Accumulation Distribution tracks the relationship between price and volume and acts as a leading indicator of price movements. The strongest signals are divergences.

ADX is part of the Directional Movement System developed by J. Welles Wilder. It is used to warn of trend changes and to identify whether a stock is trending or ranging.

The Aroon Oscillator was developed by Tushar Chande to identify the start of a new trend and measure trend strength.

Average True Range (ATR) Bands are used to signal exits in a similar fashion to ATR Trailing stops, but without the stop-and-reverse (SAR) of trailing stops.

Average True Range (ATR) Trailing Stops are used to trigger exits and lock in trading profits.

Average True Range are used to measure commitment. Expanding ranges signal increased eagerness and contracting ranges, a loss of enthusiasm.

Bollinger %b identifies suitable entry and exit points in a trend, while Band Width highlights when bands converge into a narrow neck, preceding a breakout.

Bollinger Bands® are used to confirm trading signals from momentum or trend indicators. Bands widen when prices are volatile and contract when they consolidate.

Candlestick chart patterns are able to highlight trend weakness and reversal signals that may not be apparent on a normal bar chart.

Developed by Marc Chaikin, the Chaikin Money Flow indicator often warns of breakouts and provides useful trend confirmation.

Marc Chaikin's oscillator monitors the flow of money in and out of the market.

Developed by Marc Chaikin. Look for sharp increases in volatility prior to market tops and bottoms, followed by low volatility as the market loses interest.

Chuck LeBeau's Chandelier Exits are primarily used as a stop loss mechanism to time exits from a trending market.

Donald Lambert's Commodity Channel Index (CCI) highlights overbought and oversold markets and likely turning points.

Compare stock and/or index prices. Overlays can be plotted unadjusted, or to intercept on a selected date.

Edwin Coppock designed this oscillator with one sole purpose: to identify the commencement of bull markets.

The Detrended Price Oscillator isolates the short cycle, providing powerful trend signals on divergences.

Welles Wilder's Directional Movement is one of few indicators that not only provides trend signals but indicates whether a trend is suitable to trade.

Richard Donchian's Channels are used in a number of trading systems to identify entry and exit points in trends.

Richard W Arms' powerful Ease of Movement indicator highlights the relationship between volume and price changes; useful for assessing the strength of a trend.

Developed by Dr Alexander Elder, the Elder-Ray indicator measures buying and selling pressure in the market and is often used as part of the Triple Screen trading system.

The greatest advance in the last decade, equivolume exposes price and volume interaction.

Exponential moving averages are more sophisticated than simple moving averages and do not suffer from the same distortions.

Project Fibonacci extension levels from a present trend.

Project Fibonacci retracement levels from an existing trend.

Developed by Dr Alexander Elder, the Force index combines price movements and volume to measure the strength of bulls and bears in the market.

Linda Bradford Raschke popularized Keltner bands, plotted at an ATR multiple around an exponential MA, to filter trend entries.

Martin Pring's KST Indicator identifies major trend changes when KST crosses its signal line.

Linear regression fits a straight line to the selected data using a method called the Sum Of Least Squares.

The Linear Regression Indicator is used for trend identification and trend following in a similar fashion to moving averages, but reacts faster than an MA to trend changes.

The Moving Average Oscillator simply compares closing price to the moving average.

MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence) is a powerful refinement of the two moving averages system, providing reliable signals of trend changes.

The MACD Histogram (Moving Average Convergence Divergence Histogram) provides far earlier and more responsive signals than the original MACD, but is also more volatile.

Donald Dorsey's Mass Index predicts trend reversals by comparing trading range over a 9 day period.

Median price measures the mid-point of the trading range for each period.

Momentum measures trend strength and identifies likely reversal points: on divergences or when Momentum crosses the overbought/oversold line.

Money Flow Index measures trend strength and warns of likely reversal points.

The Moving Average smooths price data to create a powerful measure of trend direction. Simple, weighted and exponential moving averages are most popular.

Filters are employed to reduce the number of whipsaws when using moving average systems.

Calculates moving averages using daily, weekly or monthly Highs/Lows/Opens.

Daryl Guppy introduced multiple moving averages to measure trends and identify likely reversals. The indicator compares multiple short-term and long-term exponential moving averages.

