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• Use charts and other tools • Identify patterns • Future activity – Direction/ trend
What is Technical Analysis?What is Technical Analysis?
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• Study of supply & demand
• Attempts to determine:
– What direction or trend - Continue into future
• Attempts to understand:
– The emotions in the market by studying the market itself, as opposed to its components
• Some chartists use technical indicators & oscillators
• Others rely on chart patterns.
• Most use some combination of the two.
Price ActionPrice Action
• The market discounts everything (Priced in)– Price discounts everything (Reflects all information).– Broader economic factors (GDP, inflation, interest rates) – Company's fundamentals (Financial information relative to price)
– Market psychology (Greed, Fear & Expectations)
• Price moves in trends (The trend is your friend)– Price movements are not totally random– Once a trend is established, future price movement is more
likely to be in the same direction than to be against it. – Most technical trading strategies are based on this assumption.
• History tends to repeat itself (Market sentiment) – The "What" is more important than the "Why."– Market players react consistently to similar market stimuli over
time. – Emotional aspect of the market (Bullish or Bearish)
Basic AssumptionsBasic Assumptions
Simple versus Complex ChartsSimple versus Complex Charts
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• Step #1: What is the Overall Trend? – Identify the overall trend – use trend lines,
moving averages or peak/trough analysis. • As long as the price remains above its up trend
line, selected moving averages or previous lows, the trend will be considered bullish.
• As long as the price remains below its down trend line, selected moving averages or previous highs, the trend will be considered bearish.
Critical Early warning – Move is pausing Move is coming to an end Protect profits (if short) Tighten your stops (if short) Critical level – Move up is complete
Trend Lines (SAB)Trend Lines (SAB)
Resistance Trend line
Support Trend line
Moving Average CrossoversMoving Average Crossovers
• Step # 2: Where is Support? – Congestion (trading range) or previous lows
below the current price mark support levels. • A break below support would be considered
bearish (Open short positions / Sell).
• Step # 3: Where is Resistance? – Areas of congestion and previous highs
above the current price mark the resistance levels.
• A break above resistance would be considered bullish (Open long positions / Buy).
Chart AnalysisChart Analysis
Example of a Sideways Trend (ANG)Example of a Sideways Trend (ANG)
Resistance
Support
2006 2013
• Step # 4: Where is Momentum?– Momentum is usually measured with an
oscillator such as the MACD indicator. • If MACD is above its 9-day EMA (exponential
moving average) or positive, then momentum will be considered bullish, or at least improving.
• If MACD is below its 9-day EMA or negative, then momentum will be considered bearish, or at least deteriorating.
Chart AnalysisChart Analysis
MACD IndicatorMACD Indicator
• Step # 5: Where is Buying/Selling Pressure? – For shares and indices with volume figures
available, an indicator that uses volume is used to measure buying or selling pressure.
• When Chaikin’s Money Flow (CMF) is trading above zero, buying pressure is dominant.
• Selling pressure is dominant when the CMF indicator moves below zero.
• Step # 6: Where is Relative Strength? – The Relative Strength indicator is a line
formed by dividing one data stream (share) by another (usually a benchmark).
• For shares it is usually the share price divided by the JSE Overall Index.
– The plot of this line over a period of time will tell us if the share is:
• Market outperforming (rising) • Market under performing (falling), or• Market performing (moving sideways) relative to
the JSE Overall Index.
Chart AnalysisChart Analysis
Relative StrengthRelative Strength
Data 1 = BHP BillitonData 2 = JSE Over Index
Synthesise StepsSynthesise Steps
Chart Setups Chart Setups
Presenter: Shaun van den Berg
• Chart setups are situations where all or most of the chart conditions are "right" for a long or short entry. – "Right" conditions, depending on the setup,
may or may not include other indicators. • Technical indicators support price & volume
action– Indicate or support what the action is, but– Do not dictate what to do, or – When to do it
Chart SetupsChart Setups
• Many setups are a result of self-fulfilling prophecies – Traders see the same chart patterns & price
action. • Early identification & perhaps even an early entry is
important • Understand all influences & indicators &
interpretation.• Only experience will get you to
– Understand how they work, – When to use them, and – Trust chart setups.
