Technical Analysis

Technical Analysis For Traders: An Exhaustive Index Of Terms

What Is Technical Analysis? Technical analysis uses charts & graphs to analyse patterns in market data to predict future trends. Many traders speculating on commodities and other instruments use technical analysis when trading with CFD brokers. Here’s our exhaustive guide to technical analysis.

Index….

Candlestick Patterns

1. Bearish Engulfing>>
2. Bullish Engulfing>>
3. Dark Cloud Cover>>
4. Doji>>
5. Doji Dragonfly>>
6. Doji Evening Star>>
7. Gravestone Doji>>
8. Hammer>>
9. Hanging Man>>
10. Harami>>
11. Inverted Hammer>>
12. Morning Star>>
13. Piercing Pattern>>
14. Shooting Star>>
15. Tweezer Top & Bottom>>
16. Windows (Gaps)>>

Chart Patterns

1. Double Bottom>>
2. Double Top>>
3. Flag Gaps>>
4. Head and Shoulders>>
5. Support and Resistance>>
6. Triangles>>

Technical Indicators

1. Accumulation Distribution>>
2. Accumulative Swing Index>>
3. Adaptive Moving Average>>
4. Advance Decline Ratio>>
5. Average Directional (ADX)>>
6. Andrews Pitchfork>>
7. Arms Index (TRIN)>>
8. Aroon Indicator/Osc>>
9. Bollinger Bands>>
10. Chaikin Oscillator>>
11. Commodity Channel Index
12. Commodity Select Index. The Commodity Select Index (CSI), created by Welles Wilder, helps traders choose the best commodities to trade by evaluating their volatility and potential for good risk-reward setups.
13. Detrended Price Osc. This oscillator is used to remove long-term trends from prices, providing a clearer view of shorter-term movements and cycles.
14. Directional Movement Index. The Directional Movement Index (DMI) uses two lines, DMI+ and DMI-, to help identify potential buy and sell signals.
15. Ease of Movement
16. Elliot Wave. states that prices move in waves of repeating patterns.
17. Exponential Moving Avg. weighs current prices more heavily than past prices.
18. Exponential Ribbons
19. Fibonacci Retracements is the most heavily used Fibonacci tool based on the logic that the S&P 500 is a broad measure of human nature.
20. Fibonacci Arcs. are percentage arcs based on the distance between major price highs and price lows.
21. Fibonacci Fans use Fibonacci ratios based on time and price.
22. Fibonacci Time Extensions are used to predict periods of price change for both highs and lows.
23. Gann Theory
24. Windows (Gaps). is a bullish or bearish pattern that means that no price and no volume transacted hands between the gap.
25. Herrick Payoff Index
26. Keltner Channel is a technical analysis tool that uses a moving average and volatility measures to identify potential breakout points, trends, and overbought or oversold conditions in the market.
27. Linear Regression Channel
28. Linear Regression Curve
29. Linear Regression Line
30. MACD
31. Market Thrust Indicator is a technical analysis tool used to measure the strength and momentum of the market by analyzing advancing and declining stocks, helping traders identify potential bullish or bearish trends.
32. Moving Averages are a fundamental tool in technical analysis that smooths out price data to help traders and investors identify market trends and make informed decisions by calculating the average price over a specific time period.
33. Mass Index
34. McClellan Oscillator
35. Momentum Money Flow Index (MFI)
36. Moving Average Envelopes. consist of a moving average plus and minus a certain user-defined percentage deviation.
37. On Balance Volume (OBV)
38. Open Interest
39. Parabolic SAR
40. Point and Figure Charting
41. Price Channels
42. Price Oscillator
43. Price Volume Trend
44. Rate of Change (ROC)
45. Relative Strength Index (RSI). is a tool that measures if a stock is currently overbought or oversold by comparing its price strength to past prices.
46. Simple Moving Average.The Simple Moving Average shows the trend direction and can help traders decide when to buy or sell.
47. Standard Error Bands
48. Stochastic RSI. Stochastic RSI combines two tools used to predict price movements to make better predictions.
49. Stochastic Fast and Slow
50. Swing Index
51. Time Series Forecast
52. Triangular Moving Average is a Simple Moving Average that has been averaged again, creating an extra smooth line.
53. Stochastic RSI
54. Triple Exponential Avg
55. Typical Price Moving Avg. combines the ideas of the Pivot Point and Simple Moving Average to analyze stock prices.
56. Ulcer Index. The Ulcer Index is a fancy way to measure how stressful it might be to hold onto an investment by looking at price dips.
57. Ultimate Oscillator.The Ultimate Oscillator combines short, medium, and long-term price movements into a single tool. It helps traders identify overbought or oversold conditions, indicating potential buying or selling opportunities.
58. VIX/VXN Volatility Indexes
59. Volatility Indicator. Can help you identify when a market might change direction or reverse. It does this by looking at the true range of price movements. It is also useful for spotting strong trends and figuring out when prices have hit their lowest point (price bottoms)
60. Volume..Higher or lower prices can be related to how much trading is happening.
61. Volume Accumulation
62. Volume Oscillator
63. Volume Rate of Change
64. Weighted Moving Average
65. Williams %R
66. Zig Zag

“Quote”

“You don’t make money by trading, you make it by sitting.” It takes patience to wait for the trade to develop, for the opportunity to present itself. Let the market come to you, instead of chasing the market. Chart patterns are very accurate. They have proven their accuracy and predictability time and time again, but you have to wait for them to develop.”