FOREX  - Technical indicators 

   

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  • Accumulation/Distribution Line - A technical indicator that attempts to quantify the flow of money into and out of a given stock.
  • Aroon - Aroon is a techincal indicator system that attempts to show if a stock is trending or not.
  • Average Directional Index (ADX) - A technical indicator system that attempts to quantify how strongly a stock is trending.
  • Average True Range (ATR) - A technical indicator that attempts to show a stock's volatility.
  • Bollinger Bands - A chart overlay that shows a stock's volatility and direction.
  • Bollinger Band Width - A technical indicator that shows a stock's volatility based on the width of its Bollinger Bands.
  • Commodity Channel Index (CCI) - A technical indicator that attempts to display cyclical turns in a stock or commodity.
  • Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) - A technical indicator that combines price and volume in an attempt to show money flow into and out of a given stock.
  • Chaikin Oscillator - A technical indicator that shows buying and selling pressure on a particular stock.
  • Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD) - A popular technical indicator system that combines several moving averages to better show a stock's trend and momentum.
  • Money Flow Index (MFI) - A technical indicator that attempts to show the strength of a given stock's trend.
  • Moving Averages - A detailed article on the types of moving averages and their strengths and weaknesses.
  • Moving Average Envelopes - Technical overlays that turn a moving average into a set of lines that form a channel.
  • On Balance Volume (OBV) - One of the first technical indicators that attempted to measure money flow into and out of stocks.
  • Parabolic SAR - A technical chart overlay that attempts to show where price stops should be set.
  • Percentage Volume Oscillator (PVO) - The PPO indicator applied to volume instead of price.
  • Price Channels - Technical overlays that form boundaries above and below the price line based on previous highs and lows.
  • Price Oscillators (PPO) - Technical indicator that's similar to the MACD. The PPO is the percentage-based version.
  • Price Relative - Technical indicator that compares the performance of two stocks to each other by dividing their price data.
  • Price by Volume - A technical overlay that resembles a horizontal histogram and shows which price levels a stock has been heavily trading at.
  • Rabbitt Q-Rank - A proprietary techincal indicator that combines technical and fundamental information into a single number. Developed by Paul Rabbitt.
  • Rate of Change (ROC) and Momentum - A technical indicator that shows the speed at which a stock's price is changing.
  • Relative Strength Index (RSI) - A popular technical indicator that tries to quantify a stock's current direction and strength.
  • Standard Deviation (Volatility) - A statistical indicator that describes a stocks volatility.
  • Stochastic Oscillator (Fast, Slow, and Full) - A popular techincal indicator that tracks a stock's up and down movements closely. This article describes all three types of Stochastic oscillators.
  • StochRSI - A technical indicator that helps traders see what the RSI indicator is doing more effectively.
  • TRIX - A technical indicator that uses a triple-smoothed moving average to filter price movements.
  • Ultimate Oscillator - A technical indicator that combines three moving averages into one number so that long-term, medium-term and short-term price movements can be quantified.
  • Williams %R - A popular technical indicator that uses Stochastics to determine overbought and oversold levels.
  • ZigZag - A price overlay that shows filtered price movements that are greater than a given percentage.