TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Learn basic and advanced technical analysis, chart reading skills, and the technical indicators you need to identify and capitalize on price trends of any tradable security in any market.
What will I learn?
- Identify technical patterns, trends, signals and indicators which drive the behavior of price
- Make educated projections to set optimal price targets
- Get out of bad trades quickly and stay in good ones longer
This course includes:
- Case studies showing you exactly how technical analysis can fuel pattern recognition, set price targets and plan your exit strategy
- Over 75 lessons of on demand video, exercises and interactive content
- 30 day free trial of All Star Charts with JC Parets
This course is for: anyone (investors, students, retirees, traders) who wants to transform technical data and pricing trends into actionable trading plans.
Over 75 lessons of video, exercises and interactive content
Extensive case studies and chart analysis
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Course Curriculum
Understanding Charts
- Arithmetic vs. Logarithmic
- Timeframes
- Clean Charts
Chart Analysis
- Bar Chart
- Candlesticks
- Candlesticks: Doji
- Line Chart
- Moving Averages
- Creating Trend Lines
- Trend Lines: Time Horizons
- Trend Lines: The Kickback
- Trend Identifcation: 3 Questions
Understanding Technical Analysis
- Support and Resistance
- Polarity 101
- Polarity Psychology
- Polarity: Volume By Price
- Polarity: Example 1
- Polarity: Example 2
- Dow Theory History
- DJIA and DJTA
- Markets Trend
- Averages Discount Everything
- Closing Prices
- Bull Markets
- Bear Markets
Supplemental Indicators
- Supplemental Indicators Introduction
- Relative Strength Index Introduction
- Overbought/Oversold
- 14 Day RSI: Bull Examples
- 14 Day RSI: Bear Examples
- Momentum Divergence: Bullish
- Momentum Divergence: Bearish
- Momentum Examples: Apple
- Momentum Examples: U.S. Dollar / S&P 500
- Relative Strength Explanation
- Relative Strength Example: Comparing Nations
- Relative Strength Example: Comparing Components
- Relative Strength Example: Semiconductors
Technical Analysis In Action
- Patterns Introduction
- Continuation Pattern Recognition
- Continuation Pattern Examples
- Reversal Pattern: Head and Shoulders
- Reversal Pattern: Microphone
- Reversal Pattern: Rounding Top / Bottom
- Reversal Pattern: Double Top / Bottom
- Failed Patterns Introduction
- Failed Patterns Examples
- Setting Price Targets
Fibonacci Retracement
- The Fibonacci Problem
- Fibonacci Sequence: 0.618
- Fibonacci Sequence: 1.618 (The Golden Ratio)
- Examples of 1.618 Retracement
- Fibonacci Sequence: 2.618
- Fibonacci Sequence: 4.236
- Example of 4.236 Retracement
- Fibonacci Sequence: 6.854
- Fibonacci Sequence on Multiple Timeframes
- Fibonacci Takeaways
Risk Management
- Risk Management Introduction
- Position Sizing: Getting Started
- Position Sizing Math
- Caveats of Position Sizing
- Risk Vs. Reward
- Risk Management: The Three Rules
About the Instructors
JC Parets
Chartered Market Technician
JC Parets is the Founder of “All Star Charts” and is one of the most widely followed Technical Analysts in the world. His work has been regularly featured on Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox Business, ABC, CNN, and The Wall Street Journal, among other outlets. JC has been helping both professionals and retail investors identify winning trades for over 10 years, and with Technical Analysis – his first course for Investopedia Academy – JC takes this powerful market perspective and makes it useful for anyone in the world.