Ranking of Stock Market Indicators for Trading

Rank	Indicator	Data Used	% Recommendation	Trading Type	Advantages	Disadvantages	Suitable Markets	Lagging/Leading	Best Combination
1	RSI	Closing Price	92%	Intraday, Swing	Easy to read, detects overbought/oversold	False signals in strong trends	Stocks, Forex, Crypto	Leading	RSI + Support/Resistance
2	Moving Average (SMA/EMA)	Closing Price, Volume	90%	Intraday, Swing, Long-term	Efficient trend following	Significant lag	Stocks, Indices, Crypto	Lagging	EMA + MACD
3	MACD	Moving Averages	87%	Swing, Long-term	Very robust for trend confirmation	Weak in ranging markets	Stocks, Forex	Lagging	MACD + RSI
4	Bollinger Bands	Closing Price, Standard Deviation	85%	Intraday, Swing	Detects volatility entries	Less effective in strong trends	Stocks, Crypto	Leading	Bollinger + RSI
5	Support and Resistance	Historical Highs/Lows	82%	Intraday, Swing, Long-term	Essential price action basis	Subjective interpretation	Stocks, Forex, Crypto	Leading	S/R + RSI or MACD
6	Volume	Trade Volume	80%	Intraday, Swing	Confirms strength of movements	Non-predictive alone	Stocks, Futures	Lagging	Volume + VWAP
7	Fibonacci Retracements	Highs and Lows Prices	77%	Swing, Long-term	Natural correction levels	Does not predict direction	Stocks, Forex, Crypto	Leading	Fib + RSI
8	Stochastic Oscillator	Closing Price, Highs/Lows	74%	Intraday, Swing	Very good in ranging markets	Generates many false signals	Stocks, Forex	Leading	Stochastic + Bollinger
9	VWAP	Price, Volume	70%	Intraday	Shows equilibrium price	Ineffective outside active sessions	Stocks, Futures	Lagging	VWAP + Volume
10	ATR	Highs/Lows, Closes	68%	Intraday, Swing	Measures volatility for stop-losses	Does not predict direction	Stocks, Futures, Crypto	Lagging	ATR + RSI
11	Ichimoku Cloud	Closing Price, Moving Averages	65%	Swing, Long-term	Complete system (trend, signal, support)	High learning curve	Forex, Indices, Stocks	Lagging	Ichimoku + RSI
12	OBV (On Balance Volume)	Volume and Closing Price	60%	Swing, Long-term	Confirms major trends	Sensitive to gaps	Stocks, Crypto	Lagging	OBV + EMA
13	ADX	Closing Price, Highs/Lows	58%	Swing, Long-term	Measures trend strength	Does not predict direction	Stocks, Forex	Lagging	ADX + MACD
14	CCI	Closing Price, Moving Averages	55%	Intraday, Swing	Detects extremes quickly	Prone to false signals	Forex, Stocks	Leading	CCI + SMA
15	Chaikin Money Flow (CMF)	Price, Volume	50%	Intraday, Swing	Detects buying/selling pressure	Unreliable with low volumes	Stocks, Forex	Leading	CMF + VWAP