Technical analysis

Relative Volume: How to Interpret RVOL in Trading Relative volume indicator explained: measure of how today's trading volume compares to its historical average, used to confirm price moves and gauge conviction.

Renko chart A renko chart displays price movement as uniform-sized rectangular bricks, eliminating the time axis and focusing purely on price changes of a specified magnitude.

Resistance Zone Ceiling A price level or range where consistent selling pressure prevents an asset from rising further, acting as a barrier to upward movement.

Rising and Falling Three Methods A five-candle continuation pattern in which a long trend candle brackets three small counter-trend candles, followed by a breakout in the original trend direction—signalling continued momentum.

Rising Three Methods A bullish continuation candlestick pattern where three small declining candles are contained within a larger white candle's range.

Rising wedge A rising wedge is a chart pattern with two upward-sloping converging lines, often signalling a bearish reversal when in an uptrend.

Rising Wedge in an Uptrend vs Downtrend A rising wedge has opposite meanings depending on context: a reversal signal at uptrend highs, a continuation signal mid-downtrend. Learn why the same pattern means different things.

Rising Wedge Reversal Upward converging price pattern signaling a potential downside reversal, characterized by narrowing price range with rising lows and highs.

Rising Wedge vs Falling Wedge: Comparison Rising wedge patterns are bearish; falling wedge patterns are bullish. Compare their slopes, volume decay, expected breakout direction, and measured-move targets.

Round Number Support and Resistance Why psychologically significant price integers—$50, $100, $1,000—attract clustering of orders and price reactions.

Rounded Top Pattern A slow, dome-shaped distribution pattern where price peaks and declines gradually. Volume and neckline break signal reversal completion.

Rounding bottom A rounding bottom is a bullish reversal pattern with a U-shaped price formation, showing gradual reversal from downtrend to uptrend without sharp reversals.

Rounding top A rounding top is a bearish reversal pattern with an inverted U-shaped price formation, showing gradual reversal from uptrend to downtrend.

RSI Centerline Crossover: Using the 50 Level as a Trend Filter Learn how the RSI 50 level marks a shift from bearish to bullish momentum and how traders use centerline crossovers as trend confirmation filters, not reversal signals.

RSI Divergence Explained RSI divergence explained: regular vs hidden divergence, how price-momentum disagreements signal reversals or continuations in technical analysis.

RSI Divergence vs Price Action: Which Signal Wins When RSI divergence vs price action conflicts, which signal should traders trust. How to identify and trade the conflict, with worked examples.

RSI Failure Swing: The Reversal Signal Most Traders Miss Understand the RSI failure swing, J. Welles Wilder's original momentum reversal signal: a pattern entirely within the indicator that predicts trend changes.

RSI Overbought Readings in a Strong Uptrend Why RSI overbought signals do not reliably predict reversals in uptrends, and how to distinguish genuine momentum exhaustion from healthy continuation.

RSI Period Settings: 14 vs 9 How shortening RSI lookback from 14 to 9 periods increases sensitivity and whipsaws, with timing guidance for different chart timeframes.

RSI Relative Strength Momentum oscillator measuring the magnitude of recent price changes to identify overbought and oversold conditions.

Saucer Top Pattern A slow, rounded distribution peak that mirrors a rounding bottom but signals bearish reversal from support into distribution.

Scallop Pattern A curved, asymmetric continuation pattern resembling a J-hook that recurs in uptrending stocks, signalling strength after brief pullbacks.

Sector Breadth Analysis Measuring how many market sectors simultaneously participate in a trend to distinguish broad strength from narrow or concentrated leadership.

Sector-by-Sector Bullish Percent Index Analysis How to analyze bullish percent index readings across sectors to identify relative strength, weakness, and divergence in market breadth.

Separating Lines Candlestick Pattern The separating lines candlestick pattern forms when two opposite-colored candles share the same open price, signaling continuation of the prevailing trend.

Shooting star A shooting star is a candlestick with a small body at the bottom and a long upper wick, resembling a star falling from the sky. It signals potential bearish reversal, indicating that buyers failed to sustain higher prices.

Simple Moving Average The arithmetic mean of price over a fixed window that smooths noise and reveals underlying trend.

Slow Stochastic vs Fast Stochastic Oscillator How the fast and slow stochastic oscillator differ in smoothing, responsiveness, and signal reliability in trending versus choppy markets.

Small-Cap Breadth vs Large-Cap Breadth How breadth in the Russell 2000 versus S&P 500 reveals whether rallies are broad-based or narrowly led by mega-cap stocks.

Spinning top A spinning top is a candlestick with a small body and wicks extending both above and below, signalling market indecision and lack of clear direction.

