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London Mastermind Technical Analysis Trader Group. Ray Francis. Technical analysis of shares and financial derivatives. Web Sites. http://www.moneyextra.com/stocks/ftse100/ http://www.liffe-data.com/equityOptions.aspx http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/
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London MastermindTechnical Analysis Trader Group Ray Francis Technical analysis of shares and financial derivatives.
Web Sites • http://www.moneyextra.com/stocks/ftse100/ • http://www.liffe-data.com/equityOptions.aspx • http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/ • http://www.comdirect.co.uk/ Broker Web site • http://www.mybroker.com/ • http://www.nasdaq.com/ • http://www.optionetics.com/ • http://www.advfn.com/ • https://wwws.ameritradeplus.com/ • http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/wei.html • http://www.cboe.com/home/default.asp • http://www.chartpatterns.com/ • http://www.euronext.com/home/0,3766,1732,00.html • http://www.londonstockexchange.com/default.asp • http://www.prophet.net/default.jsp • http://finance.lycos.com/qc/default.aspx • http://finance.yahoo.com/ • http://www.gann.co.uk • FreeTraining@WinInvesting.com The Technical Analysis Course Thomas A Meyers ISBN 1-55738-523-8
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Technical analysis of shares and financial derivatives. Rules and Regulations This presentation is for education and interest and is not advice
Technical analysis of shares and financial derivatives. Acknowledgements to AIQ charting MyTrack MyBroker
Technical analysis of shares and financial derivatives. Understanding Graphs
Price Time Reading a Chart Line Graph
High Close Open Low Day or period bars OHLC
Close High Open Low Day or period bars OHLC
Reading a chart Open High Low Close (OHLC) Dow Jones &Co graph in OHLC
Day or period barsCandlesticks Any Specified period
Reading a ChartCandle stick Dow Jones &Co graph in HLOC
Day or period barsGaps Something happened after the market close and the next day opening
Why losses are greater than gainsSlippage The Gain SELL BUY
Why losses are greater than gainsSlippage The loss SELL BUY
The Market Maker • Task to maintain a market liquidity • Obliged to offer prices to buy and sell
Brokers Nobody cares more about your money than you
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Chart Patterns
5 Major Chart Patterns Wedge & triangles Head & shoulders W Cup & handle Rounded bottom
5 Major Chart patterns (either way up) W Head & shoulders Cup & handle Rounded top Wedge & triangles
Dow Jones Industrial Average W 1600 points = $8000 400% in 4 months 8800 +1600 = 10400 Target 7200 – 8800 1600 points
Triangle or Wedge Descending Triangle Target line More contact points = greater reliability
Cup and Handle !!! Hard to find but worthwhile
Technical analysisCharting • What to look for • Selecting shares
The First Step Fast Searching
Why it Works After each rise the price looks high. Buyers taking profit After the 3rd rally most long term buyers have bought After the fall the price looks low more buyers return
Reducing Daily bars Large daily bars Look at bar sizeRUNNING OUT OF STEAM
10 DAY MOVING AVERAGEMid - Price • Find the average for the last 10 days • Plot it today • Next day do it again