Technical Analysis Strategies
Duration: 2-Day Course (with Lifetime Retake Option)
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Overview
Online Trading Academy's Technical Analysis Strategies course offers traders an opportunity to deepen their understanding of market analysis and
strategy. This 2-day course offers students the knowledge required to build and incorporate key and powerful strategic approaches to the market,
providing them with a solid skill set to attain a superior competitive edge.
This course is designed for Stock, Forex, and Futures traders who wish to capitalize on the technical cues with specific indicators and oscillators
that show traders how to successfully analyze the market's trends and behaviors and properly time their trades with clear, rules-based strategies. To
hone your skills, you will be challenged to classify and identify the market's overall direction and then take a position that is harmonious with
the market. The curriculum will use core concepts of trend, support (demand), resistance (supply), and key supporting tools, focused around pure
price-based technical analysis using the major indices as the forecasting instruments.
Audience
Students of all personality types and trading styles, who are serious about generating income and attaining additional wealth, and are interested
in trading with a focus on using strategies based on technical analysis are prime candidates for attending this course.
Program Format
- Two Day Class - In-depth instruction on key indicators, oscillators and strategies on why, where and when to buy or sell. Discussions will also
focus on managing risk and adapting your trading plan.
- Instructor-led classroom, providing an environment for optimal learning
- A community of students participating in an environment where teamwork and support is fostered and encouraged
- Hands on trading in live markets
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course you will
- Recognize indicators and patterns
- Describe types of analysis
- Select the appropriate rules-based strategy associated with the indicator or oscillator
- Use the strategies demonstrated to gain an edge in reading market indices
- Identify trends in multiple time frames
- Explain how all markets are related via money and time and show how to find the opportunities through multi-market analysis
- Manage personal risk tolerance and other psychological biases
- Prepare for market changes and adapt the trading plan accordingly
Prerequisites
Students must complete one of the following prior to attending Technical Analysis Strategies:
- Professional Trader
- Professional Forex
- Futures
Course Outline
A. Review of Technical Analysis
B. Trend Behaviors
C. Rules-Based Strategies for Indicators and Oscillators
- Moving Averages
- Bollinger Bands
- Stochastics
- Relative Strength Index (RSI)
- Moving Average Convergence/Divergence
D. Rules-Based Strategies for Time and Market Analysis
- Time Frame Analysis
- Multiple Market Analysis
E. Other Suggested Topics and Activities
- Fibonacci
- Gaps and Speed Candles
- Risk Management and Stops
- The Mental Checklist
- Putting it all Together