Shares Technical Analysis

General objectives:
This course aims to give professionals the knowledge and skills needed for the technical analysis of stocks.

Specific objectives:
At the end of the course, professionals are able to:

• Follow up the historical context Technical Analysis
• Understand the fundamental concepts of Technical Analysis and Graphics
• Identify the main tools associated with Technical Analysis
• Identify key technical indicators and their utility
• Understand the main graphic formations and identify them

CONTENTS

Module I – Introduction

• Technical Analysis vs. Fundamental Analysis
• What is Technical Analysis?
• Basic Principles of Technical Analysis

Module II – History of technical analysis

• Interpretation

Module III – Chart types and scales

• Line Chart
• Bar Chart
• “Candlesticks”
• Point Chart & Figure
• Scales Types

Module IV – What is a trend?

• Definition
• Trend Lines
• Construction of trendlines
• Properties of Trend Lines
• Trend channel

Module V – Support and resistance

• Definition
• Psychology associated with support and resistance
• Importance of support and resistance
• Crossing support and resistance levels
• Detection of possible areas of support / resistance
• Trading method using supports / resistances

Module VI – Gaps

• Gaps Classification

Module VII – Chart formations

• Continuity Formations
• Inversion formations

Module VIII – Trend indicators

• Moving Averages
• MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence)

Module IX – Volatility Indicator

• Bollinger Bands

Module X – Momentum indicator

• Momentum
• Price ROC (Rate of Change)
• RSI - Relative Strength Indicator
• Stochastic oscillator

Module XI – Power/volume indicators

• On Balance Volume (OBV)
• Accumulation / Distribution
• Chaikin Money Flow