What Is an Indicator?

Indicators are statistics used to measure current conditions as well as to forecast financial or economic trends.

In the world of investing, indicators typically refer to technical chart patterns deriving from the price, volume, or open interest of a given security. Common technical indicators include moving averages, moving average convergence divergence (MACD), relative strength index (RSI), and on-balance-volume (OBV).

In economics, indicators usually refer to pieces of economic data used to measure the overall health of the economy and predict its direction. They include the Consumer Price Index (CPI), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and unemployment figures.

» Indicators are statistics used to measure current conditions as well as to forecast financial or economic trends.
» Economic indicators are statistical metrics used to measure the growth or contraction of the economy as a whole or sectors within the economy.
» In the context of technical analysis, an indicator is a mathematical calculation based on a security’s price or volume, with the results used to predict future prices.
» A key performance indicator refers to a quantifiable measurement used to measure a company’s success against a specific target or objective.
» Commonly used indicators of a company’s profitability include gross margin, operating margin, net margin, and return on equity (ROE).

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