- Uptrend/Downtrend
- In technical analysis both an uptrend and a downtrend are defined as trends that can be drawn on a chart by joining a minimum of four points.► See also Technical Analysis.
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Uptrend/Downtrend
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uptrend — A channel of upward price movement. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary A price trend characterized by a series of higher highs and higher lows. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Glossary * * * uptrend up‧trend [ˈʌptrend] noun [countable] COMMERCE… … Financial and business terms
downtrend — A channel of downward price movement. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary A price trend characterized by a series of lower highs and lower lows. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Glossary * * * Generally used to describe a falling trend in prices.… … Financial and business terms
Downtrend — Describes the price movement of a financial asset when the overall direction is downward. A formal downtrend occurs when each successive peak and trough is lower than the ones found earlier in the trend. Notice how each successive peak and trough … Investment dictionary
Uptrend — Describes the price movement of a financial asset when the overall direction is upward. A formal uptrend is when each successive peak and trough is higher than the ones found earlier in the trend. Notice how each successive peak and trough is… … Investment dictionary
uptrend — [[t]ʌ̱ptrend[/t]] N SING An uptrend is a general improvement in something such as a market or the economy. Racal Electronics shares have been in a strong uptrend... Many analysts think the dollar is on an uptrend. Ant: downtrend … English dictionary
downtrend — [[t]da͟ʊntrend[/t]] N SING A downtrend is a general downward movement in something such as a company s profits or the economy. The increase slowed to 0.4 percent, possibly indicating the start of a downtrend. Ant: uptrend … English dictionary
Technical analysis — Security analysis that seeks to detect and interpret patterns in past security prices. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * technical analysis technical analysis ➔ analysis * * * is a method of predicting the future direction of prices… … Financial and business terms
technical analysis — Anticipating future price movement using historical prices, trading volume, open interest and other trading data to study price patterns. Chicago Board of Trade glossary Technical analysis uses charts to examine changes in price patterns, volume… … Financial and business terms
Victor Sperandeo — Victor Sperandeo, known as Trader Vic, is a professional wall street stock trader, speculator and investment advisor. He has written two books on speculation, and co written a novel about finance.Sperandeo uses a combination of fundamental and… … Wikipedia
Candlestick chart — A candlestick chart is a style of bar chart used primarily to describe price movements of an equity over time. It is a combination of a line chart and a bar chart, in that each bar represents the range of price movement over a given time interval … Wikipedia
