Learn about outside reversal patterns, their significance in technical analysis, and how they indicate potential trend ...

Fundamental analysis tries to determine value and estimate the future market price based on a stock's underlying fundamentals. Technical analysis relies on charts to forecast prices. The goal of ...

Lucas Downey is the co-founder of MoneyFlows, and an Investopedia Academy instructor. Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician ...

The stock market is a constant tug of war between buyers and sellers. When this tension finally breaks, the resulting surge of momentum can lead to some of the most profitable and exciting trades an ...

The stock market is often described as a battleground between buyers and sellers, and like any battle, it leaves behind telltale signs. For the savvy investor, those signs are printed directly onto a ...

Michael Harris writes the Price Action Lab Blog and is the author of Fooled By Technical Analysis: The Perils Of Charting, Backtesting And Data Mining. He posts on Twitter about, well, price action.

Now that you’ve got a grasp on how to build a strong portfolio with asset allocation and diversification, let’s explore a different approach some investors use to time the market: technical analysis.

Technical analysis comes with many terms that can be difficult for newcomers to grasp, but which are crucial to understand. With that in mind, I have created a glossary of some the more commonly-used ...

I've noticed a recurring inverse head and shoulders pattern in high-beta tech stocks, signaling potential bullish reversals; the pattern is noticeable in the Nasdaq 100 and the QQQ ETF. I break down ...

There are two main ways to analyze stocks: fundamental and technical analysis. While fundamental analysis focuses on a company’s financial health through metrics such as revenue, earnings and debt, ...