Williams %R is a momentum oscillator that measures where the current close sits inside a recent high to low range. It is a fast way to answer one question: is…
Momentum Indicator is a simple way to measure how much price has moved over a defined lookback period. It does not try to predict direction by itself, it just quantifies…
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:…
RSI is one of the most used momentum oscillators because it compresses recent gains and losses into a single bounded line. The main job is not to predict tops and…
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…
The QStick Indicator is a momentum tool built from candlestick bodies. Instead of looking at where price is relative to a moving average, it measures whether candles are tending to…
Trend Magic is a trend overlay that plots a single adaptive line on the price chart. It combines a momentum switch with a volatility based distance, so the line behaves…
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…
Parabolic SAR is a trend-following indicator that plots a series of dots above or below price. SAR stands for “stop and reverse,” which describes its original purpose: it acts like…
An indicator does not need to be complex to be useful. The Gann HiLo Activator is a good example: it is built from two simple moving averages, yet it can…