What the indicators are saying.
A learning dashboard for traditional markets. Tape computes the textbook technical indicators — RSI, moving averages, golden/death crosses, ATR, support & resistance — on eight tier-1 instruments and explains, in plain English, what each condition conventionally means. This page teaches how indicators are read. It does not tell you what to do.
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RSI (14)
Measures the speed of recent gains versus losses on a 0–100 scale. The textbook reading: above 70 is "overbought," below 30 "oversold." It flags stretched conditions — it does not time reversals; strong trends can stay overbought for weeks.
Moving averages & the 200-day
The 50-day and 200-day simple moving averages smooth price into trend. Price above a rising 200-day is the classic definition of a long-term uptrend. These lines matter partly because so many institutions watch the same ones.
Golden cross / death cross
When the 50-day crosses above the 200-day it's a "golden cross" (bullish regime, textbook); crossing below is a "death cross." They are slow, lagging signals — famous mostly for describing what has already happened.
ATR (14)
Average True Range — the instrument's typical daily movement. It calibrates expectations: a 0.8% move in a market with a 0.7% ATR is a normal day; the same move with a 0.3% ATR is an event.
Support & resistance
Swing points where price previously turned, clustered when close together. The more times a level has been touched, the more resting orders tend to sit there. Levels are references, not walls — they break routinely.
Breakout proximity
How close price sits to its 30-day high or low. Approaching a range edge doesn't predict a break — it marks where one would have to happen, which is why desks watch these zones.