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name: us-stock-analysis
description: "全面的美国股票分析,包括基本面分析、技术分析、股票比较和投资报告生成。"
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# US Stock Analysis
## Overview
Perform comprehensive analysis of US stocks covering fundamental analysis (financials, business quality, valuation), technical analysis (indicators, trends, patterns), peer comparisons, and generate detailed investment reports. Fetch real-time market data via web search tools and apply structured analytical frameworks.
## Data Sources
Always use web search tools to gather current market data:
**Primary Data to Fetch:**
1. **Current stock price and trading data** (price, volume, 52-week range)
2. **Financial statements** (income statement, balance sheet, cash flow)
3. **Key metrics** (P/E, EPS, revenue, margins, debt ratios)
4. **Analyst ratings and price targets**
5. **Recent news and developments**
6. **Peer/competitor data** (for comparisons)
7. **Technical data** (moving averages, RSI, MACD when available)
**Search Strategy:**
- Use ticker symbol + specific data needed (e.g., "AAPL financial metrics 2024")
- For comprehensive data: Search for earnings reports, investor presentations, or SEC filings
- For technical data: Search for "AAPL technical analysis" or use financial data sites
- Always verify data recency (prefer data from last quarter)
**Quality Sources:**
- Yahoo Finance, Google Finance, MarketWatch, Seeking Alpha, Bloomberg, CNBC
- Company investor relations pages
- SEC filings (10-K, 10-Q) for detailed financials
- TradingView, StockCharts for technical data
## Analysis Types
This skill supports four types of analysis. Determine which type(s) the user needs:
1. **Basic Stock Info** - Quick overview with key metrics
2. **Fundamental Analysis** - Deep dive into business, financials, valuation
3. **Technical Analysis** - Chart patterns, indicators, trend analysis
4. **Comprehensive Report** - Complete analysis combining all approaches
## Analysis Workflows
### 1. Basic Stock Information
**When to Use:** User asks for quick overview or basic info
**Steps:**
1. Search for current stock data (price, volume, market cap)
2. Gather key metrics (P/E, EPS, revenue growth, margins)
3. Get 52-week range and year-to-date performance
4. Find recent news or major developments
5. Present in concise summary format
**Output Format:**
- Company description (1-2 sentences)
- Current price and trading metrics
- Key valuation metrics (table)
- Recent performance
- Notable recent news (if any)
### 2. Fundamental Analysis
**When to Use:** User wants financial analysis, valuation assessment, or business evaluation
**Steps:**
1. **Gather comprehensive financial data:**
- Revenue, earnings, cash flow (3-5 year trends)
- Balance sheet metrics (debt, cash, working capital)
- Profitability metrics (margins, ROE, ROIC)
2. **Read references/fundamental-analysis.md** for analytical framework
3. **Read references/financial-metrics.md** for metric definitions and calculations
4. **Analyze business quality:**
- Competitive advantages
- Management track record
- Industry position
5. **Perform valuation analysis:**
- Calculate key ratios (P/E, PEG, P/B, EV/EBITDA)
- Compare to historical averages
- Compare to peer group
- Estimate fair value range
6. **Identify risks:**
- Company-specific risks
- Market/macro risks
- Red flags from financial data
7. **Generate output** following references/report-template.md structure
**Critical Analyses:**
- Profitability trends (improving/declining margins)
- Cash flow quality (FCF vs earnings)
- Balance sheet strength (debt levels, liquidity)
- Growth sustainability
- Valuation vs peers and historical average
### 3. Technical Analysis
**When to Use:** User asks for technical analysis, chart patterns, or trading signals
**Steps:**
1. **Gather technical data:**
- Current price and recent price action
- Volume trends
- Moving averages (20-day, 50-day, 200-day)
- Technical indicators (RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands)
2. **Read references/technical-analysis.md** for indicator definitions and patterns
3. **Identify trend:**
- Uptrend, downtrend, or sideways
- Strength of trend
4. **Locate support and resistance levels:**
- Recent highs and lows
- Moving average levels
- Round numbers
5. **Analyze indicators:**
- RSI: Overbought (>70) or oversold (<30)
- MACD: Crossovers and divergences
- Volume: Confirmation or divergence
