Chart Analysis: Summery

Chart Analysis: Summery

This section describes the various kinds of financial charts that we provide here at SmartStock. There are articles that describe how the charts are constructed and how they can be used to make better investing decisions. 

The Fundamentals:

• What Are Charts? What charts are, how to pick timeframes, how charts are formed, and price scaling
  
• Support and Resistance: What support and resistance are, where they are established, and methods used.
  .
• Trend Lines: What trend lines are, scale settings, validation, angles, and more.
  
• Gaps and Gap Analysis: A gap is an area on a price chart in which there were no trades. Gaps show that something important has happened to the fundamentals of or the mass psychology surrounding a stock.
  
• Introduction to Chart Patterns: A brief review of what chart patterns are, and how to recognize them.
  
• Chart Patterns: A collection of articles describing common chart patterns.

Chart Types:

• Arms Candle Volume: A price chart that merges traditional candlesticks with EquiVolume boxes.
  
• Candle Volume: A price chart that merges traditional candlesticks with volume.
  
• Elder Impulse System: A charting system developed by Alexander Elder that colors price bars based on simple technical signals.
  
• EquiVolume: Price boxes that are sized based on their trading volume.
  
• Heikin-Ashi: A candlestick method that uses price data from two periods instead one one.
  
• Kagi Charts: A Japanese charting method based on volatility and reversal amounts.
  
• Renko Charts: A Japanese charting method that uses boxes that rise and fall in 45-degree patterns.
  
• Three Line Break Charts: Charts that move up and down based on a stock's volatility.
  
• Relative Rotation Graphs (RRG Charts) How to use and interpret Relative Rotation Graph Charts.
  
• Seasonality Charts: How to use and interpret Seasonality charts.

Candlestick Charts:

• Introduction to Candlesticks: An overview of candlesticks, including history, formation, and key patterns.
  
• Candlesticks and Traditional Chart Analysis: Using candlesticks with moving averages, volume, and chart patterns.
  
• Candlesticks and Support: How candlestick chart patterns can mark support levels.
  
• Candlesticks and Resistance: How candlestick chart patterns can mark resistance levels.
  
• Candlestick Bullish Reversal Patterns: Detailed descriptions of bullish reversal candlestick patterns.
  
• Candlestick Bearish Reversal Patterns: Detailed descriptions of common bearish reversal candlestick patterns.
  
• Candlestick Pattern Dictionary: A comprehensive list of common candlestick patterns.

Point & Figure Charts

• Point and Figure Charts How to use and interpret Point and Figure charts.

Chart Annotations Tools:

• Fibonacci Retracements: Defines Fibonacci retracements and shows how to use them to identify reversal zones.
  
• Fibonacci Arcs: Shows how Fibonacci Arcs can be used to find reversals.
  
• Fibonacci Time Zones: Describes Fibonacci Time Zones and how they can be used.