Charting and Technical Analysis for Commodity Markets

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Categories: Financial Analysis Courses , Markets, Trading & Derivatives

£1605 per delegate. This may be less for special offers on specific course dates and in-company training courses

Duration: 2 days

Trainer: E023CI

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Course Overview
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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?

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

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, Elliot Wave
- Market Profile
- Back-testing a range of TA methods to identify those that best suit delegates markets and trading style
- Q&A session

The course either has new dates in data loading, or is only run as a dedicated or In Company course.

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