How to Draw Fibonacci Extension Indicator Tool on Stock Indices Charts

How Do I Use Fibonacci Extension Levels on Indices Chart?

We use Fibonacci Extension Levels to estimate where the indices trend movement will reach. There are 2 important Fibonacci Extension levels; 61.8% and 100% Fibonacci Extension Levels, these are used for taking profit.

To draw Fibonacci Extension levels on the stock indices chart we wait until the stock indices price retracement is complete and the stock indices price starts to move in the original direction of the Indices trend. Where the stock indices price retracement reaches is used as chart point 3. Fibonacci Extension Indicator is drawn using three chart points as shown on the stock indices trading example explained and illustrated below of how to draw the Fibonacci Extension Indicator Tool.

The Fibonacci Extension example explained and illustrated below shows the 3 Chart Points where the Fibonacci Extension indicator is drawn, marked as Chart point 1, Chart point 2 and Chart point 3.

Chart point 1 is where the indices trend started, Chart point 2 is where the indices trend pulled back and retraced and Chart point 3 is where the stock indices retracement reached as shown on the Fibonacci Extension Indicator Tool example explained and illustrated below.

How to Trade with Fibonacci Extension? - How to Draw Fibonacci Extension Levels on Indices Charts

Please note where these Fibonacci Extension levels are drawn - Fibonacci Extension levels are drawn above the Fibonacci indicator, these are the chart points where a indices trader will set the take profit orders using these Fibonacci Extension Levels - 61.8% and 100.0% Fibonacci Extension Levels.

Drawing Fibonacci Extension Levels on an Upward Indices Trend

We use Fibonacci Extension Levels to estimate where the indices trend movement will reach. There are 2 important Fibonacci Extension levels; 61.8% Fibonacci Extension Level and 100% Fibonacci Extension Level, these Fibonacci Extension Levels are used for taking profit.

On the Fibonacci Extension indicator example explained and illustrated below you can see that the Fibonacci Extension indicator tool is drawn along the direction of the indices trend, since the indices trend is upwards - the Fibonacci Extension indicator is drawn upwards.

These Fibonacci Extension levels are displayed as horizontal lines above the Fibonacci Extension indicator, showing profit taking areas. In the stock indices trading example explained and illustrated below if you had used of 100.0% Fibonacci Extension level you would have made nice profit from the trade setup.

Drawing Fibonacci Extension Indicator on an Upward Indices Trend - Fibonacci Extension Trading Tool

From the above Fibonacci Extension indicator example, the upward indices trend continued and both 61.8% and 100.0% Fibonacci Extension levels were all hit after which stock indices price retraced again after getting to the 100.0 % Fibonacci Extension level.

Drawing Fibonacci Extension Levels on a Downward Indices Trend

Since we use the Fibonacci Extension indicator tool to estimate take profit levels, how do we draw Fibonacci Extension in a downward Indices trend?

We draw the Fibonacci Extension indicator tool from chart point 1 to chart point 2 to chart point 3 as shown on the stock indices trading example explained and illustrated below. Remember we always draw this Fibonacci Extension tool in the direction of the indices trend. In the Fibonacci Extension example explained and illustrated below, can you figure what direction we have drawn it? That is right - downward direction.

Try and spot the difference between how we have drawn Fibonacci Extension indicator above and how Fibonacci Extension indicator is drawn below. This time you would also have used Fibonacci Extension level 100.0%, just where the stock indices price reached as shown on the stock indices trading example explained and illustrated below. That would have been a good take profit area.

Drawing Fibonacci Extension Indicator on a Downward Indices Trend - Fibonacci Extension Trading Tool

From the Fibonacci Extension indicator example above, after drawing this Fibonacci Extension tool there are two levels that are used to show the profit taking areas, these two Fibonacci Extension levels are drawn as horizontal lines across the stock indices price chart marked as 61.8% Fibonacci Extension Level and 100% Fibonacci Extension Level.