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Category: Finance
Speed Resistance Lines: A new one on me, and a variation on a theme
Posted in Finance, STA news, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: momentum, Ratios, SRL, Technical Analysis Courses, Trends
Tags: momentum, Ratios, SRL, Technical Analysis Courses, Trends
It’s all in the price – as every technical analyst knows: But how good is your arithmetic?
‘’A basic premise of the technical approach is that market action discounts everything: all that is known, or can be known, is ‘in the price’. Technical analysis is therefore not concerned with the underlying value of a security, but with […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: Mean Regression, ratio, relative, scale, spread, Standard Deviation, value
Tags: Mean Regression, ratio, relative, scale, spread, Standard Deviation, value
Central bankers and their currencies: Too reliant on received wisdom
While teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is only half-way across the North Atlantic Ocean in her seriously carbon-neutral sailing yacht, central bankers from all over the world flew in yesterday – many in private jets – to Jackson Hole, Wyoming’s […]
Posted in Education, Finance, Markets, STA charts, STA education, STA news, Technical Analysis
Tags: Deposit Rate, Euro, FX
Tags: Deposit Rate, Euro, FX
Charting the Markets with IG TV: Chris Beauchamp on markets post Trump postponement
Recorded on the morning of 14th August 2019, the day after President Trump decided to postpone new trade tariffs on Chinese goods until the 15th of December – just in time for Americans to buy their Christmas presents – Chris […]
Technical Analysis by Clive Lambert MSTA: A journey through a career in the City using Technical Analysis
Technical Analysis is the study of the markets using price action and data. That’s probably the simplest way to describe it, but what does that mean? To explain this I thought I’d take you through my own journey; my 30+ […]
Posted in Education, Finance, General, Markets, STA charts, STA education, STA news, Technical Analysis
Tags: Career, Jack Schwager, Technical Analysis Courses
Tags: Career, Jack Schwager, Technical Analysis Courses
Putting doji candlesticks into practice: Recent real-life examples
On the 19th of July Jeremy Naylor’s guest on Charting the Markets for IG TV was Patricia Elbaz, independent technical analyst and university lecturer. She gave an excellent introduction to the basics of candlestick charts: how they are constructed, the […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Technical Analysis Training, Trading, Trending
Tags: Candlesticks, Doji, Real Body, shadows
Tags: Candlesticks, Doji, Real Body, shadows
Gresham, Gresham Street, Gresham College and the Royal Exchange: Familiar names to bankers
Adding to our recent blogs about central banks and bankers, and there’ll be more fun when Madame Christine Lagarde takes the helm at the European Central Bank, I wanted to give you a peek into the controversial and fabulous life […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: Bank of England, history, Law, Rigging
Tags: Bank of England, history, Law, Rigging
A peek inside The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street: Mini-series on BBC2 TV
As we mentioned last week, the Bank of England’s been avidly working on their social media profile, partly as a consequence, which they still won’t admit to, of their handling of the finances of the economy this century, which have […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: Bank of England, computing, Mathematics, Mechanics, Vision
Tags: Bank of England, computing, Mathematics, Mechanics, Vision
Patricia Elbaz on candlesticks for beginners for IG TV: Charting the Markets with Jeremy Naylor
This week’s guest on Jeremy Naylor’s Charting the Markets show is Patricia Elbaz, independent technical analyst and university lecturer. The programme is an excellent introduction to the basics of candlestick charts: how they are constructed, the importance of the bodies […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: Candlesticks, confirmation, Real Body, Wicks
Tags: Candlesticks, confirmation, Real Body, Wicks
The Old Lady banks on Alan Turing: The new face of the (polymer) £50 note
At Threadneedle Street they’ve been working on their social media profile avidly for the last year or so. For the launch of the new £50 pound note they’re in overdrive, an opportunity to show off their softer side. For the […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: AI, Bank of England, computing, Mathematics, Mechanics, Vision
Tags: AI, Bank of England, computing, Mathematics, Mechanics, Vision
Murray’s minted performance: In tune with our summer party mood
Murray Gunn, currently with Elliott Wave International and previously head of technical analysis at HSBC, told us his talk would last between 30 and 45 minutes. Timed to perfection, he wound up his presentation after 37 minutes commenting on the […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: Elliott Wave, Mood, Music, Socionomics, Technical Analysis Courses
Tags: Elliott Wave, Mood, Music, Socionomics, Technical Analysis Courses
Another warm evening for the JP Morgan Challenge: Didn’t stop Team STA from raising money for Cancer UK
Rocking up in time – appropriately on the 4th of July – at the Prince Albert pub by Battersea Park, ready to perform my cloakroom attendant duties, Mark Tennyson d’Eyncourt and Rajan Dhall had already nabbed the best table in […]
When oscillators lie: We often call it divergence
As John Maynard Keynes famously said, ‘’the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent’’. Markets can also, unlike leopards, change their spots, moving from crushingly boring and lethargic for months to quite the raging tiger. This has […]
Do you know Aroon? I do, but not very well
I’m not one to promote or push one form or another of technical analysis – especially when it comes to oscillators. I find the choice of what to use – and what’s rubbish – can lead to heated arguments. Personally, […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Trading, Trending
Tags: Aroon, oscillators, Trends
Tags: Aroon, oscillators, Trends
Tom Hicks and Robert Carver’s ‘fireside chat’: In June and no fireplace
The two have a lot in common, as do I, who also switched between banking and a commodity broker who ran one of the first hedge funds – with a stint of proprietary trading along the way. However, unlike Robert, […]
Charting the Markets with IG TV: Anchor, Jeremy Naylor, in his own words
The team at IG take their technical analysis seriously. Not only do they employ analysts and commentators Chris Beauchamp and Josh Mahoney, but the TV team are keen on the subject too, running regular daily and weekly slots on charting, […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: Candlestick charts, Marabuzo, patterns, resistance, support
Tags: Candlestick charts, Marabuzo, patterns, resistance, support
Framing and tunnel vision: How do you see gold?
