chartist

[ chahr-tist ]

noun

1. a specialist in the stock market who studies and draws charts of trading actions.
2. a cartographer.

chartist

/ ˈtʃɑːtɪst /

noun

1. a stock market specialist who analyses and predicts market trends from graphs of recent price and volume movements of selected securities

Word History and Origins

Origin of chartist¹

First recorded in 1960–65; chart + -ist

Example Sentences

Most chartists use a combination of studies to derive directional signals.

From Reuters

Russ Moult of stockbrokers AJ Bell says chartists in the audience will be concerned:

From The Guardian

There’s likely to be a lot of options positions around this big number, and for all you chartists out there, technicals are at play too.

From Reuters

Round numbers are for traders, chartists looking for “support” or “resistance” that they can base short-term moves on.

From Seattle Times

Neither were the chartists concerned that a public company of Gowex’s size was being audited by an obscure father-and-son auditing firm with just two other small clients.

From Forbes