Stock Technical Analysis

Six of the best sites for learning about and using technical analysis for buying and selling stocks. Know of another site that should be listed here? Leave your suggestion at the bottom of this page. (Related searches: Stock Screener, Discount Stock Brokers, Stock Market Game)

1. Online Trading Concepts - Offers extensive information on the various stock technical analysis indicators, including Bollinger bands, moving average and MACD, stochastics, candlestick patterns, chart patterns such as double bottom and head and shoulders, more. (www.onlinetradingconcepts.com)

2. MetaStock - Technical analysis software, with multiple options depending on what type of trader you are. Includes end-of-day software for beginners who want to study indicators after market close as well as real-time technical analysis software for experienced / professional traders. Also offers Forex technical analysis software for foreign exchanges and more. (www.equis.com)

3. StockTA.com - Check out the performance of stocks using all sorts of technical analysis indicators, including MACD crossovers, Fibonacci numbers, candlestick charting and more. Use their stock screener to search for stocks based on technical considerations. (www.stockta.com)

4. Investools Investor Toolbox Tour: Technical Indicators - Video presentation offers the basics of using technical analysis to spot trends and buy and sell stocks, including the use of moving averages and trading volume surges. If you like the video, you may be interested in their other training programs for learning about stock investing. (www.investools.com)

5. Stock Technical Analysis: Holy Grail or Sham? - Article offers one opinion on how technical analysis should be used in combination with fundamental stock analysis to create better returns, with the overall theme being that the use of general indicators such as 200-day moving average and relative strength is helpful, but the more complicated the indicator, the less useful it is. (www.investmentu.com)

6. Burn Your Charts - November 13, 2007 blog post offers this opinion: “If chart reading was the way to success in market, there would be millions of trading millionaire.” (tradinggoddess.blogspot.com)