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Section 9: Indicators

In the introductory section we learned the basic price oscillators that are most commonly known. Here we expand our toolkit to include many more individual indicators that can be useful for identifying trend strength and reversals. There are three types: oscillators, volatility indicators, and market indicators useful for measuring price indices such as the S&P 500 or whole exchanges like the NSYSE.

Oscillators

What was not covered in the introductory section is listed here.



Volatility

There are a handful of indicators related specifically to measuring price volatility over time that can aid in detecting inflection points in the securities. They include the following.

 
 Average True Range (ATR)
 
 Ichimoku Clouds
 
 Keltner Channels
 
 Bollinger Bands
 
 Bollinger BandWidth
 
 %B Indicator
 
 Correlation Coefficient
 
 Slope
 
 Standard Deviation (Volatility)
 
 Volatility Index (VIX)

Market Indicators

There are a handful of indicators related specifically to measuring price volatility over time that can aid in detecting inflection points in the securities. They include the following.


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