Technical Analysis Stock Charts Education - Technical Indicators

Advance-Decline Line

Market breadth indicator, providing a very good measure of overall market strength.

William's Accumulation-Distribution

Tracks the buying pressure and selling pressure.

Arms Index (TRIN)

Short term breadth indicator showing whether volume is flowing into advancing or declining issues.

Average True Range

Volatility indicator

BETA

Beta is a risk measure comparing the volatility of a stock's price movement to the general market.

Commodity Channel Index

CCI is an oscillator that provides an indication of overbought or oversold markets.

Demand Index

Incorporates price and volume to give a ratio of buying pressure to selling pressure.

ADX Directional Movement Index

Indicates when a trend is present and the overall strength of a market.

Mass Index

Range oscillator that uses changes in daily trading price and provides unique market reversal forecasts that other indicators may miss

MACD

MACD is a trend following momentum indicator used to signal trend changes and to indicate trend direction. Signals are generated by crossovers and divergence from price.

MACD Histogram

The MACD Histogram is useful for anticipating changes in trend.

Money Flow Index

A divergence between the Money Flow Index and price trend can warn of a possible trend reversal.

Momentum

Momentum measures the speed of price change and provides a leading indicator of changes in trend.

On Balance Volume

Can be used to either confirm the current price trend or warn of a possible reversal.

Parabolic SAR

Useful tool for catching new trends early, offering excellent buy and sell signals

Price and Volume trend

(PVT) is a cumulative total of volume adjusted according to relative changes in closing prices. It is similar to On Balance Volume (OBV).

Range Expansion Index (REI)

An arithmetically calculated market-timing oscillator designed to overcome problems with exponentially calculated oscillators.

Rate of Change

Momentum indicator that measures velocity and also leads the price action.

Relative Strength Index

(RSI) can provide an early warning of an opportunity to buy or sell.

Sequential® Analysis

An indicator designed to identify market exhaustion using price patterns. It can help to anticipate trend reversals. Developed and trade marked by Tom DeMark

Standard Deviation

A statistical concept, provides a reliable measure of volatility.

Stochastic Oscillator

Can help determine when a market is overbought or oversold.

Swing Index

Momentum indicator is used primarily as a component of the Accumulative Swing Index.

Accumulative Swing Index (ASI)

Is a swing or wave system used to capitalize on breakout patterns. ASI is commonly used to confirm trendline breakouts on price charts.

TRIX - Triple Exponential Smoothing Oscillator

As a momentum indicator, this oscillator is based on smoothed moving averages and their momentum to avoid insignificant daily price movements and to aid timing.

Ultimate Oscillator

Sensitive to buying and selling pressure and offers reliable signals.

Upside/Downside

Measures of Upside/Downside separate the volumes for rising markets from those in falling markets. Since volume is independent of price, it makes a valuable tool for measuring the quality of a price trend.

Volume

The number of shares or contracts traded during a given time frame. The time frame is usually one day, but can also be a week.

Volume Accumulation Oscillator (Chaikin Oscillator)

Volume analysis is important for identifying internal strengths and weaknesses in a market. Very often, a divergence between volume and price movements can offer clues to an impending reversal.

William's % R

Williams %R has proven very useful for anticipating market reversals.