A big part of a trader's success is the ability to technically analyze assets. In this article, you’ll learn what technical analysis is and how you can use it to identify new trading opportunities.

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 ...

Net change measures a security's price difference from one day to the next. Learn its role in stock analysis, how it's used ...

Stock market graphs don’t have to be a mystery. Here’s how to read stock charts for any company. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us ...

For many investors and traders, looking at a stock chart means navigating a confusing array of lines, squiggles, and colorful technical indicators like the RSI, MACD, or Stochastic Oscillator. These ...

As the picture to this article shows, I'm “rolling the dice” here. Well, sort of. I recently charted the S&P 500 (SP500)…all 500 stocks, one at a time…with a focus on weekly price patterns. My goal ...