Every trader ought to have a fundamental forecast for OSB prices, whether it is based on weather indicators, housing indicators or other information.
Traders often use technical analysis to confirm their fundamental outlook.
Many technical traders argue that, since the futures price contains all current information, they can look at Oriented Strand Board price charts to let the market tell them what the trend is. Two types of charts for ascertaining trend discussed here are bar charts and seasonal charts . Bar Charts - A bar chart consists of a line connecting the day s high to the day s low for a particular futures contract. Primarily, bar chartists look for price trends. An uptrending market ratchets up to higher high levels and recedes back to higher low levels.