Technical traders think that the most accurate indication of future price movement is the present or prior price activity in the market. 
Technical analysis is not a technique employed only by technical traders. Many fundamental traders employ fundamental research to evaluate whether to enter a market, but then utilize technical analysis to identify attractively low-risk buy entry price levels. 

Along with analyzing candlestick patterns, technical traders have  access to an almost infinite number of technical indicators to aid them in making trading choices.
Moving averages are very certainly the most often utilized technical indicator. Numerous trading methods include the use of one or more moving averages. A basic moving average trading strategy would be “Buy as long as the price is above the 50-period exponential moving average (EMA); Sell as long as the price is below the 50 EMA.”

Moving averages and the majority of other technical indicators are mainly  concerned with identifying the anticipated direction of the market, either upward or downward.
However, there is another class of technical indicators whose primary objective is to identify market strength rather than market direction. Among these indicators is the Stochastic Oscillator, the Relative Strength Index (RSI), the Moving Average Convergence-Divergence (MACD), and the Average Directional Movement Index (ADX).