Using Technical Analysis in Securities Trading Ivaylo Penev, CFA Portfolio Manager, ELANA Fund Management
What is Technical Analysis? Method of evaluating securities by analyzing statistics generated by market activity, such as past prices and volume. Market action is defined by: Price action Volume Open Interest
What is Technical Analysis? Price action – price dynamics during a period Volume – the amount of shares/contracts traded for a period Open Interest – the number of options/futures contracts that are not closed or delivered on a particular day
Premises of Technical Analysis Price movements represent all the information available Prices move in trends History repeats itself or as Mart Twain said – History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes
Chart Types Line charts Bar charts Candlestick charts Dot charts Point and figure charts
Chart Types - Line
Chart Types - Bar
Chart Types - Candle
Candlesticks
Technical Analysis in Practice Trend lines Support and resistance level Chart patterns – continuation and reversal Indicators Other tools
Trend lines - upward
Trend lines - downward
Support and Resistance levels - Definition Support level – in a down move support is the level where price tends to stop it’s fall at least temporary Resistance level – the opposite of support, in an up move this is the level where price tends to stop it’s rise at least temporary Once broken support levels turn to resistance levels and vice versa
Support and resistance levels
Reversal Patterns - Doji
Reversal Patterns - Doji
Reversal Patterns - Doji
Reversal Patterns – Head and Shoulders
Reversal Patterns – Double Tops
Reversal Patterns –Double Bottoms
Indicators – Moving Average
Indicators – Bollinger Bands
Fibonacci Retracements
Final Words Technical vs. Fundamental Analysis or Technical + Fundamental Analysis Combinations of Indicators The Trend is Your Friend A triple top or bottom is a failed double top or bottom
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