A self study exam preparatory guide for financial technical analysis certifications

Written by the course director and owner of www.tradermasterclass.com, a leading source of live and online courses in trading, technical analysis, and money management, A Handbook of Technical Analysis: The Practitioner's Comprehensive Guide to Technical Analysis is the first financial technical analysis examination preparatory book in the market. It is appropriate for students taking IFTA CFTe Level I and II (US), STA Diploma (UK), Dip TA (Aus), and MTA CMT Level I, II, and III exams in financial technical analysis, as well as for students in undergraduate, graduate, or MBA courses.

The book is also an excellent resource for serious traders and technical analysts, and includes a chapter dedicated to advanced money management techniques. This chapter helps complete a student's education and also provides indispensable knowledge for FOREX, bond, stock, futures, CFD, and option traders.

• Learn the definitions, concepts, application, integration, and execution of technical-based trading tools and approaches
• Integrate innovative techniques for pinpointing and handling market reversals
• Understand trading mechanisms and advanced money management techniques
• Examine the weaknesses of popular technical approaches and find more effective solutions

The book allows readers to test their current knowledge and then check their learning with end-of-chapter test questions that span essays, multiple choice, and chart-based annotation exercises. This handbook is an essential resource for students, instructors, and practitioners in the field. Alongside the handbook, the author will also publish two full exam preparatory workbooks and a bonus online Q&A Test bank built around the most popular professional examinations in financial technical analysis.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 Introduction to the Art and Science of Technical Analysis

CHAPTER 2 Introduction to Dow Theory

CHAPTER 3 Mechanics and Dynamics of Charting

CHAPTER 4 Market Phase Analysis

CHAPTER 5 Trend Analysis

CHAPTER 6 Volume and Open Interest

CHAPTER 7 Bar Chart Analysis

CHAPTER 8 Window Oscillators and Overlay Indicators

CHAPTER 9 Divergence Analysis

CHAPTER 10 Fibonacci Number and Ratio Analysis

CHAPTER 11 Moving Averages

CHAPTER 12 Envelopes and Methods of Price Containment

CHAPTER 13 Chart Pattern Analysis

CHAPTER 14 Japanese Candlestick Analysis

CHAPTER 15 Point-and-Figure Charting

CHAPTER 16 lchimoku Charting and Analysis

CHAPTER 17 Market Profile

CHAPTER 18 Basic Elliott Wave Analysis

CHAPTER 19 Basics of Gann Analysis

CHAPTER 20 Cycle Analysis

CHAPTER 21 Volatility Analysis

CHAPTER 22 Market Breadth

CHAPTER 23 Sentiment Indicators and Cont rary Opinion

CHAPTER 24 Relative Strength Analysis

CHAPTER 25 Investor Psychology

CHAPTER 26 Trader Risk Profiling and Position Analysis

CHAPTER 27 Integrated Technical Analysis

CHAPTER 28 Money Management

CHAPTER 29 Technical Trading Systems

Appendix A Basic Investment Decision Making Based on Chart Analysis

Appendix B Official IFTA CFTe, STA Diploma (UK), and MTA CMT Exam Reading Lists

About the Author

Mark Andrew Lim graduated from King's College London in Special Physics. He was awarded the Bronwen Wood Memorial Prize in financial technical analysis by the Society of Technical Analysis (UK) in 2007 and holds IFTA's CFTe designation. Mark is the author of The Profitable Art and Science of Vibratrading and also a contributing author of The Wiley Trading Guide Volume II. He conducts a range of technical analysis and trading Masterclasses via online webinars and onsite seminars, covering intermediate to advanced profit extraction methodologies for directional and non-directional trading. He can be reached at www.tradermasterclass.com.