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    What is technical analysis?

    Short answer

    Studying price charts and trading patterns to try to predict future price moves — a very different approach from fundamental analysis.

    Why it matters

    Many traders use it. Long-term investors mostly ignore it. Its predictive power is heavily debated.

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