139+ Trading Terms Explained

An ascending triangle is a bullish chart pattern with a flat upper resistance line and a rising lower trendline — buyers are stepping up at

A bear flag is a continuation pattern where price pauses in a tight, slightly upward channel after a sharp drop — it looks like a brief rest

A bull flag is a continuation pattern where a stock pauses in a tight, slightly downward channel after a sharp move higher — it's called a f

A candlestick is a single bar on a price chart showing four pieces of data for a specific time period: the opening price, the high, the low,

A dead cat bounce is a brief, temporary recovery in a stock that has been in a steep decline — appearing to reverse but quickly resuming the

A doji is a candlestick where the opening and closing prices are nearly identical, creating a very small body with wicks extending above and

A bullish reversal pattern formed by two consecutive troughs at roughly the same price level, creating a "W" shape on the chart. It signals

A double top is a bearish reversal pattern that forms when price advances to a high, pulls back, then rallies again to approximately the sam

An engulfing candle is a candlestick whose body completely covers — or 'engulfs' — the prior candle's body, signaling a potential shift in c

A gap fill occurs when price retraces to close the open space left by a gap — returning to the level where the gap originated — and is one o

A single-candle reversal pattern with a small body near the top of the candle and a long lower wick — at least twice the body length. It sig

A head and shoulders pattern is a classic reversal formation with three peaks — a higher middle peak (the head) flanked by two lower peaks (

A near-vertical price acceleration where a stock or asset moves sharply higher (or lower) in a short period, its trajectory curving steeply

A pin bar (also called a hammer, shooting star, or rejection candle depending on direction) is a single candlestick with a long wick and sma