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ChartSchool

Welcome to StockCharts.com's ChartSchool! Here you can learn all about the analysis of stock charts (also called "Technical Analysis"). This section of our site is continually growing as we add more and more articles and information so check back often and send us your feedback so we can makeChartSchool even better.

What is Technical Analysis?

Technical Analysis is the forecasting of future financial price movements based on an examination of past price movements. Like weather forecasting, technical analysis does not result in absolute predictions about the future. Instead, technical analysis can help investors anticipate what is "likely" to happen to prices over time. Technical analysis uses a wide variety of charts that show price over time.

ChartSchool Table of Contents:

• Overview of Financial Analysis -
  Articles that help you understand what Technical Analysis is and is not, what Fundamental Analysis is, why someone should analyze securities at all, and more.

• How to Analyze Charts -
  Articles describing the various kinds of financial chart analysis including trendline analysis, support and resistance, chart pattern analysis, Point & Figure charts and Japanese Candlestick charting.

• Technical Indicators and Overlays -
  In-depth descriptions of all the technical indicators, market indicators and chart overlays used on StockCharts.com.

• Market Analysis - Articles on various schools of market analysis including Dow Theory and Elliott Wave Theory.
• Trading Strategies - Articles about how to use technical analysis to make better trading decisions.
• Glossary - Definitions of the charting terms used at StockCharts.com.
• Recommended Sites - Links to other helpful financial web sites.

How to Use Our Charting Tools

Articles about how to use the different kind of charting tools on StockCharts.com.

• SharpCharts - our standard charting tool
• ChartNotes - our tool for adding annotations to your charts
• PerfCharts - our interactive performance graph
• Point & Figure Charts - the charts with the X's and the O's
• The Scan Engine - our stock screening tool
• MarketCarpets - our visual sector performance tool

Additional Resources

Here are some other great places to learn more about using StockCharts.com and Technical Analysis:

• StockCharts Blogs - Seven free blogs full of great charting information.
• ChartWatchers Newsletter - our free web newsletter full of "How To" articles and great market commentary.
• StockCharts.com's Online Bookstore - hundreds of the best T/A books out there at great discount prices
• Site Tour - a guided tour of all we have to offer.