chartist

American

[chahr-tist] / ˈtʃɑr tɪst /

noun

a specialist in the stock market who studies and draws charts of trading actions.
a cartographer.

chartist British

/ ˈtʃɑːtɪst /

noun

a stock market specialist who analyses and predicts market trends from graphs of recent price and volume movements of selected securities

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Etymology

Origin of chartist

First recorded in 1960–65; chart + -ist

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