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Technical Analysis Tutorial: Volume Analysis

Let’s go back to basics: technical analysis is the study of market action, i.e. the interactions of buyers and sellers. Rather than the merits of what is being bought and sold, we analyse these interactions in search of patterns and trends that will identify profitable opportunities.
But the information available to the technical analyst does not need to consist merely …

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Technical Analysis Tutorial: Bar Charts

Bar charts were the most popular way of depicting price movements until Japanese candlestick charts invaded Western technical analysis during the 1970s, but are still as useful as they’ve ever been.
They depict the same information as candlesticks, merely presented in a different way. They have their own terminology, and are most commonly used in conjunction with classical chart patterns …

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Technical Analysis Tutorial: Chart Patterns (Reversal)

One of the premises of tecnical analysis is that price patterns tend to repeat themselves. But what are these patterns? Today, we’re going to lookat reversal patterns, i.e. where a change of trend is indicated.
Perhaps the most famous of these is the Head and Shoulders pattern.

Here is the Dow weekly candlestick chart, showing how this topped out …

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Why use FuturesTechs?

Whether you are Spread Betting, trading CFD’s, or trading DMA Futures, you need an edge.
Trading is tough, and managing your emotions is one of the toughest things you will have to learn in order to make a success of trading for a living.
The human brain is wired up all wrong for trading, in fact.

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Technical Analysis Tutorial: Ichimoku Charts

Ichimoku Charts are a tool many traders swear by, and which we may occasionally use as an ingredient in our daily analysis. This article explains the basics.
The main source I’m using will be “Ichimoku Charts” by Nicole Elliott, an excellent book which you can purchase from the Global Investor Bookshop by clicking here.
Part I: Construction
We start with …

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Technical Outlook in the Footsie?

The FTSE has been making some noises to the downside of late, finally coming to the party on our pullback skew.
Our regular readers will know that ever since we found resistance around 4500 over most of May we have been mooting the idea of a pullback. Will this take us back to or even through the March lows? You …

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