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Technical analysis, in plain English

StockLearn turns ~2,000 NSE stocks into one verdict each evening. These guides explain the indicators and the framework behind those verdicts — useful whether or not you ever subscribe.

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What is Stage Analysis?

Before any indicator, ask one question — which stage is this stock in? Weinstein's framework is the structure StockLearn reads everything else inside.

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Reading RSI correctly

The most misused indicator in technical analysis. Overbought doesn't mean sell — in a real uptrend, it often means the opposite.

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MACD crossovers explained

Three numbers from two moving averages. What each part of the MACD actually tells you about momentum — and where it lets you down.

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What is RVOL?

Price tells you what happened. Volume tells you how much to believe it. RVOL turns that into a single number.

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Daily vs weekly confirmation

A daily chart shows you the timing. A weekly chart shows you whether the timing is worth taking. You want both pointing the same way.

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Moving averages for swing trading

The simplest trend tool there is, and still one of the most useful. What the 20, 50 and 200 actually do — and the difference between EMA and SMA.

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Weinstein Stage 2 breakouts

The single most profitable transition in technical analysis is Stage 1 to Stage 2. Here's what a real breakout from a base looks like — and what a fake one looks like.

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Volume Dry-Up (VDU)

Falling volume during a pullback isn't weakness — it's selling pressure running out. Learn to read the calm before a breakout.

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How to read a breakout

A breakout is a stock clearing a level that mattered. Whether it holds comes down to volume, the close, and the retest.

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RSI divergence in practice

When price and momentum disagree, momentum is often telling the truth first. How to read RSI divergence without getting faked out.

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Support & resistance basics

Two of the oldest ideas in charting, and still the foundation under almost every other signal. Where they come from and how to use them.

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Pullback entries

Chasing breakouts is stressful and risky. Buying the pullback after the breakout is calmer, cheaper, and often higher-probability.

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