Ichimoku Cloud
The Ichimoku Cloud is a complete trend-following framework that layers five lines onto a chart to show trend, support and resistance, and momentum 'at a glance'. This article breaks down its five components — the conversion and base lines, the two leading spans that form the cloud, and the lagging span — explains how the cloud's position, thickness and colour are read, and weighs its all-in-one strength against its complexity and lag. As always, it is framed as a descriptive system, not a signal generator.
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