Dates and Locations

20 April '10	Hong Kong	Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers >>
27 April '10	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Venue TBC
04 May '10	Frankfurt, Germany	Venue TBC
10 May '10	London, UK	London Chamber of Commerce >>
13 September '10	Copenhagen, Denmark	Venue TBC
20 September '10	Stockholm, Sweden	Venue TBC
27 September '10	Dublin, Ireland	Venue TBC

Please visit our Course Diary to see dates and locations for all of our UK and overseas courses.

Course Outline: Introduction to Technical Analysis

This course provides a thorough grounding in technical analysis to traders and investment managers new to the subject.

The course gives particular attention to the following topics:

Technical analysis
- Why it works and its limitations

Chart types
- Line, bar, candle and semi-log – Using them in different markets and market conditions

Support and resistance levels
- Identifying levels
- Assessing their strength
- Expected price movement on the break of levels

Trend lines
- Drawing lines correctly
- Recognising trend line breaks and ‘false breaks’

Chart patterns
- The major continuation and reversal patterns
- How to recognise them and how to project subsequent price moves

Volume
- Understanding its significance and using volume data with price

Moving averages
- The different types of moving average lines
- Which periods to use
- Moving average based trading techniques

Dow Theory
- Appreciating the contribution of Charles Dow

New developments in technical analysis
- What new analysis is catching on?