In the world of forex anything that can give you an edge over other traders is your friend and to make profits in the market you need to rely on your instincts to get more of these friends to help you. Ask any trader out there and each one of them would say that your biggest friend in the world of forex is the ability to judge a trend by looking at the market price data. Once you understand what kind of a trend is being followed by the market, there is nothing that can stop you from getting a lot of profit.

Most of the beginners would ask how can you determine the prevailing trend in the market and use it to your benefit. Well, one of the most basic techniques is to make use of the current and past market price data and interpret the trend with the help of forex charts. By taking a look at these charts you can very well determine the generally direction of the prices and in fact predict how the market is going to move in the near future.

But there is a small problem; trend interpretation and following is not an easy task. This is the reason why most of the forex traders resort to the use of trend indicators to determine how the market is faring and how it is going to perform in the future. Trend indicators can help you determine the market movement and trend that is being followed and can be a great tool to help you predict the future movement of price in the market.

One of the most commonly used trend indicator is the moving average. The advantage of making use of a moving average trend indicator is that it is easy to use and can help you determine the exact time to enter or exit the market to make huge profits. A moving average indicator is used for the purpose of smoothening out the price action in the market. This is done by averaging the last ‘z’ closing prices of a currency pair. The duration of the moving average determines whether the trend prediction is accurate enough to be used for trading or not.

Apart from moving averages there are many other indicators that are used by forex traders these days to predict movement of prices in the currency market. These indicators are differentiated from one another on the basis of the methodology used to find out the market trend. But, whatever be the case, the one thing that you need to understand is that when you are using a trend indicator you must remember that the results are never 100% accurate and it is important to use your instinctive abilities while judging whether the results given by an indicator apply to the market at that time or not.