Technical Indicators
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Technical Indicators are the often squiggly lines found above, below, and on top of the price information on a technical chart. Indicators that use the same scale as prices are typically plotted on top of the price bars and are therefore referred to as “Overlays.”
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Combines price and volume to show how money flows into or out of a stock.
An indicator that helps you identify the presence and direction of market trends.
Determines if a stock is trending or consolidating using the Aroon Up and Aroon Down.
Measures the difference between Aroon Up and Aroon Down.
A volatility-based indicator that plots bands above and below a moving average of the underlying price.
A volatility-based indicator that sets dynamic stop-loss levels for market exits or entries.
Shows whether a stock is trending or oscillating.
Measures a stock's volatility.
Measures buying and selling pressure to determine which side is in greater control and driving price action.
Shows the percentage difference between the upper and lower Bollinger Band.
Shows the relationship between price and standard deviation Bollinger Bands.
Combines price and volume to show how money may be flowing into or out of a stock Alternative to Accumulation/Distribution Line.
Combines price and volume to show how money may be flowing into or out of a stock. Based on Accumulation/Distribution Line.
Scores the strength of a stock's trend, based on several technical indicators over six different timeframes.
An unbound momentum oscillator that attempts to improve on some of the shortcomings of traditional RSI.
Shows a stock's variation from its “typical” price.
A momentum oscillator created from the composite of RSI, ROC, and Up/Down Length, designed for shorter-term trades.
An oscillator that uses rate-of-change and a weighted moving average to measure momentum.
Shows the degree of correlation between two securities over a given timeframe.
An advanced momentum indicator that tracks a stock's rate of change.
A price oscillator that uses a displaced moving average to identify cycles.
Shows how far a security is trading from its 3, 6, 9, or 12-month highs, expressed as a percentage.
Shows how far a security is trading from its 3, 6, 9, or 12-month lows, expressed as a percentage.
Shows the percentage move necessary for a security to reach a 3, 6, 9, or 12-month high.
Shows the percentage move necessary for a security to reach a 3, 6, 9, or 12-month low.
Shows the percentage difference between price and a moving average of your choice.
An indicator that compares volume and price to identify significant moves.
A simple price-and-volume oscillator.
Determines the range of price moves for different assets and identifies which investments are more volatile and which tend to move in slow and consistent trends.
Identifies and analyzes price trend direction, overbought/oversold conditions, support and resistance levels, and volatility.
Measures the difference between a financial asset's highest and lowest prices per day or session.
Shows a security's highest trading value during a specific period.
Forecasts stock price values using past values. LRF can determine the underlying trend and when prices are overextended to the upside or downside.
Identifies underlying trends and when prices are overextended to the upside and downside.
An oscillator that indicates the presence of a strong trend or a lack of trend.
Shows a security's lowest trading value within a specific period.
An indicator that identifies reversals when the price range widens.
A momentum oscillator based on the difference between two EMAs.
A momentum oscillator that shows the difference between MACD and its signal line.
A volatility-normalized MACD that can analyze trends.
A momentum oscillator that indicates if a trend is positive or negative in absolute terms.
Displays a trading range's midpoint for a given period.
A volume-weighted version of RSI that shows shifts is buying and selling pressure.
A cumulative volume-based indicator used to identify trend reversals.
Combines price and volume in a very simple way to show how money may be flowing into or out of a stock.
A percentage-based version of the MACD indicator.
The PPO indicator applied to volume instead of price.
A relative strength indicator that considers the difference in percentage changes between a security and a baseline symbol.
Technical indicator that compares the performance of two stocks to each other by dividing their price data.
A momentum oscillator from Martin Pring based on the smoothed rate-of-change for four different timeframes.
A momentum indicator from Martin Pring that combines short-term, intermediate and long-term velocity.
Shows the speed at which a stock's price is changing.
Shows how strongly a stock is moving in its current direction.
A set of indicators/overlays that compare current volume to the average, in order to identify conditions where unusually high or low volume is powering a price move.
Uses RS-Ratio to measure relative performance and RS-Momentum to measure the momentum of relative performance.
Our relative ranking system based on a stock's technical strength.
Measures the rise-over-run for a linear regression.
A statistical measure of a stock's volatility.
Shows how a stock's price is doing relative to past movements. Fast, Slow and Full Stochastics are explained.
Combines Stochastics with the RSI indicator to help you see RSI changes more clearly.
Shows bullish (green), bearish (red), and neutral (yellow) zones on a chart using parameters you set.
A triple-smoothed moving average of price movements.
An indicator that measures trend direction and identifies overbought/oversold levels.
A volatility indicator that identifies periods of consolidation and determines the direction of the resulting move.
An indicator that represents a trading bar's average price.
An indicator designed to measure market risk or volatility.
Combines long-term, mid-term, and short-term moving averages into one number.
An indicator that identifies the start of a new trend and defines the current trend.
An indicator that identifies a prevailing trend.
Uses Stochastics to determine overbought and oversold levels.
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