Sometimes in today’s ‘’instant knowledge at the touch of a smartphone’’ world, it’s very easy to become overconfident. Or assume that everyone, and anyone, could know what they need with a quick Google search. Being rather more rigorous than this, […]
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Posted in Finance, General, Markets, STA education, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: Books, Career, Teaching, Technical Analysis Courses
Tags: Books, Career, Teaching, Technical Analysis Courses
Working from home: And warned I might have to lock myself in for months
For a fortnight now I’ve been working from home. In fact, for almost 6 years I’ve been working partially from home and partially at a large office building in the City of London. The set-ups are, needless to say, very […]
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This is not a blog; this is not even an M&S blog: It’s just seasonal greetings masquerading as a blog
I’m really looking forward to taking some time off over the Christmas and New Year’s Eve weeks. I’ve cut these out of my working diary for many years now, mainly because markets are dead – ergo technical analysis pointless – […]
Posted in Education, Finance, General, Markets, STA charts, STA education, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses
Tags: greetings, New Year, seasons, year-end
Tags: greetings, New Year, seasons, year-end
German corporates penalised by the ECB: Banks impose negative interest rates on cash balances
For a nation which prides itself on prudence, saving and balancing the government budget, they are furious at the ECB’s never-ending ‘quantative easing’ and now a minus 50 basis point key ‘lending’ rate. Data published by the Bundesbank, and a […]
Posted in Finance, General, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: bonds, Negative Yields, Zero
Tags: bonds, Negative Yields, Zero
Charting the Markets with IG TV: Nicole Elliot hits the airwaves as Brexit turmoil bits
IG TV host Jeremy Naylor this week invited Fellow of the Society of Technical Analysts, Nicole Elliott, onto IG’s regular slot looking at the week’s markets from a chartist’s perspective. Both agree that Brexit is dominating the headlines, Britain’s Supreme […]
The Role of Subjectivity in Technical Analysis: Read about last week’s STA talk with Tim Parker MSTA
Tim Parker MSTA is a veteran in the field of technical analysis and this was evident in his talk. Tim started the session by asking who in the room was optimistic about the state of the financial markets. Around 30% […]
Posted in Finance, General, Markets, STA charts, STA education, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses
Charting the Markets with IG TV: Client Adrian Rye on Elliott Wave Theory
IG TV host Jeremy Naylor this week invited in one of their clients, Adrian Rye, an independent technical analyst. Trained as a commercial financial analyst, he comes across well: honest, believable and clear. Better and better: his charts are superb. […]
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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 […]
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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+ […]
Lee Sandford on IG TV: Latest Charting the Markets
MACD: what is it, how is it used and looking at its application with EURUSD GBPEUR DAX & GOLD. IGTV speaks with Lee Sandford from TradingCollege.co.uk. Click here to view.
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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 […]
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Tags: adaptive, crossover, exponential, moving average
Tags: adaptive, crossover, exponential, moving average
Don’t be shy, give it a try! Join us for our next monthly meeting
Yesterday I was lucky enough to be interviewed on IG TV for their Charting the Markets show (which you can view in the blog section [top right] of the STA’s homepage www.sta-uk.org. ). Before and after we went on air […]
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Must read classics: Richard W Schabacker – the real bible of technical analysis
In the mornings I work from a desk, admittedly of Victorian workhouse-style layout, facing East over The Shard at the Financial Times’ headquarters. Always the first one in on the 5th floor, it’s lovely to watch the sun rise and […]
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Tags: Bible, Books, Classic, Harriman House, STA Library
Tags: Bible, Books, Classic, Harriman House, STA Library
Mesch Capital Management, Inc: On Market Profile
Continuing our series of videos of lectures recorded at IFTA’s annual conference held in London in October 2014, I give you one of my favourites: Robin Mesch, who founded the firm and is a veteran US futures trader. Not only […]
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For he’s a jolly good fellow: And so say all of us!
