Interactive Charts
Best for comparing moving averages, RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands, and raw price structure on one chart.
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Technical Indicators Hub
Use this hub to understand what each indicator family actually measures, when it helps, and which QuantJuice chart or screener is the right place to apply it.
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Overview
Trend indicators help you stay aligned with direction instead of reacting to every price wiggle.
Momentum indicators help you judge acceleration, exhaustion, and whether a move is strengthening or fading.
Volatility and volume indicators help you tell whether a setup is compressing, expanding, or attracting real participation.
How to use Technical Indicators Hub
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Start with the question you need answered
Use trend tools when you want direction, momentum tools when you want acceleration, and volatility tools when you want timing around compression or expansion.
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Use fewer indicators, not more
A small combination that covers trend, momentum, and participation is usually more useful than stacking many versions of the same signal.
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Treat indicators as confirmation layers
Price structure, support and resistance, and market context should still lead the decision; indicators should improve clarity, not replace judgment.
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Move into the right QuantJuice tool fast
Once you know what you want to check, open the chart or screener built for that job instead of trying to force one page to do everything.
Use this on QuantJuice
Open the page that matches the job you are trying to do instead of forcing one tool to answer every question.
QJWebTrader
Best when you want a richer chart workspace with more overlays, filters, and indicator combinations.
Open QJWebTraderEMA Screener
Use when your first question is trend direction and whether price is holding or reclaiming a key moving average.
Open EMA ScreenerHeikin Ashi RSI Screener
Use when you want a smoother trend-quality view that blends candle structure with momentum.
Open HA RSI ScreenerTrend Reversal Screener
Use when MACD and stochastic-style reversal checks are the main signal you want to investigate.
Open Trend ReversalIndicator families and where to use them
Pick the family first, then open the QuantJuice page that is strongest for that job.
| Indicator family | What it measures | Best use case | Best QuantJuice page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trend | Direction and persistence of price | Trend continuation, pullbacks, staying with leaders | EMA Screener, Charts, QJWebTrader |
| Momentum | Speed of price movement | Early acceleration, exhaustion, reversal watchlists | Heikin Ashi RSI, Trend Reversal, QJWebTrader |
| Volatility | Compression and expansion of price range | Squeeze setups, range trading, timing around expansion | Charts, QJWebTrader, Range-Bound Screener |
| Volume | Participation behind the move | Breakout confirmation, anomaly detection, intraday acceptance | Charts, Movers, Volume & Sigma Spikes |
| Structure | Where price is reacting on the chart | Breakouts, pullbacks, support/resistance decisions | Breakout Screener, Pullback Screener, Charts |
A simple starting stack
A practical beginner stack is one trend lens, one momentum lens, and one participation lens.
Trend: EMA20, EMA50, or EMA200 depending on your holding period.
Momentum: RSI or MACD for acceleration and momentum fatigue.
Participation: relative volume, VWAP, or breakout volume context.
How to avoid indicator overload
If two tools tell you the same thing, keep the cleaner one.
If the chart is messy, no indicator stack will save the setup.
Use market breadth and sector leadership before trusting isolated indicator signals.
What to prioritize in the output
Indicators work best when they answer different questions rather than duplicate each other.
The same indicator can mean different things in a trending market versus a choppy market.
Clean setups usually show agreement between price, indicator family, and sector or market tone.
Common mistakes to avoid
Using too many correlated indicators and mistaking repetition for confirmation.
Forgetting that lagging indicators react after price has already moved.
Reading indicator crosses without checking where they happened on the chart.
Best way to use this playbook
Use the page to narrow the market quickly, then promote only the strongest chart-plus-context setups into your active watchlist or research queue.
