Indicator dictionary
Indicator dictionary 62/62
A dictionary that explains, one by one, all 62 indicators you equip as weapons in the game. The 3 starter weapons you have from the beginning link to lessons in the basics course.
Edited by GANGCO STUDIO · Updated
Trend
- MACD Elite A trend indicator that uses the gap between a fast and a slow exponential moving average to show whether the two averages are pulling apart or closing in. Sub-charts 1/2
- Ichimoku Cloud Elite A trend indicator that uses five lines and a cloud to show at a glance where the price sits within its past price range. On chart 5/6
- Pivot Line Elite An indicator that uses the previous candle’s high, low and close to set five reference lines (Pivot, R1, R2, S1, S2) for the current candle in advance. On chart 5/6
- DMI Advanced A trend indicator that shows, as two lines side by side, the force pushing highs higher (+DI) and the force pushing lows lower (−DI). Sub-charts 1/2
- Parabolic SAR Advanced An indicator that uses a single trailing “stop line” to show whether the price is in a rising or a falling stretch, and when it flipped. On chart 1/6
- Aroon Advanced An indicator that judges whether a new trend has started by how long ago the recent high and low were made. Sub-charts 1/2
- Supertrend Advanced A trend indicator that keeps a single line above or below the price and uses its color and position to show whether the price is in an uptrend or a downtrend. On chart 1/6
- Exponential Moving Average Standard A line that averages recent closes with more weight on the newest ones, so it follows price changes faster than the simple moving average. On chart 1/6
- MA Golden Cross Standard An event marker that puts a vertical line on the candle where the short moving average crosses up through the long one. Candle markings 1/3
- MA Dead Cross Standard An event marker that puts a vertical line on the candle where the short moving average crosses down through the long one. Candle markings 1/3
- ADX Standard An indicator that shows, as a number from 0 to 100, how strongly the price is moving in one direction, whether up or down. Sub-charts 1/2
- Simple Moving Average Included A starter weapon you have from the beginning. The basics lesson “Moving averages” covers it with charts. On chart 1/6
Momentum
- RSI Advanced An indicator that compares recent up moves with recent down moves and shows, as a number from 0 to 100, which side has been stronger lately. Sub-charts 1/2
- Stochastic Advanced An indicator that shows, on a scale of 0 to 100, where today’s close sits between the lowest and the highest price of the last few candles. Sub-charts 1/2
- SONAR Advanced An indicator that draws how much an exponential moving average has risen (or fallen) compared with a few candles ago, to read the “slope” of the trend. Sub-charts 1/2
- TRIX Advanced An indicator that shows by what percent, per candle, a very smooth line — an exponential moving average stacked three times — rises or falls. Sub-charts 1/2
- CCI Standard An indicator that shows how many times its usual swing the price has moved away from its recent average. Sub-charts 1/2
- ROC Standard An indicator that connects into a line how many percent the close has risen or fallen compared with the close a few candles ago. Sub-charts 1/2
- Disparity Index Standard An indicator that shows, around a baseline of 100, how many percent the close is away from its moving average. Sub-charts 1/2
- Psychological Line Standard An indicator that reads the market mood, upbeat or gloomy, from the percentage of recent candles that closed higher. Sub-charts 1/2
- Williams %R Standard An indicator that shows, as a number from −100 to 0, how far today’s close sits below the highest price of recent candles. Sub-charts 1/2
- AB Ratio Standard An indicator that compares how far each candle rose above and fell below its open, showing which side was stronger during the session. Sub-charts 1/2
- Ultimate Oscillator Standard An indicator that blends buying pressure over a short, a medium and a long period into a number from 0 to 100. Sub-charts 1/2
Strength
- Volume Profile Elite An indicator that shows with horizontal bars which price levels saw the most trading, to find “the prices where many people bought and sold”. Volume profile 1/1
- OBV Advanced An indicator that keeps a running total, adding the volume of up days and subtracting the volume of down days, to show whether trading leaned toward buyers or sellers. Sub-charts 1/2
- MFI Standard An indicator that multiplies price moves by volume to show, from 0 to 100, whether more money has recently flowed in on the buying side or the selling side. Sub-charts 1/2
- Volume Oscillator Standard An indicator that shows how many % the short-term average volume is above (or below) the long-term average, telling you whether trading is heating up or cooling down. Sub-charts 1/2
- Volume Ratio Standard An indicator that shows the volume of recent up days as a % of the volume of down days, telling you whether trading leaned toward buyers or sellers. Sub-charts 1/2
- AD Line Standard An indicator that keeps a running total of each candle’s volume, weighted by where the close ended between the day’s high and low, to show buying pressure (accumulation) and selling pressure (distribution). Sub-charts 1/2
- EOM Standard An indicator of “how easily the price moves”, showing whether the price rises (or falls) easily even on light volume. Sub-charts 1/2
- PVT Standard An indicator that keeps a running total of “% move × volume” for each candle, showing whether volume pushed more on the rising side or the falling side. Sub-charts 1/2
