4. Definition
John J. Murphy
“Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets”
• The study of market action through the use of charts for the purpose of forecasting
future price trends
Martin J. Pring “Technical Analysis Explained”
• The art to identify a trend reversal at a relatively early stage and ride on that trend
until the weight of the evidence shows or proves that the trend has reversed
John D. Magee and Roberts D. Edward
“Technical Analysis of Stocks Trends”
• The science of recording in graphic form the actual history of trading and then
deducing from that pictured history the probable future trend
5. What is TA?
Everything (Method)
that “use”
Historical Data to find pattern &
predict Future Movement is a
Technical Analysis
14. STRENGTHS OF TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Quick & Easy to Learn
It does not involve accounting & financial data
Can be used on any market & underlysing asset
Help predict the trend of market
15. WEAKNESSES OF TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Biased Opinion
Sometimes signal contradict each other
Difficult to choose the best indicator
Lack of Logical Reason
21. Dow Theory
1. The Average Discounts Everything
2. There are three kinds of market
3. Primary Trends have three phases
4. Indices must confirm each other
5. Volume must confirm the trend
6. Trends persist until a clear reversal occurs definite signal
31. Supply & Demand Theory
The law of supply and demand affects
the stock market by determining prices
Demand >Supply = Price Rise
Demand < Supply = Price Fall
35. What is Trend Analysis?
Trend analysis is a technique
used in technical analysis to
predict the future stock price
movements based on recently
observed trend data.
63. Gap Analysis
Price charts often have blank spaces = gaps
which represent times when no shares were
traded within a particular price range.
Normally this occurs between the close of the
market on one day and the next day's open.
68. Gap Conclusion
Type Volume Confirmation Signal
Common Gap No Netral
Break Away Gap Yes
Gap-up = Bullish
Gap-down = Bearish
Run Away Gap Yes
Gap-up = Bullish
Gap-down = Bearish
Exhaustion Gap No
Gap-up = Bullish
Gap-down = Bearish
73. Support & Resistance
Technical analysts use support and resistance levels to
identify price points on a chart where the probabilities
favor a pause, or reversal, of a prevailing trend.
Market psychology plays a major role as traders and
investors remember the past and react to changing
conditions to anticipate future market movement.
78. TRENDLINE
Trendline are a visual representation of
support and resistance in any time
frame.
Is a trend losing or gaining strength?
Trendlines can be support and
resistance.
A break of a trendline after a trending
period can be a meaningful signal.
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81. Channel
Trend channels are drawn with
defined slope trendlines at the
resistance and support levels
of a security’s price series.