Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Alistair Berg / Getty Images A triangle chart pattern is used in technical ...

Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...

Technical analysts believe that stock prices often trade in patterns, as the motivating driver behind the movement of stocks is humans, and humans exhibit the same emotions when it comes to their ...

Technical analysis patterns offer a structured way to read the collective psychology of the market, translating chaotic price action into recognizable, repeatable setups. For the individual investor, ...

Today I want to build off of a previous article of mine, and elaborate on specific technical analysis patterns. The best technical analysis patterns will not only be relatively easy to spot, but also ...

Michael Harris writes the Price Action Lab Blog and is the author of Fooled By Technical Analysis: The Perils Of Charting, Backtesting And Data Mining. He posts on Twitter about, well, price action.

Lately, we've been looking at the S&P 500 from a daily perspective; making note of the basing price action taking on the shape of a continuation-style inverse head-and-shoulders pattern. The ...

The financial markets can often feel like a massive, churning ocean, unpredictable and driven by forces beyond your control. You may be proficient in fundamental analysis, knowing what a great company ...

To analysts who make calls on the stock market based on the state of the economy, corporate profit prospects, industry trends and the like, divining the direction of share prices by poring over charts ...

Boiler bands. Head and shoulders. Death cross. Cup and handle. These are some of the terms associated with technical analysis. The idea behind this "investing" style is that pricing patterns repeat ...