{"id":15302,"date":"2010-11-13T04:17:34","date_gmt":"2010-11-13T09:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/fx\/?p=15302"},"modified":"2010-11-13T04:17:34","modified_gmt":"2010-11-13T09:17:34","slug":"what-is-forex-gann-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2010\/11\/13\/what-is-forex-gann-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Forex? Gann Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By James McKee<\/strong> &#8211; When approaching the Forex currency exchange from an enlightened  perspective you will find yourself not necessarily brash in your  assumptions, but more confident when you carefully make one. Utilizing  the tools and techniques you learn today for a more successful trade  tomorrow is not only good for your bank account but your overall  development as a trader.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the most important tenants of Forex trading Gann theory  is at the top of the list. This system concerns itself with three  primary areas: pattern, price and time. The pattern portion of this list  refers to prices that could be identified as displaying a pattern with  regard to commodities and stocks. Gann believed that these movements  could be used to predict future price movement since patterns emerged.<\/p>\n<p>Gann also insists on constant observation of price with regard to its  relation now to what it was before in an effort to see what it will be  in the future. Observing price is as we all know very important to  making or breaking a trade and should never be taken lightly.<\/p>\n<p>Time is of course vital to all aspects of Forex trading be it waiting on  a currency to respond to a current event or waiting for a head to  appear alongside shoulders time is critical. Knowing when to enter into a  trade, when to get out and when to re-evaluate is something we all need  to constantly check ourselves on.<\/p>\n<p>While Gann&#8217;s theory certainly seems obvious at first many traders I know  do in fact end up taking the aforementioned topics for granted and get  them selves into trouble. Maintaining proper strategy boils down just as  much to basic principles as it does to complex strategies. This all  relates back to my golden rule of Forex, do not assume&#8230;ever. When in  doubt pull out my friends!<\/p>\n<h3>About the Author<\/h3>\n<p>Author is a Forex trader and financial analyst residing in  Denver, Colorado. To stay up to date on all the latest developments in  the financial world and beyond be sure to check out the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forex.tradingcharts.com\/foreign_exchange_rates\/\">forex exchange rates<\/a><\/span> regularly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By James McKee &#8211; When approaching the Forex currency exchange from an enlightened perspective you will find yourself not necessarily brash in your assumptions, but more confident when you carefully make one. Utilizing the tools and techniques you learn today for a more successful trade tomorrow is not only good for your bank account but &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2010\/11\/13\/what-is-forex-gann-theory\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What Is Forex? Gann Theory&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}