Stock Predictor

Stock Trading Strategies

A trading strategy is a set of objective, mathematical rules that define when to buy and when to sell. Stock Predictor comes with 23 built-in strategies and lets you combine any two of them. Select a strategy to see exactly how its buy and sell signals are generated.

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Moving average strategies

Strategy	Signals
Single Moving Trend	Buy when a shorter moving average crosses above a longer one; sell when it crosses back below.
Composite Moving Trend	A moving averages crossover confirmed by the direction of a third, shortest average.

Relative Strength Index strategies

Strategy	Signals
Relative Strength Index	Buy when RSI falls below the oversold level; sell when it rises above the overbought level.
Relative Strength with Retrace	Waits for RSI to bounce back from an extreme before buying or selling.
RSI Changing Direction and Stop Loss	Trades RSI turning points inside the oversold and overbought zones, with a stop loss.

Stochastic oscillator strategies

Strategy	Signals
Fast Stochastic Crossing	Buy when fast %K crosses above %D; sell when it crosses below.
Slow Stochastic Crossing	Buy when slow %K crosses above %D; sell when it crosses below.
Fast Stochastic Cross/Rising	Fast stochastic crossings that count only in the oversold and overbought zones.
Slow Stochastic Cross/Rising	Slow stochastic crossings that count only in the oversold and overbought zones.
Fast Stochastic Cross and Stop Loss	Fast Stochastic Crossing with a percentage stop loss.
Slow Stochastic Cross and Stop Loss	Slow Stochastic Crossing with a percentage stop loss.
Fast Stochastic %K Change Direction	Buy when fast %K turns up; sell when it turns down.
Slow Stochastic %K Change Direction	Buy when slow %K turns up; sell when it turns down.

Williams %R strategies

Strategy	Signals
Williams %R Early Entry	Buy when Williams %R falls into the oversold zone; sell when it reaches the overbought zone.
Williams %R Late Entry	Buy when Williams %R climbs back out of the oversold zone; sell when it drops out of the overbought zone.
Williams %R Change Direction	Trades Williams %R turning points at extreme levels, with a stop loss.

Trend and money flow strategies

Strategy	Signals
Directional Movement	Buy when +DI crosses above −DI; sell when it crosses below.
Chaikin Change Direction	Buy when the Chaikin Oscillator turns up; sell when it turns down.

Price, volatility and time filters

Strategy	Signals
Channel Breakout	Buy when the close breaks above the highest high of the last m days; sell on a break below the lowest low.
Bollinger Bands	Buy when the price touches the lower band; sell when it touches the upper band.
N Day Filter	Compares today’s low with the lows of the last m days.
X-Y Day Filter	Holds a position for X days, then waits Y days before buying again.
%Gain – Loss Filter	Buys a dip of a%, takes profit at b% and cuts losses at p%.

Your own combinations

Strategy	Signals
Combined Strategy	Use one strategy for buy signals and another for sell signals.

Learn the indicators behind the rules in our technical analysis guide, then see how to run a strategy and read its results.

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