SigninAllDataScienceFinanceTechnologyAutomatingStockInvestingTechnicalAnalysisWithPythonUsingPythonToFindWhenToBuyAndSellStocksFarhadMalikFollowFeb7·13minreadWecangeneratepassiveincomebyinvestinginstockmarkets.However,itisimportanttobuyastockattherighttime.Therighttimeisusuallywhenthepriceofastockislowandsellthestockwhenitspriceishigh.Thisarticlewillexplainhowtechnicalindicatorscanhelpustimethebuyingorsellingofastockbetter.Havingsaidthat,it’simportanttonotethatnoonecanabsolutelytimethemarket.Thisisbecausethemarketisdynamicinnaturethatisdependentonaninfinitenumberoffactors.Thereforethetechnicalindicatorsaremerelycalculatedsignalswithadegreeofriskandshouldnotbetakenassignalswithabsolutecertainty.Thisarticlewillexplaintheconceptoftechnicalanalysiswhichcanhelpusfindwhentoinvestinourchosencompanies.ArticleAimThisarticlewilldemonstratehowwecanperformatechnicalanalysisofstockpricesusingPythoncode.WeusuallyneedtheOpen,High,Low,Close,andVolume(OHLCV)stockdatabutIwillpresentthreeindicatorsthatcanbecomputedfromtheCloseprices.IwillusetheYahoofinancelibrarytogathertherequiredclosepricesofacompany.Iwillfirstexplainwhattechnicalindicatorsare.2.ThenIwillpresentahandfuloftechnicalindicatorsandhowtheycanbeused.3.FinallyIwillshowhowthetechnicalindicatorscanbecomputedusingthePythonprogramminglanguage.Iwillalsodemonstratehowwecanplotthem.Iwillaimtokeepthearticlesimpleandwillonlyoutlinethethreecommontechnicalindicators.Disclaimer:Thisarticleisforlearningpurposesonlyanditshouldneverbetakenasinvestmentadvice.Ihighlyrecommendseekinganindependentprofessionalfinancialadviserbeforecarryingoutanyinvestments.Theauthor(s)donottakeanyresponsibilityforanyloss.Thereforepleaseusethisarticleforeducationalpurposesonly.Itisbasedonaviewofthemarketenvironment,keepinginmindthatthemarketiscontinuouslychanging.Thearticlewillbeupdatedatanytimewithoutanynoticeasmoreinformationisgathered.Ifyouspotanissuewiththearticlethenpleasedoletmeknow.Let’sStartIfyouarenewtotheworldoftradingandthestockmarketthenIhighlyrecom