- Bollinger Bands: Squeeze or expansion
6. **Identify chart patterns:**
- Reversal patterns (head and shoulders, double top/bottom)
- Continuation patterns (flags, triangles)
7. **Generate technical outlook:**
- Current trend assessment
- Key levels to watch
- Risk/reward analysis
- Short and medium-term outlook
**Interpretation Guidelines:**
- Confirm signals with multiple indicators
- Consider volume for validation
- Note divergences between price and indicators
- Always identify risk levels (stop-loss)
### 4. Comprehensive Investment Report
**When to Use:** User asks for detailed report, investment recommendation, or complete analysis
**Steps:**
1. **Perform data gathering** (as in Basic Info)
2. **Execute fundamental analysis** (follow workflow above)
3. **Execute technical analysis** (follow workflow above)
4. **Read references/report-template.md** for complete report structure
5. **Synthesize findings:**
- Integrate fundamental and technical insights
- Develop bull and bear cases
- Assess risk/reward
6. **Generate recommendation:**
- Buy/Hold/Sell rating
- Target price with timeframe
- Conviction level
- Entry strategy
7. **Create formatted report** following template structure
**Report Must Include:**
- Executive summary with recommendation
- Company overview
- Investment thesis (bull and bear cases)
- Fundamental analysis section
- Technical analysis section
- Valuation analysis
- Risk assessment
- Catalysts and timeline
- Conclusion
## Stock Comparison Analysis
**When to Use:** User asks to compare two or more stocks (e.g., "compare AAPL vs MSFT")
**Steps:**
1. **Gather data for all stocks:**
- Follow data gathering steps for each ticker
- Ensure comparable timeframes
2. **Read references/fundamental-analysis.md** and references/financial-metrics.md
3. **Create side-by-side comparison:**
- Business models comparison
- Financial metrics table (all key ratios)
- Valuation metrics table
- Growth rates comparison
- Profitability comparison
- Balance sheet strength
4. **Identify relative strengths:**
- Where each company excels
- Quantified advantages
5. **Technical comparison:**
- Relative strength
- Momentum comparison
- Which is in better technical position
6. **Generate recommendation:**
- Which stock is more attractive and why
- Consider both fundamental and technical factors
- Portfolio allocation suggestion
- Risk-adjusted return assessment
**Output Format:** Follow "Comparison Report Structure" in references/report-template.md
## Output Guidelines
**General Principles:**
- Use tables for financial data and comparisons (easy to scan)
- Bold key metrics and findings
- Include data sources and dates
- Quantify whenever possible
- Present both bull and bear perspectives
- Be clear about assumptions and uncertainties
**Formatting:**
- **Headers** for clear section separation
- **Tables** for metrics, comparisons, historical data
- **Bullet points** for lists, factors, risks
- **Bold text** for key findings, important metrics
- **Percentages** for growth rates, returns, margins
- **Currency** formatted consistently ($B for billions, $M for millions)
**Tone:**
- Objective and balanced
- Acknowledge uncertainty
- Support claims with data
- Avoid hyperbole
- Present risks clearly
## Reference Files
Load these references as needed during analysis:
**references/technical-analysis.md**
- When: Performing technical analysis or interpreting indicators
- Contains: Indicator definitions, chart patterns, support/resistance concepts, analysis workflow
**references/fundamental-analysis.md**
- When: Performing fundamental analysis or business evaluation
- Contains: Business quality assessment, financial health analysis, valuation frameworks, risk assessment, red flags
**references/financial-metrics.md**
- When: Need definitions or calculation methods for financial ratios
- Contains: All key metrics with formulas (profitability, valuation, growth, liquidity, leverage, efficiency, cash flow)
**references/report-template.md**
- When: Creating comprehensive report or comparison
- Contains: Complete report structure, formatting guidelines, section templates, comparison format
## Example Queries
**Basic Info:**
- "What's the current price of AAPL?"
- "Give me key metrics for Tesla"
- "Quick overview of Microsoft stock"
**Fundamental:**
- "Analyze NVDA's financials"
- "Is Amazon overvalued?"
- "Evaluate Apple's business quality"
- "What's Google's debt situation?"
