Learn to Trade- Forex, Commodities, Spot Futures, Equities

Starting on May 21st for 10 consecutive saturdays from 10am-2pm in our City offices.

The aim of this programme is to provide candidates with the professional knowledge, understanding and skills to pursue a career in Technical Analysis within the investment community.

Our aim is to provide a good understanding of, and practical experience in all the major Trading Techniques with a wide range of timing and analytical tools as well as indicators.

Furthermore we aim to enable candidates to have the knowledge to select advantageous portfolios, trades, hedges etc. for their own trading as well as provide investors with the knowledge and confidence within technical analysis enabling them to make better informed trading decisions. Fundamentals will also be covered.

Topics covered:

1. What is technical analysis?

· Technical versus fundamental analysis

2. Support and resistance, Trends and trendlines, Retracements and fibonacci ratios

3. Candle charts and Chart patterns, e g triangles, flags, pennants, diamonds, broadening patterns (megaphones), wedges.

4. Elliott wave theory

5. Moving averages & Momentum indicators and oscillators including: Rate of change - Welles Wilder's RSI - Stochastics (%K & D) Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) & MACD histogram

6. Directional Movement Indicator - Parabolics - Commodity Channel Index

7. Volume signals and indicators, including On-Balance Volume, Volume Accumulator etc. Open interest.

8. Market Profile™ including Construction, TPO

9. Investor psychology - individual and group.

10. Ichimoku Charts, Cloud construction and interpretation.

11. Money management

12. Trading Strategies

13. Risk Management

14. Putting it all together