Charts are graphical presentations of price information of securities over time. Charts plot historical data based on a combination of price, volume as well as time intervals. The use of charts is so prevalent, that technical analyst is often referred to as chartists. Originally, charts were drawn manually, but a majority of charts nowadays are drawn by computer.
Category Archives: Technical Analysis
Investar Drawing Tools
Technical drawing tools play an important role in analyzing charts and are an important part of any Technical Analyst’s tool set. Drawing tools help you in your technical analysis, market timing, locating support and resistance levels in recognizing price patterns, confirming trends and much more. With Investar drawing tools, you may draw Trend Lines, Fibonacci Retracement, Fibonacci Fan, Andrew’s Pitchfork, Gann Fans, and other vital studies.
How to use RSI
The relative strength index (RSI),one of the most well-known technical indicators, created by J. Welles Wilder and published in a 1978 book, New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems, and in Commodities magazine (now Futures magazine) in the June 1978 issue. Continue reading
Using Support/Resistance Zones
Support/Resistance breakouts are used by traders as buy/sell signals. However, often times a stock breaking out of a resistance or support line can lead to false breakouts. One situation this can occur is if too many resistance or support lines are very close together. When this happens, it is best to club nearby lines and treat them as a support or resistance zone rather than trade them separately.
Investar 5.2 with Auto-Support/Resistance Add-On…
We are pleased to announce a new release of Investar, Version 5.2 with the Auto-SR addon and other features. A new video explaining the usage of the key features is available, “What’s New in Investar 5.2“. The Auto-Support/Resistance addon features are demoed in Using Auto-Support/Resistance .
About Auto-Support/Resistance…
This article discusses the need for Auto-Support/Resistance and why it makes it incredibly easy for all those traders who want to use Support/Resistance strategies in their trading.
Webinar: Support/Resistance Trading Strategies
A quick recap about the webinar we had today (23rdJan’16).
The webinar was about Support/Resistance trading strategies that could help traders to achieve a better success rate.
Using Pivot Levels for intraday trading.
Pivot Points are theoretical support and resistance levels based on the previous day’s open, high, low and close values: PP,R1,R2,R3,S1,S2,S3. PP is the Pivot Point, R1,R2,R3 are resistance levels, and S1,S2 and S3 are support levels. They are only valid as support and resistance levels for intraday trading. Pivot Levels can be calculated based on Classic, Camarilla or Woodie based formulae. Continue reading
How to use Open Interest in Future/Option trading
Open Interest is the third most important indicator after price and volume. It is defined as is the number of contracts outstanding at the end of a day. Open Interest is very important for any Future and Option Trader. Continue reading
A Brief Introduction to Futures
Futures and Options are also called derivatives because their prices depend on some underlying entity. In case of the NSE Futures and Options, the underlying entity is usually the stock or index. This post is a beginner guide for those who are trading in equities but want to venture into Futures. Continue reading