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Technical analysis, plainly explained
A glossary of the indicators, patterns and concepts Signodex's AI references when analysing assets. No jargon, no salesmanship — just the mechanics.
rsi
What is RSI? Relative Strength Index, explained
The Relative Strength Index is a momentum oscillator that compares recent gains to recent losses to identify when an asset has moved too far, too fast.
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macd
MACD explained: lines, histogram, crossovers
MACD turns the relationship between two moving averages into a single momentum line, a signal line and a histogram of the gap between them.
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bollinger-bands
Bollinger Bands: volatility envelope, squeeze, and the band walk
Bollinger Bands draw a moving average plus and minus two standard deviations of recent price — a self-adjusting envelope of typical volatility.
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vwap
VWAP explained: the institutional benchmark price
VWAP is the volume-weighted average price for the trading session — the line institutions measure their executions against.
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obv
OBV (On-Balance Volume): does volume confirm the trend?
OBV is a running sum that adds the day's volume on up days and subtracts it on down days, revealing where money is flowing.
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candlestick-patterns
Candlestick patterns that actually matter
A short guide to the candlestick patterns worth recognising — doji, hammer, engulfing, harami — and the market psychology behind each.
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support-resistance
Support and resistance: drawing the levels that matter
Support and resistance are the price levels where buyers and sellers have repeatedly stepped in — the structural skeleton of a chart.
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market-cap
Market cap explained: why the price tag misleads
Market capitalisation is the total value of all outstanding units of an asset — the number that lets you actually compare two assets.
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head-and-shoulders
Head and shoulders pattern: structure, neckline, target
The head-and-shoulders is a three-peak reversal pattern that traders watch as a measured warning that an uptrend has run out.
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fibonacci-retracement
Fibonacci retracement explained: 38.2%, 50%, 61.8%
Fibonacci retracement projects horizontal levels at 38.2%, 50% and 61.8% of a prior swing — the levels markets often pause at on a pullback.
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ema-vs-sma
EMA vs SMA: which moving average should you use?
The simple moving average treats every candle equally; the exponential moving average weights recent candles more. The trade-off is responsiveness vs noise.
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divergence
Bullish and bearish divergence: when momentum disagrees with price
Divergence is the gap between what price is doing and what an oscillator is doing. The oscillator usually wins.
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ichimoku
Ichimoku Cloud: the all-in-one Japanese trend system
Ichimoku draws five lines that together show trend, momentum and support all at once — without needing other indicators.
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volume-profile
Volume profile: where the market actually agrees on price
Volume profile draws a horizontal histogram of how much volume traded at each price — revealing the levels markets accept and reject.
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atr
ATR (Average True Range): how to size for volatility
ATR measures average true range — the size of typical recent candles — giving you a volatility number you can size stops and positions against.
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stochastic
Stochastic oscillator: %K, %D, and overbought/oversold
The stochastic compares the close to its recent range, producing a 0-100 oscillator related to but distinct from RSI.
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parabolic-sar
Parabolic SAR: the trailing-stop indicator
Parabolic SAR plots a dot above or below each candle and flips sides when a trend reverses — a built-in mechanical trailing stop.
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donchian-channels
Donchian channels: the simplest breakout envelope
Donchian channels draw the highest high and the lowest low of a window. Cross the upper line and you're in a multi-day high; cross the lower and you're in a multi-day low.
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fear-and-greed
Fear & Greed Index: a sentiment gauge that mostly works
The Fear & Greed Index condenses several volatility, momentum and breadth signals into a single 0-100 reading of market mood.
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dca-strategy
Dollar-cost averaging (DCA): boring, effective, often misunderstood
Dollar-cost averaging means buying a fixed dollar amount on a regular schedule regardless of price. Simple, powerful, sometimes wrong.
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