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 – […]
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Charting the Markets on IG TV: Victoria Scholar interviews Patricia Elbaz
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
Dan tips up on pancake day: STA monthly meeting 13th Feb 2018
Industry veteran Daniel Gramza’s address at our new address, the Walkie Talkie building at 20 Fenchurch Street, London EC2M 7QH, was eagerly anticipated. He reminded us that once before he had travelled to Britain from his native Chicago to address […]
Bumping into Heikin Ashi: Pleased to meet you
At November’s STA monthly meeting we were treated to a very interesting talk by motivational coach Steve Ward (do watch the video which is now on the STA website). But there was an added extra in store for me over […]
Posted in Finance, Markets, STA news, Technical Analysis, Trading
Tags: averaging, candles, noise, volatility
Tags: averaging, candles, noise, volatility
Big bars and candles: How to interpret them
They’re easy to spot, but do we really know what they mean? October saw strong rallies in many equity indices and it got me thinking. First reactions are shock and awe, glee too, but digging a little deeper are the […]
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Tags: candles, Market Profile, Point & Figure, volume
Tags: candles, Market Profile, Point & Figure, volume
Colouring candles: Conventions and perception
In the olden days charts were kept by hand. Graph paper was usually white, though sometimes pale green was preferred as it is said to be easier on the eye. Sharpened pencils at the ready the working day started and […]
An old-fashioned line chart For today’s volatility
Only economists use line charts. We technical analysts have developed far more sophisticated methods, first bar charts, then bar charts with opening and closing levels which morphed into candlesticks, not forgetting those with no time scale along the bottom like Point & Figure, Renko, and the Japanese Three Line Break.
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Tags: bar chart, candles, FX, line chart, options, volatility
Tags: bar chart, candles, FX, line chart, options, volatility
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