Technical Studies and Charting

Technical analysis has witnessed the development of a large number of technical studies (or technical "indicators") over the past several years.

Click on the technical study below for a definition and to learn how it may be applied to trading:

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• Bollinger Bands
• Moving Average
• Parabolic SAR
• Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD)

• The Relative Strength Index (RSI)

• Momentum
• Stochastic Oscillator
• Slow Stochastic
• CCI ("Commodity Channel Index")
• ATR ("Average True Range")
• Rate-of-change (percent)
• Standard Deviation
• Gann numbers
• Waves
• Gaps
• Trends
• Double bottom
• Double top

• Diamond

All of the above technical studies are generated automatically by GCI's integrated charting system.  To access these studies, select "View" and then "Charts" from the menus across the top of your trading platform.  Next, click on the desired currency and time frame.  The chart will automatically generate:

You can then click on the "Studies" button in the upper right of the chart window and select the desired technical study as well as its parameters.