Confidence indicator
A measure of investors' faith in the economy and the securities market. A low or deteriorating level of confidence is considered by many technical analysts as a bearish sign. |
Similar financial terms
Confidence IntervalA rule used to construct a random interval so that a certain percentage of all data sets, determined by the confidence level, yields an interval that contains the population value.
Confidence level
The degree of assurance that a specified failure rate is not exceeded.
Economic indicators
Statistical indexes, rates, and other measurements of national financial and social trends, used to predict overall business climate and growth patterns.
Tick indicator
A market indicator based on the number of stocks whose last trade was an uptick or a downtick. Used as an indicator of market sentiment or psychology to try to predict the market's trend.
Overbought\oversold indicator
An indicator that attempts to define when prices have moved too far and too fast in either direction and thus are vulnerable to reaction.
Leading economic indicators
Economic series that tend to rise or fall in advance of the rest of the economy.
