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Charting and Technical Analysis for Commodity Markets
This is a two-day course for which no existing knowledge of Technical Analysis is required. Real-time examples and real-world trading tools are used wherever possible. Great emphasis is placed upon the practical application of Technical Analysis to trading and hedging activities - i.e. how does a trader think?
Course Information
| Price | £1600.0 + VAT | ||||||||||||
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| Duration | 2 days | ||||||||||||
| Location | London | ||||||||||||
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Who Should Attend
- Recommended for anyone who would like to gain an understanding of the principles and applications of charting techniques
- Futures and options brokers or dealers
- Trading companies, banks, brokers, commodity producers, consumers, refiners, distribution and storage companies
- Market regulators and government departments
- Fund managers and investors
Booking Information
Course Content
DAY 1
- Evolution of TA
- Background and context of TA
Dow Theory; 'prices discount everything'
- Classical chart analysis; trend-lines, channels, support/resistance, retracements, etc
- Key types of chart: line, bar, Japanese candle-stick
- Closer examination of candle-stick analysis
- Dow Theory revisited; confirmation
- Trend-lines and volume
- Continuation patterns; triangles, flags and pennants, wedges
- Reversal patterns; head & shoulders, double/triple tops/bottoms, retracements
- Gaps; common gaps, breakaway gaps, runaway gaps, exhaustion gaps
- Non-textbook thinking
DAY 2
- Mathematical Indicators
- Moving Averages
- Momentum indicators; Bollinger bands, RSI, Stochastics
- Waves, numbers and cycles; Fibonacci retracements, Elliott Wave
- Market Profile
- Back-testing a range of TA methods to identify those that best suit delegates markets and trading style
- Q&A session