Pivot Point Trading System (枢轴点交易系统)

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第一讲

Pivot Point Trading System (枢轴点交易系统)   也有资料翻译为 轴心点交易系统。

You are going to love this lesson. Using pivot points as a trading strategy has been around for a long time and was originally used by floor traders. This was a nice simple way for floor traders to have some idea of where the market was heading during the course of the day with only a few simple calculations.

The pivot point is the level at which the market direction changes for the day. Using some simple arithmetic and the previous days high, low and close, a series of points are derived. These points can be critical support and resistance levels.

The pivot level and levels calculated from that are collectively known as pivot levels.

Every day the market you are following has an open, high, low and a close for the day (some markets like forex are 24 hours but generally use 5pm EST as the open and close). This information basically contains all the data you need to calculate the pivot levels.

The reason pivot points are so popular is that they are predictive as opposed to lagging. You use the information of the previous day to calculate potential turning points for the day you are about to trade (present day).

Because so many traders follow pivot points you will often find that the market reacts at these levels. This give you an opportunity to trade.

第二讲

If you would rather work the pivot points out by yourself, the formula I use is below:

Resistance 3 = High + 2*(Pivot - Low)
Resistance 2 = Pivot + (R1 - S1)
Resistance 1 = 2 * Pivot - Low
Pivot Point = ( High + Close + Low )/3
Support 1 = 2 * Pivot - High
Support 2 = Pivot - (R1 - S1)
Support 3 = Low - 2*(High - Pivot)

As you can see from the above formula, just by having the previous days high, low and close you eventually finish up with 7 points, 3 resistance levels, 3 support levels and the actual pivot point.

If the market opens above the pivot point then the bias for the day is for long trades as long as price remains above the pivot point. If the market opens below the pivot point then the bias for the day is for short trades as long as the market remains below the pivot point.

The three most important pivot points are R1, S1 and the actual pivot point.

The general idea behind trading pivot points is to look for a reversal or break of R1 or S1. By the time the market reaches R2,R3 or S2,S3 the market will already be overbought or oversold and these levels should be used for exits rather than entries.

A perfect set up would be for the market to open above the pivot level and then stall slightly at R1 then go on to R2. You would enter on a break of R1 with a target of R2 and if the market was really strong close half at R2 and target R3 with the remainder of your position.

Unfortunately life is not that simple and we have to deal with each trading day the best way we can. I have picked a day at random from last week and what follows are some ideas on how you could have traded that day using pivot points.


On the 12th August 04 the Euro/Dollar (EUR/USD) had the following:
High - 1.2297
Low - 1.2213
Close - 1.2249

This gave us:

Resistance 3 = 1.2377
Resistance 2 = 1.2337
Resistance 1 = 1.2293
Pivot Point = 1.2253
Support 1 = 1.2209
Support 2 = 1.2169
Support 3 = 1.2125

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枢轴点(Pivot Point)

　　下面的就是原理公式：
　　pivot:= (high + low + close) / 3;（用前一天的最高、最低和收盘）
　　r1:= 2*pivot - low;
　　s1:= 2*pivot - high;
　　r2:= pivot + (r1-s1);
　　s2:= pivot - (r1-s1);
　　r3:= high + 2 * (pivot-low);
　　s3:= low - 2 * (high - pivot);
　　pivot是所谓的轴心，就是阻力系统的中心，其他r/s的都是阻力和支持。不明白的就用EXCEL做个表在图上把价格标出来。这套系统虽然简单，但是被老外弄出来一些道道。

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　　1、 pivot有吸引作用，在没有大的多头或是空头进场的情况下，价格是在r1和s1之间围绕轴心运动的，但是运动可能是没有规律的。有人专门做这个范围内的交易，叫floor trader。
　　2、 在强烈的多头或空头的推动下，价格会突破s1－r1区域，这时就有趋势了，但是还是在正常的价格运动范围之内。在这个范围内会有强烈的方向感，并且多数时间是靠近r1、r2或是s1、s2的价格运动，中间区域停留的时间不长。
　　3、极端价格，没有特殊的利空或利好消息是不会到的。这个价格是比较重大意义的，往往（注意，不是一定）伴随着特殊的情况，如单顶的v字反转等，是有可能短跑跑成马拉松的机会，一般情况是日内交易者不能放过的机会。
　　4、 其他的带m的价格都有靠稳的作用，但做出入场的参考意义不大。