Swing Trading Glossary
Plain-English definitions for the screening terms Swing Edge uses. Click any term to read a 2-minute explainer.
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A measure of a stock's typical daily price range, used for position sizing and stop placement.
Price closing above a defined resistance level (pivot) — the trigger that turns a setup into a trade.
A down day on above-average volume — a tell that large holders are quietly selling.
Powerful continuation pattern: a 90–120% rally in 4–8 weeks followed by a tight 12-25% pullback.
The overall state of the market — Bull, Neutral, or Bear — derived from Nifty's trend.
The average price over a defined number of past sessions — a smoothed view of trend.
The defined breakout trigger — the price level a stock must cross for a setup to fire.
Percentile rank of a stock's price performance versus the broader market over a lookback window.
How a stock's return compares to a benchmark (e.g. Nifty 500) over a defined period.
Stan Weinstein's uptrend stage — the only phase where breakout setups have a high success rate.
The predefined price at which you exit a trade to limit your loss.
Mark Minervini's base pattern where price contractions tighten progressively before a breakout.
Trading volume falls sharply below the 50-day average — a hallmark of absorbed supply.