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chartist

[ chahr-tist ]
/ ˈtʃɑr tɪst /
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noun
a specialist in the stock market who studies and draws charts of trading actions.
a cartographer.
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Origin of chartist

First recorded in 1960–65; chart + -ist
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British Dictionary definitions for chartist

chartist
/ (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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