Indicators & Oscillators
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Accumulation/Distribution Line
A running total of volume weighted by where each period's close sat within its own range.
Indicators & OscillatorsAdvance-Decline Line
A running total of the number of advancing securities minus the number of declining securities each period.
Indicators & OscillatorsAnchored VWAP
A volume-weighted average price calculated from a chosen starting point rather than from the beginning of the session.
Indicators & OscillatorsAroon Indicator
A pair of lines measuring how recently the highest high and lowest low occurred within a lookback window.
Indicators & OscillatorsAverage Directional Index
An indicator measuring the strength of a directional move on a scale of 0 to 100, without indicating its direction.
Indicators & OscillatorsAverage True Range
The average of the true range over n periods, measuring how much a security typically moves in a period.
Indicators & OscillatorsBacktesting
Applying a set of trading rules to historical data to see how they would have performed.
Indicators & OscillatorsBearish Divergence
A condition in which price makes a higher high while an oscillator makes a lower high.
Indicators & OscillatorsBollinger Band Width
The distance between the upper and lower Bollinger Bands, expressed relative to the middle band.
Indicators & OscillatorsBollinger Bands
A moving average with bands plotted a set number of standard deviations above and below it.
Indicators & OscillatorsBullish Divergence
A condition in which price makes a lower low while an oscillator makes a higher low.
Indicators & OscillatorsChaikin Money Flow
The sum of volume weighted by close position over n periods, divided by total volume over the same periods.
Indicators & OscillatorsChandelier Exit
A trailing stop placed a multiple of average true range below the highest high since entry.
Indicators & OscillatorsCommodity Channel Index
An unbounded oscillator measuring how far the typical price sits from its moving average, scaled by mean deviation.
Indicators & OscillatorsCurve Fitting
Tuning a strategy's parameters until it fits historical data closely, producing results that do not repeat on new data.
Indicators & OscillatorsDeath Cross
The crossing of a shorter moving average below a longer one, conventionally the 50-day below the 200-day.
Indicators & OscillatorsDirectional Movement Index
A pair of lines measuring upward and downward directional movement separately, from which the ADX is derived.
Indicators & OscillatorsDivergence
A condition in which price and an indicator derived from it move in opposite directions.
Indicators & OscillatorsDonchian Channel
Bands drawn at the highest high and lowest low of the last n periods, with a midline between them.
Indicators & OscillatorsEnvelope Channel
Bands drawn a fixed percentage above and below a moving average.
Indicators & OscillatorsExponential Moving Average
A moving average that weights recent periods more heavily, with weights decaying geometrically into the past.
Indicators & OscillatorsGolden Cross
The crossing of a shorter moving average above a longer one, conventionally the 50-day above the 200-day.
Indicators & OscillatorsIchimoku Cloud
A multi-line system plotting conversion and base lines, a shaded cloud projected forward, and a lagging span behind price.
Indicators & OscillatorsIndicator Lag
The delay between a change in price and the corresponding change in an indicator derived from it.