technical analysis
noun [ U ]
STOCK MARKET, FINANCE ukusa method used to calculate the future value of shares by studying the patterns of their past behaviour rather than the fundamentals (= profits of companies whose shares are traded, the real economy, etc.):
Are these tools used by most traders or is it just a minority who go in for technical analysis?
technical analyst
noun [ C ]
Technical analysts say we have not yet seen the top of the current market.