chartist
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Noun:
- A stock market analyst who uses charts: A chartist is a financial analyst who studies graphs of historical prices and trading volumes to forecast future market movements.
- A 19th-century social reformer: A Chartist was a member of a British working-class movement (c. 1838–1858) that campaigned for political and social reforms, centered on the People's Charter.
Usage Examples
Noun (Financial Analyst):
- The chartist predicted a rise in the stock based on the pattern forming on the price graph.
- Many day traders rely on chartist techniques to make quick buying and selling decisions.
Noun (Historical Reformer):
- The Chartist movement organized massive petitions to Parliament demanding voting rights for all men.
- She wrote a paper on the role of Chartists in the development of British democracy.
Advanced Usage
Technical Analysis: In finance, a chartist practices technical analysis, believing that historical price trends and patterns tend to repeat.
- Chartist theory suggests that support and resistance levels on a graph can indicate future price action.
Historical Context: The term is often capitalized ("Chartist") when referring to the historical movement and its members.
- The Chartist rallies were a significant force for political change in Victorian England.
Variants and Related Words
Chartism (n): The principles or movement of the 19th-century Chartists.
- Chartism was a pivotal campaign for democratic reform.
Technical analyst (n): A synonym for a chartist in the financial sense.
- The technical analyst used moving averages and other indicators in her report.
Synonyms
- Financial sense: Technical analyst, market technician.
- Historical sense: Reformer, radical, campaigner.
Related Phrases
Chartist movement: The specific historical campaign for the People's Charter.
- The Chartist movement was ultimately unsuccessful in its immediate goals but influenced later reforms.
Chartist patterns: In finance, recognizable formations on price charts, like "head and shoulders" or "double top."
- He specialized in identifying classic chartist patterns to time his trades.
Noun
- a stock market analyst who tries to predict market trends from graphs of recent prices of securities
- a 19th century English reformer who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people