Article Summary: When studying how to place trades in the direction of the trend many traders focus on the four most common indicators used by technical traders. However, by adding Fibonacci to your ...

As a day trader, my charts are my lifeblood. I truly believe that a trader is only as good as his or her charts, and without mine, I’m simply not making money. But what makes a good chart from a bad ...

Retracements are price moves that are opposite to the primary trend. In a bull market, retracements are the short declines that interrupt the long-term trend of rising prices. Bear market retracements ...

Casey Murphy has fanned his passion for finance through years of writing about active trading, technical analysis, market commentary, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), commodities, futures, options, and ...

Stella Osoba is the Senior Editor of trading and investing at Investopedia. She co-founded and chaired Women in Technical Analysis. She has 15+ years of experience as a financial writer and technical ...

As a day trader, my charts are my lifeblood. I truly believe that a trader is only as good as his or her charts, and without mine, I’m simply not making money. But what makes a good chart from a bad ...