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Trading trends with IGCSIG Client Sentiment (IGCS) is a tool used to represent client positioning amongst IG retail traders live accounts across a range of ...

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Hunting for Breakouts with SentimentThe IG Client Sentiment (IGCS) tool helps traders identify potential breakouts in order to enter a developing trend ...

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Using Sentiment, IGCS in a Long-Term Trading StrategyMarket conditions can last for extended periods of time, especially when analysed in the context of how ...

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Throughout history there have been a number of extremely meaningful volatility spikes across major financial markets. Each had defining characteristics that ...

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Implied volatility, synonymous with expected volatility, is a variable that shows the degree of movement expected for a given market or security. Often ...

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MEASURING VOLATILITY: TALKING POINTSVolatility is the measurement of price variations over a specified period of time.We discuss the Average True Range ...

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Note On Charts: It’s important you are trading with a broker that offers New York Close Charts, (a true 5-day chart that aligns with the true New York ...

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S&P 500 Volatility Index: An introductionTraders should keep a close eye on the ‘VIX’, or CBOE Volatility Index, when trading major indices like the ...

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