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Technical Indicators

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2010 20:32
  • Last Updated Tuesday, 13 July 2010 01:28
  • Written by Desmond Wira

Technical indicator is a mathematical manipulation of a security price and/or volumes aimed at forecasting of future price changes. Decisions about how and when to open or close positions can be made on basis of signals from technical indicators. According to their functionalities, indicators can be divided into two groups: trend indicators and oscillators. Trend indicators help to assess the price direction and detect the turn moments synchronously or with a delay. Oscillators allow to find the turning moments ahead or synchronously.

There are many technical indicators available for use. Below is a list of technical indicators.

Trend Indicators
These indicators are used to identify current trend
  • ADX
  • Bollinger Bands
  • CCI
  • Moving Average
  • Parabolic SAR
  • Standard Deviation
Oscillators Indicators
These indicators allow to find the turning moments ahead or synchronously
  • ATR
  • Bears Power / Bulls Power
  • DeMarker
  • Envelopes
  • Force Index
  • Ichimoku Kinkyo Hyo
  • MACD
  • Momentum
  • MA of Oscillators
  • Relative Strength Index (RSI)
  • Relative Vigor Index
  • Stochastic Oscillators
  • William %R
Volume Based Indicators
Indicators created based on transaction volume. Transaction volume can be used to determine wether trend is continue or reversal is ongoing
  • Volumes
  • A/D
  • Money Flow Index
  • On Balance Volume
Bill William's Profitunity Based Indicators
Indicators based on Profitunity System created by Bill William
  • Alligator
  • Accelator Oscillator
  • Awesome Oscillator
  • Fractals
  • Gator Oscillator
  • Market Facilitation Index
Other Indicators
  • Heiken Aishi
  • Pivot Point
  • Zig Zag
  • Rate of Change (ROC)
  • Aroon Oscillator
  • Chaikin A/D Oscillator
  • TRIX

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