INDICATORS AND OSCILLATORS
INDICATORS AND OSCILLATORS A Technical indicator is a mathematical formula applied to the security’s price, volume or open interest. The result is a value that is used to anticipate future changes in prices. A technical indicator is a series of data points derived by applying a formula to the price data of a security. Price data includes any combination of the open, high, low or close over a period of time. Some indicators may use only the closing prices, while others incorporate volume and open interest into their formulas. The price data is entered into the formula and a data point is produced. uses of indicators Technical Indicators broadly serve three functions: to alert, to confirm and to predict. Indicator acts as an alert to study price action, sometimes it also gives a signal to watch for a break of support. A large positive divergence can act as an alert to watch for a resistance breakout. Indicators can be used to confirm other technic