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15 guides in Finabase Learn
- Accumulation A phase in which informed buyers quietly build positions after a decline, often seen as a sideways range on rising volume.
- Breakouts and false breakouts: what the data says about each What a breakout is, why so many fail, and what volume and follow-through change, tested on 162 breakouts in 15 large US stocks and ETFs from 2025 to 2026.
- Capitulation A burst of panic selling, often on very high volume, as holders give up; it sometimes marks the late stage of a decline.
- Chaikin Oscillator (ADOSC): accumulation/distribution momentum How Marc Chaikin’s oscillator turns the accumulation/distribution line into a 3/10-day momentum signal, a worked money-flow example on Pfizer, and Finabase’s ADOSC.
- Cup and handle pattern: shape, buy point and how often it works How a cup with handle forms, the guidelines William O’Neil popularized for its depth, length and handle, where the breakout is, and what 31 real cups did next.
- Distribution A topping phase in which large holders sell into strength, often seen as a range with heavy volume on down days.
- How to read a stock quote: every field explained What every field on a stock quote means, from last price, change, bid and ask to volume, ranges, market cap, P/E, EPS and yield, with a real example.
- Liquidity and slippage: volume, depth, spread and market impact What makes a stock liquid, how volume, depth and spread set trading costs, how to estimate slippage and market impact, and a real liquid vs illiquid comparison.
- Money Flow Index (MFI): the volume-weighted RSI How the Money Flow Index combines typical price and volume into a 0–100 oscillator, a worked calculation on Starbucks, how it differs from RSI, and Finabase’s MFI.
- On-Balance Volume (OBV): reading volume flow and divergence How Joe Granville’s On-Balance Volume adds and subtracts each day’s volume, a worked Salesforce example, its 2026 divergences, and Finabase’s OBV.
- Trading volume The number of shares or contracts that change hands in a given period, the basic measure of how actively and how liquidly a security trades.
- Volume analysis: confirmation, climax volume and relative volume How to read trading volume on a chart: confirming trends and breakouts, climax volume, relative volume, and three real 2025 cases including one that failed.
- Volume-weighted average price (VWAP) The average price a security traded at over a period, weighted by the volume at each price; the standard intraday benchmark for execution quality.
- VWAP (volume-weighted average price): session and anchored How VWAP weights typical price by volume, a minute-by-minute worked example on Palantir, session versus anchored VWAP, and exactly where Finabase’s VWAP is anchored.
- 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.
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