The Technical Indicator Guide is an educational tool that can help you learn about the indicators and overlays that are available on Fidelity’s platforms. Technical analysis uses historical data in order to attempt to identify future securities price movements. When used in conjunction with other technical analysis tools or fundamental analysis, it can help you identify possible entry and exit points for trades and may help you achieve your investing goals.
| By Indicator Type | By Class | Indicator | Type | Class |
|---|
| Close Filter | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Type | Class | |||||||
| Trend | Oscillator | Absolute Price Oscillator Absolute Price Oscillator The Absolute Price Oscillator displays the difference between two exponential moving averages of a security´s price and is expressed as an absolute value. |
Trend | Oscillator | |||||
| Volume | Cumulative | Accumulation Distribution Accumulation Distribution Accumulation Distribution looks at the proximity of closing prices to their highs or lows to determine if accumulation or distribution is occurring in the market. |
Volume | Cumulative | |||||
| Volume | Oscillator | Arms Index (TRIN) Arms Index (TRIN) TRIN is a breadth oscillator that aids in the measurement of internal market strength or weakness. |
Volume | Oscillator | |||||
| Trend | Oscillator | Aroon Indicator Aroon Indicator The Aroon indicator, developed by Tushar Chande, indicates if a price is trending or is in a trading range. It can also reveal the beginning of a new trend, its strength and can help anticipate changes from trading ranges to trends. |
Trend | Oscillator | |||||
| Volatility | Index | Average True Range (ATR) Average True Range (ATR) ATR is the average of true ranges over the specified period. ATR measures volatility, taking into account any gaps in the price movement. |
Volatility | Index | |||||
| Volatility | Index | Average True Range Percent (ATRP) Average True Range Percent (ATRP) ATRP expresses the Average True Range (ATR) indicator as a percentage of a bar’s closing price. |
Volatility | Index | |||||
| Volume | Overlay | Average Volume Average Volume The Average Volume is the total volume for a specified period divided by the number of bars in that same period. |
Volume | Overlay | |||||
| Volatility | Index | Bollinger Band® Width Bollinger Band® Width The Bollinger Band Width is the difference between the upper and the lower Bollinger Bands divided by the middle band. |
Volatility | Index | |||||
| Volatility | Overlay | Bollinger Bands® Bollinger Bands® Bollinger Bands are envelopes plotted at a standard deviation level above and below a simple moving average of the price. |
Volatility | Overlay | |||||
| Volatility | Index | CBOE Market Volatility Index (VIX) CBOE Market Volatility Index (VIX) The VIX is a measure of implied volatility, based on the prices of a basket of S&P 500 Index options with 30 days to expiration. |
Volatility | Index | |||||
| Volatility | Index | CBOE NASDAQ Market Volatility Index (VXN) CBOE NASDAQ Market Volatility Index (VXN) The CBOE NASDAQ Market Volatility (VXN) is a measure of implied volatility, based on the prices of a basket of NASDAQ 100 Index options with 30 days to expiration. |
Volatility | Index | |||||
| Volume | Cumulative | Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) CMF is a volume-weighted average of accumulation and distribution over a specified period. |
Volume | Cumulative | |||||
| Volatility | Oscillator | Chaikin Volatility (VT) Chaikin Volatility (VT) Marc Chaikin´s Volatility indicator compares the spread between a security´s high and low prices, quantifying volatility as a widening of the range between the high and the low price. |
Volatility | Oscillator | |||||
| Momentum | Oscillator | Chande Momentum Oscillator Chande Momentum Oscillator The CMO is a technical momentum indicator developed by Tushar Chande. |
Momentum | Oscillator | |||||
| Momentum | Oscillator | Commodity Channel Index (CCI) Commodity Channel Index (CCI) The CCI measures the current price level relative to an average price level over a given period of time |
Momentum | Oscillator | |||||
| Support and Resistance | Overlay | Cup With Handle Cup With Handle William O´Neil´s Cup with Handle is a bullish continuation pattern that marks a consolidation period followed by a breakout. |
Support and Resistance | Overlay | |||||
| Trend | Oscillator | Detrended Price Oscillator (DPO) Detrended Price Oscillator (DPO) The Detrended Price Oscillator attempts to remove trend from price in order to allow identification of cycles more easily. |
Trend | Oscillator | |||||
| Trend | Index | Directional Movement Index (DMI) Directional Movement Index (DMI) DMI assists in determining if a security is trending and attempts to measure the strength of the trend. |
Trend | Index | |||||
| Momentum | Oscillator | Double Smoothed Stochastic Double Smoothed Stochastic The Double Smoothed Stochastic indicator was created by William Blau. It applies Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs) of two different periods to a standard Stochastic %K. |
Momentum | Oscillator | |||||
| Trend | Overlay | Exponential Moving Average (EMA) Exponential Moving Average (EMA) EMA is similar to Simple Moving Average (SMA), measuring trend direction over a period of time. |
Trend | Overlay | |||||
