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As an astute student or practitioner of trading you must rely on your tool kit when you go to work. Instead of a hammer or pair of pliers, like you might find in a contractor's tool kit, you must rely on trading indicators to help guide your decision making. Moving average convergence divergence (MACDs), Stochastics, Chaikin money flow and Relative Strength Indicators (RSI) are but a few of the tools serious traders must know inside and out. In this section of TraderHQ we've curated our best content related to technical indicators, we offer relatively basic understandings of each indicator and then strive to provide the most serious of traders a must-bookmark guide on the topic. Enjoy.

Trading Indicators

Making the Best Use of On-Chart Technical Indicators

Justin KuepperAug 22, 2018

Technical indicators are some of the most important quantitative tools used by active traders.

Trading Indicators

Choosing the Right Type of Technical Indicators

Aaron LevittAug 08, 2018

When it comes to investing, we use a ton of different metrics to derive a stock’s value.

Trading Indicators

A Trader's Guide to Sentiment Indicators

Justin KuepperDec 09, 2014

Most long-term investors focus on a company’s growth and valuation when making decisions. By...

Trading Indicators

The Visual Guide to Bearish Reversal Patterns

Justin KuepperNov 20, 2014

Candlestick patterns provide great insights into market psychology without the subjectivity...

Trading Indicators

The Visual Guide to Bullish Reversal Patterns

Justin KuepperNov 18, 2014

Most traders fall into one of two categories: Those following the trend and those trying to...

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Trading Indicators

Understanding On Balance Volume (OBV) and How to Use It

Cory MitchellOct 13, 2014

On Balance Volume (OBV) was developed by Joe Granville in the 1960s and somewhat revolutionized...

Trading Indicators

Ultimate Guide to the Put/Call Ratio

Cory MitchellSep 25, 2014

The Put/Call Ratio is a sentiment indicator used to assess whether stock market buying or selling...

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Trading Indicators

Ichimoku Cloud Trading Strategy Explained

Cory Mitchell

The Ichimoku Cloud is an indicator designed to tell you everything you need to know about a price...

Trading Indicators

Ultimate Guide to the Mass Index

Justin KuepperSep 08, 2014

The Mass Index is a measure of volatility that can be extremely helpful in identifying reversal...

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Ultimate Guide to the Coppock Curve

Justin KuepperSep 04, 2014

The Coppock Curve is a momentum indicator introduced by Edwin “Sedge” Coppock in an October 1965...

Trading Indicators

Ultimate Guide to the Vortex Indicator

Cory MitchellSep 02, 2014

The Vortex Indicator is a volatility-adjusted trending indicator that helps traders determine the...

Trading Indicators

Ultimate Guide to the TRIX Indicator

Cory Mitchell

Investors can use the TRIX indicator to provide trade signals, help confirm trends and spot...

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Trading Indicators

Ultimate Guide to the McClellan Oscillator

Justin KuepperAug 27, 2014

Traders have access to hundreds, if not thousands, of technical indicators designed to help...

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Trading Indicators

Ultimate Guide to the Arms Index (TRIN)

Cory MitchellAug 26, 2014

Created by Richard Arms in the '60s, TRIN stands for TRading INdex, but is also known as the Arms...

Trading Indicators

Everything You Need to Know About Market Breadth Indicators

Justin KuepperAug 21, 2014

Traders have literally thousands of different tools available to help them discern market...

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Trading Indicators

Guide to the Average True Range (ATR) Indicator

Cory MitchellAug 12, 2014

Traders have loads of indicators to look at when it comes to identifying setups, patterns, trends...

Trading Indicators

Guide to the Average Directional Index (ADX) Indicator

Cory Mitchell

The Average Directional Index (ADX) is a three-line indicator that includes the ADX line, Minus...

Trading Indicators

Understanding Volatility and How to Trade the VIX

Cory MitchellJul 21, 2014

Volatility is simply how far a price moves, referred to as variance, over time. By comparing the...

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Trading Indicators

Analyzing Trading Volume: The Ultimate Guide

Cory MitchellJul 16, 2014

Volume is representative of how many shares change hands in a stock, and as such, it indicates...

Trading Indicators

Ultimate Guide to Chaikin Money Flow

Cory MitchellJul 09, 2014

Marc Chaikin developed the Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) to combine price and volume information into...

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Trading Indicators

10 Market Indicators Every Trader Watches

Justin KuepperJun 26, 2014

Traders use a variety of different ratios and indicators to evaluate individual securities or the...

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Ultimate Guide to Williams %R Indicator

Cory MitchellJun 25, 2014

The Williams %R, or just %R for short, is an indicator that moves between 0 and -100, providing...

Trading Indicators

Ultimate Guide to Force Index Indicator

Cory MitchellJun 25, 2014

The Force Index indicator was developed by Alexander Elder in the book "Trading for a Living." It...

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Ultimate Guide to the Stochastic Oscillator

Cory MitchellJun 25, 2014

The Stochastic Oscillator is a technical indicator that moves back and forth between 0 and 100,...

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Ultimate Guide to the MACD Indicator

Cory Mitchell

Technical analysis indicators condense price information, providing analytical insight and...

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Ultimate Guide to Bollinger Bands

Cory MitchellJun 04, 2014

Bollinger Bands are applied directly to price charts, providing a gauge for how strong a trend...

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Ultimate Guide to the Relative Strength Index (RSI)

Cory MitchellJun 04, 2014

The Relative Strength Index, or RSI, is an indicator that moves back and forth between 0 and 100,...

Trading Indicators

5 Indicators that Foretold the 2008 Crash

Justin Kuepper

Traders have access to countless tools designed to help predict future price movements, ranging...

How to Identify & Trade Doji Candlestick Patterns

Justin KuepperFeb 20, 2019

Candlestick patterns provide instant insights into market sentiment. For example, candlesticks...

Trading Strategies

The Gartley Pattern: How to Trade and Use It

Justin KuepperFeb 06, 2019

The Gartley pattern is the most commonly used harmonic pattern that predicts a bullish or bearish...

Trading Strategies

What Is a Rounded Top and Bottom?

Justin KuepperJan 23, 2019

Most traders use technical analysis to find short-term opportunities in hourly or daily charts,...

Making the Best Use of On-Chart Technical Indicators

Choosing the Right Type of Technical Indicators

A Trader's Guide to Sentiment Indicators

The Visual Guide to Bearish Reversal Patterns

The Visual Guide to Bullish Reversal Patterns

Understanding On Balance Volume (OBV) and How to Use It

Ultimate Guide to the Put/Call Ratio

Ichimoku Cloud Trading Strategy Explained

Ultimate Guide to the Mass Index

Ultimate Guide to the Coppock Curve

Ultimate Guide to the Vortex Indicator

Ultimate Guide to the TRIX Indicator

Ultimate Guide to the McClellan Oscillator

Ultimate Guide to the Arms Index (TRIN)

Everything You Need to Know About Market Breadth Indicators

Guide to the Average True Range (ATR) Indicator

Guide to the Average Directional Index (ADX) Indicator

Understanding Volatility and How to Trade the VIX

Analyzing Trading Volume: The Ultimate Guide

Ultimate Guide to Chaikin Money Flow

10 Market Indicators Every Trader Watches

Ultimate Guide to Williams %R Indicator

Ultimate Guide to Force Index Indicator

Ultimate Guide to the Stochastic Oscillator

Ultimate Guide to the MACD Indicator

Ultimate Guide to Bollinger Bands

Ultimate Guide to the Relative Strength Index (RSI)

5 Indicators that Foretold the 2008 Crash

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