• Back-test, Paper trade (Simulator) & Start small. – Pick a trade candidate, – Plan your trade – Execute your plan.
Chart SetupsChart Setups
• The stronger the primary trend the more confidence you should have.
• Watch for big changes in volume as price approaches targets.
• Increased volume should accompany any breakout.
• Big volume spikes start & end a rally regardless of time frame.
• Play around with various charts but always use more than one time period using the support-resistance levels of one to tell you where your limits are in the other.
• Above every resistance level & below every support level lie plenty of orders to buy or sell once price breaks one way or the other. – This is what accounts for major volume increases on a
• A bearish chart pattern • One trend line connects a series of lower highs• Second trend line - strong level of support. • Watch for a move below support - suggests
downward momentum is building.• Once the breakdown occurs - enter a short
position
Descending TriangleDescending Triangle
• The more mature in time the pattern is the stronger it is.
• Trade the primary trend.
• Set sell limit just below the lows of horizontal support.
The definition of a successful trader is someone who feels The definition of a successful trader is someone who feels good about themselves and enjoys playing the gamegood about themselves and enjoys playing the game.
• You must win the battle within yourself first, before you can win in the markets.
• Trader’s mental & emotional state• Approach your trading with the right mind-set
& attitude.• Train the mind to a level of mental fitness &
toughness– Make decisions with a clear & unclouded mind. – Keep emotions under control (Discipline)
• Visualise yourself as a successful trader– Become that person - Less likely to allow your
emotions to make mistakes / inconsistent
Psychology of Trading Psychology of Trading
Psychology of TradingPsychology of Trading
Source: Goal Mapping by Brian Mayne
• Control your emotions– Spend time every day, working on the discipline of
trading (Keep a trading journal) – Do not take losses personally– Negative personal evaluations (What did I do right?)– Self-image as a winning trader– Treat trading like a business
• Back-test a system - Confidence– Find system that suits your personally– Back-test/ Paper trade / Start small (Real-time)– Appropriate money to trade system– Go for it!
Psychology of TradingPsychology of Trading
The Trading Plan The Trading Plan
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1. What market(s) do you want to trade?– JSE Top 40 shares
– JSE Mid caps (next 60)
2. What instruments do you want to trade?– CFD & SSF for equities
– ALSI & ALMI for indices
3. What timeframes do you want to trade? – Intra-day for ALSI / ALMI
– Swing trades (2-5 days) for SSF (Shorts)
– Position trading (weeks) for CFDs (Longs)
4. Describe what strategies you want to trade.– Breakouts from continuation chart patterns
– Overbought / Oversold levels
The Trading Plan The Trading Plan
5. What are the entry rules of the strategies?– Long positions – breakout above resistance– Short positions – breakout below support
6. What are the exit rules of the strategy?– Target prices established by chart patterns– Previous key support & resistance levels– Retracement levels / Stop loss
7. When do you trade & when do you not trade?
– Done the homework / prepared– No preparation / tired / late / impulsive
8. What money management approach are you using?
5. Risk/ Reward ratio: 1:2 at least
6. Position sizing (Risk 2% of capital per trade)
7. Stop loss levels from support/ resistance
The Trading Plan The Trading Plan
The Stockbroker ReportThe Stockbroker Report
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The StockbrokerThe Stockbroker
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Open Trade IdeasOpen Trade Ideas
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OpenDate Stock Direction Entry Take Profit Stop-loss Yesterday Close P&L %
20130115 GRT Long 25.15 26.00 23.50 25.75 2.3920130116 APN Long 163.00 178.00 158.00 163.00 0.0020130117 WHL Long 64.68 72.00 59.50 67.20 3.9020130121 AVI Long 55.85 60.00 53.99 55.94 0.1620130206 LHC Long 32.10 36.00 30.99 32.68 1.8120130207 JDG Long 41.00 44.00 40.00 42.05 2.5620130208 SHP Long 180.60 205.00 174.00 176.00 -2.55
• Methodology – Top 100 list (Scan / Manual)
• Risk Management– Risk/ Reward ratio – at least 1:2 times