Rate of Change, usually shortened to ROC, is a momentum indicator that measures how fast price is changing compared with a prior point in time. It answers a direct question:…
Moving Average Convergence Divergence, usually shortened to MACD, is a trend and momentum indicator built from exponential moving averages. It measures the distance between a fast EMA and a slow…
Vortex Indicator is built to answer a practical question: is the market showing directional persistence, and if so, is that persistence rising or fading. It does this using two lines…
Most indicators answer one narrow question. The Chande Trend Meter is built to answer a broader one: is this market trending, and if so, how strongly. It does that by…
Linear Regression Channel, often shortened to LRC, is a trend and volatility overlay built from a linear regression line. The middle line is the best fit line through the last…
A Linear Regression Line is a best fit line drawn through the last N bars of price, most commonly the close. It is built to summarize the recent direction of…
Keltner Channels are a volatility based price channel that wraps around a moving average. You get three lines: a middle line that represents the baseline trend, plus an upper and…
Donchian Channels are price channels built from recent extremes. They plot an upper band at the highest high of the last N bars, a lower band at the lowest low…
Ichimoku Cloud is a multi line indicator designed to show trend direction and trend quality at a glance. It does this by combining two fast and slow midpoints, a lagging…
The Alligator Indicator is a trend timing tool popularized by Bill Williams. It overlays three smoothed moving averages on price, then shifts each average forward by a fixed number of…