Understanding Indicators in Technical Analysis - Technical Analysis Webinar Series - Getting Started and Indicator Types

Oct 14, 2026

A technical analysis webinar on understanding indicators, designed to help traders learn key assumptions behind trend trading and the core purpose of technical indicators. Covers major categories—trend, momentum, volume, and volatility—as well as support and resistance, including Fibonacci retracements. Explains how indicators are mathematical calculations based on historic price or volume, and walks through fundamentals of moving averages and how SMA slope and price crossovers guide trend direction, duration, and trading signals.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryPresentations

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Pages43

Reading Time15 min

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Getting Started with Technical Analysis

Identifying Chart Patterns with Technical Analysis

Managing Risk with Technical Analysis

Technical Indicators Basics

What Is a Technical Indicator?

Types of Technical Indicators

Trend Indicators

Momentum Indicators

Volume Indicators

Volatility Indicators

Support and Resistance Indicator

A Fidelity Investments Webinar Series Understanding Indicators in Technical Analysis BROKERAGE: TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Technical Analysis Webinar Series 2 Getting Started with Technical Analysis Learn the assumptions that guide technical analysis, and get to know the basics of trend trading. | Understanding Indicators in Technical Analysis
Identify the various types of technical indicators, including trend, momentum, volume, volatility, and support and resistance. | | --- | | Identifying Chart Patterns with Technical Analysis
Use charts and learn chart patterns through specific examples of important patterns in bar and candlestick charts. | Managing Risk with Technical Analysis Manage your trading risk with a range of confirmation methods. About Our Coauthor 3 Charles D. Kirkpatrick II, CMT Charles D. Kirkpatrick II, CMT, is president of Kirkpatrick & Company, Inc. , a technical analysis research firm that publishes the Market Strategist investment newsletter. A past instructor in finance at the School of Business Administration at Fort Lewis College and adjunct professor of finance at Brandeis University International Business School, he is a two-time winner of the Chartered Market Technicians Association’s prestigious Charles H. Dow Award for research in technical analysis, winner of the MTA Annual Award in 2008 for “Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Technical Analysis,” and winner in 2012 of the Mike Epstein Award from the MTA Educational Foundation for“Long-Term sponsorship of Technical Analysis in Academia.” He is a Chartered Market Technician, a past member of the board of directors of the Market Technicians Association, past editor of the Journal of Technical Analysis , past board member and vice president of the CMT Association Educational Foundation anda member of the American Association of Professional Technicians (AAPTA) . He coauthored Technical Analysis: The Complete Source for Financial Market Technicians , the primary textbook for the CMT program and for university graduate courses on technical analysis, authored Beat the Market and, most recently, Time the Markets: Using Technical Analysis to Interpret Economic Data. He is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard College (AB), and the Wharton School (MBA) and lives with his wife in Maine. BROKERAGE: TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Technical Indicators Basics Volatility Indicators Trend Indicators Volume Indicators Momentum Indicators Support & Resistance Indicators Agenda 4 Technical Indicators Basics Technical Indicator Basics BROKERAGE: TECHNICAL ANALYSIS What Is a Technical Indicator? A technical indicator is a mathematical calculation based on historic price or volume. Types of Technical Indicators 7 Trend Indicators Simple Moving Average (SMA), Exponential Moving Average (EMA), Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD), Average Directional Movement Index (ADX) | Momentum Indicators
Stochastic Oscillator, Relative Strength Index (RSI) | | --- | | Volume Indicators
On Balance Volume (OBV), Money Flow Index (MFI), Accumulation/Distribution | | Volatility Indicators
Bollinger Bands®, Average True Range (ATR) | Support and Resistance Indicator Fibonacci Retracements Trend Indicators BROKERAGE: TECHNICAL ANALYSIS TREND INDICATOR Simple Moving Average Simple Moving Average (SMA) This is the easiest moving average to construct. It is calculated as the average price over the specified period. The average is called “moving”because it is plotted on the chart bar by bar, forming a line that moves along the chart asthe average value changes. How It Works Determine trend direction • If the SMA is positively sloping, the trend is up. • If the SMA is negatively sloping, the trend is down. Determine trend duration • 200-bar SMAs are common proxies for long-term trends. • 50-bar SMAs are typically used to gauge intermediate trends. • Shorter-period SMAs

FAQs

What is a technical indicator and how is it calculated?

A technical indicator is a mathematical calculation based on historic price or volume.

What indicators are included under trend, momentum, volume, and volatility?

Trend indicators include SMA, EMA, MACD, and ADX. Momentum indicators include Stochastic Oscillator and RSI. Volume indicators include OBV, MFI, and Accumulation/Distribution. Volatility indicators include Bollinger Bands and ATR.

How does the SMA help determine trend direction and trading signals?

If the SMA is positively sloping, the trend is up; if negatively sloping, the trend is down. Trading signals can be generated when prices cross above or below the SMA, and via moving average crossovers where faster SMAs crossing above slower SMAs are bullish.

Oct 14, 2026

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