Chart Analysis

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

The Basics

  • What Are Charts? - What charts are, how to pick timeframe's, 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.

Candlesticks

Charting Styles

Charting Tools

  • Andrews' Pitchfork - Drawing, adjusting and interpreting this trend channel tool..
  • Cycles - Steps to finding cycles and using the Cycle Lines Tool.
  • Fibonacci Retracements - Defines Fibonacci retracements and shows how to use them to identify reversal zones.
  • Raff Regression Channel - A channel tool based on two equidistant trendlines on either side of a linear regression.