Technical Indicators Guide

SMA calculates the average price over a specific number of periods, giving equal weight to each price point.

EMA gives more weight to recent prices, making it more responsive to new information than the simple moving average.

ADX measures trend strength regardless of direction, helping traders identify strong trends.

WMA calculates a moving average that assigns linearly increasing weight to more recent prices, making it more responsive than SMA.

Parabolic SAR plots dots above or below price to indicate trend direction and potential trailing stop levels.

Typical Price is the average of high, low, and close for each bar, providing a smoothed price line that reduces single-price noise.

WEMA is Wilder's exponential smoothing method used as the foundation for RSI, ATR, and ADX calculations.

Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive trend system showing support, resistance, momentum, and future price zones in one overlay.

RSI is a momentum oscillator that measures the speed and magnitude of price changes on a scale of 0 to 100.

MACD is a trend-following momentum indicator that shows the relationship between two exponential moving averages of price.

The Stochastic Oscillator compares a closing price to its price range over a period, measuring momentum.

StochRSI applies the Stochastic oscillator formula to RSI values, producing a more sensitive momentum reading between 0 and 1.

CCI measures how far price deviates from its statistical mean, helping identify cyclical turns and overextended moves.

ROC measures the percentage change in price over a specified number of periods, showing momentum speed and direction.

Williams %R is a momentum oscillator that measures overbought and oversold levels on a scale of 0 to -100.

TRIX shows the rate of change of a triple-smoothed exponential moving average, filtering noise to reveal momentum shifts.

The Awesome Oscillator measures market momentum by comparing a fast and slow simple moving average of median price.

KST is a smoothed composite momentum oscillator that combines four rate-of-change calculations into a single signal.

Bollinger Bands consist of a middle SMA band with upper and lower bands based on standard deviation, adapting to volatility.

ATR measures market volatility by calculating the average range between high and low prices over a period.

VWAP calculates the average price weighted by volume, showing the true average price traders paid.

OBV measures buying and selling pressure as a cumulative indicator, adding volume on up days and subtracting on down days.

MFI is a volume-weighted momentum oscillator that measures buying and selling pressure on a scale of 0 to 100.

Force Index combines price change and volume to measure the strength of bulls and bears behind each move.

ADL is a cumulative volume indicator that estimates whether an asset is being accumulated or distributed based on close location within the bar range.

Volume Profile displays how much volume traded at each price level, revealing where the market found fair value.