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Learn Stock Charts & Trading Basics
Beginner-friendly lessons on stock charts, technical indicators, trading basics and risk management to help you understand the tools used across MyStockHarbor.
New to trading?
Before learning indicators and chart patterns, it's helpful to choose a trading platform. Most people analyse charts using TradingView and place trades using a broker like Trading 212 or Interactive Brokers.
BASICS
Support & Resistance
How to spot important price levels where markets often react, including support, resistance, and key breakout zones.
How to Identify Stock Trends
Learn how to recognise uptrends, downtrends, and sideways markets using price structure, moving averages, and momentum.
Timeframes
Why timeframe context matters and how to pick yours.
INDICATORS
ATR (14)
A volatility measure — useful for stops and spotting ‘hot’ conditions.
Bollinger Bands (20,2)
Bands that expand/contract with volatility — often used to spot extremes.
EMA (20)
A faster moving average that reacts quicker to price than a simple MA.
MACD (12,26,9)
A momentum indicator that helps show trend strength, momentum shifts, and possible divergence setups.
Moving Averages (MA50 / MA200)
What moving averages measure, how traders use MA50 and MA200, and how they relate to trend structure and key levels.
RSI (14)
Oscillator that helps identify momentum extremes, overbought and oversold conditions, and possible divergence setups.
Stochastic (14,3)
Oscillator that compares close vs recent range — often used for momentum extremes.
Volume
How much traded can confirm moves and warn on weak breakouts.
VWAP
A volume-weighted average price — often treated like a ‘fair value’ reference.
DIVERGENCIES
RISK MANAGEMENT
Position Sizing Guide
Learn how traders size positions based on stop loss distance and account risk.
Stop Loss Strategy
Understand how stop losses help limit downside and improve trade discipline.
Trading Risk Management
Explore the core principles traders use to protect capital and manage losses.
Risk Reward Ratio
Learn how traders compare potential reward against possible downside before entering.
Margin Trading Explained
Understand leverage, liquidation risk and why margin needs careful control.
EXTRA GUIDES
TRADING SETUPS
Trading Setups Hub
Explore the full hub for breakouts, oversold stocks, buy-the-dip setups and bullish or bearish divergence.
Stock Market Setups
Overview of common trading setups including dips, breakouts and divergences.
Oversold Stocks
Learn how traders identify stretched downside moves.
Overbought Stocks
Understand when stocks may be stretched to the upside.
Breakout Stocks
Learn how traders identify strong momentum breakouts.
Buy The Dip Stocks
Explore pullback opportunities within strong trends.
Stocks Down From Highs
Review stocks that have pulled back significantly from recent highs.
Bullish Divergence
Learn how divergence can signal weakening downside momentum.
Bearish Divergence
Understand when momentum may be weakening in rising stocks.
Best Trend Score Stocks
Review stocks showing stronger trend structure, momentum and leadership.
Stocks Near 200-Day Moving Average
Explore stocks testing a widely watched long-term trend level.