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Accumulation/Distribution
Line
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A volume
indicator, the Accumulation/Distribution Line was
developed by Marc Chaikin to assess the cumulative
flow of money into and out of a security
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| Aroon and Aroon
Oscillator |
A set of
oscillators similar to the ADX system. They help
determine the strength and direction of the current
trend
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| Average Directional Index
(ADX) |
An oscillator
that assesses the strength of current trends, and can
also be used to identify potential changes in a
market from trending to nontrending
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| Average True Range
(ATR) |
An indicator
that measures a security's volatility, but gives no
indication of price direction or duration
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| Bollinger
Bands |
An indicator
that allows users to compare volatility and relative
price levels over a period of time
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| Bollinger Band
Width |
An indicator
of volatility based on the difference between upper
and lower Bollinger Bands. The width can also be used
to analyze the strength of a trend
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| Commodity Channel Index
(CCI) |
An oscillator
used to identify changes and strength in trend, and
find buy or sell signals
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| Chaikin Money
Flow |
Best used in
conjunction with other aspects of technical analysis,
this indicator focuses on the location of the close
relative to the range for the period (daily or
weekly)
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| Chaikin
Oscillator |
Technically
an indicator of an indicator, the Chaikin Oscillator
gives momentum characteristics to the
Accumulation/Distribution Line
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| MACD |
One of the
simplest and most reliable indicators available, MACD
uses moving averages, which are lagging indicators,
to include some trendfollowing
characteristics
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| Money Flow Index (MFI) |
A volume-weighted
Momentum indicator that measures the strength of
money flowing in and out of a security
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| Moving Average Envelopes |
A pair of lines that
run parallel to the moving average line, and are
placed a specified percentage distance above and
below it. MA envelopes allow a user to determine when
prices have strayed from the moving average line by
that percentage
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| Moving
Averages |
One of the
most popular and easy to use tools available to the
technical analyst. By using an average of prices,
moving averages smooth a data series and make it
easier to spot trends
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| On Balance Volume (OBV) |
One of the
first and most popular indicators to measure positive
and negative volume flow
The OBV charts a cumulative total of volume that
increases when the price closes up and decreases when
the price closes down. The line it forms can be used
to look for divergences or confirmation
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| Parabolic SAR |
Also
referred to as the stop-and-reversal indicator,
Parabolic SAR sets trailing price stops for long or
short positions. It is most useful when a security is
trending
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| Percentage Volume
Oscillator (PVO) |
The
percentage difference between two moving averages of
volume. The PVO can be used to identify periods of
expanding or contracting volume
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| Price Channels |
Similar to Bollinger
Bands, price channels form boundaries above and below
the price line and can be used as indicators of
volatility. Price channels are created by specifying
a number of periods that will chart an n
period high or low around the price line
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| Price Oscillator
(including PPO) |
An indicator
based on the difference between two moving averages,
expressed as either a percentage or in absolute
terms
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| Price
Relative |
Compares the
performance of one security to another. It is often
used to compare the performance of a particular stock
to a market index, usually the S&P 500
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| Price By
Volume |
A horizontal
histogram that displays total volume within a certain
price range
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| Rabbitt
Q-StockRank |
A combination
of nine fundamental and technical models applied to
over 3000 stocks daily. The QStockRank is a
starting point that identifies stocks to which you
may then apply your own experience, insights,
judgment, and knowledge
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| Rate of Change |
A simple
yet effective momentum indicator that compares the
price today with the price n periods
ago
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| Relative Strength Index
(RSI) |
A momentum
oscillator that compares the magnitude of gains
against the magnitude of losses
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| Standard
Deviation |
A statistical
term that provides a good indication of volatility.
It measures how widely values are dispersed from the
average
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| Stochastic
Oscillator |
A momentum
indicator that shows the location of the current
close relative to the high/low range over a set
number of periods
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| StochRSI |
An oscillator
that measures the level of RSI relative to its range,
over a set period of time by applying the formula
behind Stochastics
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| TRIX |
A momentum indicator
that displays the percent rate-of-change of a triple
exponentially smoothed moving average of a security's
closing price
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| Ultimate
Oscillator |
A bounded
oscillator that incorporates three different time
frames into one number
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| Williams
%R |
A momentum
indicator especially popular for measuring overbought
and oversold levels
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| ZigZag |
ZigZag isn't
a true indicator, but a means to filter chart noise
and compare relative price movements. Beware - ZigZag
has zero predictive power! |