- CMF Standard An indicator that weighs, by volume, whether closes over the last 20 candles mostly ended near the top or the bottom of each day, shown between −1 and +1. Sub-charts 1/2
- VWAP Standard An average-price line that gives more weight to prices from high-volume candles, showing roughly what people paid on average recently. On chart 1/6
- Force Index Standard An indicator that multiplies how far the price moved by volume, showing whether the “force” was behind the rising side or the falling side. Sub-charts 1/2
- Volume Included A starter weapon you have from the beginning. The basics lesson “Volume and volume MA” covers it with charts. Sub-charts 1/2
- Volume MA Included A starter weapon you have from the beginning. The basics lesson “Volume and volume MA” covers it with charts. Drawn in the volume panel, so it uses no slot
Volatility
- Bollinger Bands Elite An indicator that uses three lines, a moving average in the middle and a band above and below it, to show how much the price is swinging compared with usual. On chart 3/6
- ATR Advanced An indicator that shows, in price units, how much a single candle usually moves. It does not say which way; it only measures the size of the swings. Sub-charts 1/2
- Envelope Advanced An indicator that draws lines a “fixed percentage” above and below a moving average, to show how far the price has moved away from the average. On chart 3/6
- Keltner Channels Advanced An indicator that puts an exponential moving average in the middle and draws two lines above and below it, set apart by the usual daily range (ATR), to show the price’s “normal range”. On chart 3/6
- Donchian Channel Advanced An indicator that traces the highest and lowest prices of a recent period, showing the moment the price leaves its “range so far”. On chart 3/6
- Standard Deviation Advanced An indicator that shows, as a single number, how widely recent closes are scattered around their average. The larger it is, the harder the price is swinging. Sub-charts 1/2
- Chaikin Volatility Standard A volatility indicator that shows, as a % change, how much the gap between each candle’s high and low has been widening (or narrowing) lately. Sub-charts 1/2
Patterns
- Three White Soldiers Standard A candle-pattern marker that puts a vertical line on the third of three big up candles closing higher one after another. Candle markings 1/3
- Three Black Crows Standard A candle-pattern marker that puts a vertical line on the third of three big down candles closing lower one after another. Candle markings 1/3
- Morning Star Standard A candle-pattern marker for a three-candle bottom shape — big down candle, small-bodied candle, big up candle — with a vertical line on the third candle. Candle markings 1/3
- Evening Star Standard A candle-pattern marker for a three-candle top shape — big up candle, small-bodied candle, big down candle — with a vertical line on the third candle. Candle markings 1/3
- Hammer Starter tier A candle-pattern marker that puts a vertical line on a single candle in a downtrend with a long lower shadow and almost no upper shadow. Candle markings 1/3
- Inverted Hammer Starter tier A candle-pattern marker that puts a vertical line on a single candle in a downtrend with a long upper shadow and almost no lower shadow. Candle markings 1/3
- Hanging Man Starter tier A candle-pattern marker that puts a vertical line on a single candle in an uptrend with a long lower shadow and almost no upper shadow. Candle markings 1/3
- Shooting Star Starter tier A candle-pattern marker that puts a vertical line on a single candle in an uptrend with a long upper shadow and almost no lower shadow. Candle markings 1/3
- Doji Starter tier A weapon that finds and marks candles whose open and close are almost the same, so the body is very thin. It is a candle where buyers and sellers ended up evenly matched. Candle markings 1/3
- Bullish Marubozu Starter tier A weapon that finds and marks rising candles with almost no shadows and a body far longer than usual. Buyers pushed all the way through the candle. Candle markings 1/3
- Bearish Marubozu Starter tier A weapon that finds and marks falling candles with almost no shadows and a body far longer than usual. Sellers pushed all the way through the candle. Candle markings 1/3
- Bullish Engulfing Starter tier A weapon that marks a large rising candle whose body completely wraps the previous falling candle’s body, in a downtrend. Candle markings 1/3
- Bearish Engulfing Starter tier A weapon that marks a large falling candle whose body completely wraps the previous rising candle’s body, in an uptrend. Candle markings 1/3
- Piercing Line Starter tier A weapon that marks, in a downtrend, a rising candle that opens below a long falling candle and closes above the middle of that candle’s body. Candle markings 1/3
- Dark Cloud Cover Starter tier A weapon that marks, in an uptrend, a falling candle that opens above a long rising candle and closes below the middle of that candle’s body. Candle markings 1/3
- Bullish Harami Starter tier A weapon that marks, in a downtrend, a small rising candle that fits entirely inside the body of the long falling candle before it. Candle markings 1/3
- Bearish Harami Starter tier A weapon that marks, in an uptrend, a small falling candle that fits entirely inside the body of the long rising candle before it. Candle markings 1/3
Special
- Elder-Ray Index Advanced An indicator that splits buying power and selling power into two lines, based on how far each candle’s high and low sit from an exponential moving average. Sub-charts 1/2
- Coppock Curve Standard A slow curve made by adding two rates of price change and smoothing them, used to spot where a rise begins at the end of a long fall. Sub-charts 1/2