Dates and Locations

19 & 20 Oct '10	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Venue TBC
03 & 04 Nov '10	London, UK	Apex City of London Hotel >>

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Course Outline: Short Term Trading Techniques

This 2 day workshop is designed for all market professionals concerned with finding the precise moment to enter or exit a trading position in any asset class. By looking at a variety of trading techniques and real-time examples, the course shows how to use technical indicators to develop an effective short term trading strategy.

Each delegate will also be equipped with a PC along with real-time charting software.

The course gives particular attention to the following topics:

DAY 1
Fibonacci ratios
- When can they be used?
- How to choose the A-B move to measure your B-C reaction
- How to set targets

Oscillators
- The different types of oscillators, (including the RSI), and what they show us
- The compromise between timing and accuracy
- Recognising bullish and bearish divergences

The Floor Traders Pivot System
- A comparison with Tom DeMark’s TD Range Projection

Wilder’s Relative Strength Index
- How to trade it
- The benefits of altering periods

DAY 2
Stochastics
- Identifying strong and reliable signals
- The MACD - how it is too far behind the curve for short term trading
- A new MACD technique that brings the entry point as close as possible to the market turn

Bollinger Bands
- When, and when not, to use them
- Do 2 standard deviations still work best?
- A rule based technique for making frequent scalping profits
- Comparing Bollinger Bands with Keltner Bands

Gap trading
- How to trade at the opening and at market figures

Short term chart patterns
- Patterns that work
- A 1-2-3 reversal pattern
- Pre-empting patterns such as double tops and head-and-shoulders