**Technical:**
- "Technical analysis of TSLA"
- "Is Netflix oversold?"
- "Show me support levels for AAPL"
- "What's the trend for AMD?"
**Comprehensive:**
- "Complete analysis of Microsoft"
- "Give me a full report on AAPL"
- "Should I invest in Tesla? Give me detailed analysis"
**Comparison:**
- "Compare AAPL vs MSFT"
- "Tesla vs Nvidia - which is better?"
- "Analyze Meta vs Google"

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# Financial Metrics Reference
## Profitability Metrics
**Gross Profit Margin**
- Formula: (Revenue - COGS) / Revenue × 100
- Measures: Production efficiency and pricing power
- Higher is better; compare to industry average
**Operating Profit Margin**
- Formula: Operating Income / Revenue × 100
- Measures: Operational efficiency
- Excludes financing and tax effects
**Net Profit Margin**
- Formula: Net Income / Revenue × 100
- Measures: Overall profitability after all expenses
- Bottom line efficiency
**Return on Equity (ROE)**
- Formula: Net Income / Shareholders' Equity × 100
- Measures: Profitability relative to shareholder investment
- DuPont Analysis: ROE = Net Margin × Asset Turnover × Equity Multiplier
**Return on Assets (ROA)**
- Formula: Net Income / Total Assets × 100
- Measures: Efficiency in using assets to generate profit
**Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)**
- Formula: NOPAT / Invested Capital × 100
- NOPAT = Net Operating Profit After Tax
- Invested Capital = Total Debt + Total Equity - Cash
- Measures: Return on all capital (debt + equity)
## Valuation Metrics
**Price-to-Earnings (P/E) Ratio**
- Formula: Stock Price / Earnings Per Share
- Trailing P/E: Uses past 12 months earnings
- Forward P/E: Uses estimated future earnings
- Interpretation: Higher P/E = higher growth expectations or overvaluation
**Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) Ratio**
- Formula: P/E Ratio / Earnings Growth Rate
- Interpretation: PEG < 1 potentially undervalued; PEG > 1 potentially overvalued
**Price-to-Book (P/B) Ratio**
- Formula: Stock Price / Book Value Per Share
- Book Value = Total Assets - Total Liabilities
- Useful for asset-heavy industries
**Price-to-Sales (P/S) Ratio**
- Formula: Market Cap / Total Revenue
- Useful for unprofitable companies or comparing revenue multiples
**Enterprise Value (EV)**
- Formula: Market Cap + Total Debt - Cash
- Represents total company value
**EV/EBITDA**
- Formula: Enterprise Value / EBITDA
- EBITDA = Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation, Amortization
- Capital structure neutral valuation metric
**EV/Sales**
- Formula: Enterprise Value / Revenue
- Useful when comparing companies with different profitability
**Dividend Yield**
- Formula: Annual Dividend Per Share / Stock Price × 100
- Measures: Income return from stock
## Growth Metrics
**Revenue Growth Rate**
- Formula: (Current Revenue - Prior Revenue) / Prior Revenue × 100
- YoY (Year-over-Year), QoQ (Quarter-over-Quarter)
**Earnings Per Share (EPS) Growth**
- Formula: (Current EPS - Prior EPS) / Prior EPS × 100
- Track both reported and adjusted EPS
**Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)**
- Formula: (Ending Value / Beginning Value)^(1/Years) - 1
- Smoothed growth rate over multiple years
## Liquidity Metrics
**Current Ratio**
- Formula: Current Assets / Current Liabilities
- Measures: Short-term liquidity
- > 1.5 generally considered healthy
**Quick Ratio (Acid-Test)**
- Formula: (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities
- More conservative than current ratio
- > 1.0 generally considered healthy
**Cash Ratio**
- Formula: Cash and Cash Equivalents / Current Liabilities
- Most conservative liquidity measure
## Leverage Metrics
**Debt-to-Equity (D/E) Ratio**
- Formula: Total Debt / Total Equity
- Measures: Financial leverage
- Industry-dependent; lower generally safer
**Debt-to-Assets Ratio**
- Formula: Total Debt / Total Assets
- Shows proportion of assets financed by debt
**Interest Coverage Ratio**
- Formula: EBIT / Interest Expense
- Measures: Ability to pay interest
- > 2.5 generally considered safe
