Retracement — A temporary reversal in the direction of a stock s price that goes against the prevailing trend. A retracement does not signify a change in the larger trend. On a chart where a stock s price is generally headed upward, retracements are the small… … Investment dictionary
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Elliott-Wellen — Die Elliott Wellen sind ein Mittel der technischen Analyse zur Vorhersage von Trends in Finanzmärkten. Die Theorie wurde in den späten 1920ern von dem US Amerikaner Ralph Nelson Elliott entwickelt. Elliott versuchte damit, psychologische Aspekte… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Fibonacci Numbers — A number sequence discovered by a thirteenth century Italian mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci in which the sum of any two consecutive numbers equals the next highest number. The ratio of any number to its next highest number approaches 0.618… … Financial and business terms
Golden ratio — For the Ace of Base album, see The Golden Ratio (album). Not to be confused with Golden number. The golden section is a line segment divided according to the golden ratio: The total length a + b is to the length of the longer segment a as the… … Wikipedia
Elliott wave principle — The Elliott wave principle is a form of technical analysis that attempts to forecast trends in the financial markets and other collective activities. It is named after Ralph Nelson Elliott (1871–1948), an accountant who developed the concept in… … Wikipedia
Technical analysis software — automates the charting, analysis and reporting functions that support technical analysts in their review and prediction of financial markets (eg. the stock market). Description of Technical Analysis Software FeaturesThe following are descriptions … Wikipedia
Dead cat bounce — For the Irish comedy rock band, see Dead Cat Bounce (comedy band). In economics, a dead cat bounce is a small, brief recovery in the price of a declining stock.[1] Derived from the idea that even a dead cat will bounce if it falls from a great… … Wikipedia
Moving average — For other uses, see Moving average (disambiguation). In statistics, a moving average, also called rolling average, rolling mean or running average, is a type of finite impulse response filter used to analyze a set of data points by creating a… … Wikipedia
Parabolic SAR — for Ebay during 2002. In the field of technical analysis, Parabolic SAR (SAR stop and reverse) is a method devised by J. Welles Wilder, Jr., to find trends in market prices or securities. It may be used as a trailing stop loss based on prices… … Wikipedia
