139+ Trading Terms Explained

Average True Range (ATR) measures how much a stock or market typically moves over a set number of periods — it's a pure volatility reading,

Bollinger Bands are three lines plotted around price: a middle moving average and two outer bands set at standard deviations above and below

A bearish technical signal that occurs when a shorter-term moving average crosses below a longer-term moving average — most commonly when th

An exponential moving average (EMA) is a moving average that weights recent price data more heavily than older data — making it faster to re

Fibonacci retracement levels are horizontal lines drawn at key ratios (23.6%, 38.2%, 50%, 61.8%, 78.6%) between a significant swing high and

A golden cross is a bullish technical signal that occurs when a shorter-term moving average (typically the 50-day SMA) crosses above a longe

MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence) is a momentum and trend-following indicator that measures the relationship between two exponent

A moving average smooths out price data by calculating the average closing price over a set number of periods — it filters out noise and ide

A technical condition where an asset has risen so far, so fast that momentum indicators suggest the move may be extended and due for a pullb

A technical condition where an asset has declined so far, so fast that momentum indicators suggest the selling may be exhausted and a bounce

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a momentum oscillator that measures the speed and magnitude of recent price changes on a 0–100 scale —

A trendline is a straight line drawn connecting two or more swing highs (in a downtrend) or swing lows (in an uptrend) that defines the slop

VWAP (Volume Weighted Average Price) is the average price a security has traded at throughout the session, weighted by volume — it's the mos