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- Absolute Price Oscillator (APO): moving-average gap in dollars What the Absolute Price Oscillator measures, why Finabase’s APO uses simple averages unlike MACD, a worked example on Visa, its zero-line signals and their limits.
- ADXR (Average Directional Movement Rating): what it adds How Wilder’s ADXR averages today’s ADX with the ADX of 13 bars ago, a worked example on Chevron, what ADX–ADXR crossings mean, and how Finabase computes it.
- Aroon indicator (Aroon Up and Aroon Down): reading new highs How Tushar Chande’s Aroon measures time since the last high and low, a worked calculation on Costco, how to read crossovers and 100 readings, and Finabase’s settings.
- Aroon Oscillator: one line for trend direction and age How the Aroon Oscillator subtracts Aroon Down from Aroon Up, what readings of ±50 and ±100 mean, a worked example on Netflix’s 2026 downtrend, and Finabase’s settings.
- Average Directional Index (ADX): measuring trend strength What the ADX measures and what it does not, how Wilder built it from +DI and −DI, how to read 20, 25 and 40, a real Exxon Mobil example and Finabase’s ADX.
- Consolidation A period in which price trades sideways in a range, pausing after a move while buyers and sellers reach balance.
- Death Cross A chart signal where the 50-day moving average crosses below the 200-day moving average, read by some as a bearish shift.
- Directional Movement Index (DX, +DI, −DI): a hand calculation How Wilder’s directional movement, true range, +DI, −DI and DX are calculated, worked bar by bar on JPMorgan Chase, and why raw DX is too noisy to use alone.
- Double exponential moving average (DEMA): reducing lag How Patrick Mulloy’s DEMA subtracts an EMA’s own lag, a worked example on AMD, why it overshoots at turns, and how Finabase computes it.
- Dow theory: the six tenets and confirmation by the transports Where Dow theory came from, its six tenets explained plainly, how the industrials and transports confirm each other, and what DIA and IYT showed from 2024 to 2026.
- Downtrend A series of lower highs and lower lows in price, showing that sellers have the upper hand.
- Exponential moving average (EMA) A moving average that weights recent prices more heavily, so it reacts faster than a simple moving average of the same length.
- Exponential moving average (EMA): formula and how to use it How the exponential moving average weights recent prices, how to compute it step by step, how it compares with the SMA, and how Finabase scans and scores it.
- Golden cross A chart signal where the 50-day moving average crosses above the 200-day moving average, read by some as a bullish shift.
- Heikin-Ashi candles: formula, worked example and how to read them How Heikin-Ashi candles are calculated, a bar-by-bar worked example on real Apple prices, how to read their trends, and the price and lag trade-offs.
- Kaufman Adaptive Moving Average (KAMA): efficiency ratio explained How KAMA speeds up in clean trends and slows down in noise using the efficiency ratio, a worked calculation on QQQ, and how Finabase computes and scores it.
- MACD indicator: signal line, histogram and divergence How the MACD line, signal line and histogram are calculated, how to read crossovers, the zero line and divergence on Microsoft’s 2026 chart, and how Finabase scores it.
- MESA Adaptive Moving Average (MAMA and FAMA) explained How John Ehlers’ MAMA adapts its speed to the market’s cycle phase, why it moves in steps, how MAMA/FAMA crossovers work on Amazon, and Finabase’s settings.
- Moving average The average price over the last N periods, recalculated each period, which smooths noise and shows the trend.
- Moving averages and trend: filters, the 50/200 and golden crosses How moving averages define a trend, why the 50- and 200-day lines matter, and what golden and death crosses did on real 2023–2026 data, whipsaws included.
- Multi-timeframe analysis: weekly to daily to intraday, top down How to read one stock on weekly, daily and intraday charts in order, which timeframe decides what, and a real NVIDIA walk-through as of October 2026.
- Parabolic SAR: how stop-and-reverse works, step by step How Wilder’s Parabolic SAR trails price with an accelerating stop, a bar-by-bar calculation on Alphabet, its real win/loss record over a year, and Finabase’s settings.
- Pullback A short, shallow decline against a prevailing uptrend, which traders often treat as a pause rather than the end of the trend.
- Rally A sustained rise in the price of a stock, index or other asset, from a short bounce lasting days to an advance lasting months.
- Rank stocks by trend quality with Finabase Trend Score Run Finabase Trend Score on an index or watchlist, change the strategy, lookback and benchmark, and read a symbol's overall score, subscores and components.
- Rising and falling three methods: candlestick continuation guide How rising and falling three methods form, the strict and loose parts of TA-Lib’s test, and what 11 real cases on US stocks did over the next two weeks.
- Simple moving average (SMA) The plain average of the last N closing prices, recalculated each bar; the most common way to smooth a price series and read its trend.
- Simple moving average (SMA): formula, crossovers and limits How the simple moving average is calculated, how traders read the 50-day and 200-day lines and their crossovers, and why every SMA signal arrives late.
- T3 moving average (Tillson T3): smooth with little lag How Tim Tillson’s T3 chains six EMAs with a volume factor to get a smooth, low-lag line, the coefficient arithmetic, a Meta example and Finabase’s settings.
- Time Series Forecast (TSF): linear regression projected one bar How the Time Series Forecast fits a least-squares line to recent closes and extends it one bar, a worked Adobe example, how well its forecasts did, and Finabase’s TSF.
- Trend The general direction a price is moving over time, up, down or sideways, defined by its sequence of highs and lows.
- Trend channels: drawing parallel channels and reading their breaks How to draw a rising, falling or flat price channel, what the channel line and midline tell you, and how JPM traded inside and then out of a 2025 channel.
- Trend reversal A change in the direction of a price trend, from up to down or down to up, as opposed to a temporary pullback within the trend.
- Trendline A straight line drawn on a chart through a series of rising lows or falling highs to show a trend’s path and the level where it would break.
- Trends and trendlines: how to identify a trend and draw it correctly How to tell an uptrend from a downtrend with swing highs and lows, draw a trendline that means something, and judge when a break matters, on real SPY data.
- Triangular moving average (TRIMA): the smoothest classic average How the triangular moving average double-smooths prices, a worked example on Coca-Cola closes, why it turns late, and when its smoothness is worth it.
- Triple exponential moving average (TEMA): fast, with a catch How the TEMA combines three EMAs to cancel lag, what its overshoot looks like on a price jump and on Tesla’s 2026 slide, and how Finabase draws and scores it.
- TRIX indicator: triple-smoothed momentum and its zero line How TRIX takes the one-bar percent change of a triple EMA, a worked calculation on Disney, why it filters noise but lags, and how Finabase scores its zero line.
- Uptrend A market or stock whose price makes a series of higher highs and higher lows, the chart signature of sustained buying pressure.
- Weighted moving average (WMA): linear weights, worked example How the linearly weighted moving average counts recent closes more heavily, a full worked calculation on Microsoft prices, and when it beats an SMA or EMA.
- What is technical analysis? A complete guide to reading charts What technical analysis is, the assumptions behind it, how price, volume and time fit together, trend following vs mean reversion, and what the evidence says.
- ZigZag indicator: filtering swings, and why the last leg repaints How the ZigZag connects swing highs and lows that differ by a set percentage, a worked example on IWM, why its last leg changes, and how Finabase draws it.
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