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Learning how to read stock charts is one of the most essential skills any trader or investor can develop. Stock charts translate raw price and volume data into visual patterns that reveal market ...

Aamar Deo, Senior Vice President - Research, Angel One Ltd says, "Trading and investing are two different approaches. Short-term trading requires quick decision-making, like flying just above the ...

Now that you’ve got a grasp on how to build a strong portfolio with asset allocation and diversification, let’s explore a different approach some investors use to time the market: technical analysis.

As the picture to this article shows, I'm “rolling the dice” here. Well, sort of. I recently charted the S&P 500 (SP500)…all 500 stocks, one at a time…with a focus on weekly price patterns. My goal ...

Goverdhan Gajjala is a pattern day trader who takes quick positions on breakouts. He mainly trades small-cap stocks with low floats and high violability. One pattern he plays is what he calls a ...

Shares of NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NRG) came back a little on Wednesday, but they are still in a downtrend. We have made NRG our Stock of the Day. On the chart, a classic double-top pattern has formed, ...

Goverdhan Gajjala won the 2023 US Investing Championship with an 805% gain. He watches for five patterns that he likes to trade. The intraday VCP pattern involves price contractions and volume ...

The stock ripped higher from April 2025 through August 2025, gaining nearly 120% over that stretch. Since then, it has been ...