The best websites for technical analysis
Technical analysis involves the prediction of future stock prices, stock index prices, foreign exchange rates and commodity and bond prices through the use of past prices and charts. It can also often supplemented with analysis of volumes traded. While there is a lot of dispute as to whether it can be used successfully over a sustained period of time, there is no doubt that many traders use it, especially for short term trading positions Below are some of the best technical analysis websites on the internet.

1) Traders.com
Excellent site for learning about technical analysis, trading software and so on

2) Esignal.com
A great site where you can learn about technical analysis and see how it can be used to trade in real time

3) InformedTrades.com
Extensive use of technical analysis to help traders spot trading opportunities

4)Stocktwits.com
A site where you can sign up and get opinions on stocks from lots of traders, many of whom use technical analysis. You can also offer your opinion on stocks to others.

5) Greenfaucet.com
This site has some 40 experienced market professionals commenting on a range of financial market issues including investments, trading and plenty of other issues such as ETFs and commodities.

6) Big Charts
Enable you to draw interactive charts of stocks including moving averages, bollinger bands and other useful technical analysis tools.

7) Society of Technical Analysts- UK
The Society of Technical Analysts is a UK based organisation that promotes the usage of technical analysis.

8) Market Technicians Association
The society for the promotion of technical analysis. The oldest society for the promotion of techincal anlysis.

9) Decisionpoint
A website for technical analysts with charts going back to 1926. Has a learning center covering the basics of technical analysis.

10) StockCharts.com
This site makes use of technical analysis using MACD, bollinger bands, moving averages and more. Also has expert analyses covering stocks, futures, indices and commodities.

11) JapaneseCandlesticks.com
The site explains the basic of Japanese candlestick charts. Covers the basics of bullish and bearish signals.  Also covers terminology with links to other resources.

12) Chartpatterns.com
The site explains lots of basic bullish and bearish chart patterns using examples from commodities and stocks.

13) Chartingsecrets.com
Give many charting examples and formations. Explains what are ulling and bearish charts. Also has software and boooks for sale.

14) ThePatternsite.com
Provides excellent coverage of chart patterns and free pattern reconition software. Trading tips, Fibonnacci etc are covered. Run by Thomas Bulkowski who has 4 books on the subject.

15) StudyofCycles.com
Uses Elliott waves as main source to predict stock and commodity price movements. There are nice videos posted to support the analysis especially the Elliott wave video.

16) Fastgraph.com
Shows charts and uses economic fundamentals such as Price Earnings ratios to detect fundamental value for the stock.

17) ElliottWave.com
The Elliot Wave International website provides a technical analysis of all sorts of markets including stock indices, foreign exchange and commodities. The site is run by Robert Precter and Ralph Elliott of Elliott wave fame. The website explains the Elliott wave principle.

18) StockConsultant.com
This is a website specialising in technical analysis of NASDAQ stocks. You can find bullish and bearish sentiment and upside/downside technical analysis of each stock.

19) Candlestickforum.com
If you are interested in using Japanese candlesticks in your trading then this is the place to go. Covers the basics, hostory and usefulness of candlesticks. Run by Stephen Bigalow a very experienced trader.

20) MarketVolume.com
Market Volume specializes in doing a technical analysis of four major US indices namely the S&P 500, DJIA, Nasdaq Composite and Russell 2000. Provides both quotes and relevant charts. Looks at both price and volume action.

21) investorsintelligence.com
This is a good site that uses technical analysis to cover US stocks, market timing, commodities, foreign exchange and fixed income. There are plenty of free charts and useful links.

22) Barchart.com
This site provides technical analysis of equities, futures, commodities and forex,. It also has an excellent education section for those interested in learning. You can get various types of charts on stocks by inputting the appropriate ticker symbol.

23) TradingView.com
This is a superb place for doing charts of your favourite stocks and indices. There are a wide range of charts that can be drawn and a whole array of technical indicators.

24) mcoscillator.com
The Sherman and ?Marian McClellan oscillator and summation index are widely used and established technical analysis indicators that can be used to time market tops and bottoms. This website gives an overview of the history of the methodology and the current state of the market.

25) Priceactionlab.com
This site is run by Michael Harris and is a mixture of a blog and technical analysis of the market. His book "Short-Term Trading with Price Pattern" is well worth a read as well.

26) Pretiming.com
An interesting site that uses AI and technical analysis to give predictions for stocks and stock indices over the next 10 days using candle stick charts to predict intraday highs and lows