At its foundation, technical analysis is the study of price behavior. It seeks to identify areas where market participants ...

Chart patterns that helped define a roller coaster year in the markets As we approach the end of 2020, one of the most volatile years in recent history for the global population and world economies, a ...

Now that you’ve got a grasp on how to build a strong portfolio with asset allocation and diversification, let’s explore a different approach some investors use to time the market: technical analysis.

The stock market is often described as a battleground between buyers and sellers, and like any battle, it leaves behind telltale signs. For the savvy investor, those signs are printed directly onto a ...

Technical analysis patterns offer a structured way to read the collective psychology of the market, translating chaotic price action into recognizable, repeatable setups. For the individual investor, ...

Technical analysis is the process of examining a stock or security’s price movements, trading volume, and trends to determine how or when to trade it and predict its price movements. There are plenty ...

Correctly identifying and subsequently trading the triangle chart pattern has benefitted many technical forex traders. The triangle pattern is traditionally categorized as a continuation chart pattern ...

Lately, we've been looking at the S&P 500 from a daily perspective; making note of the basing price action taking on the shape of a continuation-style inverse head-and-shoulders pattern. The ...

Candlestick charts are the gold standard, providing a visual map of price movement through open, high, low, and close data ...

Michael Harris writes the Price Action Lab Blog and is the author of Fooled By Technical Analysis: The Perils Of Charting, Backtesting And Data Mining. He posts on Twitter about, well, price action.

Technical analysts believe that stock prices often trade in patterns, as the motivating driver behind the movement of stocks is humans, and humans exhibit the same emotions when it comes to their ...

J.B. Maverick is an active trader, commodity futures broker, and stock market analyst 17+ years of experience, in addition to 10+ years of experience as a finance writer and book editor. Samantha (Sam ...