Welcome to Level I

 

I. Theory and History of Technical Analysis

1.1 A Brief History of Technical Analysis

1.2 The Dow Theory

1.3 Markets, Instruments, Data and the Technical Analyst

1.4 The Opportunity of the Efficient Markets Hypothesis

1.5 The Fibonacci Sequence and The Golden Ratio

 

II. Charts: Market Price Data

2.1 An Overview of Charting

2.2 The X Axis

2.3 The Y Axis

2.4 Charting Volume and Open Interest

 

III. Trend Analysis

3.1 Trend Primer: What is a Trend

3.2 Trend Primer: A Trend’s Four Phases

3.3 Trend Primer: Trend Identification and Following

3.4 Introduction to Volume Analysis

3.5 Volume, Open Interest, and Price

3.6 Market Internals

 

IV. Chart Pattern Analysis

4.1 Classical Chart Patterns

4.2 Introduction to Candlesticks

4.3 Introduction to Candlestick Patterns

4.4 Basics of Point-and-Figure Charting

 

V. Technical Indicators

5.1 Moving Averages

5.2 Technical Indicator Construction

5.3 Introduction to Bollinger Bands

VI. Statistics for Technicians

6.1 Introduction to Statistics Part 1

6.2 Introduction to Statistics Part 2

6.3 Introduction to Probability

 

VII. Behavioral Finance

7.1 Behavioral Finance

VIII. Sentiment

8.1 Market Sentiment and Technical Analysis

8.2 Sentiment Measured from Market Data

8.3 Sentiment Measures from External Data

 

IX. Cycle Analysis

9.1 Foundations of Cycle Theory

9.2 Common Cycles

 

X. Comparative Market Analysis

10.1 Equities

10.2 Indexes

10.3 Fixed Income/Bonds

10.4 Futures

10.5 Exchange – Traded Products (ETPs)

10.6 Foreign Exchange (Currencies)

10.7 Digital Assets

10.8 Options

10.9 Introduction to Relative Strength

10.10 Relative Strength and its Uses

 

XI. Volatility Analysis

11.1 The Meaning of Volatility to a Technician

11.2 Measuring Historical Volatility

11.3 Options Derived Volatility

 

XII. Systems and Quantitative Methods

12.1 Introduction to Quantitative Methods