George Lane (technical analyst)

George Lane
Born1921
DiedJuly 7, 2004(2004-07-07) (aged 82–83)
Occupation(s)Trader, author, educator, speaker, and technical analyst
Known forstochastic oscillator

George Lane (1921 – July 7, 2004) was a securities trader, author, educator, speaker and technical analyst. He was part of a group of futures traders in Chicago who developed the stochastic oscillator (also known as "Lane's stochastics"), which is one of the core indicators used today among technical analysts.[1][2][3] Lane was also President of Investment Educators Inc. in Watseka, Illinois, where he taught investors and financial professionals basic and advanced technical analysis methods.[4] He popularized the stochastic oscillator.[5]

  1. ^ Market Technicians Association Indicators Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved on Nov. 23, 2007.
  2. ^ John J. Murphy, Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets (New York Institute of Finance, 1999), page 264. ISBN 0-7352-0066-1.
  3. ^ Jack D. Schwager, Technical Analysis (New York, John Wiley and Sons, 1996), page 545. ISBN 0-471-02051-6.
  4. ^ "George Lane". INO.com, Inc. 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
  5. ^ "Trading Titans: George Lane 'Father' of Stochastics". Allen Sykora, Oster Dow Jones Commodity News. Retrieved 2003-06-01.