What is a Fibonacci Extension?
Fibonacci extension is a tool that helps user (Trader/Investor) to find the areas of support and resistance of the stock’s price. It is also used to find the Target & Stop loss of the stocks.
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What is a Fibonacci Retracement?
Fibonacci retracement is a tool that helps user (Trader/Investor) to find the areas of support and resistance of the stock’s price. It is also used to find the Target & Stop loss of the stocks.
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What is a Trend line?
A trend line is a straight line that connects two or more price points, and then extends into the future to act as a line of support or resistance. As its name implies, it helps traders recognize the trends to decide if the market is bullish or bearish.
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They are technical chart formations that indicate if the stock’s price has reached its low and that the downtrend has come to a close. When it is graphed, it forms a U Shape. As the name suggests, they resemble the silhouette of shallow dishes or saucers.
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What are Rounding Top?
The “rounding top” is a reversal chart pattern that develops after a price incline. When it is graphed, it forms an inverted U Shape. Rounding tops are found at the end of extended uptrend trends and signify a reversal in long-term price movements.
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What is Rounding Bottom?
The rounding bottom is a reversal chart pattern, which develops after a price decline. When it is graphed, it forms a U Shape. Rounding bottoms are found at the end of extended downward trends and signify a reversal in long-term price movements.
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What is Cup & Handle chart pattern?
A Cup and Handle can be used as an entry pattern for the continuation of an established bullish trend. It´s one of the easiest patterns to identify. The cup has a soft U-shape, retraces the prior move for about ⅓ and looks like a bowl. After forming the cup, price pulls back to about ⅓ of the cups advance, forming the handle. The full pattern is complete when price breaks out of this consolidation in the direction of the cups advance.
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What are Gaps?
Gaps occur when there is an empty space between two trading periods that are caused by a significant increase/decrease in price; i.e. current open is not the same as prior closing price. E.g. A stock might close at INR 500 and open at INR 510 after positive earnings. This is called as Gap-up. There are three main types of Gaps: 1) Break away 2) Run away 3) Exhaustion
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What is Flag chart pattern?
Pennants are chart patterns, formed by price action, that is contained within a small symmetrical triangle. This is created when there’s a minor profit booking, in either an uptrend or a downtrend.
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What is Flag chart pattern?
A flag pattern is a trend continuation pattern, appropriately named after its visual similarity to a flag on a flagpole. It is formed by price action, which is contained within a small rectangle or a parallelogram. This is created when there is a minor profit booking in either an uptrend or a downtrend.
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