The rather dry title of this month’s STA webinar presented by Andrew Pancholi who promised us a ‘’40 minute whistle-stop tour of 30 years of work’’. He lived up to his threat and I urge all and sundry to watch […]
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‘Critical Cycles’: What you need to know and how to take advantage
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA charts, STA education, STA news, Technical Analysis, Trading, Trending
Tags: cycles, history, timing
Tags: cycles, history, timing
Do you really understand technical analysis? Do you know someone who wants to learn?
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, […]
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
Charting the Markets with IG: TV Guest Patricia Elbaz spills the beans
A little social media bird let me in on a surprise. For her interview on IG TV, hosted by Victoria Scholar, veteran technical analyst Patricia Elbaz arrived with a congratulatory card and cake. This is because Victoria had passed her […]
Posted in Markets, STA education, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading
Tags: 200-day moving average, MACD, psychological, Trend line
Tags: 200-day moving average, MACD, psychological, Trend line
It’s my birthday this month, so I’m looking at monthly candles: Not blowing them out though
Many markets this January have been a ‘Tale of Two Cities’ – or halves anyway. This has created a series of very interesting, and sometimes rare, single or two-candle patterns, reminding me of the song ‘Candle in the Wind’. Like […]
Charting the Markets on IG TV: With IG’s Senior Market Analyst Joshua Mahony
The TV and media team and IG are a slick lot with a busy production schedule. As well as producing text and video content, they coordinate news feeds for the platform and do their own analysis. From Monday to Friday […]
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
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. […]
Posted in Finance, General, Markets, STA charts, STA education, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses
Speed Resistance Lines: A new one on me, and a variation on a theme
One of the problems of having my email address plastered all over the place, is that I get a lot of unsolicited mail. There is an upside though, as sometimes I get very nice letters from people I don’t know. […]
Posted in Finance, STA charts, STA education, STA news, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Charting the Markets with IG TV: Zak Mir after Boris Johnson prorogues Parliament
Just the man for the moment. Rather than throw his hands up and shout things like ‘unprecedented, uncharted and unfair’ as so many in the media do when confronted by the unusual, veteran Zak Mir of ZaksTradersCafe chose to cover […]
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 Finance, General, Markets, STA charts, STA education, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses
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+ […]
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 […]
Charting the Markets with IG TV: Joshua Mahony MSTA rattles through volatile markets
Recorded on the 6th August 2019, the Monday after China allowed to yuan to weaken in response to President Trump’s imposition of new trade tariffs Thursday last week, Joshua, a frequent fixture on the business media circuit, covers a broad […]
Back with a bang! Two for one offer
I was looking forward to the STA’s first monthly meeting after the summer break. What I hadn’t expected was a sort of ‘two for the price of one’ offering, with two executive committee members, Tom Hicks and Luise Kliem on […]
The Trading Game: By Rajan Dhall MSTA
Randomness is one of my favourite subjects and I don’t really fancy getting into the subject of the efficient market hypothesis but I want to explain a story about technicals and odds analysis. At one of my previous places of […]
Careful with email: Tips from the professionals
Last month my email provider, the increasingly popular and dominant Gmail, warned me they were going to tweak the service, offering a chance to have a peak at their new version. Oh no, I thought, not another new gismo I […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA charts, STA education, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Technical Analysis Training, Trading, Trending
Tags: Campaigns, Checklist, email, Promotions
Tags: Campaigns, Checklist, email, Promotions
Sublime symmetry: Mathematical precision, mesmerising art
A small but exquisite exhibition with this title is now on, free to all visitors, at the Guildhall Art Gallery (11 May – 28 October 2018). I chose to pop in yesterday because I’d heard there was a guided tour […]
Are you a superforecaster? I’m not
But I know of one who is! Philip E Tetlock, and colleague Dan Gardner, are the authors of the book ‘Superforecasting: the Art and Science of Prediction’ published by Cornerstone Digital in 2015. A Toronto-born academic, he works at the […]
Remembering Brian Marber: Who died last month
STA members and the Committee are always a font of knowledge. Now that they know I’m always on the lookout for ‘content’ – as it’s known in the trade – they give me leads for further enquiry, newspaper clippings, photos […]
Famous fifteen have fun: Running 5K in the sun
On the hottest day so far this year, amid weather warnings from the organisers and signal failure causing untold disruption on all London south-bound trains, the intrepid STA fun-runners pitched up for another fund-raising event. An established date of the […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA charts, STA education, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Technical Analysis Training, Trading, Trending
Tags: charity, events, fun run, Team Building
Tags: charity, events, fun run, Team Building
Eyes on the Executive Committee: Change at the top
Following on from last week’s blog where we discussed briefly what Chairman Axel Rudolph had to say at the STA’s 50th birthday party at City Hall – and the bombshell (for me at least) that he was stepping down at […]
Body language rules: 12 ways to be a more powerful speaker
You’re probably thinking: What on earth has this got to do with technical analysis? Well, in my efforts to make this blog relevant/interesting/amusing to STA members and their friends, I trawl media sources for stories, articles and all sorts. To […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA education, STA news, Technical Analysis, Trading, Trending
Tags: posture, presentations, Public speaking, Technical Analysis Courses
Tags: posture, presentations, Public speaking, Technical Analysis Courses
The Gartley Pattern: ‘Harmonic Trading’
I always enjoy going to the STA’s monthly meetings. Sometimes the speakers are entertaining and amusing, more often than not they make me sit up and listen. Occasionally I learn to see things in a different way, and even if […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA charts, STA education, STA news, Technical Analysis, Trading, Trending
Tags: Chart patterns, correction, Harmonic, Technical Analysis Courses, Waves
Tags: Chart patterns, correction, Harmonic, Technical Analysis Courses, Waves
Payback time for QE looms: And it will be pricey
So wrote Merryn Somerset Webb in her Investing column in the FT Money section of the latest Weekend Financial Times. I attach the chart she used for the article, and am tempted to change the title of my piece to: […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA charts, STA education, STA news, Technical Analysis, Trading, Trending
Tags: Assets, bonds, Payback, Quantative Easing
Tags: Assets, bonds, Payback, Quantative Easing
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