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Traders use a variety of charts and technical indicators to analyze an individual stock as well as the overall market. They use stock charts on which they apply trendlines, Bollinger Bands, moving averages, Keltner Channels and other indicators to help them form opinions as to future price movements. They look for guidance on both the…
You may be wondering what causes stock market volatility? Stock prices can go up, down or “sideways” (stay about the same over time). Typically, long-term investors buy stocks in the hopes that prices of the stocks they own will increase as companies grow and enhance their profits. Short-term “traders,” or “swing traders,” who are more…
There are many popular technical indicators that traders use in an attempt to predict the future movement of a stock’s price. You may be wondering “Can candlesticks be used as stock momentum indicators?” A stock may be moving up, down or sideways, but traders need to predict if this direction or “trend” will continue in…
Option “premiums,” that is, the prices that a trader must pay if he or she wants to buy an option, or the price that they will receive if they sell the option, are determined by a number of variables. These variables include the price of the underlying stock (or security), the volatility of the stock…
Trendlines, RSI, candlesticks, volume comparisons, moving averages, MACD, Bollinger Bands® and others are popular technical indicators that many traders use to predict the future movement of a stock’s price. Let’s look at the stochastic oscillator, a technical indicator that traders often use to plot when evaluating a stock. Stochastic Definition The stochastic oscillator measures the…
The Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD, pronounced “mack dee”), is a “momentum” and “trend direction” indicator, predicting the general direction and strength of a stock trend in the short-to-medium term. A MACD technical indicator is widely used, but often not interpreted correctly. What is MACD in Stock Charts? The “momentum” of price movement is the force…
Today, we’re going to take a close look at Doji candlesticks. Japanese candlestick charts are a popular tool used by traders, since candles give us a lot of information in one simple indicator. A single candle shows the relationship between the high, low, open and close for a given time period (an hour, a day,…
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A common tool used by traders for identifying a stock price trend is moving average charts. Moving average indicators measure the mood of the market by revealing the directional trend of a stock. It is a smoothing technique that removes abrupt, choppy fluctuations (noise). Understanding the Moving Average System A stock’s closing price represents the…