bottoms thus setting up the overbought & oversold levels around those values.

However, price may also stay at these over bought and oversold levels and continue moving in that direction for a while and thus its always good to wait until the BOP crosses over the Zero mark.

From the example below, even though the Balance of Power showed the price was oversold, price continued heading downwards until indicator crossed over to above Zero.

Technical Analysis in Forex