Price Charts: Technical analysts use various types of price charts like line charts, bar charts, and candlestick charts to visualize historical price movements. The most popular type of chart is the candlestick chart, which shows the opening, closing, high, and low prices for a specific period.
Trends: Technical analysis focuses on identifying trends (upward, downward, or sideways) in the market. A major premise is that "price moves in trends," and by identifying these trends early, traders can capitalize on them.
Indicators and Oscillators: These are mathematical calculations based on the price, volume, or open interest of a stock. Popular indicators include:
Moving Averages (MA): A tool to smooth out price data to identify trends.
Relative Strength Index (RSI): A momentum oscillator that measures the speed and change of price movements.
MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence): A trend-following momentum indicator that shows the relationship between two moving averages of a stock’s price.
Bollinger Bands: A volatility indicator that shows the upper and lower limits of price movement.
Support and Resistance Levels: These are horizontal lines drawn on a chart to show where prices tend to stop and reverse. Support represents a price level where a downtrend can be expected to pause, while resistance indicates where an uptrend might halt.
Volume Analysis: Volume plays a crucial role in technical analysis, as it helps confirm the strength of a price movement. If a stock’s price moves higher on increased volume, it is considered a strong move, and if volume is low, the move is often seen as weak.
Chart Patterns: Certain patterns formed by the price movements of a stock, such as head and shoulders, triangles, and flags, are widely used to predict future price movements.
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