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Technical indicators
Moving averages, oscillators and the maths laid over a chart.
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- Accumulative Swing IndexAn indicator by Welles Wilder that adds up a 'swing' value for each bar to show the true direction and strength of a trend.
- Advance/Decline IndexA running count of how many stocks rose minus how many fell each day, used to judge how broad a stock-market move is.
- AlligatorBill Williams' trend indicator made of three shifted moving averages nicknamed the jaw, teeth and lips.
- Aroon OscillatorA single line made by subtracting Aroon Down from Aroon Up, showing whether recent highs or recent lows are winning.
- Aroon Up/DownTwo lines that measure how many bars ago the latest high and latest low happened, to judge whether a trend is starting or fading.
- Average Directional IndexAn indicator from 0 to 100 that measures how strong a trend is, without caring which direction it runs.
- Average True RangeAn indicator that shows how far price typically moves per candle, used to size stops and gauge volatility.
- Awesome OscillatorBill Williams' momentum histogram: a 5-bar average of midpoints minus a 34-bar average, showing whether short-term momentum beats the longer trend.
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- Cboe EuroCurrency Volatility IndexA Cboe index that estimates how volatile traders expect EUR/USD to be over the next 30 days, based on option prices.
- Chaikin OscillatorAn indicator by Marc Chaikin that measures momentum in buying and selling pressure using price and volume.
- Commodity Channel IndexAn oscillator that measures how far price has strayed from its average, used to spot new trends or stretched moves.
- ConfirmationExtra evidence that a signal is real before you act on it, such as a candle close beyond a level or a second indicator agreeing.
- ConfluenceWhen several separate tools point to the same price level or the same conclusion, making that level more interesting.
- ConvergenceWhen two things that were moving apart start moving together again, such as price and an indicator, or two prices for the same thing.
- CrossoverThe point where two lines on a chart cross, such as a fast moving average crossing a slow one, often read as a signal.
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- DeMarker IndicatorAn oscillator from 0 to 1 by Tom DeMark that compares recent highs and lows to gauge whether a market is overbought or oversold.
- Detrended Price OscillatorAn indicator that strips the trend out of price to make shorter cycles, from peak to peak, easier to see.
- Directional Movement IndexTwo lines, +DI and −DI, that show whether buyers or sellers have been pushing harder, built by Welles Wilder.
- Disparity IndexAn indicator showing how far price is above or below a moving average, as a percentage.
- DivergenceWhen price and an indicator move in opposite directions, hinting that the current move is running out of steam.
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- Gann FanA set of angled lines drawn from a major high or low at fixed price-to-time ratios, from trader W.D. Gann's methods.
- Gann GridA grid of intersecting 45-degree lines drawn on a chart, based on W.D. Gann's ideas, used to find support, resistance and trend.
- Golden CrossWhen a shorter moving average, usually the 50-day, crosses above a longer one, usually the 200-day: a widely watched bullish signal.
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- MACDAn indicator that tracks the gap between two moving averages to show when momentum is building or fading.
- McClellan OscillatorA stock-market breadth indicator that measures whether most shares are joining a move or just a few big names.
- MomentumHow fast and how forcefully price is moving in one direction.
- MOVE IndexA gauge of how wildly traders expect US Treasury yields to swing, often called the "VIX of bonds".
- Moving AverageThe average price over a set number of recent candles, drawn as a smooth line that follows the price.
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- OscillatorAn indicator that swings back and forth between set levels, used to spot overbought and oversold conditions or fading momentum.
- OsMAAn indicator showing the gap between the MACD line and its signal line, drawn as a histogram.
- OverboughtPrice has run up so far, so fast, that an indicator says buyers may be running out of breath.
- OversoldPrice has fallen so far, so fast, that an indicator says sellers may be exhausted.
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- Rate of ChangeA momentum indicator that shows how much price has changed, in percentage terms, over a set number of periods.
- Relative Strength IndexA popular oscillator from 0 to 100 that measures how strong recent gains are compared with recent losses.
- Relative Vigor IndexA momentum indicator based on the idea that prices tend to close higher than they open in uptrends, and lower in downtrends.
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- Schiff PitchforkA variation of the Andrews' pitchfork drawing tool, with a shifted starting point that suits shallower trends.
- Simple Moving AverageThe plain average of the last so-many closing prices, giving every price equal weight.
- Standard DeviationA statistical measure of how spread out values are from their average; in trading, a common gauge of volatility.
- StochasticAn oscillator that shows where the latest close sits within the recent high–low range, used to spot overbought and oversold conditions.
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- Technical analysisStudying price charts and patterns to judge where a market might go next, based on how it has moved before.
- Technical IndicatorA calculation based on price or volume, drawn on a chart to help you read trend, momentum or volatility.
- TRINA stock-market breadth indicator comparing advancing vs declining stocks with the volume flowing into each.
- Triple Moving Average CrossoverA trend system using three moving averages of different lengths, taking signals when they line up in order.
- TRIXA momentum oscillator showing the rate of change of a triple-smoothed exponential moving average.
- True Strength IndexA momentum oscillator built from double-smoothed price changes, swinging above and below zero.
- Turtle ChannelA channel drawn from the highest high and lowest low over a set period, made famous by the Turtle Traders' breakout system.
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- VIXAn index of how much volatility traders expect in the S&P 500 over the next 30 days, often called Wall Street's fear gauge.
- VolumeHow much of something was traded over a period: the number of shares, contracts or currency units that changed hands.
- VWAPThe average price an asset traded at during a period, weighted by how much traded at each price; also an execution algorithm that targets it.
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