Technical Analysis Articles
Chart reading, indicators, and price action strategies.
Candlestick Patterns: The Five That Actually Matter
Forget the 80-pattern encyclopedia. Five candlestick patterns carry most of the signal: doji, hammer, engulfing, harami, and shooting star.
Support and Resistance: How to Draw Levels That Actually Work
Most traders draw S/R wrong. Five rules for levels other traders actually respect, and how to use them for entries and stops.
Fibonacci Retracements: How to Use 38.2, 50, and 61.8
Cut through the mysticism. Where Fibonacci retracements work, why traders watch them, and how to combine with support, resistance, and trend.
Volume Analysis: The Indicator Hidden in Plain Sight
Volume tells you whether a price move is real. Four volume signals that separate genuine breakouts from traps.
Bollinger Bands Explained: Volatility, Squeezes, and Mean Reversion
How Bollinger Bands wrap a moving average in standard-deviation envelopes, and how traders use squeezes and band rides.
MACD Indicator Explained: Momentum, Crossovers, and Divergence
Learn how MACD measures momentum through three moving averages and how to read crossovers, divergences, and the histogram.
Technical Chart Patterns: Head and Shoulders & Cup and Handle
Learn how to identify and trade two of the most popular chart patterns — the head and shoulders reversal and the bullish cup and handle continuation.
RSI Explained: How to Use the Relative Strength Index
Learn what the RSI is, how it is calculated, how to interpret overbought and oversold signals, and how to use divergence to spot potential trend reversals.
Moving Averages Explained: SMA vs EMA for Beginners
Learn how Simple and Exponential Moving Averages work, when to use each, and how traders apply them to identify trends and spot entry points.