The swing in MicroStrategy’s stock to a big loss from a big gain on Thursday produced a classic chart pattern that can act as a warning of further weakness. The software company and bitcoin play’s ...

Fundamental analysis tries to determine value and estimate the future market price based on a stock's underlying fundamentals. Technical analysis relies on charts to forecast prices. The goal of ...

The rally to new highs, followed by a sharp intraday reversal to close lower, could have some chart watchers believing a top has been hit A "bearish engulfing" pattern popped up in Opendoor's stock ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

One of the most reliable, recurring market patterns is the concept that sharp impulse moves followed by a quiet period usually lead to another move in the same direction. An impulse move is simply a ...

If you’ve ever looked at a trading platform and seen a chart filled with rectangles and vertical lines, you’ve already encountered a candlestick chart — even if you didn’t realize it. These colorful ...

Episode 271 of the Investopedia Express podcast with Caleb Silver (Dec. 1, 2025) Caleb has been the Editor in Chief of Investopedia since 2016, and was announced as People Inc.'s Chief Business Editor ...

I've noticed a recurring inverse head and shoulders pattern in high-beta tech stocks, signaling potential bullish reversals; the pattern is noticeable in the Nasdaq 100 and the QQQ ETF. I break down ...

Crypto charts display open-high-low-close (OHLC) data. OHLC data helps traders track price movements, analyze volatility and identify trading opportunities. The X-axis represents timeframes, while the ...

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Shares of Opendoor Technologies Inc. were surging toward another record close Monday — before suddenly pulling a U-turn, on no news, to close sharply lower. That is exactly the sort of trading ...