## Efficiency Metrics
**Asset Turnover**
- Formula: Revenue / Average Total Assets
- Measures: Efficiency in using assets to generate sales
**Inventory Turnover**
- Formula: COGS / Average Inventory
- Higher = more efficient inventory management
**Receivables Turnover**
- Formula: Revenue / Average Accounts Receivable
- Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) = 365 / Receivables Turnover
## Cash Flow Metrics
**Free Cash Flow (FCF)**
- Formula: Operating Cash Flow - Capital Expenditures
- Available cash for dividends, buybacks, debt repayment
**FCF Yield**
- Formula: Free Cash Flow Per Share / Stock Price × 100
- Similar to dividend yield but for total cash generation
**Cash Conversion Rate**
- Formula: Free Cash Flow / Net Income
- Should be close to or > 100%
- Lower ratio may indicate earnings quality issues
## Per Share Metrics
**Earnings Per Share (EPS)**
- Formula: Net Income / Weighted Average Shares Outstanding
- Basic EPS vs Diluted EPS (includes options, convertibles)
**Book Value Per Share**
- Formula: (Total Assets - Total Liabilities) / Shares Outstanding
**Cash Flow Per Share**
- Formula: Operating Cash Flow / Shares Outstanding
## Share Metrics
**Shares Outstanding**
- Total shares issued and held by investors
- Track dilution over time
**Float**
- Shares available for public trading
- Excludes insider and restricted shares
**Share Buybacks**
- Track net share reduction/increase
- Buybacks can boost EPS without earnings growth

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# Fundamental Analysis Reference
## Analysis Framework
### 1. Business Quality Assessment
**Competitive Advantages (Moats)**
- Brand strength
- Network effects
- Cost advantages
- Switching costs
- Patents and intellectual property
- Regulatory barriers
**Management Quality**
- Track record of capital allocation
- Insider ownership
- Compensation structure alignment
- Communication transparency
**Business Model**
- Revenue streams diversity
- Scalability
- Margin sustainability
- Customer concentration risk
### 2. Financial Health Analysis
**Profitability Analysis**
- Gross margin trends
- Operating margin trends
- Net margin trends
- Return on Equity (ROE) trends
- Return on Assets (ROA) trends
- Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) trends
**Growth Analysis**
- Revenue growth (YoY, QoQ)
- Earnings growth (YoY, QoQ)
- Free cash flow growth
- Market share trends
- Geographic/segment growth breakdown
**Balance Sheet Strength**
- Debt-to-Equity ratio
- Current ratio
- Quick ratio
- Interest coverage ratio
- Cash position vs debt
- Working capital trends
**Cash Flow Analysis**
- Operating cash flow consistency
- Free cash flow (OCF - CapEx)
- Cash conversion rate
- Capital expenditure trends
- Dividend sustainability
### 3. Valuation Analysis
**Relative Valuation Metrics**
- P/E ratio (vs historical, vs peers, vs sector)
- Forward P/E
- PEG ratio (P/E / growth rate)
- P/B ratio (Price-to-Book)
- P/S ratio (Price-to-Sales)
- EV/EBITDA (Enterprise Value / EBITDA)
- EV/Sales
**Absolute Valuation**
- Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) principles
- Estimate intrinsic value range
- Margin of safety calculation
### 4. Industry and Market Analysis
**Industry Dynamics**
- Industry growth rate
- Industry lifecycle stage
- Competitive landscape
- Barriers to entry
- Regulatory environment
- Technological disruption risk
**Market Position**
- Market share
- Competitive positioning
- Customer loyalty metrics
- Pricing power
### 5. Risk Assessment
**Company-Specific Risks**
- Key person dependency
- Customer concentration
- Supplier concentration
- Product concentration
- Litigation risks
- Regulatory risks
**Market Risks**
- Economic sensitivity
- Interest rate sensitivity
- Currency exposure
- Commodity price exposure
## Analysis Workflow
1. **Understand the business** (what they do, how they make money)
2. **Assess competitive position** (moats, market share)
3. **Analyze financial statements** (trends over 3-5 years)
4. **Calculate key metrics** (profitability, growth, leverage)
