Dates and Locations

2 & 3 May 2012

London, UK

Apex City of London Hotel >>

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Course Outline: Short-Term Trading Workshop

Short-Term Trading Workshop is a two-day course 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 be equipped with a PC and real-time charting software.

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