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Technical Analysis Categories
- Types of Charts
*
Bar Charts
*
Line Charts
*
Candlestick Charts
- Chart Reading
*
Trendlines
*
Resistance Levels
*
Support Levels
- Moving Average
* Simple Moving
Average
* Weighted Moving
Average
* Exponential
Moving Average
* Triangular Moving Average
- Momentum Indicators &
Oscillators
-
Rate of Change
-
Relative Strength Index
- Moving Averages
Convergence /
Divergences
-
Price Oscillator
-
Stochastic
-
Money Flow Index
-
Williams %R
-
Volume + Moving Average
- Stock Chart Overlays:
-
Bollinger Bands
-
Parabolic SAR
- Stock Chart Patterns:
* Head and Shoulders
* V
Formations
* Double
Tops and Bottoms
* Triple
Tops and Bottoms
* Saucers
- Rounded Tops and
Bottoms
* Ascending,
Descending and
Symmetrical Triangles
* Channels
- Rectangles
* Rising
and Falling Wedges
* Bullish
and Bearish Flags
* Pennants
* Diamonds
* Cup and
Handle
* Pan and
Handle
* Spikes
* One-Day
Reversals
* Island
Reversal
- Dow Theory
- Elliot Wave Theory
- Spinella Heart Rate Theory
- Fibonacci
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Stock
Chart Patterns
Evaluating
and interpreting stock chart patterns is one of the fundamental functions of
a technical analyst. The basic philosophy is to identify chart patterns and
to invest in the direction of the trend.
Below
are some of the familiar chart patterns that tend to repeat in the stock
market:
Head
and Shoulders

V Formation

Double Tops and
Double Bottoms

Triple Tops and
Bottoms

Saucers – Rounded
Tops and Rounded Bottoms

Ascending, Descending
and Symmetrical Triangles

Channels –
Rectangles

Rising and
Falling Wedges
 
Bullish and
Bearish Flags

Pennants
Diamond
 
Cup and Handle
Pan and Handle

Spike, One-Day
Reversal, and Island Reversal

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