Technical Indicators

VWAP blends price and volume into a single intraday benchmark that big institutions watch closely. Here's how it's calculated, how it's used, and its limits.

Support and resistance are the floors and ceilings of a price chart — the most fundamental idea in technical analysis. Here's how they form, how they're used, and how they break.

The Stochastic Oscillator measures where price closes within its recent range to gauge momentum. Here's how its %K and %D lines work — and why 'overbought' doesn't mean 'sell'.

Leverage can multiply gains — and just as easily wipe out an account. Here's what margin and leverage really are, why they blow up traders, and the risk rules that keep accounts alive.

Fibonacci retracement marks potential pullback levels within a trend using ratios derived from a famous number sequence. Here's how it's drawn, read, and why it's not magic.

Bollinger Bands wrap price in a volatility envelope that widens and narrows with the market. Here's how they're built, what the 'squeeze' means, and where they mislead.

The ADX measures how strong a trend is — but not which way it points. Here's how it works alongside its +DI and −DI lines, and how traders read trend strength.

Technical analysis studies price and volume to understand market behaviour. Here's what it is, the ideas behind it, and — importantly — its limitations.

The moving average is the most widely used indicator of all. Here's how the simple and exponential versions are built, and how they differ.

The RSI is a momentum gauge that runs from 0 to 100. Here's how it's calculated, what 'overbought' and 'oversold' mean, and where it misleads.

The MACD combines two moving averages into a single momentum indicator. Here's how its line, signal, and histogram are built — and how they're read.