Market Analysis - Technical vs Fundamental

A few weeks ago, the VIX posted its largest-ever weekly jump of 118% and then continued to be extremely volatile. Say goodbye to the investor complacency of the past three years, and hello to a new stretch of up-and-down trading. When this type of two-way volatility appears in the stock market, it tends to stick around for longer than a few days. It also tends to leave traders befuddled and searching for direction – but what kind of market analysis is going to be best suited for today's trader: technical or fundamental? Technical analysis is the practice of gauging a stock's future price fluctuations by analyzing past activity.