Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

How do you know if a stock’s price move is genuine or just a temporary “head fake” designed to trap unwary investors? Most investors focus solely on the price chart, watching candles, lines, and ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Volume analysis can be used across a variety of markets in order to get helpful signals and confirm price action on the charts. In recent articles on chart analysis, I did not include the ...

When it comes to carefully finding the strongest breakout signals, it’s important to use increasing volume in an uptrend as a confirming technical entry pattern. The author’s new “3-Bar Volume ...

The moment you open a stock chart, you’re flooded with information: candlesticks, volume bars, and dozens of lines that all promise to predict the future. For the beginner investor, this overwhelming ...

Excel offers many different chart types—including column and bar graphs—to present your data. However, you don't have to settle for the preset column and bar layouts. Instead, you can swap these for ...

When you open Excel and start working with data, you might wonder how to visualize the distribution of your data points. This is where a Histogram Chart comes into play. A Histogram Chart is a type of ...

— -- Q: I want to know how many people are selling or buying stocks I own. Where can I find this information? A: What you're asking for is trading volume. Volume measures how many shares of a ...