If you’ve ever looked at a trading platform and seen a chart filled with rectangles and vertical lines, you’ve already encountered a candlestick chart — even if you didn’t realize it. These colorful ...

If you prefer to leave math and graphs in your past with school, being a stock trader probably isn't for you. Stock traders fall into two categories, according to Angelo DeCandia, professor of ...

As just about any experienced forex trader will tell you, technical analysis plays a pivotal role in identifying profitable trading opportunities. Occupying a well-established place among the classic ...

Fundamental analysis tries to determine value and estimate the future market price based on a stock's underlying fundamentals. Technical analysis relies on charts to forecast prices. The goal of ...

Stella Osoba is the Senior Editor of trading and investing at Investopedia. She co-founded and chaired Women in Technical Analysis. She has 15+ years of experience as a financial writer and technical ...