Spinning Top A candlestick pattern with a small real body and long shadows on both sides, signalling indecision between buyers and sellers.

Stick Sandwich Candlestick Pattern The stick sandwich candlestick pattern is a three-candle reversal setup with two bearish candles flanking a bullish one, signaling potential upside.

Stochastic Oscillator A momentum indicator that measures where a security's price falls within its recent range to identify overbought and oversold conditions.

Stochastic Oscillator Bullish Divergence: How to Spot and Use It Learn how to identify a stochastic oscillator bullish divergence with a concrete example—price makes lower lows while the indicator rises—and distinguish real signals from noise.

Stochastic Oscillator Overbought and Oversold Levels Stochastic oscillator overbought oversold levels explained: why 80/20 are starting points, how trending markets demand adjusted thresholds, and avoiding whipsaws.

Stochastic Oscillator: How It Works The stochastic oscillator measures where a stock's price sits within its recent range using %K and %D lines. Learn how it works, what overbought and oversold mean, and how to avoid false signals.

Stochastic RSI A momentum oscillator that applies stochastic smoothing to RSI values, creating faster overbought/oversold signals than the RSI alone.

Stochastic RSI Staying Overbought in a Strong Trend: What to Do Why stochastic RSI stays overbought in strong trends and how to avoid false-short signals with higher-timeframe context.

Strong vs Weak Support and Resistance Levels Learn how to identify strong vs weak support and resistance levels on a chart using volume, timeframe, and price action patterns.

Supertrend Indicator An ATR-based indicator that generates buy and sell signals by comparing price to adaptive volatility bands that flip between uptrend and downtrend states.

Supertrend Period and Multiplier Settings Explained Learn how Supertrend period and multiplier settings adjust ATR volatility sensitivity and trend-following signal frequency for different market instruments.

Supertrend vs Parabolic SAR: Key Differences Supertrend uses ATR to adapt stop levels to volatility; Parabolic SAR uses a fixed acceleration factor. Learn which suits your market and timeframe.

Supply and Demand Zone Chart areas marked by rapid imbalances between buyers and sellers, leaving unfilled orders that often act as future turning points.

Support and resistance Support and resistance are price levels where buying interest (support) or selling interest (resistance) is expected to emerge, causing price to pause or reverse.

Support and Resistance Cluster: When Multiple Levels Overlap How multiple support and resistance levels from different methods converge into a strong cluster, and why clustered zones outperform isolated barriers.

Support and Resistance in 24-Hour Crypto Markets How support and resistance levels form differently in 24-hour cryptocurrency markets without a daily close or trading halt.

Support and Resistance in a Sideways Market In sideways (range-bound) markets, horizontal support and resistance levels form clear boundaries. Breakouts are common, but false breaks and fakeouts multiply.

Support and Resistance in an Uptrend In an uptrend, rising swing lows function as support and former highs become the next resistance—understanding the pattern is key to trend trading.

Support and Resistance on a Logarithmic Scale Chart How support and resistance levels shift when using logarithmic vs arithmetic scaling, and why percentage-based moves change relative position on a log scale chart.

Support and Resistance on Small Timeframes vs Higher Timeframes Why daily and weekly support/resistance levels carry more weight than 5-minute levels, and how intraday traders use higher-timeframe levels to improve trade quality.

Support and Resistance Retest: How to Trade the Pullback Why price often retests broken support or resistance levels after a breakout, and how to identify valid retests for lower-risk entries.

Support Resistance Basics Price levels where supply and demand meet; technical foundation for identifying inflection points.

Support Zone Floor Price level where buying interest consistently emerges; technical barrier that tends to cap downside movement.

Swing Highs and Swing Lows as Support and Resistance How to identify significant swing highs and lows on a chart, why they mark price memory zones, and how broken levels signal trend deterioration.

Symmetrical triangle A symmetrical triangle is a chart pattern with converging upper and lower trendlines of equal slope, signalling price will eventually break out in either direction.

Symmetrical Triangle Breakout Price move through convergence point of falling resistance and rising support.

T3 Moving Average vs EMA: Smoothness and Lag Trade-Off Contrasts Tillson's T3 multiple-EMA construction against a standard EMA, examining lag reduction and overshoot, and which trend conditions favor each.

Tasuki Gap A three-candle continuation pattern where an uptrend's gap is partially filled but the momentum resumes—signalling strength in the prevailing direction.

TEMA vs EMA: How Triple Smoothing Reduces Lag TEMA removes lag through a triple-exponential formula but introduces overshoot. Learn the math and trade-off between responsiveness and false moves.

Three black crows Three black crows is a bearish continuation pattern of three consecutive bearish candles, each opening within the prior candle's body and closing near its low, showing steady selling pressure.