1. a person who analyzes financial markets by studying price charts and historical trading patterns rather than fundamental economic data
Usage: finance; investing
2. a supporter of Chartism, a 19th-century British working-class movement that advocated democratic political reforms
Usage: historical

Examples

• The chartist predicted a stock price rise based on the upward trend in the chart.
• Many chartists use moving averages and support levels to make trading decisions.
• A chartist differs from a value investor who focuses on company earnings and assets.
• The Chartists of the 1830s and 1840s demanded universal male suffrage and secret ballots.
• Early chartists organized mass rallies to push for political representation.
• Modern chartists rely on technical indicators like RSI and MACD to time their trades.