TRIX: Triple-Smoothed Momentum for People Who Hate Noise
The triple EMA, the rate of change, and how to read TRIX
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Indicator explainers
Plain-English guides to indicator formulas, interpretation, and failure modes.
SuperTrend: One Line, One Job — Are We Long or Short Right Now?
The ATR bands, the flip logic, and how to read it
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Chaikin Money Flow: The A/D Line, but Bounded and Easier to Read
The money flow multiplier, the sum-of-flows formula, and how to read it
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Donchian Channels: The Breakout Box the Turtles Got Rich On
Highest high, lowest low, and how to trade the breakout
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Rate of Change: Momentum for People Who Like Percentages
The formula, the zero line, and ROC vs the Momentum indicator
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Fibonacci Retracement: Rabbits, Ratios, and Where Pullbacks Like to Stop
The levels, the golden ratio, and how to read (and doubt) them
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The Awesome Oscillator: Yes, That's Its Real Name, and It's Just Two SMAs of the Midpoint
The 5/34 median-price momentum histogram, and how to read it
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Parabolic SAR: The Little Dots That Trail Your Trade Like a Frugal Stop-Loss
How the acceleration factor works, and how to read the flips
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Keltner Channels: Bollinger Bands' Calmer, ATR-Based Sibling
EMA plus ATR bands, and how it differs from Bollinger
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CCI: The 'Commodity' Indicator That Works on Basically Everything
The formula, the ±100 levels, and the 0.015 constant
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ADX: The Indicator That Tells You Whether to Even Bother Trend-Trading
Trend strength vs direction, +DI/−DI, and the DX/ADX chain
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VWAP: The Fair-Price Line the Big Institutions Actually Watch
Volume-weighted average price, session vs anchored, and how to read it
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