At our December monthly meeting and Christmas party, Credit Suisse veteran and member David Sneddon was awarded a Fellowship by the Society, recognising his contribution to technical analysis. After what he described as ‘’a very stimulating and fantastic career’’ he […]
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‘Trading with Intermarket Analysis’: By John J Murphy
As part of our offering to members (plus all and sundry), we are sharing videos of lectures by some the most important contemporary technical analysts. We start with legend John Murphy, who’s text book ‘Technical Analysis of the Futures Markets’ […]
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Secondary technical indicators: Their moment in the limelight
Being a ‘fear and greed’ sort of technical analyst, I’ve been having a great time with stock market indices this month; big moves, punchy candlesticks, speechless equity analysts backpedalling. Such fun! One thing that did make me sit up and […]
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Tags: Arms index, NYSE Tick, oscillators, volume
Tags: Arms index, NYSE Tick, oscillators, volume
Dr Van K. Tharp: And his Super Trader Programme
Over to the conference centre at America Square yesterday evening, to an event jointly hosted by the Society of Technical Analysts (STA) and the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA). A great layout with semi-circular tables for the many attendees, […]
Posted in Finance, General, Markets, STA charts, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Technical Analysis Training, Trading, Trending
Tags: Books, Psychology, rules
Tags: Books, Psychology, rules
Brian Marber: In Memoriam
Brian Marber, Fellow of the Society of Technical Analysts, passed away on 9 June 2018. He had been granted a Fellowship in the early years of the Society for his great contributions to the field, in investing in and trading […]
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Peak – AOD Fall Intervals as an indicator of US Stock Market Corrections
In our Spring 2017 Market Technician journal, David McMinn did an article predicting we were due a sell-off in the stock market in December 2017. The actual event arrived later than expected in early February 2018 with two one day […]
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Thinking Man’s Trader Report
Context is the critical element in your search for opportunities, not a price and direction forecast. Enthusiasm, what Greenspan called back in the 90’s “irrational exuberance” is the hallmark to a late stage of a Great Bull market, like it […]
When the Liberals away, the STA can play: Annual Dinner a great success
As usual the STA Annual Dinner was timed to coincide with the Liberal Party’s annual conference, this year in sunny Bournemouth – as billed on their web site. This means that we had the whole of their gorgeous club pretty […]
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Tags: dinner, networking, Speeches
Tags: dinner, networking, Speeches
Low, low volatility: Vix versus the rest
The Vix index, originally developed by Menachem Brenner and Dan Galai in 1986, was launched as a futures contract in 2004 on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (then options on this future introduced in 2006). It followed the stock market […]
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Tags: options, Portfolio, volatility
Tags: options, Portfolio, volatility
Why study for the STA Technical Analysis Qualification – my story
Like most investors in the Stock Markets when I started investing back in 1999 I was an amateur. I got caught up in the DotCom hype and after losing money after the bust, I stayed away from the markets for […]
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STA Summer Party
This week’s meeting was dedicated to the new MSTA’s who had recently qualified from the STA exams. It was apparent we had some excellent graduates from some of the conversations I had at the drinks portion of the evening. However, […]
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The Importance of Cloud Charting
The evening of the US election, with a general consensus betting on a Hilary win, the STA flock turn up to see one of our very own speak at the Bitish Banking Association. Nicole Elliott is famed for bringing Ichimoku […]
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JPMorgan Run
Last Thursday, the STA participated in the annual JPMorgan run to raise money for Cancer Research UK. This year we had a great turn out with over 15 runners who all did extremely well. We started at the Prince Albert […]
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Technical Trading: Is it still beating the foreign exchange market?
Academics from the University of Hong Kong and University of Warwick have carried out a large-scale investigation of technical trading rules in the foreign exchange market, using daily data over 45 years for 30 developed and emerging market currencies. Employing […]
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Why investors keep buying shares that are bad for them
Dr Keith Anderson, lecturer of accounting and finance at the University of York, and also a guest speaker at one of our monthly STA meetings had an article recently printed in the Interactive Investor. Click on link below to read. […]
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