Trend Trading: The 4 Most Common Indicators · Moving Averages · Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) · Relative Strength Index (RSI) · On-​Balance ...LinkedInwithBackgroundTradingStrategiesBeginnerTradingStrategiesDayTradingSwingTradingAdvancedTradingStrategies&InstrumentsTradingTradingStrategiesTableofContentsExpandMovingAveragesMovingAverageConvergenceDivergence(MACD)RelativeStrengthIndex(RSI)On-BalanceVolume(OBV)TheBottomLineTrendtradersattempttoisolateandextractprofitfromtrends.Themethodoftrendtradingtriestocapturegainsthroughtheanalysisofanasset's momentum inaparticulardirection;therearemultiplewaystodothis.Ofcourse,nosingletechnicalindicatorwillpunchyourtickettomarketriches;inadditiontoanalysis,tradersalsoneedtobewell-versedinriskmanagementandtradingpsychology.Butcertainstrategieshavestoodthetestoftimeandremainpopulartoolsfortrendtraderswhoareinterestedinanalyzingcertainmarketindicators.KeyTakeawaysTrendtradingattemptstocapturegainsthroughtheanalysisofanasset's momentum inaparticulardirection.Whilenosingletechnicalindicatorwillpunchyourtickettomarketriches,certainstrategieshavestoodthetestoftimeandremainpopulartoolsfortrendtraders.Movingaverageisa technicalanalysis toolthatsmoothsoutpricedatabycreatingaconstantlyupdated average price.Themovingaverageconvergencedivergence(MACD) isakindofoscillatingindicatorthatcanhelptradersquicklyspotincreasingshort-termmomentum.Therelativestrengthindex(RSI)isa momentumindicator thatmeasuresthemagnitudeofrecentpricechangestoevaluateoverboughtoroversoldconditionsinthepriceofastock.Theon-balancevolume(OBV)indicatormeasurescumulative buyingandsellingpressurebyaddingthevolumeon"up"daysandsubtractingvolumeon"down"days. MovingAveragesMovingaverageisa technicalanalysis toolthatsmoothsoutpricedatabycreatingaconstantlyupdated average price. Onapricechart,amovingaveragecreatesasingle,flatlinethateffectivelyeliminatesanyvariationsduetorandompricefluctuations.The average istakenoveraspecificperiodoftime–10days,20minutes,30weeks,or