What is an 'Indicator'?

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| Term of the Day Indicator Indicators are statistics used to measure current conditions as well as to forecast financial or economic trends. Read More » Related to "Indicator" Economic Indicators That Help Predict Market Trends Leading indicators help investors to predict and react to where the market is headed, although they are imperfect and subject to random macro events. Read More » Market Indicators That Reflect Volatility in the Stock Market Stock traders use the volatility index (VIX), the average true range (ATR) indicator, and Bollinger Bands to interpret volatility in the stock market. Read More » Economic Indicators You Should Know for Investment Economic indicators are some of the most valuable tools investors can place in their arsenals. Understand these investing tools for better market returns. Read More » Related Definitions Purchasing Managers' Index The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) is an indicator of economic health for the manufacturing and service sectors. Read More » NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index is based on a monthly survey of members belonging to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) that is designed to measure sentiment for the U.S. single-family housing market. Read More » Moving Average Convergence Divergence Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) is defined as a trend-following momentum indicator that shows the relationship between two moving averages of a security's price. Read More » Relative Strength Index The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a momentum indicator that measures the magnitude of recent price changes to analyze overbought or oversold conditions. Read More » CONNECT WITH INVESTOPEDIA Email sent to: mondemand.forex@blogger.com To update your newsletter preferences or unsubscribe, click here. 114 West 41st St, floor 8 New York NY 10036 © 2019, Investopedia, LLC, All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy