Divergence Stock Trading Setups
Divergence is one of the trade set ups used by Stock traders. It involves looking at a stock 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 does not, 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 chart or two lows that form a W-Shape on the Stock chart. Then look for the same M-shape or W-Shape on the Stock indicator you use to trade.
Example of a Stocks Trading Divergence Trade Setup:
In the stock chart below we spot two chart points, point A and point B (swing highs). These two points form an M-shape on the stock trading price chart.
Then using MACD indicator we check highs made by the MACD, these are the highs that are directly below Chart points A & B.
We then draw one line on the Stocks chart & another line on the MACD indicator.
Drawing Divergence Stock Trading Lines
The chart above shows an 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 tutorial.
How to spot divergence
In order to spot Stock diverging trading signal we look for the following:
- HH=Higher High- two highs but the last one is higher
- LH= Lower High- two highs but the last one is lower
- HL=Higher Low- two lows but the last one is higher
- LL= Lower Low- two lows but the last one is lower
First let us look at the illustrations of these trading terms:
M-shapes dealing with Stock price Highs
W-Shapes dealing with Stocks price lows
Example of M Shapes
Examples of W Shapes
Now that you've learned the divergence trading terms that are used to explain trading setup. Let us look at the two types of divergences & how to trade these chart setups.
There two types are:
- Classic Stock Trading Divergence
- Hidden Stocks Trading Divergence
These two set ups are described on following guides below