5. **Compare to peers** (relative positioning)
6. **Value the company** (multiple approaches)
7. **Identify risks** (company and market level)
8. **Determine investment thesis** (bull and bear cases)
## Red Flags to Watch For
- Declining margins
- Consistently negative or declining free cash flow
- Rising debt without revenue growth
- Frequent non-GAAP adjustments
- High executive turnover
- Customer concentration > 10% from single customer
- Inconsistent accounting changes
- Poor cash conversion (earnings growth >> cash flow growth)
- Deteriorating working capital
- Rising accounts receivable/inventory faster than revenue

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# Stock Analysis Report Template
## Report Structure
### 1. Executive Summary
Brief 2-3 paragraph overview that can stand alone:
- Company overview (1 sentence)
- Investment thesis (bull case in 2-3 sentences)
- Key risks (1-2 sentences)
- Valuation summary (current vs fair value estimate)
- Recommendation (Buy/Hold/Sell) with conviction level
### 2. Company Overview
- **Business Description**: What the company does, main products/services
- **Industry**: Sector classification and industry dynamics
- **Market Position**: Market cap, rank in industry
- **Key Statistics**: Quick reference table
- Ticker, Exchange
- Market Cap
- Current Price
- 52-Week Range
- Average Volume
### 3. Investment Thesis
**Bull Case** (Why to invest):
- 3-5 strongest positive factors
- Support each with data/evidence
- Quantify when possible
**Bear Case** (Risks and concerns):
- 3-5 main risk factors
- Alternative scenarios where investment doesn't work
- Probability assessment when possible
### 4. Fundamental Analysis
**Business Quality**
- Competitive advantages/moats
- Management quality assessment
- Business model sustainability
**Financial Performance** (Use tables for clarity)
- Revenue trends (3-5 years)
- Profitability metrics trends
- Balance sheet strength
- Cash flow analysis
- Key ratios
**Growth Analysis**
- Historical growth rates
- Growth drivers
- Future growth prospects
- Market opportunity size
### 5. Valuation Analysis
**Current Valuation Metrics** (Table format)
- P/E (current, forward, 5-year avg)
- PEG
- P/B
- P/S
- EV/EBITDA
- EV/Sales
- Dividend Yield (if applicable)
**Peer Comparison** (Table format)
Compare key metrics against 3-5 direct competitors
**Fair Value Estimate**
- Valuation methodology used
- Key assumptions
- Fair value range (conservative to optimistic)
- Margin of safety vs current price
- Target price with timeframe
### 6. Technical Analysis
**Trend Analysis**
- Current trend direction
- Key support/resistance levels
- Moving average positions
**Indicator Summary**
- RSI reading and interpretation
- MACD status
- Volume trends
- Other relevant indicators
**Chart Patterns**
- Notable patterns forming or completed
- Breakout/breakdown levels to watch
**Technical Outlook**
- Short-term (1-3 months)
- Medium-term (3-6 months)
### 7. Risk Assessment
**Company-Specific Risks** (Prioritized)
1. [Highest risk with impact and probability]
2. [Second risk]
3. [Third risk]
**Market/Macro Risks**
- Economic sensitivity
- Interest rate impact
- Regulatory changes
- Industry disruption
**Risk Mitigation**
- Company's risk management
- Diversification considerations
- Position sizing recommendations
### 8. Catalysts and Timeline
**Positive Catalysts** (with expected timing)
- Upcoming events that could drive price up
- Product launches, earnings, regulatory approvals
**Negative Risks** (with timing)
- Events that could drive price down
- Lockup expirations, debt maturities
### 9. Recommendation
**Rating**: Buy / Hold / Sell
**Conviction Level**: High / Medium / Low
**Target Price**: $XX (timeframe: X months)
**Upside/Downside**: +/-XX%
**For Buy Recommendations**:
- Entry strategy (all at once, DCA, wait for pullback)
- Position sizing suggestion
- Stop-loss consideration
- Target prices (multiple levels)
**For Hold Recommendations**:
- Conditions to upgrade to Buy
- Conditions to downgrade to Sell
- Monitoring priorities
**For Sell Recommendations**:
- Exit strategy (immediate, gradual)
