Relative strength

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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

Charts

Patterns

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) Commodity channel index (CCI) Coppock curve Keltner channel McClellan oscillator Ulcer Index Ultimate oscillator

v t e Stock market

Types of stocks	Common stock · Concentrated stock · Golden share · Growth stock · Preferred stock · Restricted stock · Tracking stock

Share capital	Shares authorized · Issued shares · Shares outstanding · Treasury shares

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

Exchanges	Electronic communication network · Market opening times · Over-the-counter · Stock exchange (list) · Multilateral trading facility

Stock valuation	Alpha · Arbitrage pricing theory · Beta · Book value · CAPM · Dividend yield · Earnings per share · Earnings yield · Gordon model · SCL · SML · T-Model

Financial ratios	Cap rate · D/E ratio · Dividend cover · Dividend payout ratio · EV/EBITDA · EV/GCI · EV/Sales · CROCI · P/B ratio · P/CF ratio · P/E · PEG · P/S ratio · RAROC · ROA · ROCE · ROE · ROTE · ROIC · SIR · SGR · Sharpe ratio · Treynor ratio

Trading theories and strategies	Algorithmic trading · Buy and hold · Contrarian investing · Day trading · Efficient-market hypothesis · Fundamental analysis · 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 Model · Flight-to-quality · Haircut · IPO · Margin · Market anomaly · Market capitalization · Market depth · Market manipulation · Market trend · Mean reversion · Momentum · Open outcry · Public float · Rally · Reverse stock split · Short selling · Slippage · Speculation · Stock dilution · Stock split · Trade · Uptick rule · Volatility · Voting interest · Stock market index

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