Every indicator in this catalogue — the RSI, the MACD, moving averages, bands — is made from the same raw material: price that has already happened (and the volume that came with it). None of these tools knows the future; each one reorganises the chart's information so the eye can grasp it in a second. They are measuring instruments: whoever treats them as oracles eventually pays the bill; whoever treats them as instruments measures better than everyone else. This module exists to put you in the second group.
En palabras sencillas — An indicator is to the market what a barometer is to the sky: it does not decide tomorrow's weather, but it measures today's pressure better than your eyes can. Reading the instruments will not tell you what the market will do — it tells you what it is doing, and that alone is more than most participants know.
Las cuatro preguntas
Hundreds of indicators exist, but almost all of them answer one of four questions. Each tool answers one question well: ask it the wrong one and it will still give you an answer — and that is where the disasters begin.
| Pregunta | Familia | Tools in the catalogue |
|---|---|---|
| ¿Hacia dónde va? | Tendencia | |
| ¿Con cuánta fuerza? | Momentum | |
| ¿Cuánto se agita? | Volatilidad | |
| ¿Quién lo mueve? | Volumen y niveles |
Indicators are distinct from concepts (what a trend or a stop is: Conceptos) and from the glossary (short terms and slang: Glosario). Here you find how the tool is calculated and how it is read.
Cómo está construida cada entrada
Every entry in the catalogue follows the same scheme: what the tool measures (and what it does not), how it is calculated without suffering, the honest operational reading and — the part you will not find elsewhere — limits and traps, that is, when the tool betrays you. Each entry's figure is computed with the indicator's real mathematics on the data shown: the highlighted points respond to touch, and the counters under the chart report measured numbers, not claimed ones.
The recommended path
The order is designed for progressive difficulty: first the forefather and the first oscillator, then the toolbox family by family, with levels and complete systems at the end. The Next button in each entry follows this sequence.
| # | Entrada | La pregunta a la que responde | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
The noise filter: the building block of everything | |
| 2 |  |
¿Cuánta fuerza hay en el impulso? | |
| 3 |  |
Is the move accelerating or slowing? | |
| 4 |  |
Where does price close within the recent range? | |
| 5 |  |
How much does the market actually move? | |
| 6 |  |
¿Qué es normal y qué es exceso? | |
| 7 |  |
¿Hay tendencia o no? | |
| 8 |  |
¿Dónde mantengo el stop mientras corre la tendencia? | |
| 9 |  |
El stop que respira con la volatilidad | |
| 10 |  |
¿Cuán anómala es la desviación de la media? | |
| 11 |  |
At what price has the session really traded? | |
| 12 |  |
¿El volumen confirma el movimiento? | |
| 13 |  |
Where has the market traded, level by level? | |
| 14 |  |
Who is aggressing, and who is absorbing? | |
| 15 |  |
The day's mechanical grid | |
| 16 |  |
How much of a pullback is normal? | |
| 17 |  |
Equilibrium at a single glance |
Enlaces
- Análisis técnico — la disciplina madre
- Conceptos — the conceptos base (tendencia, rango, stop…)
- Media móvil — the concept behind the forefather
- Glosario — terms and slang