Introducing himself as an Essex boy who speaks very fast – which he does – and someone not used to giving professional lectures, he’s so engaging the talk went swimming along nicely. He started with a slide his compliance department […]
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Price matters, but Process more so: A lecture by Andy Dodd MSTA of Louis Capital Markets
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: candles, Closing Levels, Paper Trading, percentages
Tags: candles, Closing Levels, Paper Trading, percentages
Charting the Markets with IG TV: Special show on the Andrews pitchfork
Recorded and broadcast live on Friday the 8th November, just ahead of Remembrance Sunday 2019, STA Committee member Eddie Tofpik appropriately decided to do a special educational show on the Andrews pitchfork. Church on Sunday reminded me that Isaiah 2:4 […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: Andrews Pitchfork, FX, Indices, Schiff pitchfork
Tags: Andrews Pitchfork, FX, Indices, Schiff pitchfork
‘The Man who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution’: A book review by Robin Wrigglesworth
On reading the Weekend FT last Saturday, I stumbled on a piece entitled ‘Algorithm for our times’ about a man I’d never heard of. It’s the American in the photo, taken in 2011, who looks like a grizzled and possibly […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: Algorithm, Big Data, Hedge Fund, Quant, Technical Analysis Courses
Tags: Algorithm, Big Data, Hedge Fund, Quant, Technical Analysis Courses
Momentum, Echo and Predictability: Evidence from the London Stock Exchange (1820-1930): Eye catching, as one doesn’t often see stock charts this old
One of the ‘advantages’ of being a journalist is the vast amounts of unsolicited email I receive. The other is that I spend a lot of time on social media and websites looking for information, finding what’s new, and what […]
‘Market action discounts everything’ says Technical Analysis: But sometimes price charts lie
Before reading on, take a close and careful look at the chart that goes with this piece. I’ve deliberately not told you what the financial instrument is, nor what it’s priced in, or where it’s traded. It looks, for all […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: gaps, holidays, volume
Tags: gaps, holidays, volume
‘Taking the Floor: Models, Morals and Management in a Wall Street Trading Room’ Presentation by Daniel Beunza (Cass Business School, SRC, LSE), 11/Oct/2019
Coinciding with his book launch – of the same title and published by Princeton University Press – I was invited, as a journalist for the Financial Times in London, to a presentation on the subject by the public relations firm […]
‘Logical Price Action: Utilising Wyckoffian Principles in Modern Times’: Lecture by William Reardon 8 October 2019 18:30 BST
Invited by STA Executive Committee member David Watts to give this talk (who’d heard about him through the www.trade2win.com forum for active traders), I introduced myself and apologised for knowing nothing about his subject. Unfazed, William told me he was […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: Accumulation, Distribution, Technical Analysis Course, volume, Wyckoff
Tags: Accumulation, Distribution, Technical Analysis Course, volume, Wyckoff
Pitchforks at the ready! Just in case Brexit really gets going
I’m not talking French Revolution or anything like that – at least I hope not – but to tie in with this week’s IG TV interview with Eddie Tofpik MSTA, Senior Markets Analysts at ADMISI, where he makes extensive use […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Trading, Trending
Tags: Andrews Pitchfork, bar chart, Gridlines, moving averages, Technical Analysis Courses
Tags: Andrews Pitchfork, bar chart, Gridlines, moving averages, Technical Analysis Courses
Charting the Markets on IG TV: Victoria Scholar interviews Eddie Tofpik MSTA
Recorded yesterday, October 2nd 2019, and sent over to me today, I cannot believe Eddie described the chart of the Australian dollar versus the US as ‘’a very pretty chart’’ and that cable’s rally was a ‘’fly in the ointment’’. […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Trading, Trending
Tags: Andrews Pitchfork, Bands, moving averages, Technical Analysis Course, Tines
Tags: Andrews Pitchfork, Bands, moving averages, Technical Analysis Course, Tines
Dow and the Decennial Cycle: Article by David McMinn in Market Technician magazine
Like it or not, we are closing in on the end of September and the third quarter of 2019. Some are scurrying around the Federal Reserve Bank of New York desperate for cash to tidy up their books coinciding with […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA charts, STA news, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Courses, Technical Analysis Training, Trading, Trending
Tags: annual, cycles, decade, Quarterly, year-end
Tags: annual, cycles, decade, Quarterly, 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 […]
Grand Gala Dinner goes with a bang: A quick re-cap for those who couldn’t make it
For some time now, every year in early September the STA books the National Liberal Club for a formal sit-down 3-course dinner – because Liberal Party members are away for their annual conference – and we have the club pretty […]
Tim Parker MSTA – the Subjective Technical Analyst: If you missed the talk, read the article
Such a pity I couldn’t make it to the STA’s September 2019 monthly meeting at One Moorgate Place; events beyond my control. A member of our society for many years, Tim Parker is a top-flight technical analyst with a very […]
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
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, Technical Analysis Training, 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 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+ […]
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
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
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 […]
Joshua Mahony on IG TV: Charting the Markets on a busy Friday in June
Friday’s regular Charting the Markets slot on Friday the 21st June was covered by IG’s in-house analyst Joshua Mahony. Taking a broad sweep through indices, foreign exchange and commodities, he saved the best until the end. Gold, where the ratio […]
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, […]
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 […]
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
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