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The Aroon Indicator identifies trend changes in the price. It also reveals the strength of that trend. Consists of two lines: Aroon Up measuring the uptrend strength and Aroon Down measuring the downtrend strength. Appears as a segment below the main price chart.

Average True Range measures market volatility by calculating the average of true ranges over a given time range. Appears as a segment below the main price chart.

Bollinger Band® is a technical analysis tool defined by a set of lines plotted typically two standard deviations (up and down) away from a simple moving average (SMA) of the security's price. Many traders believe the closer the prices move to the upper band, the more overbought the market, and the closer the prices move to the lower band, the more oversold the market.

Exponential moving average (EMA)

Base class for all indicators

The Money Flow Index (MFI) uses price and volume data for identifying overbought or oversold signals. It can also be used to spot divergences which warn of a trend change in price. MFI moves between 0 and 100. Unlike many other oscillators such as the Relative Strength Index (RSI), the Money Flow Index incorporates both price and volume data.

Moving average (MA) indicator base class

Moving Average Convergence Divergence indicator (MACD). Appears below main price chart. MACD line is the difference between Exponentially weighted Moving Average (EMA) of Short period data, and EMA of Long period data. That is: EMA(price short period) - EMA(price long period). Signal line is Signal period EMA of MACD. Histogram shows the difference between MACD and Signal. That is: MACD - Signal.

Open interest is the total number of outstanding derivative contracts, such as options or futures that have not been settled for an asset. The total open interest does not count, nor does total of every buy and sell contract. Instead, open interest provides a more accurate picture of the options trading activity, and whether money flows into the futures and options market are increasing or decreasing. Shows as a little chart with a line below main price chart.

Rate of Change indicator measures the price change between the current price and the price a certain number of periods ago. The difference is shown as a percentage. Appears as a segment below the main price chart.

Relative Strength Index indicator (RSI) Appears as a small chart below main price chart.

Segment indicator. Indicator appears as a small chart segment below the main price chart

Simple moving average (SMA)

Stochastic Oscillator indicator. Compares a closing price to a range of prices over a time period. Appears as a segment below the main price chart.

Triple Exponential Average (TRIX) is a triple exponentially smoothed moving average shown as a percentage change. It is designed to filter out unimportant price changes. Appears as a segment below the main price chart.

Custom Indicator. Allows showing a line and two histograms in a separate segment based on the given data values.

Weighted moving average (WMA)

Williams Percent Range, also known as Williams %R, measures overbought and oversold levels by comparing the current closing price to the high-low range over a specific time period. Appears as a segment below the main price chart.

Volume is the number of traded securities over a certain time period. Shows as a small chart below the main price chart.