 | Accumulation/Distribution- The Accumulation/Distribution is a momentum indicator that associates changes in price and volume based on the premise that the more volume that accompanies a price move, the more significant the price move.
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| Accumulation Swing Index |
| Andrews' Pitchfork - Andrews' Pitchfork is a line study consisting of three parallel trendlines based on three points you select. The interpretation of a pitchfork is based on normal trendline support and resistance principles.
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| Average True Range |
| Bollinger Bands - Bollinger Bands are similar to moving average envelopes but are plotted at standard deviation levels above and below a moving average.
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| Breadth Thrust - The Breadth Thrust indicator is a market momentum indicator.
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| Bull/Bear Ratio - The Bull/Bear Ratio shows the relationship between bullish and bearish advisors as polled by Investor's Intelligence.
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| Candlesticks - Japanese * |
| CANSLIM- Drawing from his study of the greatest money-making stocks from 1953 to 1985, William O'Neil developed a set of common characteristics that each of these stocks possessed.
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| Commodity Channel Index - The Commodity Channel Index ("CCI") measures the variation of a security's price from its statistical mean.
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| Commodity Selection Index |
| Correlation Analysis - Shows if changes in one item (e.g., an indicator) will result in changes in the other item (e.g., the security's price).
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| Cycles- You can use cycle analysis to predict changes in financial markets, although not always with the accuracy found in nature.
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| Demand Index - The Demand Index combines price and volume in such a way that it is often a leading indicator of price change.
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| Detrended Price Oscillator - The Detrended Price Oscillator ("DPO") attempts to eliminate the trend in prices. Detrended prices allow you to more easily identify cycles and overbought/oversold levels.
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| Directional Movement - The Directional Movement System helps determine if a security is "trending".
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| Dow Theory - The Dow Theory is the common ancestor to most principles of modern technical analysis.
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| Ease of Movement - The Ease of Movement indicator shows the relationship between volume and price change. As with Equivolume charting, this indicator shows how much volume is required to move prices.
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| Efficient Market Theory - The Efficient Market Theory says that security prices correctly and almost immediately reflect all information and expectations.
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| Elliott Wave Theory - Elliott concluded that the movement of the stock market could be predicted by observing and identifying a repetitive pattern of waves.
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| Envelopes (Trading Bands) - An envelope is comprised of two moving averages. One moving average is shifted upward and the second moving average is shifted downward.
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| Equivolume/Candlevolume * |
| Fibonacci Studies - Fibonacci numbers are a sequence of numbers in which each successive number is the sum of the two previous numbers.
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| Four Percent Model - The Four Percent Model is a trend following tool designed to keep you in the market during major up moves and out (or short) during major down moves.
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| Fourier Transform - Fourier Transforms are used in technical analysis to detect cyclical patterns within prices.
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| Fundamental Analysis - Fundamental analysis is the study of economic, industry, and company conditions in an effort to determine the value of a company's stock.
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| Gann Angles - W.D.Gann believed that specific geometric patterns and angles had unique characteristics that could be used to predict price action.
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| Herrick Payoff Index - The Herrick Payoff Index is designed to show the amount of money flowing into or out of a futures contract.
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| Interest Rates - Interest rates play a key role in the general business cycle and the financial markets.
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| Kagi - Kagi charts display a series of connecting vertical lines where the thickness and direction of the lines are dependent on the price action. The charts ignore the passage of time.
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| Large Block Ratio - This market sentiment indicator shows the relationship between large block trades, which are trades of more than 10,000 shares, and the total volume on the New York Stock Exchange.
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| Linear Regression Lines- Linear regression is a statistical tool commonly used to determine when prices are overextended.
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| MACD - The MACD ("Moving Average Convergence/Divergence") is a trend following momentum indicator that shows the relationship between two moving averages of prices.
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| Mass Index - The Mass Index was designed to identify trend reversals by measuring the narrowing and widening of the range between the high and low prices.
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| Median Price - The Median Price indicator is simply the midpoint of each day's price.
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| Member Short Ratio - The Member Short Ratio ("MSR") is a market sentiment indicator that measures the short selling activity of members of the New York Stock Exchange.
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| Momentum - The Momentum indicator measures the amount that a security's price has changed over a given time span.
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| Money Flow Index - The Money Flow Index ("MFI") is a momentum indicator that measures the strength of money flowing in and out of a security.
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| Moving Averages *- A Moving Average is an indicator that shows the average value of a security's price over a period of time.
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| Negative Volume Index - The Negative Volume Index ("NVI") focuses on days where the volume decreases from the previous day. The premise being that the "smart money" takes positions on days when volume decreases.
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| Odd Lot Balance Index - The Odd Lot Balance Index ("OLBI") is a market sentiment indicator that shows the ratio of odd lot sales to purchases (an "odd lot" is a stock transaction of less than 100 shares).
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| Odd Lot Purchases/Sales |
| Odd Lot Short Ratio- The Odd Lot Short Ratio ("OLSR") is a market sentiment indicator that displays the daily ratio of odd lot short sales compared to odd lot buy/sell transactions.
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| On Balance Volume- On Balance Volume ("OBV") is a momentum indicator that relates volume to price change.
