Technical Indicators and Overlays

A good list and explanation of most Technical Indicators and Overlays

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Overlays

Bollinger Bands - A chart overlay that shows the upper and lower limits of 'normal' price movements based on the Standard Deviation of prices.
Ichimoku Clouds - A comprehensive indicator that defines support and resistance, identifies trend direction, gauges momentum and provides trading signals.
Keltner Channels - A chart overlay that shows upper and lower limits for price movements based on the Average True Range of prices.
Moving Averages - Chart overlays that show the 'average' value over time. Both Simple Moving Averages (SMAs) and Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs) are explained.
Moving Average Envelopes - A chart overlay consisting of a channel formed from simple moving averages.
Parabolic SAR - A chart overlay that shows reversal points below prices in an uptrend and above prices in a downtrend.
Price Channels - A chart overlay that shows a channel made from the highest high and lowest low for a given period of time.
Volume by Price - A chart overlay with a horizontal histogram showing the amount of activity at various price levels.
Volume-weighted Average Price (VWAP) - An intraday indicator based on total dollar value of all trades for the current day divided by the total trading volume for the current day.
ZigZag - A chart overlay that shows filtered price movements that are greater than a given percentage.


Indicators

Accumulation/Distribution Line - Combines price and volume to show how money may be flowing into or out of a stock.
Aroon - Shows whether a stock is trending or oscillating.
Average Directional Index (ADX) - Shows whether a stock is trending or oscillating.
Average True Range (ATR) - Measures a stock's volatility.
Bollinger Bands %B - Shows the relationship between price and Bollinger Bands.
Bollinger BandWidth - Shows the distance between the upper band and the lower band. .
Commodity Channel Index (CCI) - Shows a stock's variation from its 'typical' price.
Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) - Combines price and volume to show how money may be flowing into or out of a stock. Alternative to Accumulation/Distribution Line.
Chaikin Oscillator - Combines price and volume to show how money may be flowing into or out of a stock. Based on Accumulation/Distribution Line.
Detrended Price Oscillator (DPO) - A price oscillator that uses a displaced moving average to identify cycles.
Force Index - A simple price-and-volume oscillator.
MACD - A momentum oscillator based on the difference between two EMAs.
MACD-Histogram - A momentum oscillator that shows the difference between MACD and its signal line.
Money Flow Index (MFI) - Combines a stock's 'typical' price with its volume to show how money may be flowing into or out of the stock.
On Balance Volume (OBV) - Combines price and volume in a very simple way to show how money may be flowing into or out of a stock.
Percentage Price Oscillator (PPO) - A percentage-based version of the MACD indicator.
Percentage Volume Oscillator (PVO) - The PPO indicator applied to volume instead of price.
Price Relative - Technical indicator that compares the performance of two stocks to each other by dividing their price data.
Rabbitt Q-Rank - Paul Rabbit's proprietary indicator that rates a stock based on technical and fundamental factors.
Rate of Change (ROC) - Shows the speed at which a stock's price is changing.
Relative Strength Index (RSI) - Shows how strongly a stock is moving in its current direction.
Slope - Measures the rise-over-run for a linear regression.
Standard Deviation (Volatility) - A statistical measure of a stock's volatility.
Stochastic Oscillator - Shows how a stock's price is doing relative to past movements. Fast, Slow and Full Stochastics are explained.
StochRSI - Combines Stochastics with the RSI indicator. Helps you see RSI changes more clearly.
TRIX - A triple-smoothed moving average of price movements.
Ultimate Oscillator - Combines long-term, mid-term and short-term moving averages into one number.
Williams %R - Uses Stochastics to determine overbought and oversold levels.


Market Indicators

Introduction to Market Indicators - An in-depth introduction to popular market indicators found on StockCharts.com.
Arms Index (TRIN) - A breadth indicator derived from the AD Ratio and AD Volume Ratio.
Advance-Decline Line - A cumulative breadth indicator derived from Net Advances.
Advance-Decline Volume Line - A cumulative breadth indicator derived from Net Advancing Volume.
Bullish Percent Index - A breadth indicator derived from the percentage of stocks on PnF buy signals.
High-Low Index - A breadth indicator that shows new highs as a percentage of new highs plus new lows.
McClellan Oscillator - A MACD type oscillator of Net Advances.
McClellan Summation Index - A cumulative indicator based on the McClellan Oscillator.
Net New Highs - A breadth indicator showing the difference between new highs and new lows. Percentage, cumulative and smoothed versions can be used.
Percent Above Moving Average - A breadth oscillator that measure the percentage of stocks above a specific moving average.
Put Call Ratio - A sentiment indicator found by dividing put volume by call volume.
Record High Percent - A 10-day moving average of the High-Low Index, which is a breadth indicator.
Volatility Indices - Indicators of implied volatility designed to measure fear and complacency for a range of indices and ETFs.