Bollinger Bands on stocks are volatility envelopes — a 20-day moving average with an upper and lower band set two standard deviations away — that widen when a stock gets volatile and pinch tight when it goes quiet. For equity traders they do one job especially well: they flag the low-volatility "squeeze" that so often …
The double bottom pattern in crypto is a W-shaped bullish reversal. Price falls to a low, bounces, sells off to roughly the same low, then rallies. It shows that sellers tested one support level twice and failed. The signal only counts once price closes above the "neckline" — the peak between the two lows — …
The double top pattern in commodities is a bearish reversal. It forms when a market like gold, crude oil, or natural gas rallies to a resistance level twice, fails both times at roughly the same price, and then breaks the support "neckline" between the two peaks. Two failures at one ceiling signal exhausted buyers — …
The RSI indicator in forex is the relative strength index applied to currency pairs — a 0–100 momentum oscillator that measures how fast and how far a pair has moved recently. In forex it does the same job as anywhere else, but the way you read it changes: currencies trend hard, run 24 hours across …
A funded trading account lets you trade a proprietary trading firm's capital instead of your own. You first pass the firm's evaluation, or "challenge," to prove you can trade within its rules. Once funded, you keep a share of the profits — often 70% to 90% — while the firm carries the risk. That is …
The bull flag pattern is a bullish continuation chart pattern. A sharp, near-vertical price surge forms the "flagpole," then a small, downward-sloping consolidation forms the "flag." When price breaks out above the flag, the prior uptrend is expected to resume — and the standard target is a move equal to the height of the flagpole. …
The inverse head and shoulders is a bullish reversal chart pattern that marks the end of a downtrend. It forms three troughs — a left shoulder, a lower middle low called the head, and a higher right shoulder — sitting beneath a resistance line called the neckline. When price breaks above that neckline, the pattern …
The head and shoulders pattern is a bearish reversal chart pattern that marks the end of an uptrend. It forms three peaks — a left shoulder, a higher head, and a lower right shoulder — sitting on a support line called the neckline. When price breaks below that neckline, the pattern is confirmed and a …
A fair value gap (FVG) is a three-candle price imbalance: the middle candle moves so fast that the first candle's wick and the third candle's wick never overlap, leaving a gap between them. Traders read this void as unfinished business — a price area the market often revisits before continuing. If you have ever seen …
The cup and handle pattern is a bullish continuation chart pattern. Price forms a rounded, U-shaped consolidation (the cup), then a small downward drift (the handle), before breaking out above resistance to continue its prior uptrend. Traders enter on the breakout, targeting a move roughly equal to the cup's depth. It is one of the …