Markets move faster than ever these days, and yesterday’s winners can quickly become today’s losers. When prices outpace fundamentals, traders often rely on technical indicators and signals to guide their decisions. Momentum indicators like the Relative Strength Index (RSI) don’t have prophetic powers, but they do give clues about where a stock might be headed and how much strength backs the move. Using a combination of indicators together can provide solid evidence that a downtrend is about to break. Or, in the case of these three stocks, that an uptrend is losing momentum.
The tech sector has been one of the most volatile parts of the market over the past few weeks, with the Nasdaq 100 fluctuating by more than 2% in a single day on multiple occasions. While volatile trading sessions make for fun times for day traders, it can be difficult to gauge the market when indices swing by 2% every day. That’s where technical analysis comes into play. Technical indicators utilize recent price data to generate actionable signals about shifts or continuations in momentum. By applying technical analysis, we can make educated predictions about a stock’s future path based on the intensity of buying or selling activity around it.
