Moving Averages and RSI: Reading a Chart's Pulse
Two of the most common tools for reading a chart's short-term story, without needing a finance degree.
A moving average smooths a stock's closing prices over a set window (say, 50 days) into a single line, filtering out daily noise so the underlying trend becomes easier to see at a glance.
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is a 0-100 momentum gauge. Readings above 70 are commonly read as 'overbought' (a pullback may be more likely), below 30 as 'oversold' (a bounce may be more likely) - neither is a guarantee, just a probability tilt.
These tools work best together, not alone: a moving average tells you the direction, RSI tells you whether the current move looks stretched relative to its own recent pace.
Open AAPL's chart in the Bullpen and add the RSI and Moving Average indicators (behind the Chart Settings panel) to see both plotted live against the real price action.
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