Developed J. Welles Wilder, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a momentum oscillator that measures the speed and change of price movements. With its main purpose being to measure the market’s strength and weakness

In trending markets, the Parabolic SAR (Parabolic Stop and Reverse) is used to find potential reversals in the price using momentum. Plotted on the chart in the form of dots, the indicator is below

It is frequently acknowledged that new traders often struggle with overtrading and/or identifying the dominant intraday trend. Generally, in the first 15-minutes of trading (from the market open), amateur traders are often entering (or

A Moving Average Crossover strategy is a popular way traders use moving averages, primarily due to their capability to be easily measured, tested and applied to almost any tradeable asset. The strategy uses a

Used to identify changes in strength, direction, momentum and duration of a trend, Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD) is considered one of the simplest and most effective trend following momentum indicators. Displaying the relationship between

An opening gap is when the opening price of a stock is above (gap up) or below (gap down) the previous evening’s closing price and represents the imbalance between supply and demand. Typically used

The Commodity Channel Index (CCI) is a price momentum oscillator that helps to show when an asset has been overbought or oversold. Designed to identify a new trend or warn of extreme conditions, the

Calculated by taking the Standard Deviation of a moving average over a given period of time, Bollinger Bands are one of the most commonly used tools in technical analysis. Used to measure price volatility

Allowing traders to trade channels when the market is trending, when the Andrew’s Pitchfork is plotted on the chart and drawn from three consecutive major peaks or troughs, the first point drawn on the

The 52-Week High strategy is a momentum strategy whereby price is trading at its highest over the previous 52-week period and therefore forms a psychological level of resistance (while the 52-week low forms a