What is an indicator

A technical indicator is created by applying a certain formula to the price data of a currency or other financial security. This data can include any combination of the open, high, low, and close over a period of time.

Technical indicators provide traders with a different perspective from which to analyze price action. Technical indicators can be derived from both simple formulas such as moving averages, while others can be more complex such as stochastics. The good news is that you do not need to know how these formulas are applied since the majority of indicators are shown in a graphical format allowing the trader to easily compare it with the corresponding price chart of the currency or security they are analyzing. All forex indicators are presented below:


A
Advance/Decline (A/D) Line
Advance/Decline (A/D) Ratio
Absolute Breadth Index (ABI)
Accumulation Swing Index (ASI)
Accumulation/Distribution (A/D)
Accumulation/Distribution of volume
Advance/Decline Line Breadth
Advancing-Declining Issues
Alligator
Alpha
Alpha Jensen
Andrew's Pitchforks
Arms Index (TRIN)
Aroon Oscillator
Aroon
Average Directional Movement Index (ADX)
Average Directional Movement Rating (ADXR)
Average True Range (ATR)

B
Beta
Bollinger Bands
Bollinger Bands Histogram
Breadth Thrust

C
Candlestick
Chaikin Money Flow
Chaikin Oscillator (CHO)
Chaikin Volatility (CHV)
Chande Momentum Oscillator (CMO)
Chaos Gator
Commodity Channel Index (CCI)
Commodity Selection Index (CSI)
CP volumentum trend
Correlation Analysis
Cumulative Volume Index (CVI)
Cutler's RSI

D
DeMarker (DeM)
Detrended Price Oscillator (DPO)
Directional Movement Index (DX)
Disparity index
Displaced MA
Double exponential moving average (DEMA)
Dynamic momentum

E
Ease of Movement
Ehler's Fisher Transform
Elder-rays
Elliot oscillator
Envelope
Exponential Moving Average (EMA)

F
Fast stochastic
Fibonacci Arcs
Fibonacci Fans
Fibonacci phi-Channel
Fibonacci Retracements
Fibonacci Spiral
Fibonacci Studies
Fibonacci Time Goals
Fibonacci Time Zones
Force Index (FRC)
Forecast Oscillator
Four percent model
Full stochastic

H
Haurlan index
Herrick Payoff Index
Historical volatility

I
Ichimoku Kinko Hyo (IKH)
Inertia
Intraday Momentum Index (IMI)

K
Kagi chart
Kairi
Keltner channel
Klinger Oscillator (KO)

L
Linear regression channel
Linear regression indicator
Linear regression slope
Linear Regression Trendline
Linear regression

M
Market Facilitation Index (BW MFI)
Mass Index (MI)
McClellan Oscillator
McClellan Summation
Median Price
MESA Sinewave
Modified moving average
Momentum
Momentum percent %
Money Flow
Money Flow Index (MFI)
Moving Average
Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD)
MACD 2 lines
MACD Histogram
Moving Average Envelope

N
Negative Volume Index (NVI)
New Highs - Lows Cumulative
New Highs - Lows Ratio
New Highs - New Lows
Norton high-low indicator
Notis %V

O
On Balance Volume (OBV)
Open-10 TRIN
Oscillator of moving averages (OsMA)
Overbought/Oversold (OB/OS)

P
Parabolic SAR (pSAR)
Percent change
Percent of resistance (PCR)
Percent R
Percentage Volume Oscillator (PVO)
Polarized Fractal Efficiency (PFE)
Positive Volume Index (PVI)
Price action indicator
Price and Volume Trend (PVT)
Price channel
Price Oscillator

Q
Qstick

R
Random Walk Index (RWI)
Range Expantion index (REI)
Range Indicator
Rate of Change (ROC)
Relative Momentum Index (RMI)
Relative Strength Comparative
Relative Strength Index (RSI)
Relative Volatility Index (RVI)
Ribbon Study
R-squared

S
Schaff trend cycle
Simple Moving Average
Slow stochastic
Speed Lines
Standard Deviation
Standard Deviation Channel
Standard Error
Standard Error Bands
Standard Error Channel
STIX
Stochastic Momentum Index (SMI)
Stochastic Oscillator
Stochastic RSI
Stoller Average range channel (STARC)
Swing Index

T
Ichimoku Kinko Hyo (IKH)
Time Series Forecast
Tom Demark Moving Average
Tom Demark Range Projection
Trade Volume Index
Trend Line
Triangular Moving Average
Triple exponential Moving Average (TEMA)
Triple exponential Moving Average (TEMA)

True Strength Index (TSI)
Typical Price

U
Ultimate Oscillator (UO)
Upside/Downside Ratio
Upside/Downside Volume

V
Variable Moving Average
Vertical Horizontal Filter (VHF)
Volatility
Volume
Volume Accumulation
Volume by price
Volume Oscillator
Volume+
Volume Rate of Change (VROC)

W
Weighted Close
Weighted Moving Average
Welles Wilder RSI
Welles Wilder Smoothing
Welles Wilder Volatility Index
Williams� Accumulation/Distribution (WA/D)
Williams %R

Z
Zig Zag