Stella Osoba is the Senior Editor of trading and investing at Investopedia. She co-founded and chaired Women in Technical Analysis. She has 15+ years of experience as a financial writer and technical ...

In this up-and-down market, being able to spot stock trends means the difference between making money and keeping it. In this ...

Investors who read stock charts can use moving averages, price action and volume signals to sell stocks. Add to that toolbox a simple straight line. If a stock breaks its long-term price trend, that's ...