Technical stock analysis

Technical stock analysis is a new way of looking at stocks and screening them to forecast their future movements. Technical stock analysis has been in the practice for quite a some time and it is extremely popular among short term traders. Short term investment require more information about the current status of a individual stock rather than deep analysis of its fundamentals.

Technical stock analysis focus more upon the recent change in individual stocks, buying/selling interest of the traders for that stock and strength of movements which stock had made in the recent past. It basically represent the psychological perception of that stock at that moment which is the most critical part of short term trading.

Technical stock analysis is like key to success in short term as well as long term investments. In today’s world when stock markets across the globes are extremely volatile and sensitive, it is imperative for a investor to have some hand on Technical stock analysis. Technical stock analysis helps in understanding the current mood of the investors and help a trader to determine if investors are going buy or sell that stock.

One of the most crucial part of the investment in shares is Timing. The entry and exit point in any stock determine the success of that trade. So, if a trader is buying or short selling a stock at a particular level without knowing its appropriate level to initiate that trade,  it might jeopardize that entire trade even if trader went for correct stock.

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Is recovery in west bad for Indian stock market?

With the economical recovery in western countries, especially Europe, Indian stock markets are witnessing a withdrawal of funds by Foreign Institutional Investors. FIIs investment in January 2011 was 48 per cent lesser than their investment in the same period in 2010. Analysts are busying in stock picks but if FIIs continued to shift their funds from Indian stock market then stock exchanges can plunge further.

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Relative strength index (RSI)

RSI is an oscillator which is used to measure the technical strength or weakness of a particular stock. It is a technical momentum indicator that compares the magnitude of recent gains against recent losses. They determine overbought and oversold conditions of a scrip.

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