Traders use chart patterns to help determine which direction the price is going, and potentially how far it could go. Chart patterns like head and shoulders, triangles, cup and handles, double/tripl

A rounded bottom or saucer bottom can be a continuation or a reversal pattern. It is a cup or bowl formation where there is selling at the left of the pattern, but as time progresses the selling taper

Triple tops and triple bottoms are reversal patterns. A triple top signals the price is no longer rallying, and that lower prices are on the way. A triple bottom indicates the price is no longer falli

A gap is empty space between one price bar and the next. Gaps occur when the price significantly changes from the close of one price bar to the next, with no trading taking place in the empty space be

Wedges are a multiple price wave reversal pattern. Wedges form when the waves of an asset move within a narrowing range, angled either up or down. Whereas triangles are formed by the price moving side

Flags and pennants are continuation patterns. They are traded in the same way, but each has a slightly different shape. The terms flag and pennant are often used interchangeably. A flag or pennant p

The triangle can be a continuation or a reversal pattern. Although, more often it is a continuation pattern. There are three types of triangles: symmetric, ascending, and descending. For trading purpo

Double tops and bottoms are reversal patterns. A double top signals the price is no longer rallying, and that lower prices are potentially forthcoming. A double bottom indicates the price is no longer

The cup and handle is both a continuation and a reversal pattern. The reversal pattern marks the end of a downtrend, and shows the price transitioning into an uptrend. The continuation pattern occur

The head and shoulders (HS) is a reversal pattern signaling the prior trend is reversing, or has already reversed. The HS top alerts traders that an uptrend is over and the price could head lower, whi

The size of a chart pattern, and where it occurs within a trend, provides clues as to how big the next price move will be once the chart pattern completes. When the price finally breaks out of the cha

Technical traders use the price history of any asset, and the price patterns that form, as a basis for making trading decision and analysis. This is called technical analysis, a technique that uses th

Scalping is a trading strategy geared towards profiting from minor price changes in a stock's price. Traders who implement this strategy place anywhere from 10 to a few hundred trades in a single day

A day trader executes short and long trades to capitalize on intraday market price action resulting from temporary supply and demand inefficiencies. BREAKING DOWN Day Trader A day trader often closes

Swing trading has been described as a kind of fundamental trading in which positions are held for longer than a single day. Most fundamentalists are actually swing traders since changes in corporate f

What Is Buy and Hold? Buy and hold is a passive investment strategy in which an investor buys stocks (or other types of securities such as ETFs) and holds them for a long period regardless of fluctuat

What is Active Trading Active trading refers to buying and selling securities for quick profit based on short-term movements in price. BREAKING DOWN Active Trading Active trading seeks profit from pr

Active trading is the act of buying and selling securities based on short-term movements to profit from the price movements on a short-term stock chart. The mentality associated with an active trading

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