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Technical Analysis

Candles, EMA, RSI, MACD, volume, support & resistance — how to read a price chart.

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GlossaryTechnical Analysis

Bollinger Bands

Volatility envelope around a moving average. Bands expand when volatility rises, contract when it falls.

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Candlestick Chart

A chart format that shows open, high, low and close price per time interval. The foundation of technical analysis.

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Divergence

When price and an oscillator disagree — price makes a new extreme but the indicator doesn't. Early reversal warning.

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EMA — Exponential Moving Average

Moving average that weights recent prices more heavily than older ones. Reacts faster than SMA.

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Fibonacci Retracement

Horizontal levels drawn from a move's extremes at ratios derived from the Fibonacci sequence. Used to anticipate pullback depth.

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MACD — Moving Average Convergence Divergence

Trend + momentum indicator built from two EMAs and a signal line. Classic setup — 12, 26, 9.

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OBV — On-Balance Volume

Cumulative volume that adds volume on up days and subtracts it on down days — a clean way to see whether money is flowing into or out of an asset.

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RSI — Relative Strength Index

Momentum oscillator bounded between 0 and 100. Classic thresholds — over 70 is overbought, under 30 is oversold.

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Support & Resistance

Price zones where buyers or sellers historically step in. The skeleton of almost every trading setup.

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Volume

The amount of an asset traded in a given period. Confirms or invalidates price moves.

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