Divergence Trading Setups

Divergence is one of the trade setups used by traders. It involves looking at a gold chart and one more indicator. For our example we shall use the MACD indicator.

To spot this setup find 2 chart points at which price forms a new swing high or a new swing low but MACD indicator doesn't, indicating a divergence setup between the price and momentum.

To search for divergence setup we look for 2 points, 2 highs that form an M-Shape on the chart or 2 lows that form a W-Shape on the chart. Then search for the same M Shape or W-Shape in the indicator you use to trade.

Example of a Divergence Trading Setup:

In the trading chart below we identify 2 chart points, point A & point B (swing highs). These two points form an M-Shape on the price chart.

Then using MACD indicator we check highs made by MACD, these are highs which are directly below Chart points A & B.

We then draw one line on the trading chart and another line on MACD.

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Drawing Divergence Gold Trading Lines

The chart above highlights exemplification of one of the four types of divergences, the one above is known as hidden bearish divergence, one of best type to trade. Types of divergences are covered in the next tutorial.

How to spot divergence

In order to spot Gold diverging signal we check for the following:

HH = Higher High - two highs but the last is higher
LH = Lower High - 2 highs but last one is lower
HL=Higher Low : 2 lows but last one is higher
LL = Lower Low - 2 lows but last one is lower

First let's look at the illustrations of these terms:

M-shapes dealing with price Highs

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W Shapes dealing with XAUUSD Gold price lows

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Example of M-Shapes

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Examples of W-Shapes

W shapes on Chart

Now that you have learned the divergence terms that are used to explain set-up. Let us look at the2 types of divergences and how to trade these chart setups and patterns.

The two types are:

Classic Gold Trading Divergence
Hidden Gold Trading Divergence

These two setups are described on following tutorial guides below

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