Relative Strength

Relative strength is a ratio of a stock price to a market average. It is used in technical analysis.

It is not to be confused with Relative Strength Index.

Technical analysis

Concepts

Support and resistance
Trend line
Breakout
Market trend
Dead cat bounce
Elliott wave principle
Fibonacci retracements
Pivot point
Dow theory

Charts

Candlestick chart
OHLC chart
Line chart
Point and figure chart
Kagi chart

Patterns

Chart

Head and shoulders
Cup and handle
Double top and double bottom
Triple top and triple bottom
Broadening top
Price channels
Wedge pattern
Triangle
Flag and pennant
Island reversal
Gap

Candlestick

Simple	Doji Hammer Hanging man Inverted hammer Shooting star Marubozu Spinning top

Complex	Three white soldiers Three Black Crows Morning star Hikkake pattern

Indicators

Trend	Average directional index (ADX) Ichimoku Kinkō Hyō Moving average convergence/divergence (MACD) Mass index Moving average (MA) Parabolic SAR (SAR) Smart money index (SMI) Trix Vortex Indicator (VI) Know sure thing oscillator (KST)

Momentum	Relative strength index (RSI) Stochastic oscillator True strength index (TSI) Williams %R (%R)

Volume	Accumulation/Distribution index Money flow index (MFI) On-balance volume (OBV) Volume–price trend (VPT) Force index (FI) Negative volume index (NVI) Ease of movement Put/call ratio (PCR)

Volatility	Average true range (ATR) Bollinger Bands (BB) Donchian channel Standard deviation (σ)

Other	Advance–decline line (ADL) Arms index (TRIN) Commodity channel index (CCI) Coppock curve Keltner channel McClellan oscillator Ulcer Index Ultimate oscillator

Financial markets

Types of stocks	Common stock Golden share Preferred stock Restricted stock Tracking stock

Share capital	Authorised capital Issued shares Shares outstanding Treasury stock

Participants	Broker-dealer Floor broker Floor trader Investor Market maker Proprietary trader Quantitative analyst Stock trader

Exchanges	Electronic communication network Stock exchange opening times Over-the-counter List of stock exchanges Multilateral trading facility

Stock valuation	Alpha Arbitrage pricing theory Beta Book value Capital asset pricing model Dividend yield Earnings per share Earnings yield Dividend discount model Security characteristic line Security market line T-Model

Trading theories and strategies	Algorithmic trading Buy and hold Concentrated stock Contrarian investing Day trading Efficient-market hypothesis Fundamental analysis Growth stock Market timing Modern portfolio theory Momentum investing Mosaic theory Pairs trade Post-modern portfolio theory Random walk hypothesis Style investing Swing trading Technical analysis Trend following

Related terms	Block trade Cross listing Dark liquidity Dividend Dual-listed company DuPont analysis Flight-to-quality Haircut Initial public offering Margin Market anomaly Market capitalization Market depth Market manipulation Market trend Mean reversion Momentum Open outcry Public float Public offering Rally Reverse stock split Returns-based style analysis Short selling Slippage Speculation Stock dilution Stock split Trade Uptick rule Volatility Voting interest Stock market index

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