Markets

Try the indicators

Tap any indicator above to draw it on the chart. A short explanation appears here each time.

How to read this chart

• Each candle is one day. The body spans the open and close. The thin lines (wicks) show the day’s high and low. Green means it closed above its open; red means below.
• Volume bars show how much traded. A big move on low volume is a weaker signal than the same move on high volume.
• Trend: a series of higher highs and higher lows is an uptrend. Lower highs and lower lows is a downtrend.
• Try it: pick 3M, switch on SMA 50 and RSI, then move your cursor over the chart to see each day’s open, high, low and close.
• Remember: charts describe the past. They do not predict the future.

How to read the screener

• Market cap is the company’s total value. It tells you size, not quality.
• P/E is price divided by earnings. Compare it with companies in the same sector, never across sectors.
• Change % shows today’s move. One day says little. Look at weeks and months.
• Sort, then ask why. If a stock tops the list, find the news behind it before drawing conclusions.
• Next step: the Reading a company lesson shows how to go beneath the numbers.