- Alternative investments to consider
### 10. Conclusion
- Summarize key points (3-4 bullets)
- Reiterate recommendation
- Next review date or monitoring triggers
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## Formatting Guidelines
**Use Tables for:**
- Financial data comparisons
- Peer comparisons
- Key statistics
- Valuation metrics
**Use Bullet Points for:**
- Lists of factors/risks
- Key highlights
- Qualitative assessments
**Use Headers to:**
- Clearly separate sections
- Make report scannable
- Enable quick navigation
**Data Presentation:**
- Always include timeframe context
- Show trends (arrows, YoY%)
- Cite sources for all data
- Use consistent formatting (e.g., $B for billions)
**Writing Style:**
- Be direct and concise
- Quantify when possible
- Avoid jargon unless necessary
- Support opinions with evidence
- Balance bullish and bearish perspectives
## Comparison Report Structure
For "Compare Stock A vs Stock B" requests:
### 1. Side-by-Side Overview Table
Company metrics in columns for easy comparison
### 2. Relative Strengths Analysis
- Where each company excels
- Quantified advantages
### 3. Valuation Comparison
- Metrics comparison table
- Which appears cheaper and why
### 4. Technical Comparison
- Relative strength analysis
- Chart pattern comparison
### 5. Recommendation
- Which to buy/prefer and why
- Portfolio allocation suggestion
- Risk-adjusted return assessment

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# Technical Analysis Reference
## Key Technical Indicators
### Trend Indicators
**Moving Averages (MA)**
- SMA (Simple Moving Average): Average price over N periods
- EMA (Exponential Moving Average): Weighted towards recent prices
- Common periods: 20-day, 50-day, 200-day
- Golden Cross: 50-day MA crosses above 200-day MA (bullish)
- Death Cross: 50-day MA crosses below 200-day MA (bearish)
**MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence)**
- MACD Line: 12-day EMA - 26-day EMA
- Signal Line: 9-day EMA of MACD
- Histogram: MACD - Signal
- Bullish: MACD crosses above signal line
- Bearish: MACD crosses below signal line
### Momentum Indicators
**RSI (Relative Strength Index)**
- Range: 0-100
- Overbought: > 70
- Oversold: < 30
- Divergence: Price makes new high/low but RSI doesn't (reversal signal)
**Stochastic Oscillator**
- %K and %D lines
- Range: 0-100
- Overbought: > 80
- Oversold: < 20
### Volatility Indicators
**Bollinger Bands**
- Middle Band: 20-day SMA
- Upper Band: Middle + (2 × standard deviation)
- Lower Band: Middle - (2 × standard deviation)
- Squeeze: Bands narrow (low volatility, potential breakout)
- Expansion: Bands widen (high volatility)
**ATR (Average True Range)**
- Measures volatility
- Higher ATR = higher volatility
- Used for stop-loss placement
### Volume Indicators
**OBV (On-Balance Volume)**
- Cumulative volume indicator
- Rising OBV + rising price = strong uptrend
- Divergence between OBV and price = potential reversal
**Volume Moving Average**
- Compare current volume to average
- High volume breakout = stronger signal
## Chart Patterns
### Reversal Patterns
- Head and Shoulders (bearish)
- Inverse Head and Shoulders (bullish)
- Double Top (bearish)
- Double Bottom (bullish)
### Continuation Patterns
- Flags and Pennants
- Triangles (ascending, descending, symmetrical)
- Rectangles
## Support and Resistance
**Support**: Price level where buying pressure prevents further decline
**Resistance**: Price level where selling pressure prevents further rise
**Key Levels to Identify:**
- Previous highs and lows
- Round numbers (psychological levels)
- Moving averages
- Fibonacci retracement levels (23.6%, 38.2%, 50%, 61.8%, 78.6%)
## Analysis Workflow
1. **Identify the trend** (uptrend, downtrend, sideways)
2. **Locate support/resistance levels**
3. **Check multiple timeframes** (daily, weekly, monthly)
4. **Confirm with indicators** (don't rely on single indicator)
5. **Look for divergences** (price vs indicators)
6. **Assess volume** (confirms trend strength)
7. **Identify chart patterns**
8. **Determine risk/reward ratio**