Archive for November, 2006
Technical Indicators: Parabolic SAR
After a small digression into lower indicators yesterday, we’re returning to the upper indicators, or indicators which are graphed on the price chart, today. This is the last of the available indicators on bigcharts.com and, hopefully after reading this part of the series, you’ll have at least a good idea of the information that each [...]
read more »Technical Indicators: Exponential Moving Averages and MACD
Another moving average that is often used when evaluating potential stocks is the exponential moving average (EMA). EMAs are different from the simple moving averages that we have discussed in that they are exponentially weighted towards recent closing prices. As a result, an EMA is more sensitive to price changes. This makes using EMAs very [...]
read more »Weekend Websites: Woot.com
I think I may start posting these on Saturday, but I’ve decided to add a weekend feature to the blog and here it is – Weekend Websites. Basically, I’m going to be highlighting one of my favorite money-saving websites each weekend until I run out of sites or get bored. Then, maybe I’ll start a [...]
read more »Happy Thanksgiving
Sorry about the missing post yesterday. Not sure if there will be a post on Friday. I am going to be starting a new weekend post series, though! So, stay tuned this weekend. Or subscribe to the feed and stay up to date!
read more »Technical Indicators: Price Channel
Today we’re continuing our look at bigcharts.com’s “upper indicators,” or more precisely indicators that typically are derived from moving averages and often graphed along side the price chart. The chart above is one that has a stock price graphed along with its price channel. The price channel is a graph of the 20-day moving average [...]
read more »Technical Indicators: Simple Moving Averages & Bollinger Bands
Today, we begin to delve into the charts and technical indicators that many people use to find buy and sell points for a stock. The most simple of these is the Simple Moving Average (SMA) which is the sum of all the closing prices for a stock over a given period divided by that period. [...]
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