BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Technical Analysis
- the analysis of past movements in the prices of financial instruments, currencies, commodities, etc., with a view to predicting future price movements by applying analytical techniques
Wiktionary Definition for: Technical Analysis
- finance A stock or commodity market analysis technique which examines only market action such as prices, trading volume and open interest.
Additional Resources
- Sears Holdings: Technical Analysis Is Not Clairvoyance
- The Curious Investor submits: Been meaning to write this post for a while, but it seems that my patience has paid off as I have even more chart evidence to work with. And, that is the main point of this post. Technical analysis is not a means for predicting...
- External links 2009-10-22
- Technical Analysis
- Technical analysis is based on an examination of the price and volume movements of individual stocks, sectors, or the market as a whole. By charting historic information the technical analyst is searching for clues as to what direction the market, sector or stock will move next. Distinctive patterns emerge in...
- White papers
- Technical Analysis and Derivatives Trading
- In making decisions about where and when to take a position, investors, traders and analysts use two different approaches: fundamental analysis and technical analysis. Fundamental analysis is the appreciation of the economics underlying a particular trade. If you want to know where to invest and why, you use the techniques...
- White papers
- USA: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY AWARDED CONTRACT TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS.(Brief Article)
- According to the DoD., Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Md., is being awarded a $5,844,156 indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract to provide for technical analysis and systems engineering support for capabilities-based technical analysis a According to the DoD., Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Md., is being awarded...
- Research articles 2004-01-15
- Technical Analysis: Motorola, Ebay, Intel, Imclone Systems
- In light of recent news events, Traders should use technical Analysis to help them make trading decisions instead of news alone. "By using Technical Analysis we avoid making emotional, and sometimes irrational trading decisions," said Thomas H. Kee Jr., Chief Investment Strategist with Stock Traders Daily. From Technical...
- Research articles 1970-01-01
- Sirius XM: Technical Analysis Shows Room to Maneuver
- Tyler Savery submits: Technical analysis has proponents and opponents, but in the end, a lot of what happens in technical analysis boils down to a lesson in human nature. I have seen system after system. Each has its flaws, but typically human nature has enough constants to make technical...
- External links 2009-04-17
- Technical Analysis & Derivatives Trading
- In making decisions about where and when to take a position, investors, traders and analysts use two different approaches: fundamental analysis and technical analysis. Fundamental analysis is the appreciation of the economics underlying a particular trade. Technical analysis is concerned with the when and the how of placing money. It...
- White papers
- Technical Analysis: Post Earnings Analysis for Merck, Imclone, Fannie Mae, General Motors
- Because recent important earnings announcements are affecting the stock prices of the companies represented in this article, Stock Traders Daily has highlighted important Technical Analysis for the companies herein so that Traders know how they should be reacting to the changes in share prices for each company. "Technical Analysis tells...
- Research articles 2004-07-21
- ValueForum.com Launches Portal for Value Investors Who Use Technical Analysis
- NEW YORK -- BNK Invest, Inc. BNK, a premier provider of targeted online investment communities, announces the launch of its portal for value investors who use technical analysis TA called ta.valueforum.com (at http://ta.valueforum.com/). The site is a portal into the ValueForum.com experience, allowing value investors to read only messages related...
- Research articles 2005-10-31
- eSignal Named Exclusive Data Provider for New Technical Analysis Program: Dynamic Trend; Tom Joseph's Newest Creation, Dynamic Trend, Provides Analysis to the Markets
- HAYWARD, Calif. -- eSignal, a division of Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) and a leading provider of streaming, real-time financial market data, news, analytics and decision support tools to professional and individual traders, today announced that Dynamic Trend, Inc.'s Dynamic Trend Profile - a high-end technical analysis program designed for...
- Research articles 2005-11-01
- Dow Jones Telerate sets new standard in real-time technical analysis
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 12, 1996--For a decade, Dow Jones Telerate's TeleTrac has been the global standard in real-time technical analysis. Now there's a new standard. TeleTrac TradeStation, launched today, is the world's most powerful technical-analysis trading software. A remarkably easy to use Microsoft Windows-based product, it possesses...
- Research articles 1996-01-12
- Using Dow Theory to catch trends. (technical analysis)(Trading Techniques)
- The Dow Theory outlines the principles of stock market behavior and is used as the basis for much of the technical analysis involving today's stock markets. The principles of market behavior outlined in the theory include the occurrence of price trends inThe Dow Theory outlines the principles of stock market...
- Research articles 1995-10-01
- Enron and Beyond--Technical Analysis of Accounting, Corporate Governance and Securities Issues. (Corporate).
- Enron and Beyond-Technical Analysis of Accounting, Corporate Governance and Securities Issues (Oct., '02), a new title that examines the financial, accounting, management, legal and ethical issues surrounding the collapse of Enron. Chapters cover suc Enron and Beyond-Technical Analysis of Accounting, Corporate Governance and Securities Issues...
- Research articles 2002-10-31
- Apple Revisited: How Technical Analysis Can Help Fundamental Investors
- Andy Cole submits: Technical analysis often gets a lot of shtick from fundamental investors as something of a gimmick, a Wall Street fable that means nothing to the average investor as long as an that person holds the stock for long enough. However, I am here to show you the...
- External links 2008-09-29
- Technical Analysis: Are Additional Market Declines Imminent?
- Will the Markets continue lower after the FOMC decision? Traders are scrambling for answers to this question. In an effort to help Traders understand what they should be doing with respect to Market fluctuations, Stock Traders Daily has provided a detailed technical analysis on the Markets, and on...
- Research articles 2004-08-10
- Technical Analysis: Ask Jeeves, IAC/InterActiveCorp, Schering-Plough, Pinnacle Systems
- Because recent important announcements are affecting the stock prices of the companies represented in this article, Stock Traders Daily has highlighted important Technical Analysis for the companies herein so that Traders know how they should be reacting to the changes in share prices for each company. "Technical Analysis tells...
- Research articles 2005-03-21
- HEXUN TO BUY GUANGZHOU TECHNICAL ANALYSIS SOFTWARE BUILDER
- AsiaInfo Services 09-04-2006 Hexun to Buy Guangzhou Technical Analysis Software Builder GUANGZHOU, Sep 04, 2006 SinoCast via COMTEX -- China's professional finance service website www.hexun.com said it would acquire Patiosoft Technologies, a technical analysis software builder in Guangzhou. ...
- Research articles 2006-09-04
- USA: BATTELLE MEMORIAL AWARDED CONTRACT FOR TECHNICAL ANALYSIS.
- Battelle Memorial Institute of Columbus, Ohio, is being awarded a contract for $34,362,411.This action will provide for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear technical analysis related to training and readiness directorate functions for Commander Navy Installations Command.The National Agency Technical Homeland Defense and Homeland Security Geospatial...
- Research articles 2008-04-06
- GM, AMTD, AMD, GE: A Technical Analysis
- A technical Analysis of General Motors, Ameritrade, Advanced Micro Devices, and General Electric has been made available. "This Analysis Tells Traders when and how to trade these stocks," said Thomas H. Kee Jr., Chief Investment Officer for Stock Traders Daily.
- Research articles 2005-05-09
- Technical Analysis: Post Earnings Analysis for Netflix, QLogic, Rambus, IBM
- After important earnings announcements have affected the stock prices of the companies represented in this article, Stock Traders Daily has highlighted important Technical Analysis for the companies herein so that Traders know how they should be reacting to the changes in share prices for each company.
- Research articles 2004-07-16
