Beyond the basics: Technical indicators for US stocks
About This Live Session
Technical indicators help investors understand market trends, gauge momentum, and identify potential trading opportunities.
Building on our previous session on candlesticks and technical analysis, this session will explore key indicators such as Moving Averages, MACD, Supertrend, and Volume Analysis. Using practical examples from US stock charts, we’ll break down how these indicators work, interpret their signals, and combine them to identify potential entry and exit points.
By the end of the session, you’ll have a better understanding of how to use technical indicators in your stock analysis, recognise common pitfalls, and make more informed trading decisions.
Key Agenda
Moving Averages (SMA & EMA): Identify market trends and understand price movements.
MACD: Read momentum shifts and spot potential bullish or bearish signals.
Supertrend: Understand trend direction and identify potential entry and exit points.
Volume Analysis: Assess buying and selling pressure through trading volume.
Combining Indicators: Use multiple indicators together to strengthen your technical analysis.
Practical US Stock Examples: Apply these indicators to real-world US stock charts.
Common Mistakes to Avoid: Recognise false signals and understand the limitations of technical indicators.
Speakers
Viral Shah leads the Analytics function at Vested, where he transforms data into actionable insights across product, growth, and investment initiatives. As a core member of the team, he played a key role in setting up the company's analytics function, helping build a data-driven culture from the ground up.
He holds an M.Tech in Thermal Engineering from Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Data Science from IIIT Bangalore. With over eight years of experience spanning trading, fintech, and analytics, Viral brings a unique blend of quantitative expertise and practical market understanding.
Passionate about investing, finance, and data, he enjoys uncovering patterns that drive better decision-making and simplifying complex analytical concepts into meaningful business insights.
Om Ghawalkar is a Content Specialist at Vested, where he creates educational content on global markets, covering companies, sectors, market trends, and technical analysis. He is also a Chartered Market Technician (CMT), with a strong focus on using technical analysis to understand market trends, identify potential opportunities, and manage risk.
With over six years of experience in trading and markets, Om brings a practical, market-oriented perspective to investing and trading. Prior to Vested, he worked with Share.Market by PhonePe, where he created educational content covering IPOs, companies, sectors ine Indian equity markets.
His areas of expertise include technical analysis, stock selection, entry and exit strategies, risk management, and trading psychology, with an emphasis on turning market concepts into practical frameworks that investors and traders can apply.