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Technical Analysis IndicatorsTechnical analysis indicators are the mathematical formulae that day traders use on their charts to decide when to make their trades. Many popular and obscure indicators are explained, including their construction, their mathematics, and their basic use in trading.
Accumulation Distribution
Description of Accumulation Distribution, including definition, calculation, and its basic use in trading. Commodity Channel Index (CCI)
Description of the Commodity Channel Index (CCI), including definition, calculation, and its basic use in trading. Directional Movement Index (DMI)
Description of the Directional Movement Index (DMI), including definition, calculation, and its basic use in trading. Fibonacci Numbers
Description of the Fibonacci numbers, including their history, calculation, and examples of their use in day trading. Market Profile Charts
Description of market profile charts, with explanations of the information that they provide, and examples of how they are used in day trading. Momentum
Description of the Momentum indicator, including its definition, calculation, and basic use in trading. Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD)
Description and example chart of the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator, including its definition, calculation, and basic use in trading. Moving Averages
Description of simple, exponential, and weighted moving averages, including definitions, calculations, and their basic use in trading. Parabolic Stop and Reverse (Parabolic SAR)
Description of the Parabolic SAR (Parabolic Stop and Reverse) indicator, including its definition, calculation, and basic use in trading. Pivot Points
Description of Pivot Points, including definition, calculation, and their basic use in trading. Relative Strength Index (RSI)
Description of the Relative Strength Index (RSI), including definition, calculation, and its basic use in trading. Reuters NewsScope and Sentiment Analysis
Description of Reuters' automated news services, NewsScope and Sentiment Analysis, including how they work, the information that they provide, their formats, and their availability. Stochastic Oscillator
Description of the Stochastic Oscillator indicator, including its definition, calculation, and basic use in trading. Trend Lines
Series of articles about trend lines, including the information that they represent, tutorials for drawing trend lines, and examples of trading using trend lines. TRIX
Description of the TRIX, including its definition, calculation, and basic use in trading. Volatility Ratio
Description of the Volatility Ratio indicator, including its definition, calculation, and basic use in trading. |
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