Energies Trading Long and Short and Energies Trading Charts

In energies trading, there are two types of energies trades, these are:

• Long (buy) - long is if the energies trend is buy/bullish.
• Short (sell) - short is if the energies trend is sell/bearish.

Buying/Long and Selling/short in Energies

Both terms in Energies, refer to things we do when open a energies trade.

Buying Long - energies term to use when buying and when opening a energies trade.

Selling short - energies term to use when selling and when opening a energies trade.

Long - Long is another term used to refer to buying in energies, If a trader goes long it means that he buys the energies instrument that is heading in an upward trend direction. When the energies price is moving in an upward energies trend the trend is referred to as bullish energies trend.

Short - Short is a term used to refer to selling of a energies instrument that is going in a downward trend direction. When the energies price is going downwards then it is referred to as a bearish energies trend.

Basically the term, "selling short" can be refer to selling in the energies markets. Selling short is used to transact a energies instrument that is predicted to depreciate in value compared to another, when this energies instrument is sold then it is the same as not holding value in this energies and holding the same value in another form against which this energies instrument is traded against - mostly US Dollars.

Buy/Long

If the energies price is going up we buy, this is referred to as going long - Therefore long is just another name for buy. When the energies market energies trend is going up it is referred to as bullish, this is when a buy energies trade is placed. A bullish energies trend is identified by drawing an upward energies trend-line on a energies chart. The example illustrated and explained below shows a long/buy signal.

Buy/Long

Sell/Short

If the energies price pair is going down we sell, this is referred to as going short. When the energies market energies trend is going down it is referred to as a bearish. The example illustrated and explained below shows a downward trend, this is when a short sell is placed. The short/sell is identified by drawing a downward energies trend-line on a energies chart. The example illustrated and explained below shows a short/sell signal.

Sell/Short - Energies Trading Buy Trade and Energies Trading Sell Trade

Energies Trading Charts

A energies trading chart provides a visual representation of energies prices (drawn on the y-axis) against time (drawn on the x-axis) for energies. The movement of energies prices is drawn on these energies charts. The energies chart can be drawn as candlestick charts like the one shown below or as line charts or bar charts.

Energies Trading Chart - Candlesticks Charts

The three common types of energies charts used in energies trading are:

• Candlesticks Charts
• Line Charts
• Bar Charts

These 3 types are covered in the topic Energies Trading Chart Types.

Energy Trading Platform

This is the energies software that is provided by a broker to help energies traders place their energies transactions. Once you download and installs this energies software on your computer you can then begin to trade in the Energies market. All energies trade transactions are executed through this energies platform. If you want to learn a energies platform, MT4 Energies Trading Platform is a good energies platform to start with.

To set these energies orders, open MT4 Energies Trading Software, open a "chart", right click on the "chart', select "New Order", then select the energies order either sell or buy as shown below. (Keyboard Short Cut Keys - Press F9)

Setting Buy Long Energies Trading Order and Sell Short Energies Order on MetaTrader 4 Software