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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.
Accumulation/Distribution
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Accumulation
Swing Index
The Accumulation Swing Index is a cumulative
total of the Swing Index.
Accumulation Swing Index - more info
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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.
Andrews' Pitchfork - more info
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Average
True Range
The Average True Range ("ATR") is a measure
of volatility.
Average True Range - more info
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Bollinger
Bands
Bollinger Bands are similar to moving average
envelopes but are plotted at standard deviation
levels above and below a moving average.
Bollinger Bands - more info
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Breadth
Thrust
The Breadth Thrust indicator is a market momentum
indicator.
Breadth Thrust - more info
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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.
Bull/Bear Ratio - more info
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Candlesticks
- Japanese *
Candlestick charts display the open, high, low,
and closing prices in a format similar to a
modern-day bar-chart, but in a manner that extenuates
the relationship between the opening and closing
prices.
MasterDATA's
Candlestick Pattern Reference
Candlesticks - Japanese - more info
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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.
CANSLIM - more info
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Commodity
Channel Index
The Commodity Channel Index ("CCI") measures
the variation of a security's price from its
statistical mean.
Commodity Channel Index - more info
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Commodity
Selection Index
The Commodity Selection Index ("CSI") is a momentum
indicator.
Commodity Selection Index - more
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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).
Correlation Analysis - more info
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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.
Cycles - more info
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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.
Demand Index - more info
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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.
Detrended Price Oscillator - more
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Directional
Movement
The Directional Movement System helps determine
if a security is "trending".
Directional Movement - more info
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Dow Theory
The Dow Theory is the common ancestor to most
principles of modern technical analysis.
Dow Theory - more info
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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.
Ease of Movement - more info
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Efficient
Market Theory
The Efficient Market Theory says that security
prices correctly and almost immediately reflect
all information and expectations.
Efficient Market Theory - more info
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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.
Elliott Wave Theory - more info
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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.
Envelopes (Trading Bands) - more
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Equivolume/Candlevolume
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Equivolume displays prices in a manner that
emphasizes the relationship between price and
volume.
Equivolume/Candlevolume - more info
See the S&P 500 Index daily charts for an
example of this charting method (Click on
Chart 4 showing volume related indicators).
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Fibonacci
Studies
Fibonacci numbers are a sequence of numbers
in which each successive number is the sum of
the two previous numbers.
Fibonacci Studies - more info
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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.
Four Percent Model - more info
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Fourier
Transform
Fourier Transforms are used in technical analysis
to detect cyclical patterns within prices.
Fourier Transform - more info
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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.
Fundamental Analysis - more info
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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.
Gann Angles - more info
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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.
Herrick Payoff Index - more info
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Interest
Rates
Interest rates play a key role in the general
business cycle and the financial markets.
Interest Rates - more info
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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.
Kagi - more info
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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.
Large Block Ratio - more info
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Linear Regression
Lines
Linear regression is a statistical tool commonly
used to determine when prices are overextended.
Linear Regression Lines - more info
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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.
MACD - more info
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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.
Mass Index - more info
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Median Price
The Median Price indicator is simply the midpoint
of each day's price.
Median Price - more info
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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.
Member Short Ratio - more info
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Momentum
The Momentum indicator measures the amount that
a security's price has changed over a given
time span.
Momentum - more info
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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.
Money Flow Index - more info
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Moving Averages
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A Moving Average is an indicator that shows
the average value of a security's price over
a period of time.
Moving Averages - more info
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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.
Negative Volume Index - more info
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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).
Odd Lot Balance Index - more info
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Odd Lot
Purchases/Sales
The number of shares (in thousands) purchased
or sold in odd lots.
Odd Lot Purchases/Sales - more info
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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.
Odd Lot Short Ratio - more info
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On Balance
Volume
On Balance Volume ("OBV") is a momentum indicator
that relates volume to price change.
On Balance Volume - more info
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Open Interest
Open Interest is the number of open contracts
of a given future or option contract.
Open Interest - more info
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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.
Option Analysis - more info
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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).
Parabolic SAR - more info
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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.
Patterns - more info
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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".
Percent Retracement - more info
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Performance
The Performance indicator displays a security's
price performance as a percentage. This is sometimes
called a "normalized" chart.
Performance - more info
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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.
Point & Figure - more info
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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.
Price and Volume Trend - more info
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Price Oscillator
The Price Oscillator displays the difference
between two moving averages of a securitys price.
Price Oscillator - more info
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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.
Price Rate-of-Change - more info
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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.
Public Short Ratio - more info
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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.
Quadrant Lines - more info
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Relative
Strength, Comparative
Comparative Relative Strength compares two securities
to show how the securities are performing relative
to each other.
Relative Strength, Comparative -
more info
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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.
Relative Strength Index - more info
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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.
Renko - more info
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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.
Speed Resistance Lines - more info
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Spreads
Spreads show the difference in price between
two securities. Spreads are normally calculated
using options.
Spreads - more info
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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.
Standard Deviation - more info
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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.
Stochastic Oscillator - more info
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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.
Swing Index - more info
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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.
Three Link Break - more info
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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.
Time Series Forecast - more info
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Tirone Levels
Tirone Levels are a series of horizontal lines
that identify support and resistance levels.
Tirone Levels - more info
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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.
Total Short Ratio - more info
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Trade Volume
Index
The Trade Volume Index ("TVI") shows whether
a security is being accumulated (purchased)
or distributed (sold).
Trade Volume Index - more info
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Trendlines
A trendline is a sloping line that is drawn
between two or more prominent points on a chart.
Trendlines - more info
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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.
TRIX - more info
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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.
Typical Price - more info
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Ultimate
Oscillator
The Ultimate Oscillator uses weighted sums of
three oscillators, each of which uses a different
time period.
Ultimate Oscillator - more info
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Vertical
Horizontal Filter
The Vertical Horizontal Filter ("VHF") determines
whether prices are in a trending phase or a
congestion phase
Vertical Horizontal Filter - more
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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.
Volatility, Chaikin's - more info
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Volume
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Volume is simply the number of shares (or contracts)
traded during a specified time frame (e.g.,
hour, day, week, month, etc).
Volume - more info
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Volume Oscillator
The Volume Oscillator displays the difference
between two moving averages of a security's
volume.
Volume Oscillator - more info
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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.
Volume Rate-of-Change - more info
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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.
Weighted Close - more info
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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.
Williams' Accumulation/Distribution
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Williams'
%R
Williams %R (pronounced "percent R") is a momentum
indicator that measures overbought/oversold
levels.
Williams' %R - more info
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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.
Zig Zag - more info
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