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Indicators

Channels:

Bollinger Band
This indicator can be used to measure the relative highness or lowness of price.

Commodity Channel Index
Compares Prices with its moving average.

Envelope
Plots above and below the moving average at a specified percentage.

Keltner Channel.
This indicator shows a central moving average line plus channel lines at a distance above and below.

Moving Averages:

Exponential M.A. (EMA)
EMA is an average of data calculated over a period of time where the most recent days have more weight.

Least Square M.A. (LSMA)

Rolling M.A. (RMA)

Simple M.A. (SMA)
The average of data calculated over a period of time.

Triangular M.A. (TMA)
Average calculated over a period of time where the middle portion of the data has more weight.

Triple M.A.
Applies 3 lines on Contract chart, the Slow, the Fast and the Median.

Variable M.A.

Weighted M.A.
An Average where the greater weights are attached to the most recent data, it is calculated from the sum of the day.

Oscillator:

Average Directional Index
Will have three lines, ADX, -DI, +DI.

Detrended Price Oscillator
The Detrended Price Oscillator is used to "remove" the trend from the price. Comparing Closing or any other price with it's moving average.

Momentum

Performance
Compares the current Close (or any other price) with the first Close value. Shows how much the Close price was changed from the beginning.

Price Oscillator

Rate of Change

Relative Strength Index
Compares upward movement of the Close price with the downward movement resulting in a value which ranges from 0 and 100.

Stochastic (%K, %D)
Indicator helps to find trend reversal searching for a period when close prices is close to low price in up trending market or close prices is close to high price in down trending market.

William’s %R (%R)
This indicator is used to measure overbought and oversold levels.

Prices:

Median Price (Median)
Mid-point value of daily prices.

Typical Price (Typical)
The average value of the daily prices.

Weighted Close (Weighted)
Average value of daily prices, only difference is that the closing price has extra weight as the most important price.

Trend Followers:

MACD (MACD, Histogram, Signal)
Compares two moving averages of prices. Is used with its 9 day Exponential Moving average as signal.

Mass Index (MI)
developed to predict trend reversal by comparing difference and range between high and low prices. Tangent of Linear Regression (Tangent)

TRIX (TRIX)
Based on triple moving average of Closing Price and its purpose is to eliminate shorter cycles.

Volatility:

Average True Range (ATR)
Measures commitment comparing the range between High, Low and Close prices .

Standard Deviation (StdDev)
Difference between values (Closing Price) and average.

Volatility (Volatility)

Volatility Chaikins (CHV)
Difference between high and low prices, indicates the top and bottom of the market.

Volatility Ratio (VR)

Volumes:

Accumulation/Distribution (A/D)
Estimates the strength of price movement with the relationship between volume and prices.

Ease of Movement (EoM)
Uses volume to estimate how strong the price trend is.

Money Flow Index (MFI)
Compares upward changes and downward changes of the volume weighted typical prices.

Negative Volume Index (NVI)
Should be used with PVI. Changes only if the volume decreases from the previous day.

On Balance Volume (OBV)
Measures positive and negative volume flows. Volume is added if the closing price moves up and subtracted if the closing price moves down.

Positive Volume Index (PVI)
Should be used with NVI. Changes only if the volume decreases from the previous day.

Price Volume Trend (PVT)
Cumulative volume total. Calculated by using the relative changes of the Close price.

Volume Oscillator (VO)
Tries to identify any trends in volume, comparing two moving averages; one with a short period and the second with a longer period.