Norman Fosback uses Negative Volume Index (NVI) with Positive Volume Index (PVI) to identify bull markets.

Developed by Joseph Granville, OBV provides a powerful measure of accumulation and distribution by comparing volume to price movements.

Developed by J. Welles Wilder, the Parabolic SAR indicator provides excellent short/medium-term entry and exit points in trending markets.

Percentage Trailing Stops are a simple but effective method for locking in profits

Introduced by Norman Fosback, Positive Volume Index identifies bull and bear markets by measuring activity on days when volume is higher.

Price Comparison plots the performance of a stock against an index or a related stock.

Similar to Price Comaprison, you can compare bond yields or interest rates that share the same price axis.

Sometimes referred to as Percentage Bands, Price Envelopes are plotted at a set percentage above and below a moving average.

A powerful tool for stock selection, Price Ratio is also referred to as Relative Strength and compares the performance of a stock relative to an index or a related stock.

The Price Volume Trend indicator measures the strength of trends and warns of reversals.

Ivan Ballin's colorful variation of Daryl Guppy's Multiple Moving Averages.

A refinement of Momentum, Rate of Change is designed to fluctuate as a percentage around the zero line.

The Rate of Change formula can also be applied to volume, where it highlights changes in volume activity.

Relative Strength calculates the strength of one stock/index compared to a second stock/index, either with/without a specified intercept date.

Developed by Welles Wilder, RSI (Relative Strength Index) is a popular momentum oscillator that compares upward and downward movements in closing price.

Alexander Elder's Safezone Stops use Directional Movement to signal exits from a trend.

Simple moving averages are easy to construct, but prone to distortion: they tend to "bark twice".

The Slow Stochastic Oscillator provides more reliable signals than the original indicator, applying further smoothing to reduce volatility and improve accuracy.

Smoothed Rate of Change (SROC), introduced by Fred G Schutzman in 1991, gives slower but more accurate signals than other momentum oscillators.

Standard deviation channels, plotted at a set number of standard deviations around a linear regression line, provide useful entry and exit signals for trading trends.

The Stochastic Oscillator tracks market momentum and provides excellent entry and exit signals from crossover of %K and %D lines or overbought/oversold levels.

The trend line is a powerful momentum indicator, alerting you to any acceleration or deceleration of the trend.

Designed for trading trends, TRIX uses a triple-smoothed moving average to eliminate cycles shorter than the indicator period.

Welles Wilder's True Range adjusts the normal High - Low daily range when there is an opening gap.

Twiggs Momentum Oscillator is a smoothed version of the Rate Of Change oscillator. Its primary purpose is to identify fast trending stocks.

Colin Twiggs' Money Flow is a derivation of the Chaikin Money Flow indicator. Position above/below the zero line gives advance indication of breakouts, while divergences warn of reversals.

Typical price, calculated as (High Low Close) / 3, is a useful filter for moving average systems.

Adam White's Vertical Horizontal Filter (VHF) identifies trending and ranging markets.

Volatility is a statistical measure of risk called the coefficient of variation.

Jack Schwager, in his book Schwager on Futures, uses the Volatility Ratio to identify wide-ranging days.

Welles Wilder's original Volatility Stops uses Average True Range in a trend-following system.

Volume highlights unusual trading activity and provide powerful confirmation of price signals.

Volume Oscillator is an easy to use indicator that highlights changes in volume activity.

Weighted Close, calculated as (High Low Close * 2 ) / 4, is a simple but effective filter for moving average systems.

Weighted moving averages eliminate the distortion common to simple moving averages, but are more difficult to construct than exponential moving averages.

Wilder moving averages are used mainly in indicators developed by J. Welles Wilder. Essentially the same as an exponential moving average, they use different weightings, for which users need to make allowance.

Williams %R is similar to Stochastic %K. Entry signals are taken on divergences, failure swings or crossover of the overbought/oversold level.

Larry Williams highlights accumulation and distribution by comparing daily trading ranges. Signals are taken on divergences.

Williams Accumulation Distribution is traded on divergences. When price makes a new high and the indicator fails to exceed its previous high, distribution is taking place.