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title: "Indicators"
description: "Learn how to create, update, and read different types of indicators in the research environment in QuantConnect."
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# Indicators

[Documentation](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2.md) > [Research Environment](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/research-environment.md) > Indicators

> Code examples are shown in Python. Append `?lang=csharp` to this URL for the C# version of this page.

Indicators let you analyze market data in an abstract form rather than in its raw form. For example, indicators like the RSI tell you, based on price and volume data, if the market is overbought or oversold. Because indicators can extract overall market trends from price data, sometimes, you may want to look for correlations between indicators and the market, instead of between raw price data and the market. To view all of the indicators and candlestick patterns we provide, see the [Supported Indicators](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/writing-algorithms/indicators/supported-indicators.md).

- [Data Point Indicators](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/research-environment/indicators/data-point-indicators.md): Indicators that process IndicatorDataPoint objects
- [Bar Indicators](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/research-environment/indicators/bar-indicators.md): Indicators that process Bar objects
- [Trade Bar Indicators](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/research-environment/indicators/trade-bar-indicators.md): Indicators that process TradeBar objects
- [Combining Indicators](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/research-environment/indicators/combining-indicators.md): Chain indicators together
- [Custom Indicators](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/research-environment/indicators/custom-indicators.md): Create your own
- [Custom Resolutions](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/research-environment/indicators/custom-resolutions.md): Beyond the standard resolutions

### See Also

- [Key Concepts](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/writing-algorithms/indicators/key-concepts.md)

## Pages in This Section

- [Data Point Indicators](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/research-environment/indicators/data-point-indicators.md): Learn how to create, update, and read data point indicators in the research environment in QuantConnect.
- [Bar Indicators](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/research-environment/indicators/bar-indicators.md): Learn how to create, update, and read bar indicators in the research environment in QuantConnect.
- [Trade Bar Indicators](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/research-environment/indicators/trade-bar-indicators.md): Learn how to create, update, and read trade bar indicators in the research environment in QuantConnect.
- [Combining Indicators](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/research-environment/indicators/combining-indicators.md): Learn how to create, combine, and update the ensembled indicators in the research environment in QuantConnect.
- [Custom Indicators](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/research-environment/indicators/custom-indicators.md): Learn how to create, update, and read custom indicators in the research environment in QuantConnect.
- [Custom Resolutions](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/research-environment/indicators/custom-resolutions.md): Learn how to create and handle indicators in custom resolution in the research environment in QuantConnect.