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| Open Interest - Open Interest is the number of open contracts of a given future or option contract.
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| Option Analysis - The Black-Scholes model helps determine the fair market value of an option based on the security's price and volatility, time until expiration, and the current market interest rate.
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| Parabolic SAR - The Parabolic Time/Price System, developed by Welles Wilder, is used to set trailing price stops and is usually referred to as the "SAR" (stop-and-reversal).
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| Patterns - Although no two markets are identical, their price patterns are often very similar. Predictable price behavior often follows these price patterns.
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| Percent Retracement - The amount that prices retreat following a higher-high can be measured using a technique referred to as "percent retracement".
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| Performance - The Performance indicator displays a security's price performance as a percentage. This is sometimes called a "normalized" chart.
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| Point & Figure - Point & Figure ("P&F") charts differ from traditional price charts in that they completely disregard the passage of time and only display changes in prices.
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| Price and Volume Trend - The Price and Volume Trend ("PVT") is similar to On Balance Volume ("OBV,") in that it is a cumulative total of volume that is adjusted depending on changes in closing prices.
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| Price Oscillator - The Price Oscillator displays the difference between two moving averages of a security's price.
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| Price Rate-of-Change - The Price Rate-of-Change ("ROC") indicator displays the difference between the current price and the price x-time periods ago.
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| Public Short Ratio - The Public Short Ratio ("PSR") shows the relationship between the number of public short sales and the total number of short sales.
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| Quadrant Lines- Quadrant Lines are a series of horizontal lines that divide the highest and lowest values (usually prices) into four equal sections.
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| Relative Strength, Comparative - Comparative Relative Strength compares two securities to show how the securities are performing relative to each other.
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| Relative Strength Index - The name "Relative Strength Index" is slightly misleading as the RSI does not compare the relative strength of two securities, but rather the internal strength of a single security.
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| Renko - Renko charts are similar to Three Line Break charts except that in a Renko chart, a line (or "brick" as they're called) is drawn in the direction of the prior move only if prices move by a minimum amount.
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| Speed Resistance Lines - Speed Resistance Lines ("SRL"), sometimes called 1/3-2/3 lines, are a series of trendlines that divide a price move into three equal sections.
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| Spreads - Spreads show the difference in price between two securities. Spreads are normally calculated using options.
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| Standard Deviation - Standard Deviation is a statistical measure of volatility. Standard Deviation is typically used as a component of other indicators, rather than as a stand-alone indicator.
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| Stochastic Oscillator - The Stochastic Oscillator compares where a security's price closed relative to its price range over a given time period.
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| Swing Index- The Swing Index seeks to isolate the "real" price of a security by comparing the relationships between the current prices (i.e., open, high, low, and close) and the previous period's prices.
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| Three Link Break - Three Line Break charts display a series of vertical boxes ("lines") that are based on changes in prices.
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| Time Series Forecast - The Time Series Forecast indicator displays the statistical trend of a security's price over a specified time period. The trend is based on linear regression analysis.
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| Tirone Levels - Tirone Levels are a series of horizontal lines that identify support and resistance levels.
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| Total Short Ratio - The Total Short Ratio ("TSR") shows the percentage of short sales to the total volume on the New York Stock Exchange.
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| Trade Volume Index - The Trade Volume Index ("TVI") shows whether a security is being accumulated (purchased) or distributed (sold).
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| Trendlines- A trendline is a sloping line that is drawn between two or more prominent points on a chart.
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| TRIX - TRIX is a momentum indicator that displays the percent rate-of-change of a triple exponentially smoothed moving average of the security's closing price.
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| Typical Price - The Typical Price indicator is simply an average of each day's price. The Median Price and Weighted Close are similar indicators.
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| Ultimate Oscillator - The Ultimate Oscillator uses weighted sums of three oscillators, each of which uses a different time period.
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| Vertical Horizontal Filter- The Vertical Horizontal Filter ("VHF") determines whether prices are in a trending phase or a congestion phase
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| Volatility, Chaikin's - Chaikin's Volatility indicator compares the spread between a security's high and low prices. It quantifies volatility as a widening of the range between the high and the low price.
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| Volume *- Volume is simply the number of shares (or contracts) traded during a specified time frame (e.g., hour, day, week, month, etc).
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| Volume Oscillator- The Volume Oscillator displays the difference between two moving averages of a security's volume.
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| Volume Rate-of-Change - The Volume Rate-of-Change ("ROC") is calculated identically to the Price ROC, except it displays the ROC of the security's volume, rather than of its closing price.
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| Weighted Close - The Weighted Close indicator is simply an average of each day's price. It gets its name from the fact that extra weight is given to the closing price.
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| Williams' Accumulation/Distribution - Accumulation is a term used to describe a market controlled by buyers; whereas distribution is defined by a market controlled by sellers.
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| Williams' %R - Williams %R (pronounced "percent R") is a momentum indicator that measures overbought/oversold levels.
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| Zig Zag- The Zig Zag indicator filters out changes in an underlying plot (e.g., a security's price or another indicator) that are less than a specified amount. The Zig Zag indicator only shows significant changes.
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