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Asset Management

Asset Management. Lecture 21. Outline. Technical analysis Bar Charts and Japanese Candlestick Charts Major Chart Patterns Price-based Indicators Volume-based Indicators. Introduction. Technical analysis is the attempt to forecast stock prices on the basis of market data.

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Asset Management

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  1. Asset Management Lecture 21

  2. Outline • Technical analysis • Bar Charts and Japanese Candlestick Charts • Major Chart Patterns • Price-based Indicators • Volume-based Indicators

  3. Introduction • Technical analysis is the attempt to forecast stock prices on the basis of market data. • Technicians usually look at price, volume and psychological indicators over time. • Focus on trends and patterns in the data that indicate future price movements. • Strict chartists don’t care about fundamentals at all. • Focus on short-term forecasts

  4. Drawing Bar (OHLC) Charts • Each bar is composed of 4 elements: • Open • High • Low • Close • Note that the candlestick body is empty (white) on up days, and filled (some color) on down days

  5. Types of Charts: Bar Charts • This is a bar (open, high, low, close or OHLC) chart of AMAT from early July to mid October 2001.

  6. Types of Charts: Japanese Candlesticks • This is a Japanese Candlestick (open, high, low, close) chart of AMAT from early July to mid October 2001

  7. Basic Technical Tools • Trend Lines • Moving Averages • Price Patterns • Indicators

  8. Trend Lines • There are three basic kinds of trends: • An Up trend where prices are generally increasing. • A Down trend where prices are generally decreasing. • A Trading Range.

  9. Support & Resistance • Support and resistance lines indicate likely ends of trends. • Resistance results from the inability to surpass prior highs. • Support results from the inability to break below to prior lows. • What was support becomes resistance, and vice-versa. Breakout Support Resistance

  10. Simple Moving Averages • SMA over the last N periods.

  11. Interactive Example • finance.yahoo.com • Ticker: GOOG • Charts: basic tech. analysis

  12. Head and Shoulders • Two small peaks on either side of a larger peak. • Reversal pattern

  13. Head & Shoulders Example Sell Signal Minimum Target Price Based on measurement rule

  14. Double Tops and Bottoms • Similar to the H&S formations, but withough head. • Reversal patterns

  15. Double Bottom Example

  16. Triangles • Continuation formations. • Three flavors: • Ascending • Descending • Symmetrical • Typically break out about half to three-quarters of the way through the formation.

  17. Rounded Tops & Bottoms • Slow reversal of trend.

  18. Rounded Bottom Chart Example

  19. Broadening Formations • Reverse triangles. • Usually signal a reversal of the trend.

  20. DJIA Oct 2000 to Oct 2001 Example What could you have known, and when could you have known it?

  21. DJIA Oct 2000 to Oct 2001 Example Nov to Mar Trading range Descending triangles Gap, should get filled Double bottom

  22. Technical Indicators • Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD) • Relative Strength Index (RSI) • Bollinger Bands

  23. MACD • A moving average crossover system. • The difference between a 12-day and 26-day moving average. • A 9-day moving average of this difference is used to generate signals. • Bullish: this signal line goes from negative to positive • Bearish: the signal line goes from positive to negative

  24. MACD Example Chart

  25. Relative Strength Index (RSI) • To indicate overbought/oversold levels. • RSI compares the magnitude of a stock's recent gains to the magnitude of its recent losses and turns that information into a number that ranges from 0 to 100. • Overbought: RSI>70 • Oversold: RSI<30 • Stocks can remain overbought or oversold for long periods of time.

  26. RSI Example Chart Overbought Oversold

  27. Bollinger Bands • Bollinger Bands: Upper and lower bands defined by two standard deviations above and below the moving average. • Bullish: The stock price closes below the lower band • Bearish: The stock price closes above the upper band. • When the bands contract, that is a signal that a big move is coming, but it is impossible to say if it will be up or down.

  28. Bollinger Bands Example Chart Sell signal Buy signals

  29. On Balance Volume • Volume precedes price • Adding volume on up days, and subtracting volume on down days. • Look for OBV to show a change in trend that is diverging from the price trend.

  30. OBV Example Chart

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