Gold bugs are probably a happy bunch this month, as suddenly the spot price of the precious metal on the wholesale markets has perked up considerably. Not surprising really, what with Trump tariffs, trade wars, sagging stock markets and shrivelling […]
Charting the Markets with IG TV: Patricia Elbaz MSTA on the main markets
Never the shrinking violet, STA member and technical analyst at Financial Trends, Patricia wades right in as cable sits perilously on what many believe to be key support at $1.2600. Using the phrase ‘base-building’, and interestingly a 52-week moving average, […]
Office Politics at City AM: Short, sweet and to the point
I’m lucky in that outside my local tube station there is a metal stand dispensing the City AM newspaper – along with hundreds of Metro ones which aren’t even picked up; does editor George Osborne not understand waste and climate […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Trading
Tags: Business Meetings, Etiquette, Family Names, Handshake
Tags: Business Meetings, Etiquette, Family Names, Handshake
A specialist’s video from IG: Focusing on hammer and hanging men candles
Today, 24th May, as PM Theresa May tenders a weepy resignation, producer and presenter Jeremy Naylor of IG TV interviews Lee Sandford of TradingCollege.co.uk His focus is on the hammer candlestick, which some confuse with the hanging man – one […]
Tim Harford OBE: The undercover economist
I’ve read the Financial Times newspaper for longer than I care to admit. Over the years our relationship has had its ups and downs, me favouring some writers over others, complaining about coverage of certain topics, and shocked by the […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: Exams, Multiple Choice, Technical Analysis Courses
Tags: Exams, Multiple Choice, Technical Analysis Courses
Julius de Kempenaer on IG TV: Interview with Jeremy Naylor for Charting the Markets
Yesterday, Thursday the 16th May 2019, founder of RelativeRotationGraphs.com introduced viewers to this interesting system comparing the relative performance of equity groups. This is not the Relative Strength Index (RSI) that we all know and many use, but a way […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading
Tags: relative strength, RRG, Sector Rotation, Technical Analysis Education, TV
Tags: relative strength, RRG, Sector Rotation, Technical Analysis Education, TV
‘Price doesn’t align to time’: Read about Kevin Bull’s presentation Tuesday 14 May
Interesting to hear that Kevin dedicated himself full time to the study of technical analysis in 2009 and passed the STA Diploma exam in 2010; congratulations, say members and fellows. His first year’s trading foreign exchange resulted in losses, and […]
Picking your moving averages apart: tweaking versus crossovers
If I use moving averages at all – and these are certainly not one of my preferred technical analysis tools – I opt for the 9 and 26-period ones of the Ichimoku cloud system; I will also use a crossover […]
Posted in Finance, General, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: adaptive, crossover, exponential, moving average
Tags: adaptive, crossover, exponential, moving average
Watch with IG TV: Charting the Markets
Another of the STA’s educational offerings, here is a programme with Josh Mahoney MSTA, Senior Market Analyst at IG TV on their regular daily Charting the Markets series. Underlining the calibre of IG presenters’ understanding of financial markets, Josh earned […]
Don’t cry for me Argentina: Just look at our stock market
I’ve gone and given the game away. I was going to get you to guess what my first chart was about, but was too tempted to use the line Elaine Page sang in her iconic role in the musical Evita […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: Currency Overlay, inflation, Stocks, Technical Analysis Courses
Tags: Currency Overlay, inflation, Stocks, Technical Analysis Courses
Watch with IG TV: Charting the Markets
As part of the STA’s educational offering, here is today’s interview (24th April 2019) with Nicole Elliott FSTA on IG TV for their regular programme. Interviewed by Victoria Scholar, IG presenter and producer, who is also currently studying for the […]
The fine line between maths, logic and technical analysis: Don’t chuck the whole lot out
In this week’s Investors Chronicle column I’m writing about the very basics of approaching charts for technical analysis. My extensive reader-base is well above average age, has well above average income and assets, and often has well entrenched views. Not […]
Charting the Markets on IG TV: Victoria Scholar interviews Patricia Elbaz
The sixth in our series of educational videos produced by spread betting firm IG, university lecturer and technical analyst at Financial Trends, Patricia Elbaz, rattles through five key markets. Clear candlestick charts are used – daily and weekly ones – […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: candles, Doji, moving average, Sentiment, Technical Analylsis Course
Tags: candles, Doji, moving average, Sentiment, Technical Analylsis Course
Watch with IG TV: The fifth in the Charting the Markets series of videos
As part of the STA’s educational offering, here is today’s interview (11th April 2019) with Lee Sandford MSTA CFTe on IG TV for their regular programme. Interviewed by Victoria Scholar, the latest recruit to their TV team, she’s had some […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: ATR, Day Trading, MACD, Sound Bites, Stochastics, Technical Analysis Courses
Tags: ATR, Day Trading, MACD, Sound Bites, Stochastics, Technical Analysis Courses
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