A single line that connects stock prices is called a line chart.
A chart that has open, high, low, and close data sets in a vertical line in the form of a bar. It’s also referred to as an open-high-low-close (or OHLC) chart.
A chart that has open, high, low, and close data sets in a candle form.
A straight line that connects three or more of a stock’s data points. It usually indicates the stock is going down.
A straight line that connects three or more of a stock’s data points. It usually indicates the stock is going up.
The directional movement of a stock price.
Stocks are in an uptrend when they’re making higher highs and higher lows.
Stocks are in a downtrend when they’re making lower highs and lower lows.
Stocks that trade in a range are in a sideways trend.
Price patterns are trends that occur in stock charts. The patterns form recognizable shapes.
The pattern is in the form of a triangle.
The pattern that’s formed when stock trades sideways.
A reversal pattern that has three consecutive peaks.
Two consecutive peaks between two horizontal lines is called double top. Two consecutive bottoms between two horizontal lines is called double bottom.
Three consecutive peaks between two horizontal lines is called triple top. Three consecutive bottoms between two horizontal lines is called triple bottom.
An average of the closing price of the stock over a specified number of periods.
The measure of the number stock’s shares traded on the stock exchange in a day or a period of time.
The Relative Strength Index (or RSI) is a measure of the overbought and oversold position of a stock.
An indicator that compares the closing price of the stock with the stock price over a given time period.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence (or MACD) is the difference between two moving averages.
Bollinger Bands are a channel of moving averages over the stock prices.